A golden day for No. 2-ranked Salisbury; Gulls take down Maroons 21-7
SALISBURY, Md. – Salisbury University’s spring break may provide a period of relaxation for some students, but the members of the No.2-ranked women’s lacrosse team were hard at work at Sea Gull Stadium on Sunday afternoon as they soundly defeated Roanoke College, 21-7.
The Sea Gulls (7-0, 2-0 Capital Athletic Conference) and Maroons (1-3) each had eight ground balls and nine clear attempts in the first half, but that was as far as the similarities went; Salisbury outshot Roanoke 23-7 and won 11 draw controls compared to the Maroons’ five. Senior attacker Beth Rhodey (Fallston, Md.) opened up scoring for the Gulls in the third minute of play, but the Maroons would quickly answer back just over a minute later with a goal of their own. Rhodey scored again after that, giving Salisbury a 2-1 advantage, followed by a score by junior midfielder Aileen McCausland (Phoenix, Md.). Roanoke’s Carolyn Miller netted her team’s second goal in the sixth minute of play, closing the gap to just a one-goal advantage for Salisbury, but that would be as far as the Maroons got in the first half as the Sea Gulls ticked off the next 10 consecutive goals to take a 13-2 advantage at the break. Eight different Sea Gulls scored goals in the first half alone; four of those players notched two or more.
The scoring continued for Salisbury in the second half, as senior midfielder Jess Chmielewski (Woodbine, Md.) and freshman attacker Maggie Roundy (Ijamsville, Md.) notched the Sea Gulls’ 14th and 15th goals in the first six minutes of the second half. Sophomore midfielder Amanda Holsclaw (Abingdon, Md.) notched Salisbury’s 16th goal of the game, and her first goal of the season, in the 49th minute of play. The Sea Gulls outshot the Maroons 38-19 on the day; 32 of those shots were on goal.
In all, 13 Sea Gulls netted goals in the victory: Rhodey, McCausland, Chmielewski, Roundy, senior attack Kim Cudmore (Bel Air, Md.), junior attackers Meagan Osipowich (Hauppauge, N.Y.), Logan Bilderback (Arnold, Md.) and Trish DiGirolomo (Davidsonville, Md.), sophomore midfielders Ashley Cudmore (Bel Air, Md.) and Allie Wheatley (Cambridge, Md.), freshman midfielder Roxanne Raab (Fallston, Md.) and freshman attacker Katie Bollhorst (Severna Park, Md.). Raab led the charge for the maroon and gold, netting a team-high four goals in the victory.
Junior goalkeeper Julie Ann Caulfield (Drexel Hill, Pa.) captured the win for the Gulls as she played the full first half and made two saves. Time was shared in the second half between freshman keepers Keli Berkman (Salisbury, Md.) (three saves) and Caity Coleman (South Huntington, N.Y.) (two saves).
The Sea Gulls will be on the road for their next game, against Virginia Wesleyan College, on March 16. Their next game will be on March 20, at home, against No. 1-ranked Franklin & Marshall University in what is sure to be a talent-packed match-up between the top two teams in the country.
