Salisbury wins CAC All-Sports Award for the second year in a row
ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. - For the second consecutive year Salisbury University has captured the Capital Athletic Conference All-Sports Award, given annually to the top all-around athletic program in the conference over the course of one academic year. This is the Sea Gulls' fifth All-Sports Award since SU joined the conference as a full-fledged member in 1994-95.

Salisbury won nine of the league's 18 conference titles to edge out University of Mary Washington by 26.1 points, 215.2-189.1. The Eagles won six CAC titles this season. York (Pa.) College clipped Catholic University for third place as the Spartans posted 159.6 points to the Cardinals' 156.9.

"This is a great honor for the Salisbury University athletic department as a whole to repeat as the CAC All-Sports Award recipient," said SU Athletic Director Dr. Michael Vienna. "This award is a testament to our student-athletes, our hard working coaching staffs and our support staff that had a hand with the success of all of our teams."

The Sea Gulls won five of their nine CAC titles in the spring as the nationally ranked men's and women's lacrosse, baseball and softball teams won their respective conference titles. SU men's track and field team won their fourth CAC title in a row while the women's track team fell just four points shy of their first CAC conference title to the Eagles. The SU men's and women's tennis teams finished second to UMW as well.

In the fall, Salisbury's field hockey team won its 12th straight CAC title. The SU men's and women's cross country teams swept the conference championships and women's soccer won its first crown since 2000.

This is the second time that Salisbury has won back-to-back CAC All-Sports Awards. The Sea Gulls won the award three years in a row from 1998-2001.

This is the last year both Catholic University and Goucher College (sixth place) are part of the CAC. The two schools are leaving the conference to join the newly formed Landmark Conference. Hood and Villa Julie will enter the conference full-time in 2007-08 while Wesley College joins the conference as well.

2006-07 CAC All-Sports Award Standings
1. Salisbury                 215.2
2. Mary Washington        189.1
3. York (Pa.)                  159.6
4. Catholic                     156.9
5. St. Mary’s (Md.)         106.6
6. Goucher                      89.4
7. Marymount (Va.)          82.1
8. Hood*                         44.3
9. Gallaudet                     35.8
10. Villa Julie^                 18.8

* = Hood participated in men's and women's cross country, men's soccer, men's basketball, men's and women's swimming, men's lacrosse, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's track and field.
^  = Villa Julie participated in field hockey, men's and women's lacrosse

• Official CAC Press Release (PDF)