SU falls to 1-2 in triple overtime loss to Captains

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Salisbury Senior defensive end Paul Cynewski (Moorestown, N.J.) with a game-high 15 tackles and had one sack but it was not enough as the Salisbury University football team lost a tough non-conference, in triple-overtime to Christopher Newport University, 27-21, last Saturday afternoon in front of 5,265(3rd most in CNU history) on Family Weekend at POMOCO Field. The game had six fumbles altogether as the two teams combined for 14 sacks for 77 yards.

SU (1-2) was lead in the game by Cynewski and the rest of its defense which was consistent in being resilient time after the time as the squad kept the Captains in numerous critical situations. The biggest stop of the game came with less than one minute remaining in the fourth quarter. After a failed offensive drive, the Gulls defense was greeted with the Captains beginning a drive at the Sea Gull 36-yard line. CNU running back Corey Legister opened up the drive with a 9-yard rush but it was all he would get on the drive as Salisbury sent the game into overtime with three consecutive stops at the line of scrimmage.

The defense had eight players with at least eight tackles in the game. Salisbury was led by Cynewski, who collected 11 solo tackles and had three tackles for losses. Senior linebacker Tom Fontaine (Philadelphia, Pa.) contributed with 11 tackles (10 solo), while senior linebacker Eric Arndt (Waldwick, N.J.) had one sack for 7 yards, one of his 10 tackles on the day. The Sea Gulls were also aided by the performances of sophomore defensive back Ricky Cassidy (Edgewater, Md.) and junior linebacker Justin Chura (Lothian, Md.) who both had nine tackles, and junior defensive lineman Riley Fritts' (Columbia, Md.) eight tackles and two sacks.

SU looked to win the game in the early stages of the first overtime when the Gull defense forced the Captains into their fourth turnover on downs of the game. The offense moved the ball just enough to set up sophomore kicker Tommy Kowalick (Sterling, Va.) for a 29-yard field goal attempt to win the game, but the Captains would stay alive after a member of the defense got just enough on the ball to send it short of the crossbar.

On the second possession of overtime, Bryan Woolson (White Hall, Md.) ran in from 25-yards out to force CNU into having to score a touchdown. The favor was quickly returned as Corey Legister bulled in for a 1-yard touchdown moments later to send the game to a third overtime.

In the third overtime, the Captains were granted the ball first. On the eighth play of the drive, Freshman QB Monsiva Woelfel, in for the injured starter scored the Captains' third rushing touchdown of the game. SU was unable to move the ball on its last possession, and on a fourth-and-2 play CNU claimed the victory after Bryan Vaughn took down Salisbury quarterback Sean Kelly(Fallston, Md.) just short of the first down.

Salisbury was led on offense by Kelly, who threw for 109 yards and one touchdown. Kelly, who made his first career start in the contest, continued his impressive day with 37 yards rushing on the ground. Randal Smedley (Frederick, Md.) (one touchdown) led the Gulls backfield with 71 yards on 12 carries, while Woolson contributed with 46 yards and one score.

Salisbury returns home this Saturday, Sept. 26, to host St. John Fisher College at 12 p.m. The meeting will be the second contest between the two squads and the first since SU pinned a 58-52 four-overtime decision on the road at SJFC last season.

Pregame is at 1145a on 1320AM WICO(wicotalk.com) with play by play man Bill Reddish and color analyst J.Brooks

NOTE:

Salisbury University senior defensive lineman Paul Cynewski (Moorestown, N.J.) has received Atlantic Central Football Conference (ACFC) Defensive Player of the Week accolades for his performance in Saturday's 27-21 loss to Christopher Newport University.

In the triple-overtime loss against the Captains, Cynewski collected a game-high 15 tackles and one sack. He was one of eight defensive players who had at least eight tackles in the game, notching 11 solo tackles and three tackles for losses. Cynewski leads the team with 24 total tackles, 18 of them solo this season.

Cynewski is the first Sea Gull to garner ACFC Defensive Player of the Week honors this season; senior punter Andrew Geisert (White Plains, Md.) and sophomore kicker Tommy Kowalick (Sterling, Va.) have both been named ACFC Special Teams Players of the Week in the past two weeks.
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