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<p>For Immediate Release
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Squash Contact: Stacie Michaud (410) 293-8773</p>

<p>Midshipmen Promote Athletics, Academics and Academy in Community Service Trip</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. - In recent weeks, two members of the Navy squash team traveled to New York City, where they spent a day working with the urban youth program CitySquash. The squash team has engaged the local community as well as communities afar over the last few years where it has focused on promoting the value of classroom and physical education.</p>

<p>The following is Michael Beautyman's account of the day...
Sophomores Michael Beautyman Jr (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) and Christopher Zipf (Gladwyne, Pa.), along with head squash coach Craig Dawson arrived at the Fordham University athletic facilities, where they were greeted by a bevy of enthusiastic young squash players from inner-city New York. CitySquash, which set up the day, is a not-for-profit after-school enrichment program that provides motivated and talented young people from economically disadvantaged households with a nurturing and structured team environment. There, children are immersed in squash, academic tutoring, mentor programs and community service as they plan for their future. Coach Dawson was approached at the Collegiate Nationals about bringing up some midshipmen to give some lessons, as well as speak on the opportunity that the Naval Academy has provided for them, and may also afford for the young athletes with CitySquash.</p>

<p>The day began with a brief presentation on the Naval Academy, and the young players presented questions on military life, the academic environment and playing squash for a college team. Zipf emphasized the role that service played into his decision to attend, and pointed out that the Academy is a great way to give back to the community and the nation. The day continued with a series of lessons. Beautyman and Zipf spent time working with small groups on different courts, where they were able to demonstrate fundamentals of the game, drill with the players, and even discuss how squash can help them excel later in life. Beautyman challenged his players to be the first to a set point score in competition among each other, offering that the first player to reach the goal could make all the other players run. Shortly thereafter he found himself running wind-sprints, much to the enjoyment of the CitySquash students.</p>

<p>After a full day of bonding and teamwork, the group called it a day - if only on the squash court. Before heading home, the students had plans to go repaint MS-45. Graffiti had covered most of the of the school's outer walls, but plans were in the works for a large mural by the students to fight vandalism. After a full day of squash and service, the midshipmen boarded a train back to Baltimore, while the students of CitySquash continued to give back, giving back to others in thanks for what they had received.</p>

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<p>Loving challenge, famed coach guides Mids' move from club play to Division I</p>

<p>Published in the BS:</p>

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When Naval Academy senior Elise Chapdelaine heard last summer that Cindy Timchal was about to take over the Midshipmen women's lacrosse program as it moves from club to Division I status next year, she didn't know who Timchal was.</p>

<p>The former Maryland coach was not surprised that a college club player had never heard of her. She was, however, surprised to learn from a club coach in Texas that the players there had never heard of Maryland's 10-time national-championship program....

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<p>Diane Cote - Midshipman Lieutenant Diane Cote - had to pick a sport to participate in when she arrived at the Naval Academy four years ago. The Mids don't have field hockey, the sport she played at Doherty High, so, following in the footsteps of her mother, who was on the crew team at Shrewsbury High, she decided to give rowing a go.</p>

<p>"I really like the competition," said Cote, who is captaining the Navy women's crew team this spring. "It's like every stroke you pull during practice helps lead to wins in races. It's been great."</p>

<p>Cote rows in the No. 5 seat of the second varsity 8 boat, which finished second in the Murphy Cup earlier this spring and won at the George Washington Invitational last weekend. </p>

<p>On April 29, Cote comes home to Lake Quinsigamond for the Patriot League Championships. Navy won the second varsity 8 race last year and finished second to Bucknell overall. Navy won the PL women's title in 2005. </p>

<p>"It's a lot of fun coming back to the Lake and having so many of my family and friends there to watch," Cote said. "I also really enjoy the course."</p>

<p>Cote said the team had its boats out on the water earlier than ever this year, in January, but this week's Nor'easter, which produced 30-mph winds, kept them out of it for a couple of days. </p>

<p>Navy rows at Georgetown this Sunday.</p>

<p>Cote, who was the valedictorian of Doherty's Class of 2003, always wanted to join the Navy and considered the ROTC. She took part in a summer program at the Naval Academy before her senior year of high school and fell in love with the area (who wouldn't?) and the academy's environment. </p>

<p>Cote is not the first from her family to be in the military. Her father was in the Marines, and her younger brother will soon be reporting to boot camp at Parris Island, S.C.</p>

<p>Cote will graduate this spring and then report to the USS Roosevelt in Mayport, Fla. She will be there for two years, then attend the U.S. Navy's Nuclear Power School in Charleston, S.C. Cote endured three rounds of interviews for selection to the school.</p>

<p>"I'm a little bit nervous about the drastic change in my life living on a ship," Cote said. "But I'm really looking forward to (Nuclear Power) school." Upon completion, she will be qualified to be a nuclear officer on an aircraft carrier.</p>

<p>This week, Cote was named a National Scholar-Athlete by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association.</p>

<p>All in all, Cote said her experience at Navy has been memorable.</p>

<p>"I've learned that hard work, team work and doing your best in everything lets you get through whatever you need to get through," she said.</p>

<p>Copyright 2007 Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (Massachusetts)
April 18, 2007 Wednesday<br>
*Article Edited To Include USNA News only</p>

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Navy's offense has been great under head coach Paul Johnson, and now it should be something truly special with the most experience, talent and speed the backfield has had yet, highlighted by home-run hitter Reggie Campbell. Will it be enough to overcome the defense?...

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<p>Posted on GoMids.com:</p>

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Changing course in my interview with Air Force’s new head football coach Troy Calhoun, I decided to talk to him more about off-the-field factors involved in building a successful program. But just as I started down that path, Calhoun was quick to point out an error in what I perceived to be the number one priority of the head football coach at the Air Force Academy....

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Navy junior right-handed pitcher Mark McCoy (Parkland, Fla.) fired his first-career nine-inning complete game in the nightcap as the Midshipmen split their Saturday doubleheader against Army at Doubleday Field in West Point. Army rallied to win the first game in eight innings, 4-3, before Navy won game two, 6-4....

