SALISBURY, MD. –  Capital's Maura Rose hit a solo homer to cap a two-run rally in the bottom of the seventh as the Crusaders defeated Cortland, 5-4, during Day 2 of the Salisbury Invitational. The Red Dragons also lost to the host Sea Gulls, 11-0 in six innings, to finish the tournament with a 1-3 record.

Capital 5, Cortland 4 (Box Score)

Capital trailed 4-3 entering the bottom of the seventh, but tied the game on the first batter of the inning when Kelsey Swain tripled and scored on a throwing error from the outfield. Two batters later, Rose homered to center to end the game.

Rose's RBI double in the first gave Capital a 1-0 lead, but Cortland tied the game in the third when Erin Wolstenholme (Oneonta) led off with a single and eventually scored on a two-out double by Lucia Meola (Liverpool/Cicero-North Syracuse). The Crusaders regained the lead on a leadoff homer by Devan  Boggs in the bottom of the third.

Cortland grabbed a 3-2 lead in the fifth on a Nicole Gallo (Mount Sinai) RBI single and an Alicia Hibbard (Canastota) RBI fielder's choice.  Capital tied the game on a Lexi Majoy sacrifice fly in the fifth, but the Red Dragons went ahead in the sixth on Diane Cork's (Wayland/Wayland-Cohocton) two-out RBI infield single.

Boggs went 3-for-4, Rose was 2-for-3 and Swain finished 2-for-4 for Capital (7-5). Alyssa Patznick earned the win after entering in relief in the third inning.

Sarah Salamone (Liverpool/Cicero-North Syracuse) pitched a complete game for Cortland. She struck out six, walked one and allowed 11 hits. Cork and Gallo were each 2-for-4.

Salisbury 11, Cortland 0 (6 inn.) (Box Score)

Salisbury (16-2) scored six unearned runs in the top of the second as the designated visiting team and never looked back. Cortland committed a one-out error, and a strikeout that followed would have ended the inning. From that point, the Sea Gulls had six straight batters reach base, including Harley Hill with a two-run single and Paige Knussman with a pinch-hit two-run double.

Hill singled in a run in the third, and Salisbury added four runs in the sixth to trigger the eight-run rule. Hill finished the game 3-for-4 with three RBI and Hannah Mills was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Kathryn Larson threw a two-hit shutout over six innings for the win. She struck out five and walked two.

Gallo and Cassie Kardias (Shrub Oak/Lakeland) each finished 1-for-2 with a walk for the Red Dragons. Krista Oakes (Akwesasne/Salmon River) allowed six unearned runs on four hits and a walk in an inning and two-thirds. She struck out one.

Cortland will play a doubleheader at The College of New Jersey on Saturday, March 23, at 1 p.m.