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<p>Navy Lightweight Crew Race Cancelled, Women's Race Still On</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- With a forecast of high winds that could create unrowable conditions on the Severn River, the Navy and Penn lightweight crew coaches have decided to cancel the races between the teams scheduled for Sunday morning in Annapolis. The coaches are looking at alternate dates for their respective varsity boats to race against each other for the Callow Cup, which has been contested annually since 1955.</p>

<p>Despite the cancellation of the lightweight races, the Navy and Washington College women's teams are currently planning on going ahead with their series of races Sunday morning on the Severn River. </p>

<p>One of the main reasons for the difference in the two decisions is that Washington College is driving to Navy Sunday morning and could wait for a report on the water conditions before leaving Chestertown, while Penn would have to travel to and spend the night in Annapolis Saturday before weather conditions are known.</p>

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<p>For Immediate Release
Friday, May 4, 2007
Contact: Jonathan Maggart (410) 293-8771</p>

<p>Navy Stands in First Place After Opening Day of Patriot League Championship</p>

<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Navy women’s track & field senior thrower Danielle Still (Lawnside, N.J.) broke the league and school record in the javelin to lead the Midshipmen to a first-place tally after the opening day of the Patriot League Championship at Lehigh’s Goodman Outdoor Track & Field Complex on Friday.</p>

<p>Navy tallied 66 points during the opening day, six points ahead of three-time defending champion Bucknell and 42 points in front of third-place Lafayette.</p>

<p>For the second-straight year, Still smashed the Patriot League Championship in the javelin throw, uncorking a toss of 160'8" (48.98 meters) to win the event for the third-consecutive year. The effort was more than two feet longer than the previous school record she set at last year’s championship. In addition to the javelin, Still enters the final day of the heptathlon with a total of 2,825 points, 109 points behind Lafayette’s Kristen Kalinowski for first place.</p>

<p>Navy senior Kirsten Andrews (New Holland, Pa.) delivered two first-place performances and qualified for the finals in another event for Saturday. Andrews broke the school record in the long jump with a first-place distance of 19'2" (5.84 meters), an ECAC-qualifying mark. Battling through strong winds, she claimed first in the pole vault with a height of 11'11-3/4" (3.65 meters). The Navy senior also came in second during the trials of the 100-meter hurdles to qualify for Saturday’s action, alongside junior Michelle Bostic (Rockwall, Texas) and junior Sabrina Gambill (Bridgewater, Mass.).</p>

<p>Joining Andrews to rack up significant scoring in the long jump were sophomores Colleen Conley (Woodstock, Md.) and Katie Berkey (Tempe, Ariz.). Conley placed second with a distance of 18'7-1/4" (5.67 meters) and Berkey finished fourth with an effort of 18'2-1/2" (5.55 meters), both career-best marks.</p>

<p>Navy senior distance runner Justine Whipple (Duxbury, Mass.) paced the field in the 10,000-meter run with a league championship record time of 35:20.79, the second-fastest time in school history. Classmate Allison Barlow (Orange Park, Fla.) followed in third place with a time of 37:04.02, while freshman Lexa Gass (Crescent, Pa.) tallied points with a fifth-place performance.</p>

<p>Navy seniors Loni Forsythe (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Priscilla Lewis (St. Andrews, Jamaica) both qualified for the finals of the 100-meter and 200-meter dash finals. Forsythe finished first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.97 seconds, followed by Lewis in second place with a 12.31-second effort. In the 200-meter dash, Forsythe placed second during the trials with a 24.65-second clocking and Lewis came in fifth with a time of 25.24 seconds.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen 4x800-meter relay of senior Erin Demchko (Pearl River, N.Y.), senior Caitlin Rummel (Falmouth, Mass.), junior Stefanie Peskosky (Charlotte, N.C.) and junior Vicki Moore (Burke, Va.) combined for a fourth-place time of 9:05.17, the seventh-fastest clocking in program history. Sophomore Meg Joyce (West Kingston, R.I.) scored for the Mids with a fifth-place mark in the hammer throw with a distance of 158'5" (48.28 meters).</p>

<p>The final day of the Patriot League Championship will take place tomorrow at 9 a.m., beginning with the heptathlon competition.</p>

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<p>Navy Men's Track & Field in Third Place After First Day of Patriot League Championship</p>

<p>For Immediate Release
Friday, May 4, 2007
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<p>Navy Finishes Day One of Patriot League Championship in Third Place</p>

<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Navy men’s track & field 4x800-meter relay team broke a school record that had stood for 30 years to lead the Midshipmen to a third-place team score after the opening day of the Patriot League Championship at Lehigh’s Goodman Outdoor Track & Field Complex on Friday.</p>

