Salisbury Sea Gulls

The Salisbury Sea Gulls (formerly the Salisbury State Sea Gulls) are the athletic teams that represent Salisbury University, located in Salisbury, Maryland, in NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports.

Salisbury Sea Gulls
University	Salisbury University
Conference	List Coast to Coast NJAA (football) Coastal Lacrosse Conference (lacrosse) Metropolitan Swimming Conference (swimming and diving)
NCAA	Division III
Athletic director	Monica Polizzi
Location	Salisbury, Maryland, U.S.
Varsity teams	21 (10 men's, 11 women's)
Football stadium	Sea Gull Stadium
Basketball arena	Maggs Physical Activities Center
Baseball stadium	Donnie Williams Sea Gull Baseball Stadium
Softball stadium	Margie Knight Sea Gull Softball Stadium
Soccer stadium	Gerry DiBartolo Sea Gull Soccer Complex
Aquatics center	Maggs Physical Activities Center Swimming Pool
Tennis venue	SU Indoor and Outdoor Tennis Center
Mascot	Seagull
Nickname	Sammy the Sea Gull
Colors	Maroon[1] and gold[1]
Website	suseagulls.com
Team NCAA championships
23[2]

The Sea Gulls compete as members of the Coast to Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) for most sports, although several programs compete as affiliates in other leagues: football in the New Jersey Athletic Conference, men's lacrosse in the Coastal Lacrosse Conference, and swimming and diving in the Metropolitan Swimming Conference.

History

Conference affiliations

• Capital Athletic Conference (1993–2020)
• Coast to Coast Athletic Conference (2020–present)

Mascot

The university mascot is named "Sammy Sea Gull."^[3] The Sea Gull name evolved from the Salisbury State College Golden Gulls, which was chosen in a 1948 contest.^[3] In 1963, the mascot was changed to a sea gull because the school's athletic teams were often referred to as the SSC Gulls (C-Gulls), and the nickname "Sammy Sea Gull" followed in the 1970s.^[3]

Varsity teams

Men's sports	Men's sports
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Cross country
Cross country	Field Hockey
Football	Golf
Golf	Lacrosse
Lacrosse	Soccer
Soccer	Softball
Swimming and diving	Swimming and diving
Tennis	Tennis
Track and field	Track and field
	Volleyball

National championships

Team

Sport	Association	Division	Year	Opponent/Runner-up	Score
Field hockey (5)	NCAA	Division III	1986	Bloomsburg	3–2
			2003	Middlebury	4–1
			2004	Middlebury	6–3
			2005	Middlebury	1–0
			2009	Messiah	1–0
Men's lacrosse (13)	NCAA	Division III	1994	Hobart	15–9
			1995	Nazareth	22–13
			1999	Middlebury	13–6
			2003	Middlebury	14–13 (OT)
			2004	Nazareth	13–9
			2005	Middlebury	11–10
			2007	Cortland	15–9
			2008	Cortland	19–13
			2011	Tufts	19–7
			2012	Cortland	14–10
			2016	Tufts	14–13
			2017	RIT	15–7
			2023	Tufts	17–12
Women's lacrosse (4)	NCAA	Division III	2010	Hamilton	7–6
			2013	Trinity (CT)	12–5
			2014	Trinity (CT)	9–6
			2021	Tufts	14–13

Regents Cup and Charles B. Clark Cup

Main article: War on the Shore

In addition to regular-season and tournament play, the Sea Gulls compete twice a year against other local universities. In the fall, the football team formerly competed against Frostburg State University for the Regents Cup.^[4] Following Frostburg's move to NCAA Division II in 2018 however, the game has not been played since. Across their 46 matchups since 1973, Salisbury compiled a 28-19 record against Frostburg. In the spring, the men's lacrosse team competes against Washington College for the Charles B. Clark Cup; this annual event being known among the two institutions as the "War on the Shore", and the two schools take turns every year hosting the event.^[5]