RADNOR, Pa. – The top-ranked Salisbury University men's lacrosse team brought a chapter in the Division III lacrosse story to a close on Friday evening at Edith Robb Dixon Field, sending the Cabrini University Cavaliers out in their final regular season contest with a 21-9 decision to complete the 15th undefeated regular season in program history.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Zack Reigler and Peter Hewitt helped the Cavaliers strike first, joining forces for the evening's first goal just 43 seconds into the contest.
• The Sea Gulls responded with a three-goal run spanning just 72 seconds, using solo strikes from Brice Bromwell, Ty Keaton, and Lucas Ingley to take a 3-1 lead with just over four minutes played.
• Cabrini snapped the rally when Dillon McManus called his own number, narrowing the margin to one with just over nine minutes remaining in the stanza.
• Salisbury closed the quarter with four unanswered strikes, starting with a Jude Brown helper to Chris Wong to return the lead to two. The back lines battled for over five minutes before Jack Dowd aided a Bromwell finish to keep the momentum.
• Jeremiah Stafford buried his first career goal on a breakaway chance before Dowd found Brown with nine grains of sand left, giving SU a 7-2 advantage through 15 minutes.
• The maroon and gold came back for more in the second quarter's beginning. After Quinton Young forced a Cavalier miscue, Brown fired on the fast break for Salisbury's eighth tally of the night. A Cabrini infraction on Brown's goal gave Salisbury the numbers advantage and helped Brown feed Bromwell for a man-up goal just 16 seconds later, 9-2.
• After Mason Lenart found McManus for Cabrini's third goal, Brown distributed his third assist to Josh Sanchez to kickstart a three-goal swing. John DeFazio logged his fourth assist of the season and the 17th of his career less than a minute later, finding Bromwell to add to the distance, and Ingley connected with Keaton five minutes later to rip open a 12-3 score with 5:01 to play in the first half.
• Cabrini added two more before the break, with John McCormick sending a helper to McManus for his third score and Connor Herraiz helping Hewitt to set the halftime line, 12-5.
• Bromwell found nylon for the fifth time to help fuel a quick Sea Gull start in the second half. Brown connected with Wong just over a minute later, while Dowd set up Keaton twice in four minutes to extend the lead to 11 halfway through the third, 16-5.
• The defenses took the reins in the ensuing six minutes before the Cavaliers found their sixth tally with just under three minutes to go in the quarter, with McManus finding Tommy Vaughan for a man-up goal to return the margin to 10.
• The Sea Gulls parried the Cavalier goal with their own in the final two minutes as Brown helped Keaton's 30th goal of the campaign, sending the contest to the final period, 17-6.
• Brown was still hungry in the fourth, dishing assists to Wong and Keaton to counteract a Cabrini score and widen the lead to 12 with just under nine minutes remaining, 19-7.
• Ryan Della buried a dime from Ingley to join the scoring column with 6:20 left in the affair, while Bromwell fired his sixth score less than a minute later to add to the margin, 21-7.
• Herraiz and Austin Bolton (aided by McManus) fired back-to-back strikes to narrow the margin late, but SU ultimately hung on to secure the 21-9 final.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Jude Brown logged his second straight nine-point effort, scoring twice while dishing out seven helpers. Brown has tallied 24 points on eight goals and 16 assists in his last three outings.
• Brice Bromwell tied for the team lead with six goals, good for his third consecutive game with five or more scores.
• Ty Keaton shared the spotlight with Bromwell, tying the career-high six goals he scored against Catholic on March 27 while adding two ground balls and causing a Cavalier error.
• Jack Dowd passed out five assists to tie the career mark he set back on May 14, 2022.
• Chris Wong stayed hot with his second hat trick in as many games. Since joining the starting attack on April 16, Wong has scored eight goals, including seven in his last two games.
• Blake Malamphy finished 16-for-26 on faceoffs and picked up 12 ground balls, bringing his total to 39 across his last three games. Mackenzie Moreland went 3-for-6 in relief.
• John DeFazio continued to shine on the other end, scooping six ground balls and forcing a game-high three errors while adding an assist.
• Bryce Stevenson nabbed four ground balls and caused one miscue.
• Reagan McNemar logged pairs of ground balls and caused turnovers.
• Nicholas Ransom improved to 37-0 in his collegiate career, turning away 12 Cavalier attempts in the opening 54:03 of action. Matty Back closed the contest, making two saves in the final 5:57.
• With Friday's win, the Sea Gulls complete their 15th unblemished regular season in program history and the first in a full-length season since 2016. Salisbury also won all seven of its contests in the shortened 2020 campaign to finish unmarred.

CABRINI GAME NOTES

• Dillon McManus finished with five points, logging a hat trick with two assists.
• Tommy Vaughan and Peter Hewitt each scored a pair in the loss.
• John McCormick finished 14-for-33 on faceoffs with a team-high seven ground balls.
• Brayden Skipper made 12 saves in a losing effort between the pipes. He also picked up five ground balls and caused one turnover.

UP NEXT

• The Sea Gulls now set their sights on the Coastal Lacrosse Conference (CLC) Tournament, earning the top seed and a bye in the quarterfinal round.
• Salisbury will host the winner between No. 4 Kean and No. 5 Mary Washington on Wednesday, May 1. Stay tuned to suseagulls.com for more information in the coming days.

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