<p>Bucknell led the way with 59 points during the first day, 11 points ahead of 15-time defending champion Army’s 48 points. Navy concluded day one with 22 points, ahead of host Lehigh’s 20 points and American’s 16 points in fifth place.</p>

<p>The 4x800-meter relay unit raced to a second-place time of 7:28.06, a quarter-second ahead of the previous program record of 7:28.3 mark set by the Midshipmen at the 1977 Penn Relays.</p>

<p>With the win at their back in the trials of the 110-meter hurdles, junior Ron Belany (Haiku, Hawai’i) posted the sixth-fastest time in school history with a time of 14.33 seconds, while freshman Matthew Hanley (Rapid City, S.D.) finished in 14.46 seconds to both qualify for the finals on Saturday. Belany also came in fourth during the pole vault with an IC4A-height of 15'7" (4.75 meters) and fifth in the long jump with a mark of 22'3" (6.78 meters).</p>

<p>Two other Midshipmen produced points with fourth-place efforts on Friday. Navy junior thrower Bo Lawson (Fredon, N.J.) placed fourth in the javelin with a distance of 200'11" (61.24 meters) and sophomore Andrew Grant (Athens, Ga.) produced a time of 31:29.53 in the 10,000-meter run.</p>

<p>Strong winds at the back of the first heat of the 200-meter dash helped the Midshipmen send three sprinters to the finals tomorrow. Junior Paul Harris (Woodbury, Minn.) won his heat with a time of 21.70 seconds, while senior McKenzie Plank (Mountain View, Calif.) finished in 22.02 seconds and junior William Ricks (Sussex, Va.) ran a time of 21.42 seconds during the opening heat. Plank also qualified for the finals of the 100-meter dash, winning his heat with a time of 10.51 seconds.</p>

<p>The final day of the Patriot League Championship will take place tomorrow at 9 a.m., beginning with the decathlon competition.</p>

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NAVY TRACK: Navy senior Danielle Stillbroke broke the league and school record in the javelin to lead the Navy women into first place after the opening day of the Patriot League Championship at Lehigh.</p>

<p>Navy tallied 66 points during the opening day, six points ahead of three-time defending champion Bucknell and 42 points in front of third-place Lafayette....

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<p>Navy Offense Erupts In Service Academy Sweep </p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy women's lacrosse team outscored a pair of service academy foes, 39-9, cruising to a pair of victories in the Quad Services Tournament on Saturday afternoon. The Mids routed Air Force, 18-5, in the opener and then breezed past Coast Guard, 21-4, in their second game. </p>

<p>"Our offense played very well today and I was pleased with our defense," said Navy head coach Cindy Timchal. "It was a good all-around effort." </p>

<p>In the opening game, Navy led the Falcons, 4-2, before closing the first half on a 6-1 run for a 10-3 halftime cushion. Navy then pushed the lead to 15-3, before settling for the 18-5 decision. Freshman Erin Rawlick tallied career highs in points (10) and goals (8) to lead the Navy charge. Classmate Mary Ruttum added seven points on two goals and a career-high five assists. Amanda Towey and Elise Chapdelaine added five and four points, respectively. </p>

<p>As a team, Navy outshot the Falcons, 31-15, and picked up 35 ground balls to Air Force's 20. The Mids also forced 17 Air Force turnovers. In goal, three goalies allowed just five goals, with Natalie Blandon seeing the majority of the action (45:22), stopping five shots. </p>

<p>In game two, the Mids bolted out to a 9-0 advantage just 15 minutes into the contest and were never threatened in a 21-4 rout of Coast Guard. The Mids left 14-2 at halftime and cruised home to their second-largest margin of victory this season. </p>

<p>Rawlick continued her impressive day with another 10 points (5 g, 5 a). Towey went over the 100-point plateau for the season with a seven-point effort (1 g, 6 a) and now has 104 points. Ruttum added six points (5 g, 1 a) and Chapdelaine and Sarah Bushong each scored four points each. </p>

<p>In goal, three Navy keepers combined for six stops, led by Vanessa Nieves' three saves in just 18:29 of action. </p>

<p>As a team, Navy outshot Coast Guard, 40-16, picked up 37 ground balls to the Bears' 20, and won 20 draw controls to just six for Coast Guard. </p>

<p>"I thought Erin Rawlick and Mary Ruttum really stepped up offensively today," said Timchal. "Ruttum did a great job in the first game finding open people and putting the ball in the right spot. Erin and Amanda did that in the second game. It was very encouraging to get such a balanced effort out of our offense." </p>

<p>The Mids, now 14-4 on the year, will host Army on Sunday at noon in the conclusion of the Quad Services Tournament. The game will take place at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and admission is free.</p>