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<p>For: Immediate Release
Sent: April 26, 2007
Contact: Scott Strasemeier (410) 293-8775</p>

<p>Navy Sports Magazine Show Airs Tonight On 1430 WNAV</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md.-The Comcast Navy Sports Magazine Show airs tonight at 6 p.m. on 1430 WNAV in Annapolis. The 30-minute show, hosted by Pete Medhurst, will feature interviews with Navy head baseball coach Paul Kostacopoulos, the 2007 Patriot League Tennis Tournament Most Valuable Player Nate Nelms and Terence Higgins of the lacrosse team.</p>

<p>The Navy Sports Magazine Show will also air on WLRT (1490 AM, <a href="http://www.1490theoutlaw.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.1490theoutlaw.com&lt;/a&gt;) on Friday at 5 p.m. and on 1050 WFED (<a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.federalnewsradio.com&lt;/a&gt;) in Washington, D.C. on Saturday morning at 7 a.m.</p>

<p>Navy All-Access will also archive the show and it will be available for subscribers every Friday (<a href="http://navysports.cstv.com/)%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://navysports.cstv.com/)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p>

<p>Tonight is the last show until August.</p>

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<p>Published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin:</p>

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Michael Garcia played football, basketball and baseball for the Kalaheo Mustangs and was ready to move on to something bigger and more challenging and perhaps more exciting after graduating in 2002.</p>

<p>"Initially, I wanted to fly jet fighters," said the starting third baseman for the U.S. Naval Academy baseball team.</p>

<p>Garcia considered walking on at Hawaii to play football, had an offer to play that sport at Linfield, thought about Nebraska, but his mother, Linn, suggested either the Air Force or Naval academies if he wanted to pursue his goal....

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<p>For Immediate Release
Sent Friday, April 27, 2007
Contact Justin Kischefsky (410) 293-8772</p>

<p>Nvy Women's Crew Chases League Championship Sunday</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy women's crew team will attempt to win its second Patriot League title in three years Sunday morning when the league's 2007 championship regatta is held on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. The three-race docket begins at 8 a.m. with the varsity four race, followed by the second varsity eight contest 10 minutes later and ending with the varsity eight race at 8:20 a.m.</p>

<p>The Mids won each of the three races in the inaugural 2005 championship to win the team title, with Bucknell winning the title over Navy last year. The Bison won the varsity eight and varsity four races in 2006, with the Mids placing second in those two contests and winning the second varsity eight race. Bucknell totaled 28 points over the three races to win the team championship, while Navy tallied 26 points to place second.</p>

<p>Bucknell again edged Navy for the top spot in the league's 2007 preseason poll. Both teams garnered five first-place votes, but the Bison accrued 29 overall points in the voting while the Mids tallied 28 points. Colgate placed third in the balloting with 19 points, followed by fourth-place Lehigh with 14 points and Holy Cross with 10 points.</p>

<p>Navy enters the weekend with its varsity eight boat having compiled a 13-2 record this season. One of those two setbacks, however, was a 1.7-second loss to Bucknell in the finals of the Murphy Cup March 24 in Philadelphia. </p>

<p>"The talent level of the league and its competitiveness has increased dramatically in its short history," said Navy head coach Mike Hughes. "Every race is going to be close with a number of boats having legitimate opportunities to win. I feel we have as good of a chance as any to win, but it will take a very good effort by each of our crews to do so."</p>

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<p>Apr 27, 2007</p>

<p>Bowling Green, Ky. -- Numerous future Western Kentucky University football opponents were revealed Friday at the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce's monthly breakfast, including home-and-home deals that will see a pair of schools from Bowl Championship Series (BCS) leagues visit L.T. Smith Stadium/Jimmy Feix Field.</p>

<p>"I am thrilled with the quality home-and-home non-conference football schedule we have been able to so quickly solidify since the Board of Regents took action in November 2006 to transition WKU football to the highest level of intercollegiate football competition," Dr. Wood Selig, the school's Director of Athletics, stated. "We have some of the biggest and most storied names in college football history coming to Bowling Green and the renovated Smith Stadium. I would dare say fall Saturday's in South Central Kentucky will never be the same again given the line-up of non-conference and conference opponents scheduled to visit WKU during the next decade."</p>

<p>The Hilltoppers will play host to Indiana in September 2010 while Iowa State is slated to visit in September 2015. WKU will also have non-Sun Belt Conference home games against Ball State in 2008, Bowling Green in 2010, Miami (Ohio) in 2011, Navy in 2013, and Army in 2014 and '16.</p>

<p>In addition to beginning the 2007 campaign at defending national champion Florida, WKU will also play contests at Alabama (2008 and '12) and Nebraska (2010). Other non-league road games include trips to IU in 2008 and '11, Iowa State in 2012 and ¹14, Miami (Ohio) in 2008, Army in 2013 and '15, and Navy in 2014.</p>

<p>With eight Sun Belt contests every fall beginning in 2009 - four at home and four on the road - WKU will play four non-conference games each season under the NCAA's 12-game limit. Beginning in '09, the goal will be to schedule six home and six away contests, including two non-conference home and two non-conference road games rounding out each season's league schedule.</p>

<p>"It is exciting for our players and staff to see the energy and interest in WKU Football continue to grow," said Hilltopper head coach David Elson. "Scheduling is just another example of how I-A football is going to have a tremendous impact on our program, school and community."</p>

<p>"Our scheduling philosophy will continue to be aggressive," added WKU President Dr. Gary Ransdell. "We are scheduling with the intent of winning and becoming bowl eligible in any given year."</p>

<p>The 2008 schedule, which currently includes 11 games, has the Toppers playing six SBC opponents - Florida Atlantic, Middle Tennessee and North Texas will visit Bowling Green while WKU will travel to Arkansas State, Florida International and Troy.</p>

<p>Beginning in 2009, when WKU is eligible to win the Sun Belt championship and compete in a bowl game, it will have league home games against ASU, FIU, Louisiana-Lafayette and Troy in odd years and will face FAU, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee and North Texas in home conference contests in odd years.</p>

