Box Score

SALISBURY, Md. – No. 1 Salisbury relied on seven first-half goals en route to a 9-6 victory in NCAA Division III semifinal action at Sea Gull Stadium on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Sea Gulls have won 60 straight at home and punched their 10th ticket to the national championship, having played in the national title game just last year.

Salisbury (22-0) seniors Eric Bishop and Matt Dasinger and junior attackman Greg Titus each tallied two goals to pace the Sea Gull offense, while junior midfielder Brett Yoder recorded two assists in the win. In goal, senior Max Zarchin made four saves to go along with three ground balls.

Gettysburg (16-3) senior midfielder Ted Leonard (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) led the Bullets with a pair of goals. Sophomore attackman Zach Pucci (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) tacked on two assists. Senior goalie Pat Vaughan (Cockeysville, Md./Loyola Blakefield) capped his career with a strong performance, making seven saves on 24 Salisbury shots. He now has 724 career saves, placing him third on the Centennial Conference (CC) career list.

Salisbury sophomore midfielder Kylor Berkman got things started with an unassisted goal just 2:37 into the contest. It wasn't until almost six minutes later that junior attackman Matt Hickman scored off a spin move giving his team a 2-0 lead with 6:27 remaining in the first quarter. Freshman midfielder Mike Von Kamecke rounded out the Sea Gulls' first-quarter scoring with an unassisted goal of his own at the 3:56 mark.

It took the Bullets less than two minutes to respond on senior captain Greg Montgomery's (Asheville, N.C./St. Andrew's School [Del.]) eighth goal of the season. He fired a shot inside the left post at the 2:11 mark.

Junior attackman Trip Dyer (Ocean View, Del./Worcester Prep [Md.]) scored the only other first-half goal for Gettysburg with 2:08 remaining in the second quarter. A change of direction allowed him to beat his defender before sending it low past Zarchin.

Salisbury answered and matched its biggest lead of the game before the half when Bishop netted his second goal of the game from a Yoder assist to send the Sea Gulls into halftime up 7-2.

Gettysburg cut into the lead in the second half as they outscored Salisbury, 2-1, in each of the final two quarters. Freshman attackman Joe Brody (Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson) connected on a man-up goal from a Pucci assist less than two minutes into the third quarter. Senior midfielder Andrew Mavraganis (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) found the back of the cage off a Kyle McGrath (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) assist with under a minute to play in the third before Leonard scored back-to-back goals at the six minute mark to cut the Salisbury lead to 9-6.

Three goals was as close as the Bullets could get as the Sea Gulls tightened the screws on defense and held Gettysburg scoreless in the final minutes of the game.

The Gettysburg class of 2007 has posted a 62-13 record, won four CC titles, advanced to the NCAA Division III championship quarterfinals three times and the semifinals for the first time this season.