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<p>For Immediate Release
Saturday, May 5, 2007
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<p>Mids Shut Out UMES, 3-0 and 1-0</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Navy baseball junior starting pitchers Mark McCoy (Parkland, Fla.) and Mitch Harris (Mt. Holly, N.C.) both fired a complete game shutout as the Midshipmen swept Maryland-Eastern Shore, 3-0 and 1-0, on Saturday afternoon at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium.</p>

<p>With the wins, Navy improved to 34-19 on the year, matching the school record for wins set by the 1995 Midshipmen. Maryland-Eastern Shore dropped to 9-39 with the setbacks.</p>

<p>The back-to-back shutouts are the first by the Midshipmen since they blanked Duquesne in a twinbill on March 25, 2001, in Annapolis.</p>

<p>“Mark and Mitch obviously pitched very well today,” stated Navy head coach Paul Kostacopoulos. “When you pitch that well, it gives you a really good chance to win. They pitched ahead for most of the day and didn’t fall into too many offensive counts.”</p>

<p>McCoy needed only 80 pitches, 59 of which were strikes, to retire Maryland-Eastern Shore in the opener, as he scattered four hits with one walk and six strikeouts. He improved his mark to 8-4 on the year.</p>

<p>Harris followed with a one-hitter on the hill, a leadoff single through the right side in the fifth, as he walked two and matched his career high in strikeouts with 12. The 12-strikeout performance pushed his season total to 114, establishing a new Patriot League single-season record and into sole possession of second place in Navy’s program history. The single in the fifth inning was the only ball in play that left the infield during the entire second game. Harris also improved to 8-4 on the campaign.</p>

<p>In game one, Navy took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, as senior B.J. Bickel (Benson, N.C.) singled home freshman Kendall Bolt (Stockton, Calif.), who led off the stanza with a double to left. The Mids made it 3-0 in the third inning, as freshman Steven Soares (Coral Springs, Fla.) delivered a RBI single and Bickel laid down a bunt with one out to score the second run of the frame.</p>

<p>The only offensive production to come for the Midshipmen in the nightcap came during the fourth inning. Bickel was hit by a pitch with one out and stole second with two outs. Senior team captain Michael Garcia (Kailua, Hawai’i) legged out a slow roller up the middle for an infield single, while Bickel hustled around third and beat the throw at home with a head-first slide.</p>

<p>Junior first baseman Thomas Hamilton (Houston, Texas) extended his hitting streak to 12 games, as he combined for a 3-for-5 effort at the plate with a triple and two walks. During his career against Maryland-Eastern Shore, Hamilton is hitting .625 (10-for-16).</p>

<p>“Thomas has been a really good hitter for us over the last month,” said Kostacopoulos. “He’s continuing to pick up hits and finds ways to get on base. He has done a really nice job.”</p>

<p>Freshman outfielder Michael Speciale (Pearland, Texas) went 3-for-6 during Saturday’s twinbill, while Soares posted a pair of hits in the opener. Soares also gunned down both base stealers from behind the plate and picked off a runner at first base.</p>

<p>Navy and Maryland-Eastern Shore will conclude the three-game set tomorrow, with first pitch scheduled for 12 noon. Live stats will be available for the Navy’s regular season finale via GameTracker on <a href="http://www.navysports.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.navysports.com&lt;/a> (.)</p>

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<p>For Immediate Release
Saturday, May 5, 2007
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<p>Navy Finishes Second at Patriot League Championship</p>

<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Navy women’s track & field team won three events and recorded eight top-two performances on Saturday as the Midshipmen finished second at the Patriot League Championship held at Lehigh’s Goodman Outdoor Track & Field Complex.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen, who led after the opening day on Friday, tallied 187 points over the two-day championship to finish 20 points behind Bucknell’s first-place total of 207 points. Army was the only other school to reach triple digits in points this weekend, finishing third with 108 points.</p>

<p>Navy has finished among the top-three schools in each of the last six Patriot League Championships, including back-to-back second-place performances.</p>

<p>After winning two field events on Friday and was named Patriot League Field Athlete of the Meet, Navy senior Kirsten Andrews (New Holland, Pa.) turned her focus to the track, where she won another event and helped on the 4x100-meter relay. Andrews won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.14 seconds, edging Bucknell’s Catherine Trentacoste by 0.01-second. Andrews teamed up with seniors Priscilla Lewis (St. Andrews, Jamaica), Loni Forsythe (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Danielle Still (Lawnside, N.J.) for a school-record time of 47.11 seconds to finish in second place.</p>

<p>Navy senior Justine Whipple (Duxbury, Mass.) bounced back from winning the 10,000-meter run yesterday to claim first-place honors in the 5,000-meter run on Saturday and earned Patriot League Track Athlete-of-the-Meet accolades. Whipple raced to a time of 17:19.27, more than nine seconds ahead of the second-place time.</p>

