SU drops two spots in recent poll
SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University field hockey team dropped two spots to No. 4 in the STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association poll released on Tuesday, October 3.

The Sea Gulls (9-2) received three first-place votes and accumulated 866 points. The College of New Jersey is the new No. 1 team in Division III as it received 22 first-place votes and totaled 1,031 total points.

Salisbury lost back-to-back games for the first time since 1999 this past week as the Sea Gulls dropped two tough road games. No. 9 Rowan defeated the Gulls last Tuesday, September 26, with a 2-1 victory. Second-ranked Salisbury then lost 1-0 to then top-ranked Messiah on Saturday, September 30.

The Sea Gulls will next host Catholic University in a Capital Athletic Conference game at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 4.

STX/NFHCA Division III Coaches Poll (10.03.06)
( ) First-place votes
1. The College of New Jersey (22)
2. Messiah (18)
3. SUNY Cortland (2)
4. Salisbury (3)
5. Williams (7)
6. Ursinus
7. Montclair State
8. Middlebury
9. William Smith (1)
10. Rowan (1)
11. Bowdoin
12. Lebanon Valley
13. Elizabethtown
14. Juniata
15. Springfield
16. Skidmore
17. King's
18. Christopher Newport
19. Johns Hopkins
20T. Alvernia
20T. Lynchburg