SALISBURY, Md. — Presenting Roadie Joes Rankings for the fourth Wednesday in September, featuring notable positioning for Salisbury University field hockey, football, and volleyball.
Field Hockey — 2nd | Penn Monto/NFHCA Division III National Coaches Poll, Sept. 22
Salisbury climbed to the undisputed No. 2 national side with 455 points, breaking a tie with now-No. 3 Tufts (438) and trailing only No. 1 Christopher Newport (475).
The Sea Gulls improved to 5-0 in emphatic fashion, erasing a 1-0 halftime deficit with four unanswered goals in a 15-minute span to down then-No. 4 Johns Hopkins 4-1 on Wednesday.
Dakotah Trader scored twice in the span, with
Layla Kent and
Ryan Lowe each adding a goal and an assist in the decisive second-half burst.
SU hits the road for back-to-back games this week, visiting No. 11 Stevenson on Wednesday before traveling to St. Mary's (Md.) on Saturday.
Football — 13th | D3football.com Top 25, Week 3
Salisbury moved up one slot to No. 13 nationally with 300 points, with No. 12 Endicott (304) just ahead and No. 14 Susquehanna (281) right behind.
The Sea Gulls improved to 2-0 by throttling Washington & Lee 43-13 at Sea Gull Stadium on Saturday, outscoring the Generals 27-0 in the second half. The performance earned a pair of New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) weekly awards for slot back
Dario Belizaire (Offensive), who netted 202 all-purpose yards with one touchdown, and defensive back
Dylan Lyerly (Defensive), who racked up 12 tackles and a blocked PAT.
SU stays home for a third straight week, hosting Catholic on Saturday at 1 p.m. for Youth Day and to celebrate the 40th anniversary celebration of the 1986 national runner-up team.
Volleyball — Receiving Votes | AVCA-Taraflex Division III WVB Poll, Sept. 22
Salisbury drew eight points, tied for 16th-most among the receiving-votes tier with Baldwin-Wallace while landing just behind DeSales (12) and ahead of Bowdoin (4).
The Sea Gulls went 2-1 at the Batten Quad on Friday and Saturday, sweeping Benedictine in both meetings before falling to then-No. 18 Batten in the finale. Setter
Julie Altieri passed the 3,000-assist mark for her career, becoming the fourth-ever Sea Gull to reach the milestone.
SU heads to Pennsylvania for the Swarthmore Quad, taking on the host Garnet on Friday before closing out the weekend against Widener and DeSales on Saturday.
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.
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.
