SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University men's soccer team provided a thrilling match to close out the regular season with the No. 22 Christopher Newport University Captains on Saturday, with a 3-3 deadlock.
The Captains broke the ice at the 21-minute mark. Nine minutes later,
Conor Moran found
Jacob Rarig off a corner, who headed it to
Peter Beil, crashing the goal to bash home the Maroon and Gold's first goal of the contest.
Moments later, CNU countered with a score off a corner to get back in front. The Sea Gulls came back with an answer in the 38th minute.
Dale Gordon swiped away a possession from the Captains and centered a pass to
Liam Pierce in stride to blast a right-footed shot into the back of the net.
Christopher Newport nearly took a lead into the breather as an attempt from Yazan Yaghmmour hit the crossbar.
Yaghmmour would find pay dirt to elevate his team to a 3-2 lead in the 57th minute. In the waning minutes, SU drew a free kick from a handball.
Gavin Miller stepped up and lasered a shot over the wall and inside the right post to provide the equalizer.
The Gulls kept the game deadlocked with saves from Moran and defender
Jack Schwarz.
GAME NOTES
- Miller scored the first and final goal of the regular season.
- Beil knocked in his third career score and first of the campaign.
- Pierce tallied his fifth of the year on four shots in the affair.
- Rarig gave out his first helper since Sept. 9, 2023.
- Moran earned his second assist of 2025.
- Gordon took the team lead in assists to round out the regular season.
- Before the match, the program honored its six seniors, David Peters, Joseph Ennas, Miller, Joseph Sircus, Connor Pyles and Rarig.
The Sea Gulls head to Newport News to Captains Field to play in the C2C tournament. Quarterfinals action begins Thursday, with the Sea Gulls' opponent to be decided.
