SALISBURY, Md. - Top-ranked Salisbury University celebrated the 30th men's lacrosse meeting with Ohio Wesleyan University with a 15-8 victory before 760 sun-drenched fans Sunday at Sea Gull Stadium. The Sea Gulls, winners of the past eight matchups against the Battling Bishops, hold a 24-6 series advantage over OWU since the first meeting occurred in 1975.

Salisbury (6-0) broke open the very physical game in the second half as the Gulls scored four unanswered goals late in the third quarter into the fourth to take a 13-6 lead. The two teams traded two goals apiece in the final quarter of play to close out the game.

SU freshman attackman Matt Cannone (one assist) led all-scorers with five goals while junior attackman Mike Winter, junior midfielder Mike Von Kamecke and freshman midfielder Sam Bradman scored two goals and two assists each. Senior All-American Kylor Berkman was held to one goal as he passed out two assists for a three-point game. Berkman has recorded one point in the past 55 games, since he was held scoreless against Washington (Md.) College on April 29, 2006.

The victory is the 51st in a row for the Sea Gulls, the two-time defending NCAA Division III national champions. SU has not lost a game at home in the past 78 contests and has won 83 consecutive regular-season games since 2003.

Salisbury jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead over OWU (2-2) in the first two minutes to force the Battling Bishops to take a timeout. Bradman scored his first goal minutes later off an assist from senior Stephen Krasco (one goal, one assist) to give the Sea Gulls a 4-0 lead. OWU battled back with three straight marks, two on extra-man opportunities, to cut the SU lead to one with a minute left in the first quarter. SU long-stick midfielder Connor Burgasser capped off the opening quarter with a transition goal that brought the crowd to its feet.

The Sea Gulls outscored the Bishops 3-2 in the second quarter as SU marched into halftime up 8-5.

OWU was led by senior attackman Nick Gallagher who scored two goals. The Bishops had seven different goal scorers while junior attackman Gavin Cunningham passed out a team-high two assists.

SU outshot OWU 50-45, made 22-of-25 clear attempts and scooped up 40 ground balls. The Sea Gulls won 17-of-25 face-offs as junior midfielder Ryan Finch (eight ground balls) went 16-for-22. Salisbury and Ohio Wesleyan combined for 27 penalties as the Sea Gulls scored six extra-man goals.

Sophomore goalie Johnny Rodriguez made a career-high 17 saves as he played the entire 60 minutes for the first time this season for SU. Rodriguez's counterpart Jud Hall made 12 saves for OWU. Both goalies made six saves in the second quarter.

The Sea Gulls will next host Marymount (Va.) University on Wednesday, March 11, for a 4:00 p.m. Capital Athletic Conference game.

Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Ohio Wesleyan.......  3  2  1  2 -  8
Salisbury...........  5  3  3  4 - 15
 
Attendance: 760
 
Ohio Wesleyan SCORING:
GOALS: Nick Gallagher 2; Rob Young 1; Karl Zimmerman 1; Craig Aronoff 1;
       Dave Castignola 1; Alex Razzolini 1; Chaz Narwicz 1.
ASSISTS: Gavin Cunningham 2; Rob Young 1.
 
Salisbury SCORING:
GOALS: Matt Cannone 5; Mike Winter 2; Mike Von Kamecke 2; Sam Bradman 2;
       Kylor Berkman 1; Stephen Krasco 1; Jake DeLillo 1; Connor Burgasser 1.
ASSISTS: Kylor Berkman 2; Sam Bradman 2; Mike Von Kamecke 2; Mike Winter 2;
         Matt Cannone 1; Jake DeLillo 1; Stephen Krasco 1; Shawn Zordani 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Ohio Wesleyan....... 13 14  8 10 - 45
Salisbury........... 12 14 16  8 - 50
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Ohio Wesleyan.......  4  6  8  3 - 21
Salisbury...........  9 11 13  7 - 40
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Ohio Wesleyan.......  2-9   1-5   2-4   3-7  -  8-25
Salisbury...........  7-9   4-5   2-4   4-7  - 17-25
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Ohio Wesleyan.......  4-4   6-8   7-12  5-5  - 22-29
Salisbury...........  5-6   6-8   9-9   5-5  - 25-28
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     Total
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Ohio Wesleyan.......  2-6   0-2   0-1   0-3  -  2-12
Salisbury...........  1-4   3-5   1-1   1-5  -  6-15
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Ohio Wesleyan.......  1  6  4  1 - 12
Salisbury...........  5  6  4  2 - 17
 
TURNOVERS BY PRD      1  2  3  4  Tot
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Ohio Wesleyan.......  4  6  9  3 - 22
Salisbury...........  5  7  8  5 - 25
 
Penalties - Ohio Wesleyan 15/14:00; Salisbury 12/9:00.
 