<p>Forsythe and Lewis owned the top-two marks in the 100-meter dash and both scored in the 200-meter dash event. Forsythe won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.97 seconds, followed by Lewis’ 12.33-second showing. Forsythe came in third during the 200-meter dash finals with a 24.78-second clocking, while Lewis placed fourth with a time of 25.05 seconds.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen produced three of the top-five times in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to score 16 points. Sophomore Maureen Dooley (Durham, Conn.) placed second with a time of 11:12.05, followed by junior Kyleigh Millhouse’s (Boiling Springs, Pa.) 11:14.68 clocking for third place and freshman Nicole Kauzlarich’s (Annapolis, Md.) fifth-place time of 11:30.44. All three of the times were career-best marks.</p>

<p>Junior Elizabeth Wrona (Fairfax Station, Va.) and sophomore Katie Berkey (Tempe, Ariz.) finished second and third, respectively, in the high jump. Wrona cleared 1.65 meters, while Berkey surpassed the 1.60-meter bar. Berkey also came in fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 11.64 meters, led by sophomore Colleen Conley’s (Woodstock, Md.) third-place effort of 11.70 meters.</p>

<p>Junior Michelle Bostic (Rockwall, Texas) came in second place during the 400-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 1:01.21, followed by junior Jessica Orr’s (New Holland, Pa.) 1:04.22 showing in fifth-place. Bostic also recorded a time of 14.44 seconds, a career-best effort, in the 100-meter hurdles to tally third-place points.</p>

<p>Still completed the two-day heptathlon competition with 4,292 points for third place. Senior Erin Demchko (Pearl River, N.Y.) and junior Lauren Burmeister (Brownsdale, Minn.) both produced sixth-place efforts to score a point for the Mids. Demchko ran the 1,500-meter run in a career-best time of 4:34.86 and Burmeister completed the 400-meter dash in 59.18 seconds.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen will return to action next weekend when they travel up to Princeton, N.J., for the ECAC Championship.</p>

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<p>Mids Land Third at Patriot League Championship</p>

<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Navy men’s track & field junior Paul Harris (Woodbury, Minn.) won two events, assisted on another event title and broke a league record on Saturday to lead the Midshipmen to a third-place finish at the Patriot League Championship at Lehigh’s Goodman Outdoor Track & Field Complex.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen won seven events on Saturday to rack up 141 points over the two-day championship, only 23 points behind defending league-champion Army’s 164 points and three points off Bucknell’s 144-point tally.</p>

<p>Harris, selected this year’s Patriot League Track Athlete of the Meet, highlighted a cast of three Navy runners that scored points in the 400-meter dash, as he broke the league championship record with a blistering time of 46.77 seconds. Junior William Ricks (Sussex, Va.) followed in third with an IC4A time of 48.06 seconds and senior Cameron Lindsay (Kernersville, N.C.) placed fifth with a 48.97-second showing. Harris also won the 200-meter dash with a season-best time of 21.53 seconds, while Ricks notched a point with his 22.13-second, sixth-place showing.</p>

<p>Ricks, Lindsay, junior Craig Meekins (Baldwin, N.Y.) and Harris combined for a first-place time of 3:09.71 in the 4x400-meter relay. The clocking qualified them for the NCAA regional championship and was the third-fastest time in school history.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen registered the top-two marks in a pair of field events on Saturday. Senior Stephen White (Marietta, Ga.) won the high jump for the second-consecutive year, clearing a NCAA regional-qualifying mark of 2.10 meters. Classmate Cole Herron (Sanger, Calif.) surpassed the 2.07-meter bar, a season-best clearance, in finishing second in the event.</p>

<p>In the discus throw, junior Andre Barber (Carrollton, Texas) out-distanced the field with a season-best toss of 49.79 meters. Fellow junior Darryl Hunter (Des Moines, Iowa) also uncorked a season-best throw on Saturday, placing second with a mark of 49.56 meters. Hunter also won the shot put with a distance of 16.93 meters during the day.</p>

<p>Navy’s other event victory came in the 110-meter hurdles, where junior Ron Belany (Haiku, Hawai’i) crossed the finish line first with a career-best time of 14.66 seconds.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen received multiple scoring contributions in two addition events on Saturday. Meekins recorded a NCAA regional-qualifying time of 1:49.59 in the 800-meter run to finish second, which also ranks as the fifth-quickest effort in school history. Burke completed the race in 1:52.51 to earn sixth-place points, narrowly missing the IC4A standard by 0.01-second.</p>

<p>Senior Michael Niemi (Duluth, Minn.) placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:11.13, followed by junior John Olsen’s (Staten Island, N.Y.) 9:14.51 showing to come in fourth.</p>

