SALISBURY, Md. - The No. 2 Salisbury University field hockey program handed No. 5 Christopher Newport University its first loss of the season 3-1 Wednesday afternoon inside Sea Gull Stadium. This was the Captain's first regular season loss since 2022, which also came against the Sea Gulls inside Sea Gull Stadium.
CNU (9-1) earned the first few shots of the game but the Salisbury (12-1) defense stood tall. The Sea Gull offense then settled in and notched a two-goal lead in the first period of action.
Emma Radebaugh tallied the first goal of the game after a penalty corner opportunity
. Just three minutes following the first goal,
Marli McDorman blasted a shot past the CNU goalie giving the Sea Gulls a 2-0 lead.
Madelyn Reed picked up the assist on the
McDorman goal as once again the Sea Gulls capitalized on a penalty corner opportunity.
Arden Hunteman earned the assist on the
Radebaugh goal.
The teams were scoreless in the second period and Salisbury headed into halftime clinging to the 2-0 advantage. CNU cut the lead in half at the end of the third period as the top-five battle headed into the final quarter of action with the Sea Gulls leading 2-1.
With just under 10 minutes left in the ball game, Salisbury struck again to shut the door on CNU.
Hunteman deflected a pass sent in from
Regan Nacrelli that found the back of the goal
.
With this win, Salisbury earns the right to host the C2C Conference Championship game on Nov. 9th with a time to be announced.
Game Notes
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Isabel Larrabee and
Hannah Johnson both picked up key defensive saves for the Sea Gulls
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Abbey McIlvain tallied five saves in goal
- Both teams racked up double-digit shots with Salisbury having 14 and CNU with 12
- SU earned one more penalty corner with 10 compared to the Captain's nine
The Sea Gulls are back in action with another top-five match-up on the horizon. They travel to Princeton, N.J. for a neutral site game against No. 3 Williams on Saturday with a start time set for 2 p.m.