SCORING SUMMARY:
    Prd  Time Team  Type Goal Scorer            Assists                 H-V
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 1. 1st 14:11 SAL   EVEN Jake DeLillo (7)...... Mike Von Kamecke (8)..  1-0
 2.     13:47 SAL   EVEN Matt Cannone (19)..... Sam Bradman (8).......  2-0
 3.     13:00 SAL   EVEN Stephen Krasco (5).... Unassisted............  3-0
 4.      8:37 SAL   UP   Sam Bradman (6)....... Stephen Krasco (4)....  4-0
 5.      6:52 OWU   EVEN Dave Castignola (5)... Unassisted............  4-1
 6.      6:09 OWU   UP   Nick Gallagher (9).... Gavin Cunningham (1)..  4-2
 7.      1:25 OWU   UP   Rob Young (9)......... Gavin Cunningham (2)..  4-3
 8.      0:13 SAL   EVEN Connor Burgasser (2).. Unassisted............  5-3
 9. 2nd 12:29 SAL   UP   Kylor Berkman (23).... Matt Cannone (5)......  6-3
10.     11:23 OWU   EVEN Karl Zimmerman (10)... Unassisted............  6-4
11.      6:30 SAL   UP   Mike Von Kamecke (4).. Kylor Berkman (16)....  7-4
12.      5:07 OWU   EVEN Nick Gallagher (10)... Unassisted............  7-5
13.      4:19 SAL   UP   Matt Cannone (20)..... Mike Winter (2).......  8-5
14. 3rd 12:55 SAL   UP   Mike Winter (17)...... Unassisted............  9-5
15.      7:06 OWU   EVEN Alex Razzolini (2).... Rob Young (4).........  9-6
16.      5:12 SAL   EVEN Matt Cannone (21)..... Jake DeLillo (5)...... 10-6
17.      2:35 SAL   EVEN Mike Winter (18)...... Sam Bradman (9)....... 11-6
18. 4th 14:17 SAL   EVEN Sam Bradman (7)....... Mike Von Kamecke (9).. 12-6
19.     13:29 SAL   EVEN Matt Cannone (22)..... Shawn Zordani (3)..... 13-6
20.      9:35 OWU   EVEN Craig Aronoff (3)..... Unassisted............ 13-7
21.      9:28 SAL   EVEN Matt Cannone (23)..... Mike Winter (3)....... 14-7
22.      8:51 OWU   EVEN Chaz Narwicz (6)...... Unassisted............ 14-8
23.      4:39 SAL   UP   Mike Von Kamecke (5).. Kylor Berkman (17).... 15-8
 
PENALTY SUMMARY:
Prd  Time Team     ##-Player                Min     Offense
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1st 11:14 OWU      3 -Chris Ehlinger       1:00 PP  SLASHING...............
    10:52 SAL      6 -Kylor Berkman        0:30 PP  PUSHING................
    09:16 OWU      41-Lee Catt             1:00 PP  SLASHING...............
    06:29 SAL      21-Evan Hockel          1:00 PP  SLASHING...............
    04:41 SAL      15-Connor Burgasser     1:00 PP  SLASHING...............
    03:59 OWU      5 -Rob Young            0:30 PP  PUSHING................
    03:07 OWU      22-Kevin McMahon        0:30 PP  INTERFERENCE...........
    03:07 SAL      6 -Kylor Berkman        1:00 PP  UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
    02:50 SAL      12-Sam Bradman          0:30 PP  ILLEGAL PROCEDURE......
    01:49 SAL      48-Kevin Maynard        0:30 PP  PUSHING................
2nd 15:00 OWU      41-Lee Catt             1:00 PP  UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
    12:49 OWU      16-Shaun Crow           1:00 PP  UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS..
    11:23 SAL      31-Will Poletis         1:00 PP  SLASHING...............
    10:42 OWU      17-Craig Aronoff        1:00 PP  UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
    09:42 SAL      48-Kevin Maynard        0:30 PP  UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
    06:42 OWU      17-Craig Aronoff        1:00 PP  SLASHING...............
    04:47 OWU      17-Craig Aronoff        1:00 PP  CROSS-CHECK............
3rd 13:19 OWU      9 -Nick Gallagher       1:00 PP  ILLEGAL BODY CHECK.....
    04:38 SAL      31-Will Poletis         0:30 PP  PUSHING................
4th 13:18 SAL      47-Collin Tokosch       0:30 PP  PUSHING................
    08:35 OWU      36-Alex Razzolini       1:00 PP  ILLEGAL BODY CHECK.....
    07:16 SAL      6 -Kylor Berkman        1:00 PP  CROSS-CHECK............
    06:22 OWU      15-Connor McGowan       1:00 PP  TRIPPING...............
    06:22 OWU      15-Connor McGowan       1:00 PP  SLASHING...............
    03:20 OWU      12-Ricky Scheetz        1:00 PP  UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
    00:29 SAL      48-Kevin Maynard        1:00 PP  SLASHING...............
    00:00 OWU      2 -Dave Castignola      1:00 PP  UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT

2009-03-08