SALISBURY, Md. — The eighth-ranked Washington and Lee women's lacrosse team held fourth-ranked Salisbury to just one goal over the final 20:54 of the contest on its way to a 10-7 road victory on Sunday. This marked the first win at Salisbury for the Generals (3-1) in team history.
 
The Blue and White trailed the Sea Gulls, 3-1, by the 14:22 mark of the first half, but W&L responded with three straight goals to take a one-score lead (4-3) with 6:08 left in the period. First-year attacker Christina Cavallo (Alexandria, Va./St. Stephens & St. Agnes' School) notched the first two, and first-year attacker Allie Schwab (Bryn Mawr, Pa./Harriton) recorded the third.
 
The Sea Gulls (1-1) tied the game with 1:09 left in the stanza, but Cavallo scored with 22 seconds left off an assist from first-year midfielder Jenny Lisovicz (Glen Ridge, N.J./Glen Ridge) to put the Generals in front, 5-4, at halftime. Cavallo scored four of the Blue and White's five goals in the first.
 
Schwab registered a goal off an assist from sophomore attacker Katherine Faria (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) five minutes into the second to extend the W&L lead to 6-4. Salisbury trimmed the lead to one off a goal from senior attacker Gianna Demato a few minutes later, but first-year midfielder Blake Cote (Bedford, N.Y./Westminster School) stretched the margin to 7-5 with a tally at the 21:42 mark.
 
The lead was back to one, 7-6, when Demato struck again with 20:54 on the clock, but the W&L defense then held Salisbury scoreless over the next 19:31 of action. During the Sea Gulls scoring drought, the Generals registered three goals to extend the lead to four (10-6).
 
Senior attacker Dani Murray (Denver, Colo./Kent Denver) tallied the first two goals of the run in a span of 1:22 to push the advantage to 9-6 with 17:09 remaining in the contest. Schwab then notched her third goal of the game with 7:55 to go off an assist from junior attacker Landon Shelley (Charlotte, N.C./Myers Park) to give the Generals 10 goals.
 
The Sea Gulls finally put another one on the scoreboard with 1:23 left in the contest, but W&L secured the ensuing draw control and ran out the clock for the three-score win.
 
Cavallo and Schwab combined for seven goals and one assist. Cavallo had four goals, while Schwab finished with three goals and one assist. Murray had two goals and three assists, with the second goal marking the 100th of her career. Cote chipped in one goal and one assist.
 
Senior Elliot Gilbert (Bedford, N.Y./Deerfield Academy) was stellar in goal for the Blue and White. Over 60 minutes of action, she made 11 saves on a .611 save percentage. She also added four ground balls and two caused turnovers. For the Sea Gulls, senior Skye Graham totaled seven saves in 60 minutes of play.
 
The Generals dominated the draw circle, holding a 14-5 advantage. Lisovicz and senior defender Caitlin Anderson (Manhasset, N.Y./Manhasset) each finished with six draw controls. Anderson also had five ground balls and two caused turnovers.   
 
Salisbury held a 25-20 edge in shots, and took nine free position shots compared to just three for W&L. Demato led the Sea Gulls with four points on two goals and two assists. Junior attacker Alexis Strobel contributed one goal and two assists.
 
Along with being the first road win for W&L against Salisbury, it also marked the largest margin of victory for the Generals in the 14-game series. All three of the previous victories for the Blue and White in the series came by one goal. W&L has now won two straight over Salisbury for the first time in program history.
 
This is the first victory over a Top 5 team for the Generals since defeating then fourth-ranked Salisbury, 14-13 in overtime, on March 2, 2019. W&L hosts Christopher Newport on Wednesday at 3:00 pm.