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<p>For Immediate Release
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<p>Navy Completes Opening Day of ECAC Championship</p>
<p>BOSTON – Navy’s distance medley relay team recorded a 10th-place finish on Saturday as the Midshipmen completed the first day of the ECAC Championship held at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Boston.</p>
<p>The Midshipmen did not earn a point on Saturday, as many of the events were in the preliminary round and several other events and all event finals are slated for Sunday.</p>
<p>The distance medley relay team of Erin Demchko (Pearl River, N.Y.), Caitlin Rummel (Falmouth, Mass.), Stefanie Peskosky (Charlotte, N.C.) and Vicki Moore (Burke, Va.) combined for a time of 9:10 in posting a 10th-place mark, Navy’s highest finish on Saturday.</p>
<p>In addition to the distance medley relay, Moore doubled in the 1,000-meter run, completing the race with an 11th-place, season-best time of 2:55.59.</p>
<p>Senior team captain Kirsten Andrews (New Holland, Pa.) posted a pair of 14th-place efforts on Saturday. She finished the 60-meter hurdles in 9.04 seconds despite tripping over one of the final hurdles during the preliminary round. In the long jump, she soared 17’11” (5.46 meters).</p>
<p>Senior Loni Forsythe (Chattanooga, Tenn.) also saw action in two events during the opening day. She placed 14th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.76 seconds and came in 16th with a 25.04-second showing. Her time in the 200-meter dash ranks third in program history and she now owns four of the seven-best times in school history.</p>
<p>The Midshipmen will close out the ECAC Championship tomorrow with Andrews and junior Jacquelyn Charnigo (Medina, Ohio) competing in the pole vault.</p>
<h1>39 North Carolina State 4, Navy 3</h1>
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<p>Navy Tennis Nearly Pulls Upset </p>
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. -- One day after dropping a 4-3 decision at UNC Greensboro, the Navy tennis team lost to 39th-ranked North Carolina State by an identical score, Saturday at the Isehour Tennis Center in Raleigh, N.C. </p>
<p>Navy falls to 5-7 on the year with the loss, while North Carolina State improves to 10-1 with the victory.</p>
<p>"We bounced back very well from Friday's disappointing loss," said Navy head coach John Officer. "We had a great chance to win the doubles point and then played very well in the singles matches. I'm very proud of our team for how they played today. We weren't too far off from pulling out the match. I think we showed we can be a team to be reckoned with."</p>
<p>The teams split the results at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles, but the Wolf Pack won the doubles point thanks to an 8-6 victory at No. 1 doubles by the team of James McGee and Jay Weinacker over Jason Hill (So., Marietta, Ga.) and Nate Nelms (So., St. Mary's, Ga.). The Mids held a 5-2 lead and were up a break of serve in the match, but could not hold on for the victory over the 31st-ranked doubles tandem in the country.</p>
<p>Losing the doubles point would prove costly as the teams split the six singles matches to earn three points apiece.</p>
<p>Nelms recorded a 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7) win over Andre Iriarte at No. 1, Stanley Kahl (Sr., Richland, Pa.) posted a 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7) victory over Ben Zink at No. 5 and Jarrad Smoke (Fr., Belmar, N.J.) recorded a 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5) win over Daniel Schinke at No. 6 singles.</p>
<p>The Wolf Pack won the remaining singles matches in straight sets, losing a combined 11 games in those matches.</p>
<p>"Jarrad had not appeared in a singles match this spring, but came off the bench nicely to record a great win," said Officer.</p>
<p>Navy will close its three-day trip by facing No. 17 North Carolina Sunday at 1 p.m.</p>
<p>North Carolina State 4, Navy 3
Doubles -- N.C. State wins the doubles point</p>
<h1>1 McGee/Weinacker (NCSU) def. Hill/Nelms, 8-6</h1>
<h1>2 Iriarte/Welte (NCSU) def. Kahl/Lai, 8-2</h1>
<h1>3 Alex James/Lemaich (N) def. Frideric Prandecki/Zink, 8-4</h1>
<p>Singles</p>
<h1>1 Nate Nelms (N) def. Andre Iriarte, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)</h1>
<h1>2 James McGee (NCSU) def. Jason Hill, 6-1, 6-3</h1>
<h1>3 Jay Weinacker (NCSU) def. Adrian Lai, 6-0, 6-1</h1>
<h1>4 Christian Welte (NCSU) def. Ramsey Lemaich, 6-4, 6-2</h1>
<h1>5 Stanley Kahl (N) def. Ben Zink, 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)</h1>
<h1>6 Jarrad Smoke (N) def. Daniel Schinke, 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5)</h1>
<h1>17 Navy finishes second at EIWA Championship</h1>
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<p>Navy Finishes Second at EIWA Championship, Stolpinski and Prendergast Win Individual Titles</p>