<p>"Our fans share this sense of excitement and enthusiasm for our future given their purchase and commitment to date of over 3,000 new football season tickets for 2007,² Selig said. "This figure is exceptionally strong given the fact it is so early in our 2007 sales process and without the knowledge of these future non-conference opponents. We anticipate this strong growth in sales to only increase throughout the spring and fall.</p>

<p>Ticket information for WKU football can be obtained by contacting the athletic ticket office at 270-745-5222 or 1-800-5-BIG-RED. Individuals interested in club seats or reserved seats in the new West grandstand currently under construction can contact the Hilltopper Athletic Foundation at 270-745-8880. Of the 800 Club Level seats scheduled to be available beginning in 2008, over 100 have been sold as the HAF begins the sales process for these premium seats.</p>

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<p>A Look Ahead...</p>

<p>Game 48 - April 28 - Bucknell (14-22, 6-10 PL) at Navy (30-17, 10-6 PL)
Time: 12 p.m.
Stadium: Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium (1,500); Annapolis, Md.
Probable Starters: Bucknell - RHP Matt Curry (4-5, 3.81 ERA) vs. Navy - RHP Mitch Harris (7-3, 1.94 ERA)
All-Time Series: Navy leads, 55-38-1
Live Stats: GameTracker available on <a href="http://www.NavySports.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.NavySports.com&lt;/a>
Last Year: Navy took one of four games (April 29-30; Lewisburg, Pa.)
Promotions: Terwilliger Brothers Field Dedication in pregame, Free Navy hats to first 1,000 fans in attendance, Free hot dog and soda to all Mids in attendance</p>

<p>Game 49 - April 28 - Bucknell at Navy
Time: 30 minutes after game one
Probable Starters: Bucknell - RHP Nathan Mittag (0-5, 5.22 ERA) vs. Navy - RHP Mark McCoy (6-4, 5.31 ERA)
Live Stats: GameTracker available on <a href="http://www.NavySports.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.NavySports.com&lt;/a>
Promotions: Kids run the bases after the game, “Meet the Mids” autograph session after the game</p>

<p>Game 50 - April 29 - Bucknell at Navy
Time: 12 p.m.
Probable Starters: Bucknell - RHP Mathew Wilson (3-4, 2.01 ERA) vs. Navy - RHP Oliver Drake (2-2, 2.90 ERA)
Live Stats: GameTracker available on <a href="http://www.NavySports.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.NavySports.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Game 51 - April 29 - Bucknell at Navy
Time: 30 minutes after game one
Probable Starters: Bucknell – TBD vs. Navy - LHP Yale Eckert (4-2, 3.75 ERA)
Live Stats: GameTracker available on <a href="http://www.NavySports.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.NavySports.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Scouting Bucknell
The Bucknell Bison make the trip down to Annapolis with a 14-22 overall mark and a 6-10 record in league play, standing in fifth place in the Patriot League standings and two games back of third place Army and Holy Cross. The Bison opened the year with a 10-10 mark, but have dropped eight of their last nine contests.
Experienced pitching may prove to be a key this weekend for Bucknell, as three of its four starters are a junior or senior. Senior RHP Matt Curry will get the start in game one, as he leads the team in wins (four) and is second in strikeouts (36). Senior RHP Nathan Mittag has logged 50.0 innings on the hill this year, while junior RHP Mathew Wilson paces the Bison in innings pitched (53.2) and strikeouts (37). The Bison also have a dependable closer to call upon in the late innings, as junior RHP Jason Buursma is 3-1 with five saves and a 1.98 ERA.
However, Bucknell’s is hitting .262 as a team, despite offense has struggled as of late, scoring only 10 runs in its four game set at Holy Cross last weekend. Senior OF Ryan Gryskevicz leads the squad with a .318 batting average, two home runs and 21 RBIs. Freshman INF Ben Yoder (.305) and sophomore OF Dane Grandizio (.303) also own batting averages above the .300 mark heading into the four-game set.</p>

<p>Last Year Against the Bison
Navy took home one win in four games from Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa., last season. The Midshipmen hit .364 (51-for-140) as a team over the weekend, but nine errors proved costly for the visitors. Navy made seven of those errors in the first-two games, leading to nine unearned runs, as it had its playoff hopes dashed in a doubleheader sweep by Bucknell. The Bison twice rallied from at least one run down in the final-two innings to win the second and third game of the series.</p>

<p>All-Time Series vs. Bucknell
The Midshipmen own a 55-38-1 (.590) advantage over the Bison in the all-time series. The Navy-Bucknell series dates back to 1904, when the Mids defeated the Bison, 8-2, in Annapolis. Since joining the Patriot League in 1993, Navy has won 17 of its 29 contests against Bucknell on its home field.</p>

<p>Terwilliger Brothers Field Dedication this Saturday
Prior to the start of this Saturday’s doubleheader against Bucknell at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium in Annapolis, the field will officially be dedicated to the Terwilliger Brothers for their generous contributions to the Navy baseball program.
Ron Terwilliger was a three-year starter at second base from 1961-63 and hit .383 during his junior year in Annapolis. After graduating from the Academy with honors, he served in the Navy before getting his MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Business. In 1986, he became the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Trammell Crow Residential, a national real estate company that is the largest developer of multi-family housing in the United States.
Bruce Terwilliger was a star pitcher on the mound for the Midshipmen during his three years with the varsity baseball team from 1962-64. As a sophomore in 1962, he went 8-0 with a miniscule 2.29 ERA in 59.0 innings. He currently is only one of five pitchers in school history to post an undefeated record with five-plus decisions in a year. After he was commissioned into the Navy in 1964, he served and achieved the rank of Commander (O-5) prior to his retirement after 20 years of service.
With the support of the Terwilliger brothers, Navy’s home field went under massive renovations, starting in the fall of 2005, highlighted by the installation of FieldTurf, 1,000 chair-back seats and a state-of-the-art hitting facility with several other amenities. As a result, Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium has become of the premier facilities in the East to play and watch a baseball game.</p>

