SALISBURY FIELD HOCKEY OUTLASTS NO.5 ROWAN UNIVERSITY, 4-1
No.1-ranked Sea Gulls Headed Back to Final Four; Face Ursinus
 
SALISBURY, Md. * The two-time defending NCAA Division III national champion
Salisbury University field hockey team is heading back to the Final Four for the
fifth time in six years as the No.1-ranked Sea Gulls defeated No.5-ranked Rowan
University, 4-1, in an NCAA Championship third round contest Sunday afternoon at
the SU Athletics Complex.

Salisbury (19-1) will take on No.2-ranked Ursinus (20-2) in the NCAA Division
III Field Hockey National Semifinals Friday at 2 p.m. at Washington & Lee
University's Liberty Hall Field, located in Lexington, Va. Ursinus knocked off
No.8-ranked Cortland State, 2-1, in another third round match Sunday.

Other third round results this weekend included No.4 Bowdoin defeating No.9
Springfield, 5-0, on Sunday, and No.3 Messiah eliminating No.11 William Smith,
4-1, on Saturday. Messiah (19-1) will take on Bowdoin (18-0) in the other
Semifinal at 10 a.m. Friday. The national championship game is scheduled for 1
p.m. Saturday. The contest will be aired on CBS-TV.

Salisbury controlled the momentum for much of the match against Rowan. The Sea
Gulls held a 13-3 shot advantage in the first 35 minutes as the Gulls built a
3-1 lead at intermission. Junior Lynette Sgrignoli (Enola, Pa./East Pennsboro)
scored her 18th and 19th goals of the season to put SU up 2-0. Her first goal
came off a rebounded missed attempt by sophomore Kristina Holland (Pocomoke,
Md./Pocomoke). The second score of the day came when she deflected the ball on a
pass from junior Tracey Lloyd (Delmar, Del./Delmar) and put the ball in the box
for a 2-0 Salisbury lead just 19:22 into the contest.

Junior Megan Powell (Elkton, Md./Academy of the New Church) created a 3-0 bulge
by the Sea Gulls when she scored an unassisted goal with 5:09 remaining in the
first half.

Rowan, which was out shot 22-6 by SU after holding a distinct 27-8 advantage in
shots in a 5-1 win over Skidmore on Saturday, didn't quit, pulling within 3-1
with no time left on the clock at the end of the first half. After being awarded
a penalty corner, the Profs were allowed to continue play despite the fact that
the time had run out. Sophomore Corrine Monahan took a pass from sophomore Susan
Massara and scored to keep RU within striking distance.

Salisbury, which held a 20-5 advantage in penalty corners, stretched the lead to
4-1 at the 59:01 mark when Lloyd scored her 11th goal of the season off a
penalty corner.

SU sophomore goalie Maria Ramoundos (Gloucester, N.J./Highland) improved her
season record to 15-1 with the win in goal. She finished with a pair of saves.
Senior Stephanie Doherty (16-4) took the setback for the Profs despite finishing
with 13 saves.