<p>EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. - Juniors Matt Stolpinski (Westfield, Mass.) and Ed Prendergast (St. Louis, Mo.) claimed the 174-pound and heavyweight individual titles, respectively, to lead the 17th-ranked Navy wrestling program to a second-place finish at the 2007 EIWA Championship held Friday and Saturday at Koehler Fieldhouse in East Stroudsburg, Pa. In addition to Stolpinski and Prendergast, seniors John Jarred (Kansas City, Mo.), Antonio Miranda (Eugene, Ore.) and John Cox (Grand Haven, Mich.), along with second-year standout Joe Baker (Poway, Calif.) all earned berths to compete in the NCAA Championship in Detroit, Mich. in two weeks. </p>
<p>Heading into the final day of competition, Cornell held a 22-point advantage over Navy. While Navy put four wrestlers in the finals, Cornell had six and the deficit was too large for the Mids to overcome as Cornell won its first team title since 1993. Navy finished 19.5 points behind the Big Red with 106, holding off Penn who amassed 99.5 points and placed third. Lehigh, meanwhile, came into the championship having won four-straight EIWA titles and five of the previous six, but finished fourth, 17.5 points behind Penn.</p>
<p>Navy's second-place finish is the program's highest finish in the EIWA Championship since the 1994 tournament where the Mids finished as the runners up to Syracuse by just 6.75 points and sent three wrestlers atop the podium. Meanwhile, Navy has not had an individual winner since Mark Conley claimed the 141-pound title in 2002. The last time two Midshipmen were crowned champions was in 1995 when Doug Zembiec won the 177-pound title and Dan Hicks earned a 7-2 victory over Lehigh's Bill Closson at heavyweight.</p>
<p>"I am so proud of this team," said Navy head coach Bruce Burnett. "We lost some matches on the first day and things didn't look real good for us. I'll give this Navy team a great deal of credit for battling back and continuing to compete. This is a tough tournament and I think we surprised quite a lot of people. But we weren't surprised at all with how we wrestled. We knew what we were capable of and we did a good job of competing in the tournament.</p>
<p>"I'm proud of every one of our guys that competed in the tournament," added Burnett. "But I do feel bad for those kids who just wrestled the last match of their careers. Alex (Usztics) and Brad (Canterbury) had great careers and they gave everything they had this weekend. I can't say enough about their commitment to the team and their leadership."</p>
<p>Heading into the final day of competition, four Navy wrestlers were guaranteed an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship as Stolpinski, Prendergast, Jarred and Miranda each wrestled in the championship bout of their respective weight classes. Baker and Cox, however, were forced to work their way back through the consolation bracket.</p>
<p>Baker opened his day on a sour note as third-seeded Robert Preston from Harvard pinned Baker at 4:10, setting him up for a rematch with Bucknell's David Marble. Baker had dropped an 8-6 decision to Marble in Navy's dual meet on Feb. 10 and lost again in sudden victory in the second round of the EIWA Championship. This time, Baker would dominate Marble to finish fifth and claimed one of the seven wildcards to earn his second-straight NCAA Tournament bid.</p>
<p>Cox, seeded third, earned a 5-3 victory over East Stroudsburg's Scott Heckman in the consolation bracket and faced Columbia's Matthew Dunn in the third-place bout. After finishing fifth in last year's conference championship, Cox claimed the third-place match by handing Dunn a 10-4 setback. Cox will make his third-consecutive NCAA Championship appearance, this time competing in his home state of Michigan.</p>
<p>Much like Baker, junior Matt Parsons (Dunkirk, Md.) stumbled in his opening match of the day, dropping an 8-3 decision to fourth-seeded Eric Lapotsky of Bucknell. However, Parsons regrouped and produced a 4-2 victory over Columbia's Nick Sommerfeld to finish fifth. Parsons spent much of the season as a back-up to Miranda at 184 pounds, but has recently moved to 197 pounds were he claimed the All-Academy title and won his bout in the annual Star Match against Army two weeks ago.</p>
<p>Jarred was the Mids' first finalist to compete on the afternoon, and despite winning the first two points of the match, Penn sophomore Matt Dragon scored a reversal and went on to outscore Jarred 10-1 in the match. Dragon scored the 10-3 win and claimed his second EIWA title, his first at 157 pounds. Jarred, meanwhile, reached the 30-win plateau for the second-straight year and will make his first-collegiate appearance in the NCAA Tournament.</p>
<p>Stolpinski easily made his way through the field to the championship bout, however, his finals opponent was no stranger. Last year Matt Palmer beat Stolpinski in the third-place match in the conference tournament. Earlier this season, Stolpinski and Palmer met up once again, this time Stolpinski pinned Palmer, sending him into the finals match at the Nittany Lion Open.</p>
