SALISBURY, MD.--The third-seeded Hood College softball team (15-17) suffered an 8-1 setback at the hands of the top-seeded and No. 10 Salisbury University Sea Gulls (27-2) Thursday afternoon in the second round of the Capital Athletic Conference tournament.

The Blazers saw their tournament run come to an end after this defeat but still have four nonconference doubleheaders on the docket in 2010. Salisbury meanwhile will serve as the host for this weekend's tournament semifinals and championship. Second-seeded York College (Pa.), fourth-seeded University of Mary Washington and fifth-seeded Stevenson University will travel to Salisbury for the remaining two days of the tournament Saturday and Sunday.

After failing the score in the top half of the first inning, the Blazers allowed four runs in the bottom of the frame on two hits and three errors. Michelle Gravdahl jacked a two-run homerun in the frame for the Sea Gulls.

Kelly Waskewicz gave the hosts a 5-0 advantage in the bottom of the second when she drove in Carly Read with a single down the rightfield line.

After a scoreless third, Salisbury plated two more in the fourth and and one in the sixth. Hood scored its lone run on the day in the top of the fifth on an RBI-single by Rachael Potts which plated Brittni Jones. The Blazers mustered just one more hit in the final two innings, a single by Erin McNally in the seventh.

Bridgette Ringley made the start in the circle but lasted only two-thirds of an inning and faced just six batters. Jordan Wolford came in in relief and went the rest of the way, hurling over 100 pitches in the final 5.1 innings while picking up a pair of strikeouts.

Hood returns to action Tuesday when the Blazers travel to future CAC foe Frostburg State University for a 3:30 twinbill.