<p>Competing for the first time during the outdoor season, junior Dante Marshall (Hermitage, Pa.) landed fourth in the triple jump with an IC4A-distance of 14.56 meters. Junior Ben Kozy (Houston, Texas) finished fifth in th 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:51.57 and sophomore Joe Mills (Bay Shore, N.Y.) crossed the finish line in 54.12 seconds during the 400-meter hurdles to also tally fifth-place points.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen will return to action next weekend when they travel up to Princeton, N.J., for the IC4A Championship.</p>

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Sent Sunday, May 6, 2007
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<p>Women's Crew Race Cancelled</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Unsafe rowing conditions on the Severn River forced the cancellation of Sunday morning's slate of races between the Navy and Washington College women's crew teams.</p>

<p>Navy will close its season May 13 when the Mids take part in the annual Eastern Sprints Championship on the Cooper River in Camden, N.J.</p>

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<p>Navy Routs Army In Home Finale, 19-2 </p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy women's lacrosse team held arch-rival Army scoreless for over 53 minutes and routed the Black Knights, 19-2, at a wind-swept Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The win moves Navy's record to 15-4 overall, entering this week's USL WDIA national tournament. </p>

<p>"It was a good performance for us and good to end the home season on a high note," said Navy head coach Cindy Timchal. "I was happy to see all three seniors (Elise Chapdelaine, Katie Neff, Stephanie Homick) score goals. Obviously, our defense played well. It's good to go into nationals with a strong performance like this." </p>

<p>Navy started slow, leading just 2-0 10 minutes into the contest. However, the Mids exploded for 12 goals in the final 19:45 of the first half to take a 14-0 lead after the opening 30 minutes. The Mids outshot Army, 23-3, in the first half, scooped up 27 ground balls to Army's 12 and won 11 of the 15 draw controls. </p>

<p>In the second half, Navy pushed the lead to 17-0 before Army finally got on the board with 6:32 to play, the first of two straight Army tallies to cut the lead to 17-2. Navy, however, scored the final two goals of the game for the final margin. </p>

<p>For the contest, Navy outshot Army 34-15 and had 43 ground balls to Army's 19. The Mids won 17 draw controls to Army's six and forced 23 Army turnovers. </p>

<p>Freshman Erin Rawlick surpassed the 100-point mark for the season with her third 10-point effort of the weekend. She led the Mids with five goals and five assists. Classmate Mary Ruttum added eight points (5 g, 3 a). Amanda Towey dished out six assists and Chapdelaine scored three goals. Five other players scored goals for the Mids. </p>

<p>In goal, Natalie Blandon saw the majority of time, registering three saves. Vanessa Nieves added three saves and Ellyn Creasey stopped one shot. </p>

<p>Navy will be the second seed in this week's USL WDIA national tournament. Navy will battle 15th-seeded Oregon on Wednesday at 10:00 am (MST) in Denver, Colo.</p>

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Sunday, May 6, 2007
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<p>Navy Sets School Record for Wins, Defeats UMES, 10-4</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Navy baseball junior outfielder Mitch Harris (Mt. Holly, N.C.) went 3-for-3 with a double and a triple to lead the Midshipmen past Maryland-Eastern Shore, 10-4, in their regular season finale on Sunday afternoon at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium. With the win, the Midshipmen improved to 35-19 on the year, establishing a program record for victories in a season, breaking the previous mark of 34 set by the 1995 ballclub. The Hawks dropped to 9-40 with the loss.</p>

<p>“As a program, you are constantly looking to create benchmarks. Breaking the school record for wins with 35 in a season, that is certainly one to build from,” stated Navy head coach Paul Kostacopoulos. “With this year’s performance so far, you hope that the future teams will look to this mark and create another level success.”</p>

<p>After a scoreless first inning, Navy’s offense exploded for four runs in the second and six runs in the third, collecting 10 hits in the process.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen produced back-to-back-to-back singles to lead off the second before freshman Steven Soares (Coral Springs, Fla.) delivered a RBI-groundout. The next batter, senior B.J. Bickel (Benson, N.C.) smacked a two-run single to left and would later come home on senior Michael Garcia’s (Kailua, Hawai’i) sacrifice fly to right.</p>

<p>One inning later, Harris led off with a triple to right and scored on a groundout during the next at bat. The Midshipmen would do their damage with two outs, scoring five runs. Garcia drove in a run with a bases loaded hit by pitch, followed by freshman Kendall Bolt’s (Stockton, Calif.) three-run double down the left field line. Bolt would cross the plate on Harris’ second extra-base hit of the inning, a double down the left field line.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Navy freshman starting pitcher Oliver Drake (Gardner, Mass.) held the Hawks hitless over the first five innings. Maryland-Eastern Shore would tally its first and only hit off Drake in the sixth, but took advantage of Navy fielding miscues to plate four unearned runs. However, Navy’s bullpen of freshman Alec Thomas (Kernersville, N.C.), senior James Lee (Asheville, N.C.) and freshman JD Melton (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) held the visitors scoreless over the final four innings of work.</p>

