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Salem awarded three more NCAA Championships

Posted Sep10, 2008 at 05:34 PM

Salem has just announced three more NCAA championships coming to town. Here's the official press release:

City of Salem awarded three more NCAA Championships

For Immediate Release – September 10, 2008

The City of Salem has three more reasons to tout itself as "Virginia’s Championship City."

The NCAA has awarded Salem and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference approval to serve as co-hosts for the 2009 NCAA Division II and Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championships.

Plus, the 2009 Division II Softball tournament also will be in Salem next spring.

"We’re just pleased that the NCAA continues to trust the city and the conference to host these prestigious events," says Carey Harveycutter, Salem’s Director of Civic Facilities and Game Manager for NCAA events.

Salem and the ODAC have played host to lacrosse championships each of the past two years.

The Division II Final Four took place at Spartan Field in 2007, and Roanoke College’s Donald J. Kerr Stadium hosted the Division III championship earlier this year.

In 2009, both lacrosse events will be played at Kerr Stadium on May 16th and 17th, while the softball championship will be held May 21st – May 25th at the Moyer Complex. The West Virginia Intercollegiate Conference once again is co‐hosting softball with the city.

In 1993, Salem began hosting NCAA Championships when it secured the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. Since then the city has hosted 15 straight football championships and entertained athletes and coaches from all over the country for a staggering 52 NCAA National Championship events.

"It never gets old because you always have new participants who are coming to Salem," says Harveycutter. "The new players and new coaches who come to the city each year looking to win a national championship keep it exciting."

This year’s 36th annual Stagg Bowl, the Division III National football game, will take place
at Salem Stadium on Saturday, December 20th.

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