<p>Palmer scored a takedown in the opening minute of the 174-pound title bout to take the early lead. Stolpinski knotted the match with a reversal a minute later only to have Palmer escape and regain the lead. </p>
<p>Stolpinski picked the bottom position to open the second frame and Palmer gained valuable riding time before Stolpinski escaped to tie things up at 3 apiece. </p>
<p>Palmer took a 4-3 advantage early in the third after escaping from the down position. With just a few ticks left on the clock, Stolpinski took Palmer down to the mat to take a 5-4 lead, but the bout went to overtime thanks to Palmer's 1:35 advantage in riding time.</p>
<p>In the sudden death period, Stolpinski shot at Palmer and scored the takedown to win his first EIWA title. Stolpinski is Navy's first 174-pound title winner since the weight classes were changed in 1998-99.</p>
<p>Seeded fifth in the tournament, Miranda upset fourth-seeded Lior Zamir of Penn in the second round and top-seeded David Craig in the semifinals en route to earning a spot in the championship bout in what was his first EIWA Championship appearance. Second-seeded Louis Caputo scored a pair of takedowns and a pair of escapes to hand Miranda a 4-0 loss. Miranda is one of three Navy wrestlers who will make their first appearance in the NCAA Championship.</p>
<p>Prendergast, who joined Stolpinski as a No. 1 seed in the tournament, held up his end of the bargain, as he man-handled third-seeded Zach Hammond from Cornell in the championship, 10-0. Prendergast, who will make his first trip to the NCAA Championship, is Navy's first heavyweight title winner since Doug Zembiec won back-to-back crowns in 1994 and '95.</p>
<p>NAVY WRESTLERS AT THE EIWA CHAMPIONSHIP
133 Pounds • Joe Baker (5th Seed, 5th Place)
Consolation Semis: (3) Robert Preston (Harvard) pinned Baker, 4:10
Fifth Place: Baker dec. (4) David Marble (Bucknell), 10-2</p>
<p>149 Pounds • John Cox (3rd Seed, 3rd Place)
Consolation Semis: Cox dec. (8) Scott Heckman (East Stroudsburg), 5-3
Third Place: Cox dec. (4) Matthew Dunn (Columbia), 10-4</p>
<p>157 Pounds • John Jarred (2nd Seed, 2nd Place)
Championship: (1) Matt Dragon (Penn) dec. Jarred, 10-3</p>
<p>174 Pounds • Matt Stolpinski (Top Seed, 1st Place)
Championship: Stolpinski dec. (2) Matt Palmer (Columbia), 7-5 sv</p>
<p>184 Pounds • Antonio Miranda (5th Seed, 2nd Place)
Championship: (2) Louis Caputo (Harvard) dec. Miranda, 4-0</p>
<p>197 Pounds • Matt Parsons (7th Seed, 5th Place)
Consolation Semis: (4) Eric Lapotsky (Bucknell) dec. Parsons, 8-3
Fifth Place: Parsons dec. (5) Nick Sommerfeld (Columbia), 4-2</p>
<p>Heavyweight • Ed Prendergast (Top Seed, 1st Place)
Championship: Prendergast major (3) Zach Hammond (Cornell), 10-0</p>
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<p>Three Mids Reach Finals at Zone Diving Meet</p>
<p>PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Day two of the NCAA Zone 'A' Diving Championship featured the women competing on the one meter and the men competing on the three meter, Saturday at the Rutgers Aquatic Center in Piscataway, N.J.</p>
<p>Navy qualified a pair of men's divers into the three-meter finals, with Kevin Teague (Sr., Lexington, Ky.) eventually placing fourth and Jon Galinski (So., Phoenix, Md.) placing 13th. La Salle's Karo Isajan won the event with a score of 735.55, Teague totaled 642.20 points and Galinski accrued 572.50 points.</p>
<p>Drexel's Kate Hynes won the women's one-meter springboard Saturday with a score of 527.60 points, while Navy's Katie Griffin (Jr., Ellicott City, Md.) advanced to the finals and placed 11th with 462.40 points.</p>
<p>The three-day meet concludes Sunday with both the men and the women competing on the 10-meter platform.</p>
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<p>Navy's women's basketball team was presented a golden opportunity yesterday at the Patriot League Tournament.</p>
<p>Colgate upset top-seeded Bucknell in the first quarterfinal, vastly increasing Navy's chances of reaching the championship.
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Juniors Matt Stolpinski and Ed Prendergast claimed the 174-pound and heavyweight individual titles, respectively, to lead the 17th-ranked Navy wrestling program to a second-place finish at the 2007 EIWA Championship yesterday at Koehler Fieldhouse in East Stroudsburg, Pa.</p>
<p>Seniors John Jarred, Antonio Miranda and John Cox, along with second-year standout Joe Baker all earned berths to compete in the NCAA Championship in Detroit in two weeks....
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Before yesterday's Patriot League tournament quarterfinal matchup against Navy, American women's basketball coach Melissa McFerrin challenged her team to go toe-to-toe with the Midshipmen, telling them the only way to win was through aggressive play.</p>
<p>"At times [this season], we've allowed Navy to play the game the way they want; they've beaten us," McFerrin said. "We had to get at them down low in order to win."...