<p>Drake would pick up the win to improve to 3-3 on the campaign, as he struck out five in five-plus innings of work. Navy’s pitching staff did not allow an earned run over the entire weekend against Maryland-Eastern Shore, a total of 23.0 innings.</p>

<p>“Oliver really got back on track for us today after a rough outing last weekend,” said Kostacopoulos. “He pitched really well and the offense got it going early on. After a long week of exams, these were three pretty well-played games for us this weekend.”</p>

<p>In addition to Harris at the plate, Bickel went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Freshman Michael Speciale also collected two hits and crossed the plate twice on Sunday, as the Midshipmen out-hit the Hawks, 13-5.</p>

<p>Navy will return to action next Saturday, May 12, at Lafayette’s Class of 1978 Stadium for the 2007 Patriot League Tournament. The third-seeded Midshipmen will take on second-seeded Army in an elimination game, with the winner to take on top-seed Lafayette in a best-of-three series on Saturday and Sunday.</p>

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The Navy women's lacrosse team outscored a pair of service academy foes, 39-9, cruising to a pair of victories in the Quad Services Tournament yesterday afternoon. The Mids routed Air Force, 18-5, in the opener and then breezed past Coast Guard, 21-4, in their second game....

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<p>Overall Navy Sports Record, 299-153-3 (.660)</p>

<p>Baseball (35-19, 12-8 in the Patriot League)
Last Week: Defeated Maryland-Eastern Shore, 3-0; defeated Maryland-Eastern Shore, 1-0; defeated Maryland-Eastern Shore, 10-4
This Week: vs. Army in the elimination game of the Patriot League Tournament (Saturday, 12 noon, Easton, Pa, GameTracker on navysports.com).</p>

<p>If Navy defeats Army they will play Lafayette in a best two-out-of three series starting 30 minutes after the Army game. Games on Sunday are at 12 noon and 30 minutes after the first game (if necessary). Sunday’s games will be on Sirius Satellite radio (channel TBA).</p>

<p>Heavyweight Crew (4-3)
Last Week: Idle
This Week: at the Eastern Sprints Championship (Sunday, Worcester, Mass.)</p>

<p>Lightweight Crew (3-3)
Last Week: Idle
This Week: at Eastern Sprint Championship (Sunday, Worcester, Mass.)</p>

<p>Women’s Crew (16-3)
Last Week: Idle
This Week: at Eastern Sprint Championship (Sunday, Camden, N.J.)</p>

<h1>7 Men’s Lacrosse (11-3, 6-0 in the Patriot League)</h1>

<p>Last Week: Idle
This Week: at #10 North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship (Saturday, 5 p.m., Chapel Hill, N.C., 1430 WNAV, Navy All-Access (Free), ESPNU)</p>

<p>Women’s Lacrosse (15-4)
Last Week: Defeated Air Force Club, 18-5; defeated Coast Guard Club, 21-4; defeated Army Club, 19-2, to win the Club Quad Services Championship
This Week: vs. Oregon in the first round of the USL WDIA National Tournament (Wednesday, 10 a.m., Denver, Colo.); TBA Thursday-Saturday.</p>

<p>Intercollegiate Sailing
Last Week: Idle
This Week: Idle</p>

<p>Varsity Offshore Sailing
Last Week: Idle
This Week: Idle</p>

<p>Tennis (15-10, 4-0 in the Patriot League)
Last Week: Idle
This Week: at #11 Texas in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship (Friday, 11 a.m., Austin, Texas); if Navy wins the Mids would play the winner of the Boise State-Texas A&M Corpus Christi match (Saturday, 2 p.m., Austin, Texas)</p>

<p>Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (8-1)
Last Week: Finished third at the Patriot League Championship
This Week: at the IC4A Championship (Friday-Sunday, All Day, Princeton, N.J.)</p>

<p>Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (10-0)
Last Week: Finished second at the Patriot League Championship
This Week: at the ECAC Championship (Friday-Sunday, All Day, Princeton, N.J.)</p>

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<p>For Immediate Release
Monday, May 7, 2007
Contact: Jonathan Maggart (410) 293-8771</p>

<p>Harris Named Patriot League Pitcher of the Week</p>

<p>CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Following his complete game one-hitter against Maryland-Eastern Shore on Saturday, Navy baseball junior right-hander Mitch Harris (Mt. Holly, N.C.) has been selected Patriot League Pitcher of the Week, it was released by the league office on Monday afternoon.</p>