<p>Expected Record-Setting Crowd on Saturday
This Saturday’s Navy-Bucknell doubleheader at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium in Annapolis may break the stadium’s attendance record. With two teams battling for a spot in the Patriot League Tournament, the field will be dedicated to the Terwilliger Brothers prior to the opening game, free Navy baseball hats will be distributed to the first 1,000 fans and several other festivities will take place on Saturday afternoon.
Since attendance records started being kept in 1980, the largest crowd to see a Navy baseball game on its home field is 1,130, which came on March 29, 1987, when the Mids took on Army. Last year, 2,550 fans saw Navy take on Army at Baltimore’s Oriole Park at Camden Yards.</p>

<p>Back-to-Back 30-Win Seasons
With their 6-4 win over Army in West Point last Saturday, the Midshipmen posted back-to-back 30 wins season for the first time in the program’s storied 112-year history. In fact, Navy’s 30 wins in 2007 are tied for the fourth-highest total in school history, only four shy of tying the record of 34 victories held by the 1995 squad.</p>

<p>Navy’s History of Success in the Patriot League
Despite joining the Patriot League two years after it began competing in baseball, Navy has won more league postseason and regular season titles than any other team in league history. The Midshipmen, who entered the league in 1993, have won five Patriot League titles and been crowned regular season champions on eight occasions. Navy’s all-time winning percentage of .597 (178-120) in Patriot League action ranks second among teams currently affiliated with the league.</p>

<p>Navy Controls its Own Destiny
Heading into the final Patriot League regular season weekend, Navy has a firm grasp of second place in the league standings with a 10-6 mark and controls its own destiny in grabbing a spot in the Patriot League Tournament. The top-three teams in the league will compete in this year’s Patriot League Championship, which will be held at Lafayette’s Class of 1978 Stadium on May 12-13.
The Midshipmen would seal a spot in the league tournament with at least two wins during their four-game set against Bucknell in Annapolis.</p>

<p>12 Wins Have Proved as the Magic Number
Since the Patriot League went to six teams in 1996, no team with 12 or more Patriot League victories has ever failed to qualify for the Patriot League Tournament. Twice over the last-four years, a team with a losing league record (9-11) has had its opportunity to compete in the league tournament.</p>

<p>Two Patriot League Sweeps
With Navy’s series sweep of Lehigh this past weekend, the 2007 Mids became just the second team in program history to record two Patriot League, four-game series sweeps in one season. The only other Midshipmen baseball squad to do so came in 1995, as they went on to win the league and advanced to the NCAA regional. </p>

<p>A Pitcher’s Best Friend...Navy’s Home Field
In 26 games played at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium in Annapolis, Navy and its opposition have combined for five home runs. Navy’s lone round-tripper this season at home came off the bat of Mitch Harris against Iona on Feb. 18.
Over the last-six seasons at home, a span of 129 games, the Midshipmen and their guests have totaled just 42 home runs. The most combined home runs during the stretch is 10, which came in 24 home games in 2004.</p>

<p>Navy in the National Rankings
As a team, the Midshipmen rank among the top-60 programs in the nation in four categories entering play this week. Navy’s 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings ranks 34th nationally, its .652 winning percentage places the squad 33rd in the country and its 4.05 team ERA is 59th among all Division I programs. The Midshipmen have turned 0.93 double plays per game this season, the 55th-best mark in the nation.</p>

<p>How Bizarre?
The Midshipmen went through one of the strangest stretches in recent memory between April 7-16, as games were postponed, cancelled, delayed and/or moved for rather uncommon reasons.
Navy’s scheduled doubleheader with Lafayette on Saturday, April 7, was postponed due to snowfall that fell during the overnight hours. Over the past 30 years, Annapolis has averaged a trace of snow in the month of April.
On Tuesday, April 10, Navy’s night game at UMBC was cancelled, as the lights failed to turn on. One day later at Joe Cannon Stadium, Navy waited an hour and half past the 6 p.m. start time against Coppin State for emergency umpires to arrive from games called an hour-plus away from the stadium earlier in the day.
Two weekends ago, the final day’s doubleheader between Navy and Lehigh was moved to Annapolis after a powerful Nor’easter rendered Lehigh’s home field unplayable. With the storm still swirling just off the coast, the two teams played a twinbill with winds gusting over 50 mph for much of the afternoon, causing several delays as particles kept flying onto the field.</p>

<p>Busting Out the Road Brooms
Navy recorded a four-game sweep of Patriot League foe Holy Cross up in Worcester, Mass., to open the league slate this year. The four-game sweep of a league opponent on the road is Navy’s first since it took four from the Crusaders in the Bay State on April 28-29, 1995.</p>

<p>Starting Hot in the Patriot League
Navy owns an all-time record of 42-12 (.778) following its Patriot League season-opening weekend, including an 12-3 (.800) mark in its first league game of the year. The Midshipmen have started the league slate with a 4-0 record in back-to-back years for the second time in school history (other time being the 1994 and ‘95 seasons).</p>

<p>Navy Tabbed Second in Patriot League Preseason Poll
The Navy baseball team has been picked to tie for second place in the 2007 Patriot League Preseason Poll, voted on by each school’s head coach and sports information contact. Five of the six teams in the Patriot League received a first-place vote in the poll.
For the third-consecutive year, Army (30-20-1, 10-10 PL/fourth) has been picked as the preseason favorite to win the league with seven first-place ballots and 46 points. Lafayette (27-24, 11-9 PL/third) and Navy (32-21-1, 8-12 PL/fifth) each accumulated 34 points to tie for second, as the Leopards received two first-place votes and the Midshipmen collected one. Bucknell (24-24, 13-7 PL/tied-first) tallied 30 points and a first-place vote, while defending Patriot League champion Lehigh (28-28, 13-7 PL/tied-first) came in fifth with 24 points and one first-place ballot and Holy Cross (16-26-1, 5-15 PL/sixth) rounds out the league with 12 points.</p>

<p>Second-Youngest Team in Patriot League
The 2007 Navy baseball team ranks as the second-youngest team in the Patriot League this season, highlighted by its 16 freshmen and only five seniors. Only Lehigh, last year’s league champion, welcomes more new faces this year, as nearly half (17-of-35) of its team is comprised of freshmen.</p>

