Salisbury got on the scoreboard first as senior attackman Matt Cannone netted a pass from senior attackman Erik Krum. Cannone led the team with seven points and six assists in the game. The Mustangs took the lead back with two goals, including one from their leading scorer midfielder Justin Lea who scored three in the game. But that was their last lead.The Sea Gulls regained the advantage with a six-goal run that lasted from 7:57 left in the first quarter until 5:31 in the second quarter. Senior midfielder Cory Nowak, the team leader with four goals in the game, tallied three of his scores during the run.After taking a 7-2 lead in the second quarter, the Sea Gull offense sputtered and Stevenson ripped off four-straight goals to cut the Gulls' lead to 7-6 at halftime. That was as close as the Mustangs would get.At the half, Salisbury was outshot by the Mustangs 18-15 but had the advantage on faceoffs and clears by winning 9 of 15 at the X and was successful on 7 of 9 clears.Senior midfielder Sam Bradman netted all three of his goals in the second half to keep the Sea Gulls on top of the Mustangs for the remainder of the game.Krum started the third quarter with his third goal of the game, and with that goal, he moved past former Sea Gull Matt Hickman as the No. 10 all-time career goal scorer with 143.Salisbury took a 10-8 lead into the final quarter, and two goals from Bradman capped off the win for the Gulls. The final score: 13 to 9.Sophomore goalkeeper Alex Taylor picked up the victory playing the entire game in the cage and making seven saves.
The contest was the final Capital Athletic Conference tournament meeting between the two programs as Stevenson is moving to the Middle Atlantic Conference after this season. The Sea Gulls have won 17 of 18 conference titles since joining the CAC.
Stevenson may play here again this spring – in the NCAA tournament – because SU will have the home field through the final gave in its bracket. Whoever wins out in the South bracket will play in the championship game in Foxboro, Mass.Salisbury will next be in action in the NCAA tournament on May 9 at Sea Gull Stadium. The field for the tournament will be announced next week, and SU will have the top seed for sure.
The contest was the final Capital Athletic Conference tournament meeting between the two programs as Stevenson is moving to the Middle Atlantic Conference after this season. The Sea Gulls have won 17 of 18 conference titles since joining the CAC.
Stevenson may play here again this spring – in the NCAA tournament – because SU will have the home field through the final gave in its bracket. Whoever wins out in the South bracket will play in the championship game in Foxboro, Mass.Salisbury will next be in action in the NCAA tournament on May 9 at Sea Gull Stadium. The field for the tournament will be announced next week, and SU will have the top seed for sure.
Lacrosse is one boring game..
ReplyDeleteIf you think lacrosse is boring, then you've never watched a game and you've certainly never played it.
ReplyDeleteLacrosse is boring hence why there is no professional lacrosse team. But good job to the SU students but I am sure you wont see the community on here to support them only bash the students about their "parties and drug use".
ReplyDeleteLAX is anything but boring... fastest growing field sport in America right now...was amazed, when I moved here in the 80s, that no one was playing. It was just as big as Football and Baseball in Baltimore Co.
ReplyDelete"Go Gulls"
Too bad no one else in the world agrees hence why no one thinks a professional lacrosse league will bring any revenue. Its a fun sport to play I am sure but in reality it is very boring to watch and really draws little attention.
ReplyDeleteBoneheads:
ReplyDeleteLacrosse until recently was a true amateur sport limited mostly to the eastern US, Canada and England. Until about 1970 or so, there was actually a shortage of the then wooden sticks.
Jim Brown -- an all time great football player, was also an all-American on the Syracuse lax team, but who knows that.
The fact that there is no big time pro league does not mean that lax is boring, and it is beginning to get more spectators both at the games and on TV.
In the next few weeks thre will be at least one and probably several NCAA playoff games at Sea Gull Stadium -- try it, you'll like it.