SALISBURY, Md. – Presenting Roadie Joes Rankings for the second Wednesday in October, featuring Salisbury University field hockey and football in top-five positioning.
Field Hockey – 3rd | Penn Monto/NFHCA Division III Coaches Poll, Oct. 7
Salisbury (9-1) moved from fourth to third with 423 points, overtaking fourth-ranked Middlebury (423) and trailing only top-ranked Christopher Newport (475) and second-ranked Johns Hopkins (451).
The Sea Gulls scored 12 goals over two games, besting then-No. 13 York (Pa.) 4-0 on Wednesday and Oswego State 8-0 on Saturday.
Morgan Bradford scored a pair of goals in the victory at York, while
Morgan Davis found the back of the cage twice against OSU, while a stalwart defense extended SU's shutout streak to six games.
In one of the most highly-anticipated matchups across Division III field hockey this season, SU travels down to Newport News, Va., for a Wednesday afternoon battle with top-ranked CNU. Opening pushback is set for 4 p.m.
Football – 5th | D3football.com Top 25, Week 5
Salisbury (4-0) moved into the national top five, up one spot from last week, with 495 points. North Central (Ill.) [623], Mount Union (599), Johns Hopkins (577), and UW-La Crosse (531) are the only schools ranked ahead of SU.
The Sea Gulls steamrolled TCNU 55-10 in Saturday's home debut and New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) opener. SU put up 469 total yards of offense, with quarterback
SyRus McGowan accounting for 238 combined yards through the air and ground and three total touchdowns.
SU is back inside Sea Gull Stadium on Saturday with its Homecoming matchup against Kean. Kickoff of the NJAC showdown is set for 1 p.m.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming), Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse), State University of New York Athletic Conference (field hockey), and Colonial Women's Golf Conference (women's golf). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have won a combined 23 team national championships, 24 individual national championships, and 205 conference championships, and have produced 53 Academic All-Americans.
To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit SUSeaGulls.com or follow on social media @SUSeaGulls.