<p>Freshmen Making Immediate Impact
Navy has relied heavily upon its freshman class during its successful start to the 2007 season. The Midshipmen have started no fewer than two freshmen in all-47 games this season. On seven occasions, the Mids have slotted six freshmen in the starting lineup, going 5-2 in those contests.</p>

<p>Seven Patriot League Rookie of the Week Awards
Navy claimed Patriot League Rookie-of-the-Week honors for the seventh time this year on April 17, establishing a Patriot League record for the most league awards won by one team in any of the three weekly honors (player of the week, pitcher of the week, rookie of the week).
Steven Soares (Parkland, Fla.) is the first Navy player to earn rookie-of-the-week honors twice, while Jonathan Berkowitz (Parkland, Fla.), Oliver Drake (Gardner, Mass.), Michael Speciale (Pearland, Texas), Drew Lydon (White Plains, Md.) and Yale Eckert (La Selva Beach, Calif.) have each won the award once.</p>

<p>Patriot League Rookie of the Week: Five-for-Five
Navy won the Patriot League Rookie of the Week Award for five-consecutive weeks to open the year. The 2007 Midshipmen became the first team in Patriot League history to win one award for five-straight weeks, topping Navy’s four-consecutive pitcher-of-the-week accolades during the 1999 season.</p>

<p>20 Non-League Wins
Navy’s 20 non-league wins this season ranks as the second-highest total in school history, only five behind last year’s 24-win output during out-of-league games. Navy’s 18 wins prior to the start of Patriot League play also ranks second in program history, only one win shy of the record set by the 2006 squad.</p>

<p>Navy Reaches 1,600 All-Time Wins
Navy registered its 1,600th victory during its 112-year program history with a 2-1 win over Monmouth on March 11 in Annapolis. The Midshipmen entered the 2007 campaign as the 48th-winningest team in the nation, having won 60-percent of their all-time contests.</p>

<p>Kosty Second-Quickest to 50 Wins with Navy
With Navy’s 16-3 win over Mount St. Mary’s on March 27, second-year Navy head coach Paul Kostacopoulos became the second-fastest Navy skipper to get to 50 wins during his tenure with the Mids. Kostacopoulos’ 50th-career win with Navy came in his 81st game at the helm for the Mids (50-30-1), only four games behind legendary head coach Joe Duff, who won his 50th game in his 77th contest on May 1, 1965 (50-25-2).</p>

<p>Kosty Gets Career Win No. 550
Navy head coach Paul Kostacopoulos picked up his 550th career victory with a 9-7 victory over Buffalo on March 15 in Annapolis. The 18-year veteran head coach reached the 550-win mark after spending his first-seven years at Providence in 1990-96, and nine seasons at Maine from 1997-05, before taking over the reigns of the Midshipmen baseball program in 2006.</p>

<p>Mids Use the Long Ball
After hitting four home runs during its first-26 games of the season, Navy pounded eight home runs over a five-game stretch from March 27 to April 1. Six different Midshipmen had a hand in on the act during this run, highlighted by Mitch Harris’ (Mt. Holly, N.C.) home runs in back-to-back-to-back games at Holy Cross. Thomas Hamilton (Houston, Texas), Drew Lydon (White Plains, Md.), Kendall Bolt (Stockton, Calif.), Jonathan Berkowitz (Parkland, Fla.) and Jack Ferrick (Stafford, Va.) each went deep in Navy’s 16-3 win at Mount St. Mary’s on March 27.</p>

<p>Harris Homered in Back-to-Back-to-Back Games
Navy junior Mitch Harris (Mt. Holly, N.C.) became just the second player in school history to belt a home run in three-consecutive games when he performed the feat at Holy Cross on March 31-April 1. The only other player to hit a round-tripper in back-to-back-to-back games was Mark Zematis at East Carolina on March 4-5, 2000.
Harris is the first player in program history to hit a four-bagger in three-straight Patriot League games.</p>

<p>Harris Ranking in Several Strikeout Categories
Junior right-handed pitcher Mitch Harris (Mt. Holly, N.C.) ranks among Navy’s top-five pitchers in career strikeouts, career strikeouts per nine innings and career strikeouts before his senior year, as well as third in Patriot League career strikeouts. Harris ranks third on the career strikeouts list with 229, which is also the second-highest total in school history before his senior campaign. His 12.29 career strikeouts per nine innings ranks first all-time, more than two strikeouts per game better than the second-best mark.
Already this year, Harris has struck out 94 batters in only 69.2 innings, placing him second on the program’s and league’s single-season strikeouts per nine innings list with 12.14. His 94 strikeouts in 2007 ranks sixth in school history and third in Patriot League history.</p>

<p>Navy’s Melton on NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List
For his impressive performance coming out of the bullpen this year, Navy baseball freshman closer JD Melton (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) is one of 40 pitchers selected for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List. The third annual award is presented to the top relief pitcher in Division I college baseball.
Melton has come in relief 17 times during his first season in Annapolis, owning a 2-2 record with a Patriot League-best nine saves and 2.63 ERA in 27.1 innings of work. The Navy right-hander has limited the opposition to a .234 batting average and has struck out 16 batters while walking only eight.</p>

<p>Melton: Saving the Game
Navy freshman reliever JD Melton (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) owns the Navy freshman saves record with nine saves this season, five more than the previous record held by Todd Bizba in 1985. Melton’s nine saves also places him second on the all-time single-season saves list, only behind Ryan Hefner’s 10 saves last year. The Navy freshman’s nine saves also places him for third on the career saves list and matches the seventh-highest single-season mark in Patriot League history.</p>

<p>Hollins Moving Up Stolen Base List
Junior center fielder Renaldo Hollins (Virginia Beach, Va.) ranks fourth on the career stolen bases list with 49 during his first two-plus seasons. Hollins is just the second player in school history to steal 10 or more bases in a year for three-consecutive seasons. Craig Candeto is the only other player to achieve this feat, swiping 10-plus bases during each of his four seasons from 2001-04.</p>

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<p>Navy Splits Saturday Twinbill Against Bucknell</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Navy junior right-handed pitcher Mark McCoy (Parkland, Fla.) fired his second-consecutive nine-inning, complete-game effort in game two as the Midshipmen split their Saturday doubleheader against Bucknell in front of 1,267 fans at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium in Annapolis. The Mids dropped the opener, 7-0, before coming back to take the nightcap, 7-1.</p>

