INDIANAPOLIS - The Salisbury University
softball team will make its 11th straight trip to the NCAA
tournament as the Sea Gulls were one of the 64 Division III teams
assigned to one of the eight regions of the 2007 NCAA softball
tournament on Sunday. Salisbury, one of the 17 at-large selections,
was assigned to the Fayetteville, N.C. region where the maroon and
gold will open up against Emory University.
The Sea Gulls (36-7) ranked No. 21 in the country and a
fourth-seed in the upcoming region has a tough draw. SU will face
No. 12 Emory, who is a fifth-seed in the region, on Thursday, May
10 at Noon. The winner will advance to face either top-seed and No.
23 Methodist or eighth-seeded LaGrange. This is a double
elimination tournament so the Sea Gulls are guaranteed a game on
Friday, May 11. SU will play at either 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. on Friday.
The defending national champion Rutgers-Camden is also in the
Fayetteville region. Marietta, Lynchburg and Christopher Newport
are the other teams in the region. SU has faced Lynchburg and
Christopher Newport this season and sports a combined 3-2 record
against the two teams.
Salisbury has made 13 NCAA tournament appearances and has been
national runner-up twice (2003 and 2005). The Sea Gulls have made
five trips to the College World Series, most recently in 2005.
