The Misericordia University men's lacrosse teams' storybook season ended with a 24-3 loss to #1 Salisbury in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Sea Gull Stadium.

Patrick Kellish scored twice, Jake Kocovsky scored once, while Chris Fleming, Sean McSwiggan and Brandon Winslow had an assist apiece. Michael Iglio had three ground balls and James Wood had two caused turnovers.

Misericordia scored the first goal of the game a man-up. Fleming found Kocovsky who fired the ball past the keeper with 4:48 left in the first. MU held the lead for the next two minutes before the Sea Gulls took control, scoring 13 unanswered goals over the next quarter and half to open up a 13-1 lead with 8:58 left in the third.

P. Kellish fired a low shot into the lower left side of the net off a nice feed from McSwiggan to make it 13-2.

Late in the fourth, Winslow found P. Kellish in front of the crease on the right side; he easily beat the keeper to make it 23-3.

Matthew Beck made 10 saves in the game for MU, making several impressive stops to keep MU in the game early on.

Misericordia won a record 13 games this season, winning their first ever MAC Freedom championship as they made their first NCAA tournament. They defeated Lasell 9-7 in the previous round.

Head coach Jim Ricardo reflected on the last 48 hours after the game.

"It was an awesome experience these last 48 hours. Our guys showed how hard they train with how hard they played. They go hard for 60 minutes. Yesterday was an awesome experience and today we played the #1 team in the country... We were honored to be here and we will keep getting better."