Salisbury’s 41st NCAA Trip Starts at Home Against Penn State Harrisburg
Some programs go to the NCAA Tournament. Salisbury live there. The Sea Gulls have earned their 41st NCAA Tournament appearance, their 32nd in a row, and they start at home on Wednesday against Penn State Harrisburg.
Salisbury are 15-3 and ranked fifth in the final NFHCA Division III poll. They won their second straight SUNYAC championship to get here, and now they host the United East champions in the first round at Sea Gull Stadium on Wednesday at 3:00pm ET, which is 1:00am PKT on Thursday.
Harrisburg are no pushovers. They’ve just won their first conference title and they swept the United East defensive and rookie awards. But Salisbury at home in November is a different test entirely, and 41 tournament appearances tend to teach a program a thing or two about winning these games.
If Salisbury advance, the second and third rounds are on 14-15 November at Christopher Newport. The semifinals and final are on 20 and 22 November at William Smith in Geneva, New York. Every Division III tournament game streams on NCAA.com.
For our money, Salisbury should get through Wednesday. The interesting game is the one after that, at Christopher Newport, where the top half of the bracket starts to bite.
