No. 2 Sea Gulls defeat Marymount by 16 goals
SALISBURY, Md. - The No. 2 Salisbury University women's lacrosse team defeated Capital Athletic Conference foe Marymount (Va.) University 22-6 on a windy Wednesday evening under the lights at Sea Gull Stadium.
The Sea Gulls (7-0, 4-0 CAC) tacked another victory onto several already impressive winning streaks. SU has won 32 straight games at home, 29 consecutive regular-season games and 53 straight CAC victories.
The Sea Gulls were paced by senior midfielder Ashleigh Gender as she finished with six points on four goals and two assists, all scored in the first half. SU had three Gulls finish with four points on the day starting with reigning CAC Player of the Week Logan Bilderback (one goal, three assists), junior attacker Kim Cudmore (one goal, three assist) and sophomore attacker Trish DiGirolomo (four assists). Sophomore attacker Meagan Osipowich recorded a hat trick with three goals. Beth Rhodey (one assist), Holly Johnson, and Mackenzie White all scored two goals apiece. SU received one goal each from Sarah Clemmens (two assists), Alyssa Fowler (one assist), Courtney Sorenson, Allie Wheatley and Carrie Bray.
The maroon and gold jumped out to a quick lead as they scored 16 seconds in on goal by Sorenson from Cudmore. The Gulls followed that up with a goal by Gender assisted by Bilderback. Marymount (0-4, 0-3 CAC) received an unassisted goal from Springanne Hatfield (two goals, one assist) to cut the lead to one, 2-1, at the 28:34 mark. The Gulls would outscore the Saints 13-2 to close out the half as SU took a 15-3 lead into break.
SU picked up where it left off to begin the second half as the Sea Gulls scored five straight before Marymount put two in the back of the net. The Saints goals ended a streak of 14 straight goals by the Sea Gulls that lasted over 33 minutes. The Saints would outscore the Gulls 3-2 over the final 16 minutes.
Senior goalie Sonja Stuart (two saves) played 38 minutes in between the pipes to earn the win before she gave way to Julie Ann Caulfield. The sophomore goalie made several brilliant saves on close range shots as she finished with five saves in 22 minutes of action.
The Saints received a valiant effort from goalie Ashley Dodge as she played all 60 minutes and recorded 22 saves. On the offensive side, Marymount was led by Hatfield and Tancy Weatherford (two goals). The Saints Sara Horne and Maria Eden each recorded a score while Lori Renner finished with an assist.
SU will embark on a three-game road trip which will begin this weekend in Ashland, Va., as the Sea Gulls face-off with Randolph-Macon College on Saturday, March 14 at 12 p.m.
