SALISBURY, Md. - For two quarters Denison University played even with top-ranked Salisbury University but the Sea Gulls outscored the Big Red 12-3 in the first and fourth quarters combined to pull away with a 17-8 men's lacrosse victory on a blustery Sunday afternoon. Salisbury has now won 50 straight games at Sea Gull Stadium and 55 consecutive regular-season games.

Salisbury junior Matt Hickman (four goals, two assists) scored three of his four goals in the fourth quarter as the Sea Gulls outscored the Big Red 7-1. Fellow junior attackman Greg Titus (four goals, one assist) scored two of his four goals in the fourth as well. Hickman has a team best 34 goals on the season through eight games.

Salisbury (8-0) trailed 2-1 midway through the first quarter to Denison (3-2) before four different Sea Gulls found the back of the net to regain the lead, 5-2. The two teams traded goals in the second quarter as the Gulls went into the half up 7-4.

SU sophomore Kylor Berkman (two goals, three assists) and junior Brett Yoder (three assists) both passed out three assists in the win. They are tied for the team lead in assists with 16. Denison received two goals apiece from Rick MacKessy (two goals, two assists), Dan Maude (two goals, one assist) and Brady Burton (two goals). Salisbury goalie Max Zarchin made 10 saves in 50 minutes of work to earn his eighth win on the season.

Salisbury will turn around and host Hood College tomorrow (Monday, March 19) at Sea Gull Stadium at 4:30 p.m. The game was slated to be played on the road in Frederick, Md., but was moved to Salisbury due to poor field conditions because of snow and ice.

Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Denison.............  2  2  3  1 -  8
Salisbury...........  5  2  3  7 - 17
 
Denison SCORING:
GOALS: Rick Mackessy 2; Dan Maude 2; Brady Burton 2; Nate Hall 1;
       Chris Chandler 1.
ASSISTS: Nate Hall 2; Rick Mackessy 2; Brian Bienemann 1; Brian
         Cleary 1; Dan Maude 1.
 
Salisbury SCORING:
GOALS: Matt Hickman 4; Greg Titus 4; Matt Dasinger 3; Eric Bishop 3;
       Kylor Berkman 2; Kyle Burto 1.
ASSISTS: Kylor Berkman 3; Brett Yoder 3; Matt Hickman 2; Kevin
         Kustron 2; Greg Baggan 1; Matt Dasinger 1; Greg Titus 1;
         Mike Von Kamecke 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Denison.............  8  5 10  3 - 26
Salisbury...........  9 10 13 10 - 42
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Denison.............  7 10  3  5 - 25
Salisbury........... 10 10  4 15 - 39
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Denison.............  3-8   2-5   4-7   2-9  - 11-29
Salisbury...........  5-8   3-5   3-7   7-9  - 18-29
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Denison.............  5-6   6-7   5-6   4-5  - 20-24
Salisbury...........  6-6   6-7   6-6   6-7  - 24-26
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     Total
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Denison.............  2-3   0-0   0-2   0-1  -  2-6
Salisbury...........  1-1   0-2   0-0   0-0  -  1-3
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Denison.............  1  4  5  0 - 10
Salisbury...........  4  3  3  1 - 11
 
TURNOVERS BY PRD      1  2  3  4  Tot
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Denison.............  4  5  5  7 - 21
Salisbury...........  7  6  1  8 - 22
 
PENALTIES - Denison 3/2:30; Salisbury 6/4:00.

2007-03-18