SALISBURY, Md. - The No. 11 Salisbury University football program earned a 63-13 win over Vermont State University Castleton Friday night inside Sea Gull Stadium for the 2025 regular season finale. The Sea Gulls used a 35-point first quarter to propel them to victory.
Salisbury (9-1, 6-1 NJAC) got the ball first and scored just three plays later with
Mason Fisher scampering free from 12 yards out. The score was set up from a 43-yard pass from
SyRus McGowan to
Dario Belizaire. Vermont State Castleton (2-8, 0-7) went three and out on their first drive, handing the ball right back to the Sea Gulls. This time, they posted a four-play scoring drive capped off by a
Jadyn Thomas 14-yard touchdown rush.
The Spartans posted a seven-play scoring drive, making the score 14-7 with just over seven minutes remaining in the first quarter. After another four-play drive from SU,
Darrell Walter punched it in from two yards out. Walter would score again on the next drive from 14 yards out before the Sea Gull defense created a turnover off an interception from
Patrick Sheil. Fisher would capitalize on the turnover, scoring his second of the quarter and giving SU a 35-7 lead at the end of the first.
McGowan and Walter would both add rushing touchdowns in the second quarter, while the Spartans also tallied a passing touchdown, sending the teams into halftime with the Sea Gulls leading 49-13.
Oliver Morgan blocked the extra point for the Spartans before the teams headed into the halftime break.
Malachi Dokes and
Isaiah Holbrook also added rushing touchdowns between the third and fourth quarters for SU.
Game Notes
- The Sea Gulls rushed for 382 yards and nine touchdowns on just 43 attempts, which was good enough for nine yards per carry.
- Walter finished with four touchdowns and 77 yards on the ground.
- SU only attempted 11 passes. McGowan went 4-8 with 108 yards, while
Matthew Sims went 3-3 for 51 yards.
- The Gulls defense only allowed 65 yards rushing.
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Taj Kontosis posted a team-high seven tackles
The Sea Gulls finish the regular season 9-1 and will now await their postseason NCAA Tournament destiny with the selection show set for Sunday at 5 p.m.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming), Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse), State University of New York Athletic Conference (field hockey), and Colonial Women's Golf Conference (women's golf). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have won a combined 23 team national championships, 24 individual national championships, and 206 conference championships, and have produced 53 Academic All-Americans.
To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit SUSeaGulls.com or follow on social media @SUSeaGulls.