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<p>Navy Blanks Central Connecticut State, 1-0</p>
<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy junior right-handed pitcher Mark McCoy (Parkland, Fla.) threw seven innings of three-hit baseball as the Midshipmen blanked Central Connecticut State in a pitcher’s duel, 1-0, on Sunday to close out a three-game series at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium.</p>
<p>The Midshipmen improved to 10-4 on the year with their first shutout of the season, while the Blue Devils saw their record drop to 2-1.</p>
<p>McCoy struck out seven and walked only two in his 99-pitch performance on Sunday. After getting out of the first and second innings with no runs allowed with runners on third base, he did not allow a baserunner to reach scoring position for the rest of the afternoon, facing only two batters over the minimum between the third and seventh innings.</p>
<p>“Mark was truly dominating today,” stated Navy head coach Paul Kostacopoulos. “He really pitched well against a very good hitting team in Central Connecticut State. He displayed good command and had a great curveball today that he threw at anytime for a strike. He has thrown quite well in his last-two starts.”</p>
<p>Navy scored the only run of the game in the fourth inning, courtesy of two Blue Devils errors. With two outs and nobody on, freshman Steven Soares (Coral Springs, Fla.) drew a full-count walk. Senior Michael Garcia (Kailua, Hawai’i) laced a single to right-center field where Soares went to second and advanced to third when center fielder Richie Tri had difficult coming up with the ball. Soares would come home to score on a groundball off the bat of freshman Jonathan Berkowitz (Parkland, Fla.) that first baseman B.K. McLaughlin bobbled and couldn’t come up with.</p>
<p>The Midshipmen bullpen of freshman Chris Murray (Navarre, Fla.), senior James Lee (Asheville, N.C.) and freshman JD Melton (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) combined to hold the visitors scoreless over the final-two innings. Central Connecticut State would make things interesting in the ninth, as it had runners on first and second with one out. However, Melton came into the game and induced a game-ending 4-6-3 double play.</p>
<p>“Our short, middle relievers have been great all season and today was no exception,” said Kostacopoulos. “Chris did his job by getting two outs in the seventh. James did a good job, but just made two mistakes by hitting two batters in the ninth. JD came on with the pressure on and delivered for us once again.”</p>
<p>Neither team had a hitter with multiple hits on Sunday, as the Midshipmen out-hit their guests, 5-4</p>
<p>The Midshipmen return to action this Wednesday when they continue their homestand with a 2:30 p.m. first pitch against UMBC at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium. Live stats will be available via GameTracker on <a href="http://www.navysports.com(%5B/url%5D.)">www.navysports.com(.)</a></p>
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<p>Navy Finishes 41st at IC4A Championship</p>
<p>BOSTON – Navy men’s track & field junior middle distance runner Craig Meekins (Baldwin, N.Y.) placed fifth in the 800-meter run finals as the Midshipmen concluded the IC4A Championship in 41st place on Sunday at Boston University.</p>
<p>The Midshipmen totaled four points over the two-day championship to tie with Colgate, Stony Brook, New Haven and Lafayette. Cornell won the meet with 50 points, followed by Seton Hall’s 45 points and Georgetown’s 42 points.</p>
<p>One day after tying the seventh-fastest 800-meter time in school history, Meekins came back to register a time of 1:50.98, which ranks sixth in the program’s all-time annals. The Navy junior finished only 0.29-second off Tim Kaijala’s first-place time from Penn. His fifth-place finish on Sunday earned him All-East recognition for the first time in his career.</p>
<p>Junior Darryl Hunter (Des Moines, Iowa) narrowly missed reaching All-East status in the shot put, as he placed 10th on Sunday. His second of three throws proved to be the best for him on the day, going 53’5-3/4” (16.30 meters).</p>
<p>Junior John Kress (Colorado Springs, Colo.) finished 21st in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:03.36. Seniors Cole Herron (Sanger, Calif.) and Stephen White (Marietta, Ga.) were unable to clear the opening height of 6’8” (2.03 meters) in the high jump and did not place on Sunday.</p>
<p>The Midshipmen will await to see whether or not junior 800-meter runner Paul Harris (Woodbury, Minn.) and their distance medley relay team will advance to the NCAA Championship next weekend at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark. Both areas posted NCAA provisional qualifying marks during the Iowa State Classic last month to close out the regular season.</p>
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<p>Mids Conclude Indoor Season at ECAC Championship</p>
<p>BOSTON – The Navy women’s track & field indoor season came to an end on Sunday afternoon with the pole vault event in the ECAC Championship at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Boston.</p>
<p>The Midshipmen did not accrue a point during this year’s championship, despite having several members within striking distance in many events on Saturday and Sunday. UConn won the meet with 61 points, followed by Pittsburgh’s 52 points and Georgetown’s 48 points.</p>