<p>Navy moved to 31-18 on the year and 11-7 in Patriot League action, while Bucknell went to 15-23 overall and 7-11 in league play.</p>

<p>After using 133 pitches to go the distance against Army last Saturday, McCoy went the full-nine innings with a 116-pitch effort in game two, 72 of which were strikes. The Navy right-hander scattered six hits and one run with two walks and four strikeouts to improve his record to 7-4 on the year.</p>

<p>“Mark McCoy is a big-game performer,” stated Navy head coach Paul Kostacopoulos. “For back-to-back weeks when we have needed that crucial win, he has gotten it done convincingly. He did a great job of pitching to contact, getting a lot of ground balls and some double plays.”</p>

<p>“After the first inning, I knew that I could work on the corners,” said McCoy. “I was able to get ahead in the counts and made them try to hit my pitches. When I got the 5-0 lead, I just filled up the zone. I really had a great defense behind me today, taking away hits and turning double plays. The offense also made my job a lot easier. I didn’t have to be as fine with every pitch.”</p>

<p>The Midshipmen staked McCoy with all the run support he would need in the first inning, plating a pair of runs. Senior Michael Garcia (Kailua, Hawai’i) led off the stanza with a single and came home to score on junior Thomas Hamilton’s (Houston, Texas) ninth double of the year. Hamilton would come home to score on a freshman Jonathan Berkowitz (Parkland, Fla.) single to right-center.</p>

<p>Navy extended the lead to 5-0 in the second, all of which started with two outs and nobody on. Garcia got things started with a single and junior Renaldo Hollins (Virginia Beach, Va.) walked before Hamilton roped a single to left to score Garcia. Then the next batter, junior Mitch Harris (Mt. Holly, N.C.) flared a two-run single to center to bring home Hollins and Hamilton.</p>

<p>Bucknell’s Jason Buursma homered in the fifth, but that would be all that the Bison could get off of McCoy, as he settled in and held the guests off the board for the final-four innings. The Mids added two insurance runs in the sixth, as Hollins delivered a two-run single into the gap in right-center.</p>

<p>The top third of Navy’s order, Garcia, Hollins and Hamilton, combined to go 6-for-11 with five runs scored and four RBIs. Navy freshman Steven Soares (Coral Springs, Fla.) also contributed two hits as the Midshipmen pounded out 11 base knocks in the nightcap.</p>

<p>“The top part of the order really did its job in the second game,” stated Kostacopoulos. “Michael (Garcia) and Thomas (Hamilton) both swung the bat really well and Renaldo (Hollins) gave us a big single in the sixth.”</p>

<p>During the opening game on Saturday, Bucknell right-hander Jason Buursma, its closer during the year, made his first-career start and held the Mids to no runs on five hits in a complete-game effort.</p>

<p>The Bison jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second with a RBI-single and made it 3-0 in the fifth with a two-out, two-run double to left. Bucknell tacked on four additional runs on four hits in the sixth inning to pull away.</p>

<p>Harris was tagged for the loss, as he gave up eight hits and seven runs, six of which were earned with five walks and eight strikeouts in 5.2 innings on the hill. His record dropped to 7-4 on the campaign.</p>

<p>Prior to the start of Saturday’s action, there was a 15-minute field dedication ceremony for the Terwilliger Brothers. The crowd of 1,267 fans at Saturday’s twinbill was the most at Navy’s home field since attendance records started being kept in 1980.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen and the Bison will close out their Patriot League regular season slates tomorrow afternoon with a noon doubleheader in Annapolis. The Midshipmen need at least one victory on Sunday to clinch a spot in the 2007 Patriot League Tournament, which will be hosted by Lafayette on May 12-13.</p>

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<p>Navy Rowing Team Places Second at League Meet</p>

<p>WORCESTER, Mass. - Bucknell swept each of the three races to win the overall team title at the Patriot League Women's Rowing Championship, Sunday morning on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. Navy placed second in each of the three contests to place second in the overall team standings.</p>

<p>"It was a tough, disappointing day," said Navy head coach Mike Hughes. "Both Bucknell and us have had very good racing seasons to date, so we expected close races today with one of us winning each of the races and the team title."</p>

<p>Despite placing second to Bucknell in both the varsity four and second varsity eight races, by five and six seconds, respectively, a Navy victory in the first varsity race would have still given the Mids the team championship based upon the points system used at the regatta. </p>

<p>The varsity race was close over most of the course, with Bucknell pulling away late to record a five-second victory to win the race and clinch the overall team title.</p>

<p>"Bucknell had a better closing sprint than we did today," said Hughes of the varsity race. "It was a tight race until the end.</p>

<p>"We're not happy with the results, but we will use what we learned today to make us faster for the Eastern Sprints in a few weeks and for next season."</p>

<p>Two of Navy's three varsity boat losses this season have been to Bucknell.</p>

<p>Navy will race Washington College May 6 in Annapolis before closing the season May 13 at the Eastern Sprints Championship. </p>

<p>Team Scores
1. Bucknell, 30; 2. Navy, 24; 3. Colgate, 16; T4. Holy Cross, 10; T4. Lehigh, 10</p>

<p>Varsity Four Results (Pts.)
1. Bucknell, 7:32.10 (5); 2. Navy, 7:37.66 (4); 3. Colgate, 7:40.71 (3); 4. Lehigh, 8:01.67 (2); 5. Holy Cross, 8:17.41 (1)</p>

<p>Second Varsity Eight (Pts.)
1. Bucknell, 6:42.83 (10); 2. Navy, 6:48.39 (8); 3. Holy Cross, 7:04.04 (6); 4. Colgate, 7:12.39 (4); 5. Lehigh, 7:14.48 (2)</p>

<p>Varsity Eight (Pts.)
1. Bucknell, 6:34.47 (15); 2. Navy, 6:39.53 (12); 3. Colgate, 6:48.94 (9); 4. Lehigh, 6:56.17 (6); 5. Holy Cross, 7:05.88 (3)</p>

