SALISBURY, Md. — Presenting Roadie Joes Rankings for the fourth Wednesday in October, featuring national positioning for Salisbury University women's swimming, field hockey, men's swimming, men's soccer, and football.
Women's Swimming — 6th | Swimcloud Division III Dual Rankings, Oct. 25
Salisbury checked in at sixth in the national dual-meet metric with a score of 613.60, trailing No. 5 Pomona-Pitzer (616.30) and holding a narrow edge over No. 7 Hope (606.10).
The Sea Gulls put up some of Division III's best swims of the week in Saturday's dual-meet defeat at Division II No. 20 West Chester. Leading the way was New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Swimmer of the Week
Rowan O'Donoghue, who won the 100 free (51.49) and 200 free (1:51.30), and Rookie of the Week
Claire Murphy, who set a program record to take silver in the 50 free (24.02).
SU travels north to battle NJAC foe Rowan on Saturday, with events set to start at 11 a.m. in Glassboro, N.J.
Field Hockey — 7th | Penn Monto/NFHCA Division III National Coaches Poll, Oct. 27
Salisbury (11-3) held steady at seventh nationally with 338 points, exactly 10 points behind No. 6 Hamilton (348) and 10 ahead of No. 8 Williams (328).
The Sea Gulls went 2-0 on the week, edging Mary Washington 2-1 on Wednesday on a late penalty stroke by
Devon DeGregory, then routing 13th-ranked Cortland 7-1 on Friday to improve to 4-0 in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) play.
Alex Kupper posted her first career hat trick against the Red Dragons, earning SUNYAC Offensive Athlete of the Week honors.
SU visits 10th-ranked Rowan on Wednesday at 6 p.m., then closes the regular season on Senior Day against TCNJ on Saturday at 1 p.m. inside Sea Gull Stadium.
Men's Swimming — 12th | Swimcloud Division III Dual Rankings, Oct. 25
Salisbury checked in at 12th in the national dual-meet metric with a score of 615.30, narrowly behind No. 11 Rhodes (615.90) and well clear of No. 13 Johns Hopkins (605.70).
Despite a loss to a Division II top-20 foe in West Chester in Saturday, the Sea Gulls impressed in their first competitive action of the season and took home a pair of NJAC weeklies. Swimmer of the Week
Aidan Loehr grabbed silver in the 100 breaststroke (55.84) and set a personal best in the 100 fly (50.67), and Rookie of the Week
Levi Grim earned bronze in the 200 backstroke (1:53.10).
SU visits Glassboro, N.J. to joust with Rowan on Saturday, with the meet set to begin at 11 a.m.
Men's Soccer — 25th | NCAA Power Index (NPI), Oct. 26
Salisbury checked in at 25th in the postseason metric with a score of 56.072, trailing No. 24 Hamilton (56.258) and narrowly ahead of No. 26 Carnegie Mellon (56.069). The Sea Gulls also received votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
SU extended its unbeaten run to eight matches with a 5-0 rout of Regent on Saturday, scoring all five goals in the first half while outshooting the Royals 23-4.
Cooper Santos netted a pair of goals and
Jake Trama added a goal and two assists, with both setting career highs in points. The streak ended in Tuesday's regular-season finale, a 1-0 home loss to Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) rival Christopher Newport on a late second-half goal.
The Sea Gulls, boasting a 12-2-3 record to close the regular season, open the C2C Tournament at home on Thursday, Nov. 5, inside the Gerry DiBartolo Sea Gull Soccer Complex.
Football — Receiving Votes | D3football.com Top 25, Week 8
Salisbury (5-2) fell out of the Top 25 and drew six points in the receiving-votes category, the 12th-most in the group (effectively 37th overall), sitting between Concordia-Moorhead (11) and Brockport (2).
The Sea Gulls dropped a 24-14 decision to NJAC rival Montclair State on Saturday at home. SU looks to get back in the win column at William Paterson, with kickoff of the Saturday NJAC matchup set for 1 p.m. in Wayne, N.J.
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, 26 individual national championships, and 211 conference championships, and have produced 54 Academic All-Americans.
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