The title run for 13 seniors ended on Wednesday as were defeated by Salisbury 1-0. This makes the third straight year we advanced to the CAC semi-finals, but have been unable to get to the championship game.
Overall I thought we gave a strong effort. Salisbury is a good team and was probably the better team on the day, but we played well enough to keep ourselves in the game and had a few opportunities to get on the board.
It was a typical FSU - Salisbury match with a lot of physical play. Both teams got their share of hits in including five yellow cards and a red card as time expired. Salisbury was very dangerous on the counter, but our backline held strong and was able to keep the Sea Gulls out of the goal for most of the game.
With under 10 minutes to play Salisbury was awarded a free kick near the top corner of the box. As the ball was served everyone attacked the ball and unfortunately the ball got flicked and found its way to an open Salisbury player at the corner of the six yard box. The Salisbury player shot it back across the goal out of the reach of keeper Hassan Mostafa.
It's tough to see the season come to a close for the seniors. You always wish you could give them one more game or get them a little further than they got the year before, but unfortunately this will make the third straight elimination in the semi-final round. We have put in for the ECAC Championships so hopefully we'll get the chance to play a few more games and give the senior class a chance to close their season out with a win.
ECAC bids will come out Monday afternoon after the NCAA selections.
I watched the game thru Salisbury webcast, not a bad game fellas. You definitely could have won. Keep your heads up. The "foul" on the free kick leading to the goal wasn't even a foul, the defender got all ball
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