Salisbury to Host NCAA Regional
from press release
INDIANAPOLIS – The Salisbury University women's
lacrosse team got the good news that it had hoped for late Sunday
night as the NCAA Division III tournament field of 28 teams was
released and the Sea Gulls received a first-round bye and the
opportunity to host a regional tournament at Sea Gull Stadium on
Saturday and Sunday, May 15 and 16.
The Sea Gulls (17-1) will be looking for the program's first
national championship this season. Salisbury has advanced to the
championship weekend in five of the last six seasons, playing in
the national title game three times in that span.
The road will begin on Saturday as Salisbury will take the field at
11:30 a.m., to face the winner of Wednesday's first-round game
between Christopher Newport University (13-6) and Catholic
University of America (12-6). The Sea Gulls met both teams this
season, coming away with a 21-6 win at Christopher Newport to open
the season, and collecting a 16-7 win against Catholic in early
March.
The other two guests at Sea Gull Stadium this weekend will not be
known until Wednesday's first round is complete as the winner of
games between The College of New Jersey against Cabrini College
(11-7) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripts College (14-2) against Endicott
College (16-4) will play in Saturday's other regional game. The
second game on Saturday will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Hamilton College, Franklin & Marshall College and Gettysburg
College have also been selected at regional hosts for next
weekend.
The national semifinals and championship game will be played at
Gettysburg this year. The winners of the Salisbury regional and the
Gettysburg regional will play in the semifinal round on Saturday,
May 22, while the winner of the Hamilton regional and the Franklin
& Marshall regional will play in the other semifinal game. The
semifinal winners will meet in the national title game on Sunday,
May 23 at noon.
