Salisbury football earns Pool B berth into NCAA tournament

INDIANAPOLIS - The No. 13 Salisbury University football team will make its sixth appearance in the NCAA Division III championship as the field of 32 was announced on Sunday morning by the selection committee. The Sea Gulls are the fifth-seed in the Washington & Jefferson bracket.

The maroon and gold will play Centennial Conference champions Muhlenberg College (10-0) in the first round of the playoffs on Saturday, November 17, at Noon.

The Sea Gulls (9-1) have made four straight postseason appearances, including two Eastern College Athletic Conference bowl championships the past two seasons. SU has been to the NCAA tournament three-times in Coach Sherman Wood's tenure at his Alma Mater since 1999. The other two years were 2002 and 2004 where the Sea Gulls lost in the opening round.

Atlantic Central Football Conference foe Wesley College was awarded the No. 2 seed in the same region and it will host Hampden-Syndey College in the first round. This is the first time the ACFC has had two teams make the NCAA postseason in the same year.

The farthest the Sea Gulls have ever gone in the NCAA tournament was in 1986 when they were national finalists. SU is 5-5 overall in the NCAA tournament and sport a 4-2 mark when on the road.