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Football 3rd round loss 2025
13
Salisbury SAL 10-2 , 6-1
45
Winner Johns Hopkins JHU 11-1 , 6-1
Salisbury SAL
10-2 , 6-1
13
Final
45
Johns Hopkins JHU
11-1 , 6-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
SAL Salisbury 7 6 0 0 13
JHU Johns Hopkins 7 17 7 14 45

Game Recap: Football | | Heath Barringer

No. 13 Football falls in NCAA Third Round against No. 7 Johns Hopkins

BALTIMORE, Md. - The No. 13 Salisbury University football program fell 45-13 Saturday afternoon against Johns Hopkins University in the Third Round of the NCAA Tournament on Homewood Field. 

The Sea Gulls started the game with fireworks, as SyRus McGowan found Micah Brubaker for a 69-yard passing touchdown on the first play of scrimmage. The Blue Jays were able to answer on their ensuing drive as the teams headed into the second quarter of action tied up 7-7. 

Johns Hopkins was able to take a 14-7 lead with just under 10 minutes left until the halftime break and never looked back. After a six-play drive for SU, Tucker Smack knocked in a 20-yard field goal to cut into the JHU lead 14-10 with six minutes left in the second quarter. 

The Blue Jays extended the lead to 21-10 just after the two-minute warning. Both teams would go on to add field goals before the half as Smack knocked in another 20-yard field goal, and the teams headed into the halftime break with the Blue Jays leading 24-13. 

The second half was a different story for the Sea Gulls. The defense managed multiple stops, but the offense struggled to get things back rolling as the Blue Jays went on to outscore the Sea Gulls 21-0 in the second half to move on to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division III Playoffs. 

Game Notes
- McGowan finished with 170 total yards and a touchdown. 
- Mason Fisher led the Sea Gulls with 84 yards rushing. 
- Kilo Mack posted 13 tackles with 10 solo. 
- Patrick Sheil tallied 10 tackles, while Jordan Scipio tallied nine and one pass breakup. 
- Ryan Salvosa posted six tackles and two tackles for loss. 
- Salisbury posted 353 yards of total offense while Johns Hopkins tallied 563.

The Sea Gulls finish the 2025 season 10-2 with back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and Third Round appearances. 
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.
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