SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury University
Athletics Department has officially released the 2007 fall
schedules for cross country, field hockey, football, men's and
women's soccer and volleyball.
Once again the Sea Gull athletic teams have filled their
schedules with nationally ranked opponents, Capital Athletic
Conference contests, Atlantic Central Football Conference games and
many in-state non-conference rivalry games.
One of the many exciting highlights to the 2007 fall schedules
is the new location for the annual Regents Cup football game
between Salisbury and Frostburg State University. This season the
two schools will travel to Annapolis, the state capital, and play
at the U.S. Naval Academy on Saturday, November 10. The game is
slated to kick-off at 2 p.m. in Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
Last season, SU won 42-15 over FSU at Towson University.
Here are the schedule highlights for each sport:
Cross Country
Postseason: CAC men's and women's champions
Can't Miss Home Meet: Salisbury hosts Don Cathcart
Invitational (September 29, 10 am)
Overview: The Salisbury men's and women's cross
country teams will open their season at home (Winter Place Park)
with the Sea Gull Opener the first weekend in September. The SU
men's team will look to repeat its first place showing the
following weekend at the Towson Invitational. The Sea Gulls will
travel to New York on September 15 to run in the New York
University Invitational. After an off week the Gulls will host the
Don Cathcart Invitational, formerly known as the Tidewater Classic,
on September 29. SU will only run twice during the month of October
(DeSales and Elizabethtown) before traveling to York, Pa., for the
Capital Athletic Conference championships. The SU women's team will
look to win their fourth CAC title in a row while the men go for
No. 3 in a row. The NCAA Division III Mideast Regional follows at
Lehigh University.
Field Hockey
2006 record: 17-4, 5-1 CAC
Postseason: NCAA second round, CAC champions
Can't Miss Home Game: Salisbury vs. Messiah
(September 29, 1 pm)
Overview: Salisbury will be tested right out of
the gates as its second game of the season will be on the road
against Christopher Newport University. The Captains knocked the
Sea Gulls out of the NCAA tournament last year 2-1 in overtime in
the second round. SU returns home to host its annual Sea Gull
Invitational before hosting two in-state rivals in Johns Hopkins
University and Frostburg State University. SU will then welcome
national powerhouse Messiah College on September 29 and later take
a road trip north to face The College of New Jersey on October 13.
The 12-time defending CAC champions will look to defend their crown
in late October and early November in the conference tournament.
The Sea Gulls have made it into the NCAA tournament 22 times in the
past 23 years, including 13 straight. The 2007 schedule features
four 2006 NCAA tournament teams.
Football
2006 record: 6-5, 2-2 ACFC
Postseason: ECAC South Atlantic Bowl champions
Can't Miss Home Game: Salisbury vs. Becker
(Homecoming - October 20, 1 pm)
Overview: The Sea Gulls will be home three times
during the month of September as the Gulls kick-off their season
against Albright College. After two road games against SUNY
Brockport and Christopher Newport the Gulls will host three
straight weekends at Sea Gull Stadium. Montclair State comes to
town on September 22 followed by the Apprentice School on Family
Weekend. Division I-AA school Saint Peter's rounds out the home
stand on October 6. SU returns home on October 20 against Becker
College for Homecoming Weekend. Salisbury will close out its
schedule with two rivalry games. On October 27 the Gulls will head
north on Route 13 to face nationally ranked Wesley College, a NCAA
semifinalist last season. SU will then head west to Annapolis to
face Frostburg State in the annual Regents Cup game at the U.S.
Naval Academy on November 10. The 2007 schedule features two 2006
NCAA tournament teams.
Men's Soccer
2006 Record:
11-5-1, 5-3 CAC
Can't Miss Home Game: Salisbury vs. Mary
Washington (October 6, 2 pm)
Overview: The Sea Gulls are looking to regain the
conference championship for the first time since 2004 and will have
to go through the newly revamped Capital Athletic Conference to do
so. The CAC has added Villa Julie College and Wesley College to
give the conference nine teams. The Salisbury schedule features
four NCAA tournament teams from '06. SU will face three of those
teams (Rochester (N.Y.), York (Pa.) and Lynchburg) in the month of
September. The Sea Gulls host CAC foe University of Mary Washington
on October 6 and Christopher Newport University, an NCAA Tournament
team in '06, on October 17. The conference tournament will run from
October 28 until November 3.
Volleyball
2006 record: 22-13, 5-2 CAC
Can't Miss Home Game: Salisbury vs. Gallaudet
(October 18, 7 pm)
Overview: Salisbury begins the season with three
straight weekend tournaments to go along with some conference
games. The Gulls return to the Johns Hopkins and Gettysburg
tournaments to start the season before going to the Swarthmore
tournament. Salisbury will close out the month of September with
back-to-back home tournaments. The month of October is loaded with
CAC matches including three straight at home, highlighted by
national power Gallaudet University on October 18. The conference
tournament will run between the end of the month and the start of
November. The 2007 schedule features two 2006 NCAA tournament
teams.
Women's Soccer
2006 Record: 10-7-1, 5-2 CAC
Postseason: NCAA first round, CAC champions
Can't Miss Home Game: Salisbury vs. Virginia
Wesleyan (September 12, 4:30 pm)
Overview: The reigning Capital Athletic Conference
champions will be tested early and often in 2007 as Salisbury's
schedule features five NCAA tournament teams from one year ago. The
Sea Gulls open up the '07 campaign with a trip to Radnor, Pa. to
take participate in the Cabrini Tournament followed by a road trip
to face Ursinus. Salisbury's home opener is against Virginia
Wesleyan, a Final Four team from 2006. Other notable home games
include Christopher Newport on September 25 and Rowan on October 2.
The Sea Gulls will only have three home CAC games as they hit the
road five times for conference games. The CAC tournament will be
held the last week in October into the first week of November.
