Sea Gulls brave the cold, tame Mustangs 18-11

SALISBURY, Md. - The No. 3 Salisbury University women's lacrosse team picked up its second straight Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) victory in two days with an 18-11 win over Stevenson University on a frigid Sunday afternoon at Sea Gull Stadium. Salisbury (5-0, 3-0 CAC) has now won 52 consecutive conference games and 31 straight at home.

The Sea Gulls were led by senior midfielder Robyn Bishop's team-high six points on four goals and two assists. Salisbury had two five-point performances by seniors Jessica Chmielewski (three goals, two assists) and junior Kim Cudmore (two goals, three assists). Sophomore attacker Logan Bilderback scored a trio of goals today and tacked on an assist of her own to give her 14 points on the season. Salisbury received other multiple point performances from Trish DiGirolomo (two goals, one assist), Beth Rhodey (two goals) and Alyssa Fowler (one goal, one assist). SU received one goal from Sarah Clemmens and seniors Ashleigh Gender and Courtney Sorenson each contributed one assist.

Salisbury scored just three minutes into the contest off a goal from Bishop assisted by Cudmore. The Gulls would score the next two goals to take an early 3-0 lead before the Mustangs (2-1, 2-1 CAC) scored on a free-position goal by Lauren Zegowitz (two goals). Salisbury would score 11 of the next 12 goals to go into halftime up 14-2.

In the second half, the Mustangs outscored the Sea Gulls 9-4 capped off by a pair of goals by Lisa Baker and Kristyna Hnizda. Stevenson scored five unanswered goals to end the second half.

Senior goalie Sonja Stuart (three saves) recorded her fourth victory of the season as she logged 43 minutes in goal for SU before sophomore Julie Ann Caulfield finished out the game. Stevenson goalie Jenny Schroeder (11 saves) earned the loss as she played 58 minutes while teammate Devan Malone recorded one stop in two minutes of action.

Salisbury will travel to Washington, D.C., on Sunday, March 8, to face No. 13 Catholic University of America (1-1) at 3 p.m. The Gulls defeated Catholic twice last season, including an 18-7 win in the NCAA Regional championship that sent the Gulls to the final four.