SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University women's golf team will have its first league home beginning in the 2025-26 season. The Sea Gulls will become a founding member of the Colonial Women's Golf Conference (CWGC), which has been approved as an active NCAA Division III single-sport conference beginning on September 1, 2025.
Salisbury will be one of seven initial members of the CWGC, joining Babson, Carlow, Christopher Newport, Kean, Penn State Altoona, and Stockton. The inaugural CWGC Championship is set to be held on Oct. 26-28, 2025, at the Wyncote Golf Club in Oxford, Penn. Per NCAA regulations, the winner of the tournament will not yet be eligible for automatic qualification into the NCAA Women's Golf Tournament.
CWGC Commissioner Chris Roekle, stated, "The formation of the Colonial Women's Golf Conference represents a significant step forward for women's golf in Division III," said CWGC commissioner
Chris Roekle. "Our member institutions are committed to fostering high-level competition and providing student-athletes with outstanding opportunities to excel both on the course and in the classroom. We are thrilled to begin this new journey together."
"We are honored and thrilled to accept the CWGC's invitation to join as a founding member," said SU Director of Athletics and Campus Recreation
Monica Polizzi. "Being a member of the CWGC will greatly benefit our women's golfers' student-athlete experience, both in the regular season and at the league championship tournament. We are excited to receive this opportunity to help grow and contribute to the CWGC brand and identity in the years to come."
"The ability to form this conference with regional powerhouse programs allows us to compete at a national championship level within the beginning stages of our program," said Sea Gull head women's golf coach
Dalton Deardorff. "This is exciting not only for our current players, but for our prospective student-athletes of the future."
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The Sea Gulls are one tournament into a slate of five events across the spring portion of their inaugural season. SU will return to the links on Sunday, Apr. 6, with a road matchup against Gettysburg. Salisbury will host its first-ever home event, the Sea Gull Invitational, on Apr. 13-14 at Green Hill Country Club in Quantico, Md.
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) and the Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse). 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 202 conference championships, and have produced 50 Academic All-Americans.
To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit www.SUSeaGulls.com or follow on social media @SUSeaGulls.