<p>This marks the third time this season that Harris has earned Patriot League Pitcher-of-the-Week honors, the most for any pitcher in the league.</p>

<p>In the nightcap of Navy’s Saturday doubleheader against Maryland-Eastern Shore in Annapolis, Harris posted his complete game shutout of the year. Only one ball that was put into play left the field during the entire game, a leadoff single through the right side in the fifth inning. The Navy right-hander used 99 pitches, 68 of which were strikes, to match his career high in strikeouts with 12.</p>

<p>His 12-strikeout performance on Saturday pushed his season total to 114, which established a Patriot League record and moved him into second place on the program’s all-time list. His effort on Saturday also increased his career strikeout total to 249, which puts him in second place on both the Patriot League and Navy lists. </p>

<p>For the year, Harris owns an 8-4 record with a 2.30 ERA in 82.1 innings. He has held the opposition to a .175 batting average and has struck out 12.46 batters per nine innings, currently the highest mark in school history.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen (35-19) will take on Army (23-21-1) in the Patriot League Tournament elimination game on Saturday at 12 noon in Lafayette’s Class of 1978 Stadium. The winner of Saturday’s league tournament opener will advance to a best-of-three series against the host Leopards on Saturday and Sunday. The winner of the Patriot League Tournament earns an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, which is scheduled to begin on June 1.</p>

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<p>CSTV Now Available In 65 Million Homes as Chicago and South Bend Sign On (CSTV.Com)</p>

<p>Comcast Chicago And South Bend To Add CSTV To Their Channel Lineups
Network's subscriber base swells +100% over the past year</p>

<p>May 7, 2007</p>

<p>NEW YORK and LAS VEGAS (May 7, 2007) - CSTV Networks, Inc. today announced that Comcast Cable systems in Chicago and South Bend, Ind., will add CSTV to their offerings. The New 24 Hour Power in College Sports will join the systems' channel lineups beginning on Friday, June 27. CSTV will be available on Comcast's Sports Entertainment Package, a digital tier, on Channel 418.</p>

<p>The addition of these two major markets, places CSTV's subscriber total at more than 21 million cable and satellite homes, virtually twice as many as the network had a year ago as it entered the 2006 National Cable Television Association Show. CSTV is now available to 65 million households across the nation.</p>

<p>College sports fans in Chicago and South Bend will now have unparalleled access to Big 10 and Notre Dame University sports, award-winning features, studio shows and the most in-depth coverage of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament available anywhere. With hundreds of live events a year, CSTV televises 35 men's and women's sports from virtually every major conference. CSTV is also a multi-platform provider, offering CSTV XXL, a suite of more than 100 broadband channels offering more than 10,000 live events dedicated to college sports from many of the nation's top programs, including Notre Dame, Michigan, Kansas and North Carolina.</p>

<p>"CSTV has the ability to connect cable customers -- and our fans -- to the sports, the schools, and the teams they want to watch most," said Bob Rose, Executive Vice President, Distribution, CSTV. "We are living in a revolutionary period, where technology allows consumers to enjoy a personalized sports' viewing experience. Linear college sports television is one ingredient in the arsenal we deliver to affiliates, but since no two fans are alike, CSTV embraces the technology available to deliver thousands of events across all of the viewing platforms."</p>

<p>The Comcast Chicago and South Bend carriage announcement is the latest in a busy period for CSTV, which also recently obtained launches with the following cable operators: Time Warner Cable -- Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston Salem; Cox Communications - Tulsa; Charter -- Ft. Worth; RCN -- Chicago, Boston, New York and Philadelphia; Advanced Cable -- Weston and Coral Springs, Florida; Everest Connections -- Kansas City, MO; and Harron/Metrocast -- St. Mary's, MD and Belmont NH.</p>

<p>About CSTV Networks</p>

<p>CSTV Networks, Inc., now part of the CBS Corporation, is the leading digital and cable programming company dedicated to college sports. Connecting more fans to more college sports than any other company, its many platforms for programming distribution include CSTV: College Sports TV, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men's and women's college sports; CSTV.com and its network of nearly 215 official athletic sites; CSTV All Access, broadband services providing live audio and video of more than 10,000 events annually; as well as satellite television and radio, in-flight entertainment, wireless networks and more. Further information is available at <a href="http://www.CSTV.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.CSTV.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p>

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<p>Published in the Annapolis Capital:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/05_08-24/NAS%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/05_08-24/NAS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>
[quote]
The Navy tennis team seemed to be in a wait-till-next-year mode at the start of this season with several underclassmen on the roster and more losses than wins on the record.</p>

<p>Somehow, neither veteran coach John Officer nor the players saw the future as bleak even when the Mids were just 6-10....