<p>Navy’s lone action during the final day was in the pole vault, where senior team captain Kirsten Andrews (New Holland, Pa.) and junior Jacquelyn Charnigo (Medina, Ohio) tied for 15th with a clearance of 11’7-3/4” (3.55 meters). This was the third event for Andrews at this year’s ECAC Championship, as she placed 14th in the 60-meter hurdles (9.04) and long jump (17’11”; 5.46 meters).</p>
<p>The Midshipmen will return to action when they begin their outdoor slate on Saturday, March 24, with a six-team invitational at Ingram Field in Annapolis.</p>
<p>North Carolina 7, Navy 0</p>
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<p>Mids Fall to No. 17 North Carolina </p>
<p>CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The Navy tennis team completed a stretch of three matches in as many days with a 7-0 loss to 17th-ranked North Carolina, Sunday afternoon in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels remained undefeated through nine matches on the season with the victory, while Navy falls to 5-8 with the loss.</p>
<p>North Carolina won each of the three doubles matches to win the doubles point, but two of the matches were decided by 8-5 scores. Lenny Gullan and David Stone, ranked 56th nationally, defeated Navy's team of Jason Hill (So., Marietta, Ga.) and Nate Nelms (So., St. Mary's, Ga.) by that score at No. 1 doubles, with Stanley Kahl (Sr., Richland, Pa.) and Adrian Lai (Sr., Tucson, Ariz.) also losing 8-5 to Sebastian Guejman and Stefan Hardy at No. 2 doubles.</p>
<p>The Tar Heels would go on to win each of the six singles matches in straight sets.</p>
<p>"The doubles matches today were very close today," said Navy head coach John Officer. "We didn't play as well in the singles matches. North Carolina really steps up and puts pressure on their opponents and we didn't have enough answers to defend that."</p>
<p>The match against the Tar Heels caps a busy road trip for Navy that included a pair of 4-3 losses Friday at UNC Greensboro and Saturday to 39th-ranked North Carolina State.</p>
<p>"This was a very good trip for us," said Officer. "How we played against a talented North Carolina State team is a big confidence boost for us."</p>
<p>Navy will now be off from competition until playing Eastern Kentucky March 13 in St. Augustine, Fla.</p>
<p>North Carolina 7, Navy 0
Doubles -- N.C. wins the doubles point</p>
<h1>1 Gullan/David Stone (NC) def. Hill/Nelms, 8-5</h1>
<h1>2 Guejman/Hardy (NC) def. Kahl/Lai, 8-5</h1>
<h1>3 Fogleman/Kearney (NC) def. Alex James/Lemaich, 8-4</h1>
<p>Singles</p>
<h1>1 Ben Carlotti (NC) def. Nate Nelms, 6-1, 6-2</h1>
<h1>2 Stefan Hardy (NC) def. Jason Hill, 6-3, 6-2</h1>
<h1>3 Chris Kearney (NC) def. Adrian Lai, 6-1, 6-1</h1>
<h1>4 Sebastian Guejman (NC) def. Ramsey Lemaich, 6-2, 6-2</h1>
<h1>5 Taylor Fogelman (NC) def. Stanley Kahl, 6-1, 6-1</h1>
<h1>6 Will Plyler (NC) def. Jarrad Smoke, 6-2, 6-0</h1>
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<p>Zone Diving Meet Concludes</p>
<p>PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The NCAA Zone 'A' Diving Championship came to a close Sunday afternoon in Piscataway, N.J., with a pair of Mids competing in the 10-meter platform event.</p>
<p>Jon Galinski (So., Phoenix, Md.) placed fourth amongst men's divers with a score of 519.50, while Katie Griffin (Jr., Ellicott City, Md.) finished in fifth place on the women's side with a total score of 369.70 points.</p>
<p>Princeton divers won both events, with Stuart Malcolm posting a score of 641.60 points to lead the men and Michelle DeMond tallying 498.55 points to win the women's contest. The duo now advances on to their respective NCAA Championship meet.</p>
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<p>Navy Freshman Outlasts Teammate in CSA Individual Championship Match</p>
<p>PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Navy freshman Nils Mattsson (Spring House, Pa.) trailed teammate Jeff Sawin (Haverford, Pa.) two games to none, but rallied back to win the Molloy Division of the 2007 College Squash Association Individual Championship held over the weekend on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. The Molloy Division features squash players ranked No. 33-64 in the country.</p>
<p>"Nils, Jeff, Alastair (Smith) and Tucker (George) all represented the Naval Academy well this weekend," said Navy head coach Craig Dawson. "Nils and Jeff left it all out on the court today. It was a classic. It was a good end to what was a great weekend for the Navy squash program."</p>
<p>Mattsson, who dismissed teammate Alastair Smith in the semifinals, 3-0, fell behind early in the match as Sawin looked to have the match in control with back-to-back wins, 9-3 and 9-6. Mattsson stopped the momentum briefly with a 9-2 victory in the third game to narrow Sawin's lead to 2-1. Sawin looked to have the match won as he took an 8-5 lead in the fourth and even had a match ball to win, however, Mattsson fought back to take the fourth game, 10-8. He claimed the match win with a 9-1 victory in the deciding game and became the first player under Dawson's watch to win an individual title at the championship.</p>
<p>The loss was just the fourth this season suffered by Sawin as he finished the season with a 28-4 record, while Mattsson produced a 25-9 mark in his rookie season.</p>
<p>By DAVID RAMSEY THE GAZETTE</p>
<p>The taxi driver was driving Vernon Butler and David Robinson around Syracuse, N.Y., on a snowy Sunday.</p>
<p>It was March 1986, and in a few hours, Butler and Robinson would lead Navy against the taxi driver?s favorite team, Syracuse University, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.</p>
<p>The driver wasn't worried.</p>
