INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 6 Salisbury University field hockey team punched its ticket to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 41st time in program history and 32nd in a row, qualifying for the 28-team field as revealed by the NCAA Selection Committee on Sunday night.
The Sea Gulls will host Penn State Harrisburg on Wednesday, November 11th at 3 p.m., inside Sea Gull Stadium in NCAA first-round action. Ticket information for Sea Gull Stadium will be announced in the coming days.
If SU advances through the first round, the second and third rounds will be on Nov. 14th and 15th at No. 4 Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va. The remaining four teams will meet at H.J. McCooey Memorial Field at William Smith College in Geneva, N.Y., on Nov. 20th and 22nd for the semifinals and national championship game. All games will be streamed on NCAA.com. Check out the full bracket and tournament information
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Salisbury enters the national tournament sporting a 15-3 record and coming off their second straight State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Championship. The Sea Gulls will now aim for their sixth national championship in program history, having previously won NCAA titles in 1986, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2009.
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.
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