SALISBURY, Md. – The top-ranked Salisbury University men's lacrosse team remained unbeaten in the 2025 campaign with a 15-7 win over the visiting Seahawks of St. Mary's (Md.) on Tuesday evening, adding a 15th consecutive victory to its resume in the final home contest of the regular season.
The Sea Gulls (15-0, 4-0 CLC) began the scoring exactly how the SU faithful expected – with a
Nicholas Ransom find of
Evan Huffman who caught the Seahawk keeper outside the crease and fired from beyond midfield to give SU the early edge.
Riley Strub tallied his eighth assist of the season to
Connor Herraiz not three minutes later to push the Sea Gull lead to two with 9:32 left in the first quarter.
The Seahawks (7-6, 2-0 United East) snuck their first goal into the cage just over a minute later, a tally that awakened a 5-0 Sea Gull run to end the frame. Strub's 100th career goal began the surge that also featured a pair of goals from Herraiz and markers from
Chris Wong and
Michael Leahy, widening the margin to six through 15 minutes.
SMCM responded with a pair of quick scores separated by 22 seconds less than three minutes into the second quarter. After over 11 scoreless minutes,
Brice Bromwell called his own number to set the halftime score, 8-3.
Bromwell and Leahy paced the Sea Gulls with a pair of points each in the third quarter, with the latter scoring twice on helpers from Wong and
John DeFazio to help SU outpace their guests 4-2 in the frame. The three-headed monster of Herraiz, Leahy and Strub continued to produce in the fourth to secure the 15-7 win.
GAME NOTES
- The trio of Connor Herraiz, Michael Leahy and Riley Strub combined for 11 of SU's 15 goals in the win. Leahy tied his career-high with four goals, while the group collectively put 21 of 27 shots on goal with seven ground balls on the night.
- Brice Bromwell logged a team-high six points on two goals and four assists, putting all five of his shots on target.
- Ty Keaton dished out two assists while scooping five grounders and causing one turnover.
- Blake Malamphy and Charles Fritchman combined to win 12 of 25 faceoff attempts with eight ground balls.
- John DeFazio tallied his 11th point of the campaign with his career-high seventh assist, adding six ground balls and causing a pair of turnovers on the defensive end.
- Bryce Stevenson caused a team-high three turnovers and added a pair of ground balls.
- Jeremiah Stafford dug out five ground balls and caused two turnovers.
- Nicholas Ransom (15-0) improved to 56-1 in his Sea Gull career in dominant fashion, matching his career-high with 16 saves while chasing down six grounders and logging his first career assist. Ransom jumped to sixth in program history in career saves (458) in the win, passing Bucky Dennig '82 to knock on the door of the top five.
- The Sea Gulls outshot the Seahawks 49-36, finished 28-of-32 on clears and won the ground ball battle 53-44.
- Salisbury has now won 66 consecutive regular season home contests dating back to the 2019 campaign.
The Sea Gulls wrap the regular season with a pair of road contests, beginning with an 11 a.m. tilt at Montclair State on Saturday, April 19th.
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) and the Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse). 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 202 conference championships, and have produced 51 Academic All-Americans.
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