Washington College walked away with this one 15-10 in Salisbury's own backyard, in front of its 1995 championship team (who was there for a halftime honorary ceremony) and a sellout crowd. So what exactly happened, you ask? Washington executed the perfect game plan for the Gulls minus Turner. They used a loose zone that was quick to slide on Salisbury's attackmen, who were driving from behind. This forced the attackmen to push the ball up top, where Washington again used quick slides and vicious double teams to hold the ball outside, thus allowing Washington to take advantage of Salisbury's lack of outside shooters.

The first quarter started out quick for the Shoremen as Craig Rentch put one in at 14:49, his first of eight goals. Salisbury answered though, and tied it at one when Fox dropped one in off of a backside feed from Rhodey. As this action was taking place a strange phenomenon was going on, Chris Martin was actually losing faceoffs; in fact, he lost the first four of five (surely this was a sign). Washington was quick to take advantage and had built a 4-2 lead with 4:21 to go in the first quarter. However Salisbury had a few tricks up their sleeves and got a hard fought goal at 3:44 off of a roll dodge from Parks. This was the last time Salisbury's offense really looked threatening. As the second quarter started, Washington was out to a 7-5 lead off of a goal from, you guessed it, Craig Rentch, assisted by J.D. Radebaugh. Salisbury, who had been playing sloppy up to this point, brought it to within one when Bergey scored a man up goal at 4:11, but as fate would have it, Rentch quickly retaliated with two goals, padding the halftime lead up to three goals.

The second half was much more conservative, as Washington was content to concentrate on defense and capitalize on Salisbury's mistakes (and there were a lot of them). In the third quarter, a once potent Salisbury offense only managed a handful of shots which amounted to two goals -- one from Parks the other from McKenzie. On the other side of the field, Washington's offense was giving SSU's defense a run for their money with multiple goals coming from crease feeds, a definate no-no in Berkman's book. Also, Washington's ride was stiffling SSU's quick clear, which nullified their speed advantage. The fourth quarter proved to be even worse for Salisbury as their frustration mounted, the once mighty Gulls only picked up one goal with :27 left, allowing Washington to dethrone the champions in convincing fashion, 15-10.

Salisbury State vs. Washington College

Salisbury State

10

Scoring
Tim Parks	(3, 0)
Kevin Fox	(1, 2)
Craig Rhodey	(1, 2)
Joe High	(1, 1)
Josh Bergey	(1, 1)
Jason Basso	(1, 0)
Ryan Mckenzie	(1, 0)
Rob Bates	(1, 0)

Saves
John Dodson	10 (0.500)
Pat Tewes	5 (0.500)

Current Record
Salisbury State	15-1

Washington College

15

Scoring
Craig Rentch	(8, 3)
Jd Radebaugh	(2, 2)
Nick Nylund	(2, 1)
Jon Fellows	(1, 2)
Eric Kuehn	(1, 1)
Dan Meehan	(1, 0)
Sean Lander	(0, 1)
Chris Johnson	(0, 1)

Saves
Ray Pagano	14 (0.583)

Current Record
Washington College	10-3