The Road To A National Championship Three-Peat

May 9, 2018 Posted by Matt Pencek Featured Sports, Regional Sports, Salisbury University

On Wednesday Salisbury University begins its defense of their status as two-time NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse National Champions. The Sea Gulls (16-3) have won ten in a row and enter the 2018 NCAA Tournament ranked #7 nationally. Salisbury’s only loss in regulation was March 24 at York.

Eight Sea Gulls are playing the final contests of their college career. The senior class has the opportunity to achieve a third straight title. It has occurred one other time in program history (2003, 2004, 2005).

“Hopefully we get a couple of breaks here and there and that we will have an opportunity to be competing a couple of more weeks and that objective becomes a reality,” head coach Jim Berkman said.

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Matt joined WBOC in October 2015 as a Sports Broadcast Journalist. He is a native of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. Matt graduated from Penn State where he received a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He started his broadcast career as the news/sports director of WEMR AM 1460 in his hometown of Tunkhannock. Matt held that same position for WALI/WROG radio in Cumberland, MD. His first television position was as the weekend sports anchor at WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, MD where he eventually became the Sports Director. Matt then moved to Florence, SC to become a sports reporter/anchor for WPDE-TV In 2011 along with his brother David, Matt co-authored The Great Book of Penn State Sports Lists. From 2012 – 2015 he was the lead radio play-by-play voice for The Friday Night High School Football Game of the Week for DE FOX Sports 1290 in Wilmington, DE. The last 2 years at the radio station Matt was the studio host during the University of Delaware Football radio broadcasts. He has also called the action for the both the Blue Hens men’s and women’s basketball teams. Outside of work, Matt is married to his wife Shannon and has two sons; Jack and Connor. E-mail Matt Pencek at mpencek@wboc.com and follow him on Twitter @mattpencek_wboc. Check out all stories by Matt.