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Sea Gulls earn NCAA berth in 

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Carly Read

The No. 18 Salisbury University softball team claimed its 17th Capital Athletic Conference championship with a 9-1 win against Frostburg State University at the SU Softball Field in five innings of play on Saturday. The win gives Salisbury the CAC's automatic qualification into next month's NCAA tournament.

Harley Hill

Frostburg (23-16) got on the board with a run in the top of the first, but the Sea Gulls would not wait long to strike back, countering with three runs in the home half of the second inning.

… junior Carly Read's (Catonsville, Md) two-run home run to left field, (gave) the Gulls (35-5) the lead for good.

Sarah Alpaugh

Sophomore Harley Hill (Huntington, Md) reached on a two-out single in the inning and came home for a 3-0 lead when junior Sarah Alpaugh (Eldersburg, Md) tripled to left field.

Salisbury's strong defense got the team out of a two-on, none-out jam in the top of the third as junior catcher Michelle Gravdahl (Ellicott City, Md) picked Frostburg's Shari Beavers off first base and the Gulls turned a double play to end the frame unscathed...

Rachel Johnson

Freshman pitcher Rachel Johnson (Preston, Md) came on to work the top of the fifth, in relief of (Erika) Brittingham, and saw two runners reach base but rallied for three strikeouts to end the game.

Salisbury will now await the announcement of the NCAA tournament field next week to find out where they will be heading to open up play in their quest for a national championship.

Bobcats score first in first at bat...

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Taylor Vandegrift

Amanda Hennessee

The Bobcats (23-16) started the scoring in the their first at-bat. Junior Taylor Vandegrift (Westminster, Md) singled and later scored on a two-out single by freshman Amanda Hennessee (Hampstead, Md). Junior Megan Butzner (Pasadena, Md) sacrificed Vandegrift to second, and sophomore Caitlin Lovend (Laurel, Md) reached on an infield single before Hennessee's RBI hit.

Megan Butzner

Caitlin Lovend

Frostburg again put two on in the top of the second. With two away, junior Kerri O'Malley (Baltimore, Md) fouled off several pitches before working a walk and Vandegrift singled for the second time in as many innings... freshman Bailey Ellsworth (Mt. Savage, Md) (also) had a hit. 

Kerri O'Malley

Bailey Ellsworth