INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The North Atlantic Conference Champion SUNY Poly Wildcats qualified for their first-ever NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament. In Sunday night's NCAA Selection Show it was announced that the Wildcats will be traveling to Cabrini University to face the #3 ranked Salisbury University Sea Gulls in the first round on Saturday, May 15 at 12:00 PM.

The Wildcats won the NAC Championship with a 25-8 win over Husson to qualify for the tournament with a perfect 10-0 record. The win secured the program's first-ever conference championship and the team's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. 

Salisbury enters the tournament with a 12-1 overall record and picked up a 12-9 win over Christopher Newport in Saturday's Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) Championship game. With the victory, the Sea Gulls earned the C2C's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

The other two teams joining the Wildcats and the Sea Gulls at the first and second-round site are the host Cabrini University and Grove City. The first-round winners will square off on Sunday, May 16th at 2:00 PM. 

To view the 2021 NCAA men's lacrosse selections, CLICK HERE.

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