Football

TOWSON, Md. - The Salisbury University football team ran for over 400 yards en route to a 42-15 lopsided Regents Cup victory over in-state rival Frostburg State University before 2,410 fans here on Saturday afternoon at Johnny Unitas Stadium.

Sophomore quarterback Ronnie Curley ran for 178 yards and scored the game's first touchdown, on an 18-yard scamper, to earn the Mike McGlinchey MVP award for Salisbury. The Gulls (5-5) raise their record to .500 and finish the regular-season with a 2-2 record in the Atlantic Central Football Conference. The win is also the 50th career win at Salisbury for Sea Gull head coach Sherman Wood (50-31 in eight seasons).

SU will now await the announcement of a possible ECAC bowl game. The Sea Gulls won the ECAC Southeast Bowl last season when they defeated Franklin & Marshall, 27-23.

The Sea Gulls scored three first half touchdowns and held the Bobcats (2-7, 0-4 ACFC) to two field goals by Nathan Menhorn, the FSU Mike McGlinchey MVP, to head into halftime up 21-6.

This was the 8th annual Regents Cup and the third straight cup victory for the Sea Gulls as they lead the series 18-16.

Senior Anthony Johnson ran for 70 yards on the day highlighted by a 30-yard touchdown run at the 3:52 mark in the second quarter. The SU defense anchored by senior Billy Leinemann (eight tackles, one sack) forced the Bobcats to a quick three-and-out series. Salisbury struck again, with only 23 seconds left before the break, as freshman Valdase Morris scored the first of his two touchdowns on the day from eight yards out.

Frostburg's Menhorn tacked on a third field goal from 22-yards out, early in the third quarter, to cut the SU lead to 12.

SU put the game away late in the third quarter as junior Chris Newton scored from nine yards out followed, two minutes later, by Morris' second eight-yard touchdown run as the Sea Gulls led 35-9.

Frostburg State quarterback Andre Dixon (13-for-26, 154 yards, 2 INTs) threw a strike to T.J. Changuris from 12-yards out with 10:49 left in the game. The Bobcat two-point conversion failed as they trailed 35-15.

Coach Wood was able to play a lot of his players that traveled in the last quarter and it paid off for sophomore superback Shelby Fisher who barreled in from two-yards out for his first touchdown of the season with two minutes left in the game.

This is the first time since the ACFC formed in 1998 that Frostburg State didn't earn a conference win in a season.