Sean Hantes scored early in the first half on a breakaway and the men's soccer team withstood strong second half pressure to defeat Salisbury University, 1-0, at Edwin Fauver Stadium.

Rochester goalkeeper Michael Peacock made three saves to earn his first career shutout. Greg Wellinghoff made seven saves for the Seagulls. Rochester outshot Salisbury, 17-7 and held an 8-3 advantage on corner kicks.

It was the third gamewinning goal of the season for Hantes, his second this week, and his fourth goal of the year. A minute before he scored, Hantes cracked a shot off the right post. The rebound came to Bobby Milenovici and his shot was blocked. The second rebound fell to Patrick Ripp .His shot from outside the area was saved by Wellinghoff.

Salisbury counterattacked, but the Yellowjackets took it away at the edge of their own penalty area. Nick Mikolenko played a long ball down the left sideline to Hantes who got behind a defender. He cut into the box and lifted the ball into the right side of the net at 18:19. It was just beyond the reach of Wellinghoff who charged off the line to challenge.

Eight minutes later, a Mikolenko corner kick was headed off the Salisbury line by Justin McGrath. Salisbury's best chance came with 11 minutes left in the first half. Mike Napolitano collected a pass from left wing, pivoted around a defender, and lifted a shot over the crossbar from 16 yards away.

Hantes was denied a second goal two minutes into the second half when his riser from the center of the box was caught by Wellington at the edge of the crease. Ten minutes into the second half, Nick Malone got behind the Rochester defense and angled towards the center of the box. As he drew back his leg to shoot, Mikolenko tackled the ball away and Peacock covered it up.

With 26 minutes left, Scott Sparrow collected a long ball down left wing from McGrath. His rising shot from the wing was grabbed by Peacock who went full stretch to pull it in.

A minute later, Milenovici's point-blank header from left wing was saved by Wellinghoff. The rebound came to Hantes on the right side of the box and his followup was blocked.

Napolitano took away a Rochester clearance and swung the ball into the goalmouth with 18 minutes left. The ball got past Peacock. Chris Finney was running at the back post and couldn't get to it cleanly. The defense cleared it.

In the last six minutes, Peacock saved a shot by Alex Hargrove, palmed out a right wing cross by Zach Grubb and made a diving interception of a cross from Sparrow on the left flank. With just under two minutes to go, he pushed McGrath's left wing cross wide of the post for a corner kick which proved harmless.

Rochester is 5-2-1 and has won four of its last five. Salisbury is 4-3-1. The loss comes after the Seagulls had beaten their last two foes, 7-0.