SU drops two spots, again, in recent STX/NFHCAA poll
SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University field hockey team dropped two spots to No. 6 in the STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association poll released on Tuesday, October 10.

The Sea Gulls (9-3) did not receive any first-place votes as 32 of 42 votes went to top-ranked The College of New Jersey.

The Gulls have lost three straight games. The most recent, a 1-0 defeat at home versus Catholic, was the first Sea Gull loss at home since 2000.

Salisbury travels to take on Goucher in a Capital Athletic Conference game on Tuesday, October 10 and then prepares for No. 1 TCNJ at home on Saturday, October 14. The College of New Jersey will be the second top-ranked team that the Sea Gulls face this season.

The Sea Gulls lost 1-0 to former No. 1 Messiah on the road back on September 30.

STX/NFHCA Division III Coaches Poll (10.10.06)
( ) First-place votes
1. The College of New Jersey (32)
2. Messiah (2)
3. SUNY Cortland
4. Williams (8)
5. Ursinus
6. Salisbury
7. William Smith
8. Bowdoin
9. Middlebury
10. Montclair State
11. Lebanon Valley
12. Elizabethtown
13. Rowan
14. Juniata
15. Christopher Newport
16. Springfield
17. King’s (Pa.)
18. Skidmore
19. Eastern
20. Alvernia