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<p>All-Time Army-Navy Record: 867-656-38 (.568)</p>

<p>2006-07 Record Against Army: 20-11 (.645)</p>

<p>2006-07 N-Star Record Against Army: 15-7 (.682)
(Navy has won the N-Star competition from Army 11-consecutive years)</p>

<p>Last 10 Years Against Army: 205-105-5 (.659)</p>

<p>Last 10 Years N-Star Record Against Army: 149-64-5 (.695)</p>

<p>2006-07 N-Star Victories Over Army: Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Cross Country, Men's Cross Country, Sprint Football, Men's Swimming, Women's Swimming, Football, Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's Indoor Track & Field, Men's Basketball, Wrestling, Men's Lacrosse, Women's Outdoor Track & Field, Tennis</p>

<p>2006-07 Results
Sprint Football: Won, 31-21; Won 17-6 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Women¹s Volleyball: Lost, 3-0 (N-Star); Lost, 3-0</p>

<p>Golf: Won, 6-5 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Women's Soccer: Won, 4-0 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Women's Cross Country: Won, 21-38 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Men's Cross Country: Won, 22-33 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Men's Soccer: Lost, 4-3 in 2OT (N-Star)</p>

<p>Men's Swimming: Won, 196-104 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Women's Swimming: Won, 215-85 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Football: Won, 26-14 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Men's Basketball: Lost, 53-50; Won, 76-68 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Women's Basketball: Won, 49-44; Lost, 58-43 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Women's Track & Field: Won, 107 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Men's Track & Field: Won, 95-86 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Men's Gymnastics: Lost, 207.9-200.45 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Rifle: Lost, 5811-5744 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Wrestling: Won, 29-6 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Men's Lacrosse: Won, 12-9 (N-Star); Won, 12-1 (Patriot League Tournament)</p>

<p>Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Lost, 103-100 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Won, 107-96 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Tennis: Won, 4-3 (N-Star); Won, 4-0 (Patriot League Championship)</p>

<p>Baseball: Lost, 4-3 (8 innings); Won, 6-4; Lost, 1-0 (9 innings, N-Star); Lost, 11-3</p>

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<p>Navy Earns Spot in Patriot League Tournament on Sunday</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy baseball team claimed victory in walk-off fashion in the ninth inning of game two as the Midshipmen concluded their Patriot League regular season schedule with a Sunday afternoon doubleheader against Bucknell at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium. The Mids were blanked in the opener, 11-0, before coming back to claim victory in the nightcap, 7-6.</p>

<p>Navy saw its overall record go to 32-19 and finished with a 12-8 mark in league play. Bucknell concluded its season with a 16-24, 8-12 in Patriot League action.</p>

<p>Prior to Navy’s come-from-behind victory over Bucknell in game two, the Midshipmen earned a spot in the 2007 Patriot League Tournament by virtue of Holy Cross’ 7-3 loss at Lafayette. The Midshipmen will take on Army, who swept Lehigh on Sunday, in the elimination game of the league tournament at Lafayette’s Class of 1978 Stadium on Saturday, May 12.</p>

<p>“It’s all about taking small steps in the right direction,” stated Navy head coach Paul Kostacopoulos. “Last year, we got the program back onto the path of respectability. Our next step was to at least make the postseason this year, which we have. We are going in the right direction, but still have a long road ahead of us.”</p>

<p>With the score tied at six in the bottom of the ninth inning, senior team captain Michael Garcia (Kailua, Hawai’i) led off with an infield single to short. After freshman Kendall Bolt (Stockton, Calif.) laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Garcia into scoring position, Bucknell summoned Jason Buursma out of the bullpen, who had thrown a complete game shutout in the opener on Saturday. Buursma intentionally walked junior Thomas Hamilton (Houston, Texas) to face junior Mitch Harris (Mt. Holly, N.C.). With a 0-1 count, Harris was grazed by a Buursma offering to load the bases. The Bucknell reliever induced a fielder’s choice at home plate to get the second out of the inning, with the bases still full of Midshipmen. Freshman Drew Lydon (White Plains, Md.) came up and fell behind in the count, 1-2, before working the count full and taking an off-speed pitch away for ball four to walk in the game-winning run.</p>

<p>The Bison rallied to tie the game at six after plating a run in the seventh and eighth innings. Bucknell knotted the contest with a one-out triple in the eighth, but the runner was stranded at third, as Navy reliever James Lee (Asheville, N.C.) got out of the jam with a strikeout and a groundout.</p>

<p>Navy took a 1-0 lead in the first, as Garcia scored on a Hamilton single to the gap in left-center. However, Bucknell grabbed the lead with three runs in the third and one in the fourth.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen would answer back with three runs in the fifth to bring the hosts even at four. Freshman Steven Soares (Coral Springs, Fla.) was hit by a pitch and went to third on senior B.J. Bickel’s (Benson, N.C.) single to right-center. Garcia delivered a RBI-double down the left-field line, followed by Bolt’s single to center and Hamilton’s sacrifice fly to center.</p>

<p>One inning later, the Mids took advantage of two Bison errors to take their second lead of the game. Freshman Mike Hoosier (Pomona, N.Y.) led off the stanza with a walk and moved to second a fielding error by the third baseman. After a sacrifice bunt advanced the runners 90 feet, Soares lifted a sacrifice fly to center to plate Hoosier. Bickel came up and hit a hard ball back to the pitcher, who came up cleanly with the ball but misfired his throw to first, allowing another Navy run to make the score 6-4.</p>

<p>Navy’s top third of the order combined to go 5-for-10 with three runs scored and four RBIs in the nightcap. Garcia went 2-for-3 with a walk, hit by pitch, two runs scored and a RBI, while Hamilton delivered a similar 2-for-3 effort at the plate with a walk, a run scored and two RBIs. Bolt also finished 1-for-4 with a RBI and a sacrifice bunt.</p>

<p>Garcia completed the four-game set with a .583 (7-for-12) batting average off of Bison pitching with four runs scored, three walks and a stolen base.</p>

<p>“Michael Garcia played great all four games (against Bucknell),” commented Kostacopoulos. “He really worked every at bat, played well in the field and ran hard on the bases. He was definitely our best player this weekend.”</p>

