SU moves up to No. 3 in STX/NFHCA poll
GLEN ALLEN, Va. - The Salisbury University field hockey team moved up one spot in the latest STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III coaches' poll released Tuesday as the Sea Gulls are now No. 3 in the country.

Salisbury (11-1, 3-0 CAC) earned a total of 681 points and three first-place votes as SU fell short of No. 2 The College of New Jersey (9-1) by only 24 points. The Sea Gulls and the Lions meet up this week as Salisbury travels to Ewing, N.J., to collide with New Jersey in a meeting of the nation's No. 2 and No. 3 teams on Saturday evening. The game will be the 32nd meeting between the two schools with TCNJ leading the all-time series 21-10-1.

The maroon and gold moved up in the polls because defending national champions and former No. 1 Ursinus College (8-2) lost to No. 18 Franklin & Marshall University (8-3), 3-2, last weekend. The new No. 1 team is now Bowdoin College (9-0) who received 32-of-40 first-place votes. Lebanon Valley College and Christopher Newport University round out the top 5 in the rankings while Ursinus is now ranked No. 6.

Before SU travels to TCNJ the Gulls will host Hood College today (Tuesday) at Sea Gull Stadium at 5:30 p.m. Hood and Salisbury will be meeting for only the third time ever and this will be the first ever meeting with the Blazers in the Capital Athletic Conference.

Related Links
NFHCA Top 25 Poll - October 9, 2007 (PDF)