<p>"You guys even going to give us a game?" Butler recalled the driver asking. "You think you guys even have a prayer?"</p>
<p>The taxi driver didn't know much about Robinson. He didn't know Robinson was
destined to become the first pick in the NBA draft. He didn't know Robinson would help lead the San Antonio Spurs to two NBA titles.</p>
<p>Butler, a rugged power forward, was offended by the driver's brutal dismissal.</p>
<p>"Listen," Butler said, "you might be surprised."</p>
<p>The taxi driver just laughed. Everyone knew service academy teams couldn't compete against national powers.</p>
<p>Later that day, Robinson and Butler combined for 58 points as Navy sprinted to a 97-85 demolition over Syracuse on the Orangemen's home court.</p>
<p>Take that, cabbie.</p>
<p>It was quite a ride, the Midshipmen's rampage through the bracket of the 1986 NCAA Tournament. Navy defeated Tulsa, Syracuse and Cleveland State and found itself on the brink of a trip to the Final Four.</p>
<p>One problem. Duke stood in the way. Other teams and coaches in the tournament might have underestimated Navy, but not Duke, because coach Mike Krzyzewski graduated from Army and later coached there.</p>
<p>Doug Wojcik played point guard for Navy and now coaches Tulsa. He offered a pained laugh when he remembers the clash with Duke.</p>
<p>"The worst possible team for us to play," Wojcik said. "Krzyzewski knew. He made sure his team respected us."</p>
<p>Duke beat Navy 71-50.</p>
<p>Robinson and Wojcik were juniors on that team, and the Midshipmen were 106-25 during that era (1983-87).</p>
<p>As seniors, they were still very good, but could surprise no one. They lost to Michigan in the first round of the 1987 NCAA Tournament.</p>
<p>No service academy team has won an NCAA Tournament game since Navy's victory in 1986. Air Force hopes to try again to break that 21-year drought.</p>
<p>"What we had was a superstar who could make a play that no one else could
make," Wojcik said.</p>
<p>Yet Navy offered more than the 7-foot-1 Robinson. Butler served as a powerful, no-nonsense sidekick to Robinson under the basket, and Wojcik ran the offense with ruthless efficiency.</p>
<p>The Midshipmen were inspired, and sometimes frightened, by the high-volume, highintensity direction of coach Paul Evans. After one especially long,
brutal practice late in the 1985-86 season, Evans ordered his players to depart the court.</p>
<p>But he didn't think they departed with quite enough spunk. So Evans commanded them to return to the court and run suicide sprints.</p>
<p>"He had an incredibly important role," Butler said. "He had the unique ability to push us to the limit."</p>
<p>Navy's burst into the national spotlight didn't last. After Robinson's departure in 1987, the Midshipmen stumbled to 43 wins and 123 losses in the next six seasons.</p>
<p>Butler now serves as senior vice president in charge of defense operations for Bearing-Point, a consulting company. He lives on a few acres in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., with his wife, son and daughter, two draft horses and two Saint Bernards. He's a busy man without much time to follow sports.</p>
<p>He heard only recently about Air Force's rise into the nation's Top 25.</p>
<p>"I was ecstatic," he said. "I'm pulling for them."</p>
<p>He hopes the Falcons surprise the basketball nation, he said. He'll never forget his own thrilling, and surprising, ride to victories.</p>
<p>For Immediate Release
Monday, March 5, 2007
Contact: Jonathan Maggart (410) 293-8771</p>
<p>Navy?s Game With UMBC Pushed to Thursday</p>
<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. ? Due to expected wintry conditions on Wednesday afternoon, the Navy-UMBC baseball game has been pushed back to Thursday at 2:45 p.m. in Annapolis at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium.</p>
<p>Live stats will be available for Thursday?s contest via GameTracker on <a href="http://www.navysports.com(%5B/url%5D.)">www.navysports.com(.)</a></p>
<p>Navy improved to 10-4 on the year on Sunday with a 1-0 win over Central Connecticut State in Annapolis. UMBC will enter Thursday?s action with a 1-5 record after taking one of three games against Yale last weekend.</p>
<p>Overall Navy Sports Record, 215-121-3 (.639)</p>
<p>Baseball (10-4)</p>
<p>Last Week: Defeated Georgetown, 2-1; lost to Central Connecticut State, 9-1; lost to Central Connecticut State, 5-2; defeated Central Connecticut State, 1-0</p>
<p>This Week: UMBC (Thursday, 2:45 p.m., Annapolis, Md., GameTracker on navysports.com); Monmouth-DH (Saturday, 12 noon, Annapolis, Md., GameTracker on navysports.com); Monmouth (Sunday, 12 noon, Annapolis, Md., GameTracker on navysports.com); Buffalo (Monday, 2 p.m., Annapolis, Md., GameTracker on navysports.com)</p>
<p>Men's Basketball (14-16, 4-10 in the Patriot League)</p>
<p>Last Week: Lost to Bucknell in the Patriot League Quarterfinals, 62-43</p>
<p>This Week: Season concluded</p>
<p>Women's Basketball (12-17, 6-8 in the Patriot League)</p>
<p>Last Week: Lost to American, 68-55, in the Patriot League Quarterfinals</p>
<p>This Week: Season concluded</p>
<p>Gymnastics (9-9)</p>
<p>Last Week: Lost to Penn State, 212.8-191.7; lost to William & Mary, 191.75-191.7</p>
<p>This Week: Idle</p>
<p>#12 Men's Lacrosse (3-0, 1-0 in the Patriot League)</p>
<p>Last Week: Defeated #5 North Carolina, 19-8</p>
<p>This Week: at Lehigh (Saturday, 1 p.m., Bethlehem, Pa., 1430 WNAV)</p>
<p>Women's Lacrosse (5-1)
Last Week: Lost to Heroes (exhibition), 14-9</p>
<p>This Week: at Longwood-Varsity (Saturday, 1 p.m., Farmville, Va.)</p>
<p>Rifle (9-4)</p>
