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Salisbury Field Hockey, 11-16-25
0
Salisbury SAL (19-3)
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Winner Chris. Newport CNU (19-0)
Salisbury SAL
(19-3)
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Final
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Chris. Newport CNU
(19-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Salisbury SAL 0 0 0 0 0
Chris. Newport CNU 0 0 0 1 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Will DeBoer

No. 8 Field Hockey clipped late at No. 1 CNU in NCAA quarters

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The eighth-ranked Salisbury University field hockey team saw its NCAA Tournament run come to an end by the cruelest of margins, conceding a fourth quarter tally to the top-ranked Christopher Newport Captains for a 1-0 defeat in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals on Sunday afternoon at Jennings Family Stadium.
 
The teams spent the bulk of the first quarter jockeying for position in the midfield, with neither side attempting a shot. In the second, each side took their first shot on goal within the first five minutes but were turned away. SU keeper Kelly Davis made two more saves in the period and Devon DeGregory added a defensive stopper to extend the scoreless deadlock past halftime.
 
After the stalemate continued from the third quarter into the fourth, the Captains finally struck a blow with just over 10 minutes to go. Set up by a penalty corner, Caroline Hughlett slapped one on target that was deflected into the cage by Riley Iasiello. SU got off a pair of shots with under four minutes to go but to no avail, and CNU held on for the 1-0 decision to advance to the Final Four.
 
GAME NOTES
  • Caroline Pusey, McKenna Horner, Morgan Bradford, and Tessa Gray each managed a shot on goal for the Sea Gulls.
  • Kelly Davis recorded three saves over 60 minutes in the cage, while Devon DeGregory notched a defensive save.
  • Salisbury outshot the Captains 9-7, while CNU won the penalty corner margin 6-1.
  • The result makes it four straight Sea Gull-Captain matchups that have been decided by one goal. SU won twice on penalty strokes in 2024, the latter time to clinch its own Final Four berth, while CNU won by a single tally twice in 2025.
 
Salisbury finishes the 2025 field hockey season with a 19-3 record, a State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) championship, and its fourth straight trip to the NCAA Elite Eight. All three of the Sea Gulls' losses this season came by one goal in the fourth quarter or later.
 
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 206 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.
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