SALISBURY, Md. – The second-ranked Salisbury University men's lacrosse team was handed a tough loss in the NCAA third round, falling by an 11-10 final in overtime to the 16th-ranked Dickinson Red Devils on Sunday evening at Sea Gull Stadium.
 
The Red Devils drew first blood eight seconds in and kept the home side off the board for nearly 10 minutes. Brice Bromwell got the Sea Gulls back into it with a nifty strike off an isolation move, then Blake Malamphy won the ensuing faceoff and rifled home the go-ahead marker seven seconds later. The teams settled in from there, with keepers Nicholas Ransom and Rocco Bognet combining for nine saves in the quarter, and SU took a 2-1 lead out of the first.
 
Charlie Baughan got Dickinson even a minute into the second quarter, and Ethan Ackerman later scooped up a turnover and took it to the cage himself to put the Red Devils back up 3-2. Michael Leahy answered for SU, and Brayden Velasquez and Bromwell scored within 46 seconds of each other to make it 5-3 Salisbury and force a Dickinson timeout at the 6:13 mark. Ty Keaton slithered in for one more late in the period, but Jack Murphy answered to make it a 6-4 game at halftime.
 
Dickinson notched the first three goals of the third quarter, with Landen Hyatt putting the visitors back up 7-6 at the 7:37 mark. Bognet and company kept Salisbury off the board for the whole period to take a one-goal lead into the fourth.
 
Leahy found twine to draw the Sea Gulls even early in the fourth, but the Red Devils converted three of the next four to go up 10-8 with 8:03 to go. Riley Strub netted one at the 3:12 mark, then with 53 seconds left Leahy came through in the clutch again to even things up at 10-10 and force overtime.
 
In OT, the Sea Gulls won the opening faceoff but Dickinson made a defensive stand, then at the 1:09 mark Luke Whalen scored his second overtime winner in as many days, propelling the Red Devils into the national quarterfinals.
 
GAME NOTES

• Michael Leahy led the Sea Gulls with the seventh hat trick of his freshman campaign and his second in as many NCAA tournament outings, firing three goals to headline the Sea Gull scorers.
• Brice Bromwell finished with two goals and a pair of ground balls. Bromwell concludes the 2025 campaign with mammoth totals of 113 points on 51 goals and 62 assists.
• Riley Strub added a pair of goals for Salisbury in the battle, finishing the year with 81 points on 69 goals and 12 helpers.
• Blake Malamphy tallied up 14 wins on 23 tries at the dot, running down six ground balls while adding one goal and causing one turnover. Charles Fritchman nabbed six ground balls and added one faceoff win.
• Bryce Stevenson finished with trios of ground balls and caused turnovers to lead the defense.
• Jeremiah Stafford added three ground balls and caused one turnover.
• Nicholas Ransom (20-1) put together a stellar showing, tying his career-high with 16 Red Devil attempts in his second career loss. Ransom became the fourth stopper in program history to eclipse 500 career saves in the bout, joining SU legends Dave Hearn '77, Dan Korpon '05, Alex Taylor '14 and Scott Bentowski '91.
• Prior to 2025, the Sea Gulls had advanced to the NCAA quarterfinal in 33 consecutive tournaments dating back to 1990.

The Sea Gulls conclude the 2025 season with a 20-1 overall record, winning an eighth consecutive conference title and eclipsing 20 wins for the fourth straight season and the eighth in the last 10 full-season slates.