<p>Last Week: Finished first out of 10 teams at the MAC Championship, defeated Akron in a dual meet, 4598-4553</p>
<p>This Week: at the NCAA Championship (Friday-Saturday, all day, Fairbanks, Alaska)</p>
<p>Intercollegiate Sailing</p>
<p>Last Week: Finished fifth out of 10 teams at the Jeremy McIntyre Regatta</p>
<p>This Week: Navy Spring Women?s Intersectional (Saturday-Sunday); St. Mary's Team Race Intersectional (Sunday-Monday)</p>
<p>#10 Squash (23-8)</p>
<p>Last Week: Competed as individuals at the 2007 CSA Individual Championship</p>
<p>This Week: Season concluded</p>
<p>Men's Swimming & Diving (12-4)</p>
<p>Last Week: Competed as individuals at the NCAA Zone :"A" Diving Championship</p>
<p>This Week: Idle</p>
<p>Women's Swimming & Diving (11-2)</p>
<p>Last Week: Competed as individuals at the NCAA Zone "A" Diving Championship</p>
<p>This Week: Idle</p>
<p>Tennis (5-8)</p>
<p>Last Week: Lost to UNC-Greensboro, 4-3; lost to North Carolina State, 4-3; lost to North Carolina, 7-0</p>
<p>This Week: Idle</p>
<p>Men's Indoor Track & Field (6-1)</p>
<p>Last Week: Competed at the IC4A Championship</p>
<p>This Week: at the NCAA Championship (Friday-Saturday, all day, Fayetteville, Ark.)</p>
<p>Women's Indoor Track & Field (7-0)</p>
<p>Last Week: Competed at the ECAC Championship</p>
<p>This Week: Season concluded</p>
<p>No. 17 Wrestling (11-4, 7-0 in the EIWA)</p>
<p>Last Week: Finished second out of 14 teams at the EIWA Championship</p>
<p>This Week: Idle</p>
<p>Published in the Annapolis Capital:</p>
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NAVY BASEBALL: Navy junior right-handed pitcher Mark McCoy threw seven innings of three-hit baseball as the Midshipmen blanked Central Connecticut State in a pitcher?s duel, 1-0, yesterday to close out a three-game series at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium.</p>
<p>The Midshipmen improved to 10-4 on the year with their first shutout of the season, while the Blue Devils saw their record drop to 2-1.</p>
<p>The Midshipmen return to action Wednesday when they continue their homestand with a 2:30 p.m. first pitch against UMBC at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium....
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<p>For Immediate Release
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Contact: Jonathan Maggart (410) 293-8771</p>
<p>Paul Harris Advances to NCAA Championship</p>
<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Navy men’s track & field middle distance runner Paul Harris (Woodbury, Minn.) has qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 800-meter run, it was announced by the NCAA on Monday night. The 2007 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship will take place on Friday and Saturday at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark.</p>
<p>Harris becomes the first Navy runner in school history to advance to the national championship in the 800-meter run. Harris will represent the Midshipmen on the national stage for the first time since Erik Schmidt earned All-American honors in the mile run at the 2004 NCAA Championship.</p>
<p>The preliminary round of the 800-meter run will take place at 5:45 p.m. EST, with the top-two times in each of the two heats, plus the next-four fastest times advancing to the finals. The 800-meter run finals are slated for Saturday at 7:45 p.m. EST.</p>
<p>The product of Woodbury, Minn., advanced to this year’s national championship after posting a NCAA provisional-qualifying mark of 1:48.46 at the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 10. The time ranks fourth in the nation this year and third among those accepted into the 800-meter event. The clocking also shattered his previous school record in the event by more than two full seconds, a 1:50.71 showing during the season-opening Navy Invitational on Dec. 1, 2006. Harris owns the three-fastest indoor times in program history and four of the seven-quickest marks.</p>
<p>Last spring, Harris became the first Navy runner in 61 years to compete in the 800-meter/880-yard run at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship, as he placed 23rd during the preliminary round.</p>
<p>Navy’s distance medley relay team did not qualify for the NCAA Championship, despite registering a provisional-qualifying time at the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 9. The relay team of junior Ben Kozy (Houston, Texas), junior William Ricks (Sussex, Va.), Harris and junior Jeff Sarchione (Alliance, Ohio) produced a time of 9:41.71, which ranks 25th in the country this season and third in Navy’s all-time annals. However, the NCAA took only the top-11 relay teams, leaving Navy’s relay team out of this year’s national championship.</p>
<p>March 6, 2007 </p>
<p>CSTV TO AIR TWO LIVE FIRST-ROUND OUT-OF-MARKET GAMES OF 2007 NCAA? DIVISION I MEN?S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP</p>
<p>NETWORKS' FULL-COURT NCAA MARCH MADNESS? PROGRAMMING BRACKETS CBS SPORTS' LIVE GAME COVERAGE </p>
<p>CSTV'S COVERAGE WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE OFFICIAL NCAA MARCH MADNESS HIGHLIGHT SHOW, EVERY PRESS CONFERENCE, THE NCAA SALUTE PRESENTATION AND LIVE COVERAGE FROM FINAL FOUR FRIDAYTM TEAM PRACTICES, HOOP CITY? , THE BIG DANCE? AND MY COKEFEST </p>
<p>Jim Larranaga Will Join Analysts Pete Gillen and Steve Lappas to Offer Analysis for CSTV</p>
<p>CSTV.com's Championship Central 2007 Provides In-Depth Online Content of All the Action</p>
