After an offensive explosion in their season opener, Salisbury really managed just one strong, sustained drive against Northwestern.

But it was enough for them to fly out of New Tripoli with a 7-3 win over the Tigers Friday night.The Falcons, who scored 47 points against Catasauqua in week one, were held scoreless until late in the third quarter by Northwestern. With 4:36 left in the frame, Salisbury started from its own 28-yard line and needed just eight plays to go 72 yards. The drive was helped along by a personal foul penalty on the Northwestern defense, but the big play was a 22-yard Cameron Vaka to Tommy Jones pass that gave Salisbury a first-and-goal from the Tigers 9-yard line."That penalty was just undisciplined," said Northwestern coach Josh Snyder. "Part of that is being young, but we have to be smart enough not to shoot ourselves in the foot like that. We'll clean those things up though as we continue to get better."Tim Buda, who ran for 167 yards against the Rough Riders, drove for five yards on first down and Kyle Pingarelli finished off the drive with a 4-yard jaunt over the right side of the line for what would be Salisbury's only score of the night."I thought we played pretty well, especially considering that we have a lot of guys playing out of position and in some cases, playing positions that they've never played before. I thought Riley Nyce had a really good game at outside linebacker and he's not familiar with playing there," said Snyder. "It really was just that one drive where things got away from us."After a scoreless first quarter, Northwestern put together a sustained drive on their first possession of the second quarter. Starting from their own 26, the Tigers kept the ball on the ground for the most part, and marched down to the Salisbury 23-yard line. On a third-and-four, Jayden Allen was stuffed at the line setting up a fourth down. Snyder elected to bring on Hunter Miller, who nailed a 39-yard field goal with plenty to spare to give Northwestern a 3-0 lead.The Tigers could never sustain any momentum. At times, they started to move the ball, only to have something go awry and throw them backwards. Deven Bollinger had more time to throw this week, but was still sacked three times."Part of that is being young," explained Snyder. "Good teams overcome those things when they happen, or they avoid them happening, but we let it throw us tonight. We have to get better at sustaining drives and not letting things get away from us."WHERE'S MY GUY?... Last week, Bollinger relied on his favorite receiver Caleb Clymer. Because of injuries, Clymer was playing fullback for much of the game. Snyder admitted that it weakens their tight end position, but was simply out of options for guys to put into the backfield and hoped that Clymer would provide some spark at the position. The offensive spark came from sophomore Jayden Allen, who ran for 62 yards on 21 carries.ON THE AGENDA... Things don't get any easier for Northwestern when they travel to Palisades next week. The Pirates are off to a strong start after an impressive week one win over Notre Dame and they figure to be one of the contenders for the Colonial League crown.PUTTING THE FOOT IN FOOTBALL... Snyder has been impressed with senior Hunter Miller's kicking. In practice, Miller has been hitting from as far away as 50 yards. Snyder considered bringing Miller on for an encore when a Northwestern drive stalled at the Falcons 29 late in the second quarter, but elected to go for it on a fourth-and-nine, thinking his team would need a touchdown to be secure. On the play, Bollinger's pass fell incompletes.