No. 1-ranked Salisbury ran away from Goucher for a 12-4 victory while 5th-ranked Stevenson scored six of the final seven goals in a 13-6 victory over Gettysburg Saturday, advancing the Sea Gulls and Mustangs to the quarterfinal round of the 2012 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship.

Top-ranked Salisbury advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III tournament on Saturday after a 12-4 victory over Goucher College.  With the win, the Sea Gulls, who came into the game having never lost to the Gophers, increased their all-time record to 23-0 over the program.

Salisbury jumped out to an early lead with three goals in the first quarter. Senior attackman Tony Mendes netted the game's first goal at the 9:25 mark of the period. Senior midfielder Cory Nowak added the team's second score before sophomore attackman Rhett DePol flicked an off-balance, behind-the-back shot past the Gopher's goalkeeper with 27 seconds left in the period to give Salisbury the 3-0 lead going into the second quarter.

Senior attackmen Erik Krum and Lantz Carter and junior midfielder Ryan Clarke all got their names into the scoring column with goals in the second quarter. Goucher's Kyle Boncaro netted his team's first goal to start the period before Krum and Carter ripped off two scores within one minute of one another. After Clarke's tally, the Gulls took a 6-1 lead into the half.  The first goal of the third quarter did not come until the 6:54 mark as Clarke netted his second goal to end a Salisbury scoring drought that started with 9:45 left in the second quarter and lasted 17:51.

Senior attackman Matt Cannone, who led the Gulls with three goals, added his first in the third quarter to give Salisbury an 8-2 leading going into the fourth. Cannone and Mendes both had four points to lead the team in the game.  Salisbury added four more goals in the fourth quarter to cap off the game. Cannone netted two while Mendes and senior midfielder Sam Bradman added one each. Salisbury had eight different players find the back of the net in the game.  Sophomore goalkeeper Alex Taylor picked up his first NCAA tournament win, playing over 58 minutes in the cage while making 10 saves.

Salisbury moves on to host Cabrini College on Wednesday at Sea Gull Stadium for a NCAA quarterfinal game; the game time is to be announced.

At Owings Mills, Md., Stevenson used a 5-0 second-quarter run to take the lead, then a 6-1 run in the final 20 minutes to put the game away as the 5th-ranked Mustangs (17-4) downed 20th-ranked Gettysburg.  The Mustangs will face Denison (13-1), which upset third-ranked Lynchburg by a 10-5 margin, on Wednesday in the national quarterfinals.

Tyler Reid and Nick Rossi each had five points to lead the Mustangs.  Reid had three goals, including two in the late-game run, and two assists while Rossi had one goal and a game-high four assists.

Early in the second quarter, Stevenson evened the score at 2-2, then scored four times in the final six minutes of the half to take a 6-2 lead to the halftime break.  Chris Dashiell scored two of his three goals during the streak, both assisted by Reid.

Gettysburg scored twice early in the third quarter and cut the Mustangs' lead to two goals on two occasions before the hosts pulled away for the win.

Stevenson outshot the Bullets, 43-20, and won 15 of 22 face offs.  Stevenson's defense, led by GK Ian Bolland (nine saves), held Gettysburg scoreless on all six man-up opportunities.