Salisbury Finishes Strong, Rolls Past Haverford
from press releases
HAVERFORD, Pa. - A six-goal third quarter by
No. 2 Salisbury University helped salt away a win for the visiting
Sea Gulls in their 16-10 victory over No. 11Haverford College
(13-4) Saturday afternoon at Swan Field in the second round of the
NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament.
Nationally-ranked Salisbury (16-3) moves on to the NCAA
quarterfinals where they will meet fellow Capital Athletic
Conference foe No. 1 Stevensen (Md.) University who defeated
Cabrini College by an 8-7 score on Saturday.
Salisbury's six goal third quarter was part of a second half string
where the visitor's out scored the Fords by a 9-1 margin to take
what had been a narrow 6-4 Sea Gulls halftime lead and turned it
into a long uphill climb for host Haverford.
The Fords got on the scoreboard first, however, as Zack Cohen
buried a shot past Sea Gulls goalie Johnny Rodriguez less than two
minutes after the game's opening face-off. Cohen took a feed from
teammate Max Hjelm and fired a laser into the upper corner of the
frame to give the Fords what would prove to be their only lead of
the game.
Salisbury bounced back from the early deficit with four unanswered
goals for a 4-1 lead in the opening moments of the second
quarter.
The Fords had an answer to the Sea Gulls outburst scoring three in
a row to knot the score up at 4-4 midway through the second 15
minute stanza.
Jory Fong circled counter-clockwise from the top of the zone and
got off a shot that beat Rodriguez from about eight yards out to
his left to cut the lead to three at 13:43 of the second.
Myles Monaghan followed with a pair of goals exactly one minute
apart to tie the score. His first was a diving effort from just
behind the goalie's right that skipped in low under Rodrieguez'
netting, and his tying goal came from seven yards out front off a
quick flip from a Phillip Valliant pass.
Haverford's momentum was broken with Salisbury goals only 15
seconds apart in the quarter's ninth minute, setting the score at
6-4 which is how the opening 30 minutes ended.
An early strike from Haverford opened up the third quarter and
trimmed the lead to just one. Travis Gregory fired a low shot from
up high in the attack zone with Valliant earning another
assist.
Trailing by just one goal at 6-5 now, the Fords seemed on the verge
of staging another momentum shift but this time Salisbury broke
back quickly and began their 9-1 run that lasted into the fifth
minute of the fourth quarter.
Monaghan netted his third of the game in the middle of Salisbury's
streak but by the 10:01 mark of the final quarter, the Fords were
down 15-6 and their season was slipping away.
Desperately trying to get back into the game, Haverford's Brian
Fleishhacker ended the Salisbury run and scored twice within 12
seconds to give his team hope.
Goals from Gregory and Fleishhacker late in the quarter allowed the
Fords to out score the Gulls by a 4-1 margin over the final nine
minutes but the visitor's lead was just too great to overcome and
Haverford's season finally came to an end with the final horn.
Haverford's Fleishhacker and Monaghan led all scorers in the
contest with three goals apiece. Six different players scored two
goals each for Salisbury in the win with four other Sea Gulls
registering one goal.
Rodriguez earned the win in goal for the Sea Gulls making five
saves while surrendering 10 goals. At the Haverford defensive end,
Joe Banno finished with 16 saves but was saddled with the losing
decision.