<p>Navy freshman southpaw Yale Eckert (La Selva Beach, Calif.) left with the lead after six innings, but was not credited with a decision. Eckert scattered 10 hits and four runs with one walk and five strikeouts in a 112-pitch outing. Freshman closer JD Melton (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) retired the side 1-2-3 in the ninth inning to earn the victory on Sunday and improve his record to 3-2 on the campaign.</p>

<p>“Yale did a nice job for us in the second game,” said Kostacopoulos. “He gave up 10 hits, but allowed only four runs, meaning that he got outs when he needed them. It really showed me that he competed, which is sometimes overlooked, and never allowed that big inning.”</p>

<p>In the opener, Bucknell starter Mathew Wilson fired a complete game shutout against the Mids. Wilson limited the hosts to seven hits in his seven-inning performance, as he walked only one and fanned five.</p>

<p>The visitors took a 1-0 lead in the first and scored 10 runs between the third and fifth innings.</p>

<p>Navy had an opportunity in the bottom half of the first, as Garcia and Lydon led off with back-to-back singles. However, Wilson induced a double play and got out of the inning with a groundout. The Mids also looked had runners on first and second with nobody out in the fourth, but two popouts and a strikeout ended the Navy threat.</p>

<p>Garcia and Lydon each had two hits for Navy, but the hosts were out-hit by the Bison, 17-7, in the opener.</p>

<p>Navy freshman starter Oliver Drake (Gardner, Mass.) was tagged for the loss, as he yielded five runs on nine hits over three innings with no walks and five strikeouts. His record fell to 2-3 during his rookie campaign.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen will wrap up their regular season with a two-game set against Maryland-Eastern Shore next Saturday and Sunday at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium in Annapolis. Prior to the opening game on Saturday, there will be a senior day recognition for the Navy baseball class of 2007.</p>

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<p>Midshipmen Post Two NCAA Marks at the Penn Relays</p>

<p>PHILADELPHIA – Navy men’s track & field juniors John Olsen (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Darryl Hunter (Des Moines, Iowa) each posted a NCAA regional-qualifying mark to highlight the team’s performance at the 113th-annual Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia on Thursday through Saturday.</p>

<p>Olsen opened Navy’s action at the Penn Relays on Thursday night in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, where he crossed the finish line in 9:05.75 for second place. The showing was the team’s fastest mark this season and bested his previous career-best effort by more than 13 seconds.</p>

<p>On Friday afternoon in the shot put, Hunter surpassed the 56’-mark for the first time in his career, placing second with a distance of 56’1” (17.09 meters). It marked the second time he has registered a NCAA regional-qualifying mark in the shot put this spring.</p>

<p>Later in the day on Friday, Navy’s 4x400-meter relay team of junior William Ricks (Sussex, Va.), senior Cameron Lindsay (Kernersville, N.C.), junior Craig Meekins (Baldwin, N.Y.) and junior Paul Harris (Woodbury, Minn.) combined for a ninth-place finish with a 3:10.60 showing, the eighth-fastest time in school history.</p>

<p>Junior thrower Andre Barber (Carrollton, Texas) and junior jumper Ron Belany (Haiku, Hawai’i) both produced a tenth-place mark on Friday afternoon. Barber uncorked a career-best, IC4A-qualifying toss of 155’ (47.25 meters) in the discus, while Belany soared 22’9-3/4” (6.95 meters) in the long jump.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen will return to action next weekend when they travel to Bethlehem, Pa., for the 2007 Patriot League Outdoor Track & Field Championship. Navy was picked to finish second in this year’s preseason poll, voted on by the league’s coaches and sports information contacts.</p>

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<p>Andrews Guides Navy to Successful Results at Penn Relays</p>

<p>PHILADELPHIA – Navy women’s track & field senior Kirsten Andrews (New Holland, Pa.) etched her name in the program’s all-time annals in three events as the Midshipmen competed at the prestigious Penn Relays on Thursday through Saturday at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.</p>

<p>Two weeks after breaking the school record in the pole vault, Andrews tied the fourth-highest bar in school history with a height of 12’9-1/2” (3.90 meters), a NCAA-qualifying mark, to finish fifth on Thursday morning. She came back with seniors Priscilla Lewis (St. Andrews, Jamaica), Loni Forsythe (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Danielle Still (Lawnside, N.J.) to post a school-record time of 1:42.42 in the 4x200-meter relay on Saturday. One hour later, Andrews, Still, junior Sabrina Gambill (Bridgewater, Mass.) and junior Michelle Bostic (Rockwall, Texas) combined for an eight-place showing of 59.75 during Navy’s first running of the event in program history.</p>

<p>Navy’s 4x800-meter relay of junior Stefanie Peskosky (Charlotte, N.C.), junior Vicki Moore (Burke, Va.), senior Erin Demchko (Pearl River, N.Y.) and senior Caitlin Rummel (Falmouth, Mass.) teamed up for a 9:08.94 clocking to finish in 13th place. Their time was less than three seconds off the 10th-fastest time in school history.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen will return to action next weekend when they travel to Bethlehem, Pa., for the 2007 Patriot League Outdoor Track & Field Championship. Navy was picked to finish second in this year’s preseason poll, voted on by the league’s coaches and sports information contacts.</p>

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<p>NCAA Tennis Pairings To be Announced Tuesday Afternoon</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy tennis team will learn its NCAA Tournament destination and opening-round opponent Tuesday afternoon when the pairings for the championship are announced live on ESPN News starting at 2:30 p.m. (EDT).</p>

<p>The Navy players and coaches will be watching the broadcast in the Drydock Restaurant area of Dahlgren Hall and all Navy fans are invited to join them for the telecast.</p>

<p>The Mids are one of 31 teams who have garnered automatic berths into the 64-team field by virtue of winning their conference championship. Navy posted 4-0 victories over Bucknell and Army last week to win the program's first Patriot League Tournament title since 1999.</p>

<p>The first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament will be played May 11-12 at 16 campus sites across the country, with all second-round winning teams advancing on to the national finals May 17-22 at Georgia.</p>