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SALISBURY, Md. - Top seeded and No. 1-ranked
Salisbury jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the game's first six minutes
and never let the lead slip below four the rest of the way en route
to a 19-8 victory over Stevenson in the semifinals of the CAC
Women's Lacrosse Championship Tuesday at Sea Gull Stadium.
The Sea Gulls (16-1) will play for their seventh-straight CAC
title against Mary Washington on Friday after the Eagles upset No.
19 St. Mary's (Md.) on the road, 23-17.
Meanwhile, the loss ends a second consecutive 10-win season for
the Mustangs (10-7), the team's first since 1998. Stevenson's 22
wins over the last two seasons which include a school record 12 in
2008, are the most over a two-year period in school history.
Robyn Bishop totaled two goals and one assist as Salisbury led
4-0 with 24:41 remaining in the first half.
The Mustangs answered by scoring four of the game's next seven
goals to pull within three on a goal by junior Lauren
Zegowitz (Gaithersburg/Damascus) with 17:08 left, but that
would be as close as they would get as the Sea Gulls closed the
half on a 6-2 run to increase its least to seven at halftime, 13-6.
The goal was the 44th of the season for Zegowitz and came just
45 seconds after sophomore Lisa Baker
(Westminster/Westminster) scored the first of her two
goals at 17:53.
Baker finishes the year with 46 goals, 19 assists and 65
points, all team and career-highs, while Zegowitz ranks second with
44 goals, 12 assists and 56 points.
Salisbury scored the first two goals of the second half before
the game was delayed over an hour for lightning following Bishop's
second goal with 24:25 remaining.
When play resumed, Bishop added back-to-back goals to
push the lead to double digits, including a free position
tally just 1:04 after the stoppage. She finished the game
with six goals and one assist while Logan
Bilderback had two goals and three assists. Courtney
Sorenson added four goals.
The Sea Gulls scored 15 goals on their first 16 shots with the
lone miss saved by Stevenson freshman Jenny Schroeder
(Severna Park/Seton Keough).
In the first meeting between the two teams back on March
1, the Mustangs outscored Salisbury 9-4 in the
second half to keep the game close. However, on Tuesday, the Sea
Gulls outscored Stevenson 6-2 and held a 14-8 edge in shots.
Salisbury also won seven of the nine draw controls in the second
half and got five saves from the combination of Sonja Stuart and
Julie Ann Caulfield to limit the Mustangs' chances.
Schroeder finished with just one first half save while sophomore
Devan Malone (Highland/River Hill) made two stops.
Freshman Spencer Kraus (Mt. Airy/South Carroll)
had three goals to lead Stevenson offensively, one shy of her
career-high. CAC Co-Player of the Week, sophomore Megan
Weiss (Odenton/Seton), had one goal and one assist and
finished the season with a career-high 40 goals.