2007 fall schedules released
SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury University Athletics Department has officially released the 2007 fall schedules for cross country, field hockey, football, men's and women's soccer and volleyball.

Once again the Sea Gull athletic teams have filled their schedules with nationally ranked opponents, Capital Athletic Conference contests, Atlantic Central Football Conference games and many in-state non-conference rivalry games.

One of the many exciting highlights to the 2007 fall schedules is the new location for the annual Regents Cup football game between Salisbury and Frostburg State University. This season the two schools will travel to Annapolis, the state capital, and play at the U.S. Naval Academy on Saturday, November 10. The game is slated to kick-off at 2 p.m. in Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Last season, SU won 42-15 over FSU at Towson University.

Here are the schedule highlights for each sport:

Cross Country
Postseason: CAC men's and women's champions
Can't Miss Home Meet: Salisbury hosts Don Cathcart Invitational (September 29, 10 am)
Overview: The Salisbury men's and women's cross country teams will open their season at home (Winter Place Park) with the Sea Gull Opener the first weekend in September. The SU men's team will look to repeat its first place showing the following weekend at the Towson Invitational. The Sea Gulls will travel to New York on September 15 to run in the New York University Invitational. After an off week the Gulls will host the Don Cathcart Invitational, formerly known as the Tidewater Classic, on September 29. SU will only run twice during the month of October (DeSales and Elizabethtown) before traveling to York, Pa., for the Capital Athletic Conference championships. The SU women's team will look to win their fourth CAC title in a row while the men go for No. 3 in a row. The NCAA Division III Mideast Regional follows at Lehigh University.

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Field Hockey
2006 record: 17-4, 5-1 CAC
Postseason: NCAA second round, CAC champions
Can't Miss Home Game: Salisbury vs. Messiah (September 29, 1 pm)
Overview: Salisbury will be tested right out of the gates as its second game of the season will be on the road against Christopher Newport University. The Captains knocked the Sea Gulls out of the NCAA tournament last year 2-1 in overtime in the second round. SU returns home to host its annual Sea Gull Invitational before hosting two in-state rivals in Johns Hopkins University and Frostburg State University. SU will then welcome national powerhouse Messiah College on September 29 and later take a road trip north to face The College of New Jersey on October 13. The 12-time defending CAC champions will look to defend their crown in late October and early November in the conference tournament. The Sea Gulls have made it into the NCAA tournament 22 times in the past 23 years, including 13 straight. The 2007 schedule features four 2006 NCAA tournament teams.

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Football
2006 record: 6-5, 2-2 ACFC
Postseason: ECAC South Atlantic Bowl champions
Can't Miss Home Game: Salisbury vs. Becker (Homecoming – October 20, 1 pm)
Overview: The Sea Gulls will be home three times during the month of September as the Gulls kick-off their season against Albright College. After two road games against SUNY Brockport and Christopher Newport the Gulls will host three straight weekends at Sea Gull Stadium. Montclair State comes to town on September 22 followed by the Apprentice School on Family Weekend. Division I-AA school Saint Peter's rounds out the home stand on October 6. SU returns home on October 20 against Becker College for Homecoming Weekend. Salisbury will close out its schedule with two rivalry games. On October 27 the Gulls will head north on Route 13 to face nationally ranked Wesley College, a NCAA semifinalist last season. SU will then head west to Annapolis to face Frostburg State in the annual Regents Cup game at the U.S. Naval Academy on November 10. The 2007 schedule features two 2006 NCAA tournament teams.

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Men's Soccer
2006 Record: 11-5-1, 5-3 CAC
Can't Miss Home Game: Salisbury vs. Mary Washington (October 6, 2 pm)
Overview: The Sea Gulls are looking to regain the conference championship for the first time since 2004 and will have to go through the newly revamped Capital Athletic Conference to do so. The CAC has added Villa Julie College and Wesley College to give the conference nine teams. The Salisbury schedule features four NCAA tournament teams from '06. SU will face three of those teams (Rochester (N.Y.), York (Pa.) and Lynchburg) in the month of September. The Sea Gulls host CAC foe University of Mary Washington on October 6 and Christopher Newport University, an NCAA Tournament team in '06, on October 17. The conference tournament will run from October 28 until November 3.

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Volleyball
2006 record: 22-13, 5-2 CAC
Can't Miss Home Game: Salisbury vs. Gallaudet (October 18, 7 pm)
Overview: Salisbury begins the season with three straight weekend tournaments to go along with some conference games. The Gulls return to the Johns Hopkins and Gettysburg tournaments to start the season before going to the Swarthmore tournament. Salisbury will close out the month of September with back-to-back home tournaments. The month of October is loaded with CAC matches including three straight at home, highlighted by national power Gallaudet University on October 18. The conference tournament will run between the end of the month and the start of November. The 2007 schedule features two 2006 NCAA tournament teams.

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Women's Soccer
2006 Record: 10-7-1, 5-2 CAC
Postseason: NCAA first round, CAC champions
Can't Miss Home Game: Salisbury vs. Virginia Wesleyan (September 12, 4:30 pm)
Overview: The reigning Capital Athletic Conference champions will be tested early and often in 2007 as Salisbury's schedule features five NCAA tournament teams from one year ago. The Sea Gulls open up the '07 campaign with a trip to Radnor, Pa. to take participate in the Cabrini Tournament followed by a road trip to face Ursinus. Salisbury's home opener is against Virginia Wesleyan, a Final Four team from 2006. Other notable home games include Christopher Newport on September 25 and Rowan on October 2. The Sea Gulls will only have three home CAC games as they hit the road five times for conference games. The CAC tournament will be held the last week in October into the first week of November.

• Click here to view the entire 2007 women's soccer schedule