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.
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 and men's and women's swimming in the New Jersey Athletic Conference and men's lacrosse in the Coastal Lacrosse 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." The Sea Gull name evolved from the Salisbury State College Golden Gulls, which was chosen in a 1948 contest. 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.
Varsity teams
Men's sports Women’s sports Baseball Basketball Basketball Cross country Cross country Field Hockey Football Golf Golf Lacrosse Lacrosse Soccer Soccer Softball Swimming Swimming Tennis Tennis Track and field Track and field Volleyball
National championships Team 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 1994Hobart 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 Baseball (1) NCAA Division III 2021 St. Thomas 6-1; 4-2
Regents Cup and Charles B. Clark Cup
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. 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.
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