S. U. MEN’S LACROSSE GETS 1st ROUND BYE AND 1ST BRACKET SEEDING IN NCAA TOURNAMENT

This seeding in the South bracket is debatable. The Gulls defeated Stevenson, as well as Gettysburg and the top north bracket seed, Cortland; Stevenson beat SU later in the season. But it means that SU will play the bracket games at home.

SU’s first game will be here on Saturday, May 15, starting at 7:30 PM, against the winner of Springfield-Widener, which meet on Wednesday. If the seedings win out, on May 19 the Gulls would face Haverford and on May 23 play a third game this year against Stevenson. The winner of the latter game would be the bracket champ.

The championship game will be on May 30 at M&T Stadium, against the north bracket winner, and it could be a rematch of Gulls and Cortland, starting at noon.

And the SU womens’ lacrosse team is also top ranked in the NCAA tournament. The Sea Gulls (17-1) will be looking for the program's first national championship this season.

The road will begin on Saturday as Salisbury will take the field at 11:30 a.m., to face the winner of Wednesday's first-round game between Christopher Newport University (13-6) and Catholic University of America (12-6). The Sea Gulls met both teams this season, coming away with a 21-6 win at Christopher Newport to open the season, and collecting a 16-7 win against Catholic in early March.

The other two guests at Sea Gull Stadium this weekend will not be known until Wednesday's first round is complete as the winner of games between The College of New Jersey against Cabrini College (11-7) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripts College (14-2) against Endicott College (16-4) will play in Saturday's other regional game. The second game on Saturday will begin at 2:30 p.m.

Salisbury will be a college lacrosse hot spot this weekend for sure.

Go Gulls!

Source: www.laxpower.com and www.suseagulls.com

UPDATE: The Salisbury U. mens' lacrosse program is well-represented by former players who will be coaching in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. The best known is Dave Cottle, who coaches Maryland in the Division I playoffs.

In Division III, there are at least two teams coached by former SU players. Jim Townsend (SU 1986) coaches the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) "Engineers." Kyle Hannan (SU 1986) coaches the Goucher "Gophers." Both are in the North bracket so will not face the Sea Gulls, except possibly in the championship game.