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<p>NEW YORK * CSTV will air two first-round out-of-market games of the 2007 NCAA Division I Men?s Basketball Championship in their entirety as part of the network's wall-to-wall, multi-media programming complementing CBS Sports' exclusive live network coverage of the 2007 Championship. CSTV's first-ever live NCAA Tournament broadcasts will air on Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16 (specific times and games TBD). The broadcasts will be fully produced by CBS Sports with CBS announcers and graphics</p>
<p>"This is a prime example of how CBS Sports and CSTV are working together to enhance the fan experience," said Brian Bedol, President and CEO, CSTV Networks, Inc. "The ability to broadcast CBS Sports' NCAA Tournament games, the brass ring for a company dedicated to college sports, is a milestone event for CSTV." </p>
<p>Building on its success covering the 2006 NCAA Tournament, CSTV offers another comprehensive programming schedule with original programs, features and in-depth analysis, along with wide-ranging online coverage on CSTV.com.</p>
<p>On Sunday, March 11 (5:30-6:00 PM), CSTV tips off its tournament coverage with Crystal Ball Presented By Xbox Live: Countdown To The Bracket, leading into the official Selection Show on CBS Sports, hosted by Greg Amsinger with analysts Pete Gillen, Steve Lappas, insider Brian Curtis and special guest analyst, George Mason basketball coach Jim Larranaga.</p>
<p>Immediately following the CBS Sports Selection Show, CSTV will air Bracket Breakdown Picked Up By The United States Postal Service from 7:00-8:00 PM, featuring coach and player interviews along with comprehensive bracket analysis with CBS Sports' Greg Gumbel, Seth Davis and Clark Kellogg.</p>
<p>Also launching on Selection Sunday and airing throughout the tournament, CSTV will introduce a short form series of programming featuring some of the big shots, great moments, upsets and heroes of NCAA March Madness. From March 12 through tip-off of the first game, CSTV will start the party early with encore broadcasts of some of the greatest games in NCAA Tournament history. </p>
<p>Beginning on Wednesday, March 14 (1:00-8:00 PM) and continuing throughout the tournament, CSTV's original Full Court Press hosted by Adam Zucker with Lappas, Curtis and Davis, will feature coverage of teams at every tournament site and every press conference prior to, during and after all the NCAA Tournament games. </p>
<p>CSTV begins its full slate of official tournament programming on Thursday,
March 15, with NCAA March Madness Pregame Show Presented by Xbox Live (11:30 AM*-12:00 PM). Before the games officially tip off on CBS Sports, the show previews all the match-ups slated for that day and features reports from every CBS Sports remote tournament site.</p>
<p>Tourney Talk, the only interactive show that allows viewers to talk with the experts about all the madness is hosted by Jonathan Coachman, Amsinger, Zucker, and Curtis. Guest coaches and analysts will be featured along with game highlights and analysis, press conferences and viewers? questions via telephone and e-mail.</p>
<p>After the games end each day, the official highlight show of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, NCAA March Madness Highlights on CSTV powered by Pontiac, recaps the madness of the day with all the scores, news, highlights and analysis. Amsinger serves as host.</p>
<p>CSTV's comprehensive coverage extends to Atlanta for the Men's Final Four, bringing fans all the sights and sounds from around the city. CSTV's on-site programming begins with CSTV Live From the Final Four on Friday, March 30 (1:00-4:00 PM) from the Georgia Dome for each team?s practice session. </p>
<p>Later that evening, CSTV will air The NCAA Salute (8:00-9:00 PM) hosted by CBS Sports' Jim Nantz, an annual tradition at the Men's Final Four featuring the coaches and players from each of the remaining teams, which has never before been broadcast. CSTV will also provide live coverage throughout Men's Final Four weekend from Hoop City refreshed by Coca-Cola?, The Big Dance in Centennial Olympic Park featuring MyCokeFest Sunday in Centennial Park, bringing fans an all encompassing look at the Men?s Final Four experience. </p>
<p>On Monday, April 2 (7:30-9:00 PM), the countdown to tip-off officially begins with the National Championship Pregame Show live from inside the Georgia Dome, featuring CSTV's slate of experts breaking down the big game.</p>
<p>Other CSTV NCAA Tournament programming includes:</p>
<p>€ NCAA Tournament Retrovision * March 12-15</p>
<p>Encore airings of some of the most memorable games in NCAA Tournament History. </p>
<p>€ Champions 4-Ever * March 27-29</p>
<p>A look back at Final Four Films from the past 15 years</p>
<p>€ NCAA March Magic: A Marathon of Memories * April 8-10</p>
<p>CSTV relives some of the best games of the 2007 NCAA Tournament in their entirety </p>
<p>CSTV.com's Championship Central 2007 will provide in-depth coverage and analysis from every NCAA Tournament location and game, featuring every press conference streamed live an on-demand for free. CSTV.com's team of reporters will be filing live into the Hangtime Blog, providing insight into the games on the court and the total NCAA experience, along with other CSTV.com original broadband content. CSTV experts Gillen, Lappas, Curtis and Sean Farnham will be joined by CSTV.com's Jerry Palm, Eric Sorenson, Bryan Graham and David Scott in providing instant analysis, daily photo galleries and awards. </p>
<p>CSTV, the expert in college sports, is seen in more than 20 million homes via cable and satellite.</p>