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Salisbury, Md.
- The No. 1 Salisbury University women's lacrosse
team moves on to Sunday's NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse
Regional Final as the Sea Gulls (21-0) eliminated St. Mary's
College of Maryland from the 2008 NCAA Tournament with a decisive
22-9 victory in second round action Saturday.
Playing in its ninth NCAA Tournament, Salisbury will face the
winner of the 2:30 p.m. contest between No. 15 Catholic University
and No. 20 Rowan University in tomorrow's regional final at 1:00 in
Sea Gull Stadium.
The Seahawks have their 2008 campaign come to close today as St.
Mary's finish the season at 15-6 overall. SMCM was making its
seventh NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Tournament and now holds
a 3-7 mark in NCAA tourney action.
Today's match-up was the third meeting between the two teams
this season with the Sea Gulls coming out on top in all three
games, including an 18-11 win on April 5 at St. Mary's during the
regular season and an 18-7 victory on April 25 in the Capital
Athletic Conference Championship at Salisbury.
Senior attacker Sue Ackermann (Sykesville,
Md./Liberty) finished the afternoon with game-highs of seven goals
and 10 points, while also dishing out three assists.
Sophomore attacker Kim Cudmore (Bel Air, Md./Bel
Air) added seven points on two goals and a game-best five assists.
The Sea Gulls opened up with a 6-0 run as Ackermann picked up
two goals and an assist. The 2008 CAC Rookie-of-the-Year,
freshman midfielder Aileen McCausland (Phoenix,
Md./Hereford) broke up SU's momentum with an unassisted goal at
17:42. Salisbury scored two more before junior midfielder
Allie Zerhusen (Cockeysville, Md./Park) netted the
Seahawks' second score of the game at 11:33.
Junior midfielder Lauren Carrier (Crownsville,
Md./Old Mill) contributed five goals to pace the Seahawks and
Carrier has now scored at least one goal in 42 consecutive games,
four games from breaking the NCAA Division III women's lacrosse
record of 45 set by the University of Scranton's Liz Baumbach from
2001 to 2003.
St. Mary's received goals from McCausland and Carrier in the
first half's final minute to make it 13-4 at the half. The
Sea Gulls dominated the draw in the first 30 minutes, posting a
14-3 advantage, as well as controlling ground balls 7 to 2.
The Seahawks moved to within 13-5 at 28:45 as SMCM scored the
first goal of the second half with a goal from Carrier. SU
scored the next two before St. Mary's tallied three in a row,
including a pair from Carrier, to be down 15-8 at 18:07.
Salisbury closed out the game on a 7-1 run to post the 13-goal
triumph and advance to the round of eight.
McCausland chipped in two goals and an assist for St. Mary's,
while Zerhusen had two goals and sophomore midfielder
Kelsey Branch (Jarrettsville, Md./North Harford)
dished out two assists.
Junior goalkeeper Sonja Stuart (Rockville,
Md./Good Counsel) made nine saves, with eight coming in the first
half, to keep Salisbury's hopes of an NCAA crown alive.
Freshman Ella Schoming (Westminster, Md./North
Carroll) played tough in goal, making 11 stops in the loss.