[/quote]
</p>

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<p>For Immediate Release
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Contact: Jonathan Maggart (410) 293-8771</p>

<p>Five Mids Selected to All-League Teams</p>

<p>CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Navy baseball infielders Michael Garcia (Sr./Kailua, Hawai’i) and Thomas Hamilton (Jr./Houston, Texas) each earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors to highlight a group of five Midshipmen selected to all-league teams, it was announced by the league office on Tuesday afternoon.</p>

<p>Navy’s five all-league members are the most since the 2003 season, when the Midshipmen combined for seven players on the First- and Second-Team All-Patriot League lists.</p>

<p>Garcia was named a first-team selected at second base, while Hamilton earned first-team all-league kudos at first base. Mitch Harris (Jr./Mt. Holly, N.C.) was selected Second-Team All-Patriot League as both a starting pitcher and a designated hitter, JD Melton (Fr./Myrtle Beach, S.C.) earned second-team all-league recognition as a relief pitcher and Drew Lydon (Fr./White Plains, Md.) was honored as a second-team selection at third base.</p>

<p>In Patriot League contests this season, Garcia led the league with a .414 (29-for-70) batting average and a whopping .539 (48-for-89) on-base percentage. The Navy senior team captain scored 22 runs, drove in 14, stole six bases and belted two doubles and a home run. </p>

<p>Garcia paces the Midshipmen with a .350 (62-for-177) batting average on the year and also tops the team in on-base percentage (.445), hits (62), walks (24) and sacrifice bunts (five). Garcia’s 62 base hits heading into the weekend are tied for the ninth-most in program history. Between March 25 and April 16, he strung together a team-best 14-game hitting streak, a period in which he batted .453 (24-for-53) with 21 runs scored and 11 RBIs.</p>

<p>Ranking second in batting average during Patriot League contests was Hamilton, who hit at a .408 (29-for-71) clip during his 20 starts in league action. Hamilton smacked five doubles and drove in 20 runs, while reaching base safely more than 45 percent of the time. He also cleanly fielded 173 of his 174 chances at first base during the league slate, good for a .994 fielding percentage.</p>

<p>After getting off to a slow start in the season, Hamilton has turned it on over the past seven weeks, hitting .408 (40-for-98) with seven doubles, a triple, a home run and 25 RBIs. Overall on the year, he owns a .336 (49-for-146) batting average with nine doubles, a triple, a home run, 30 RBIs and a .429 on-base percentage. The Navy junior also had a 12-game hitting streak between April 19 and May 5, the second longest stretch by a Navy hitter in 2007.</p>

<p>Harris became the first player in program history and the seventh player in league history to earn All-Patriot League honors at two different positions. Harris, last year’s Patriot League Pitcher of the Year, owns an 8-4 record with a 2.30 ERA in 82.1 innings, including a Patriot League-record 114 strikeouts. He has averaged 12.46 strikeouts per nine innings this season, which currently stands as both the school and league record. The Navy right-hander has struck out more batters than innings pitched during all of his 13 starts in 2007.</p>

<p>At the plate, Harris leads the Patriot League in home runs (eight) and RBIs (47), while also tied for the league lead in triples (four). His eight round-trippers this season also ranks him third on the program’s single-season list, only behind Mark Zematis’ 10 long balls in 2000 and Marcus Lee’s 12 four-baggers in 1993. Against Holy Cross on March 31-April 1, Harris became only the second player in school history and the first Navy hitter in Patriot League play to hit a home run in back-to-back-to-back games.</p>

<p>After earning Freshman All-America honors last season at Wofford, Melton earned second-team all-league distinction this season with a 3-2 record and nine saves with a 2.45 ERA in 19 appearances. His nine saves and 19 appearances are the most by Navy freshman, while his saves total is just one short of matching the school record and two away from tying the Patriot League single-season mark and Navy’s career record. The Navy right-hander did not allow a run over 16.0-consecutive innings between Feb. 23 and April 9, a span of nine relief appearances.</p>

<p>Lydon is the only rookie in the league to earn All-Patriot League honors at any position this year, as he hit .314 (44-for-140) and guarded the hot corner for much of the latter half of 2007. During Patriot League contests, the Navy freshman batted .347 (26-for-75) with four doubles and 10 runs scored. He boasted the longest hitting streak by a Navy freshman this season, as he recorded a base knock in eight-straight contests between March 31 and April 11. Lydon also flashed the leather, taking away many hits with spectacular diving catches.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen (35-19), ranked third in this year’s Patriot League Tournament, will take on second-seeded Army (23-21-1) in an elimination game on Saturday at 12 noon at Lafayette’s Class of 1978 Stadium. The winner of that game will advance to take on the top-seeded Leopards (30-17) in a best-of-three championship series on Saturday and Sunday. The winner of the Patriot League Tournament earns an automatic spot in the NCAA Tournament, which begins on June 1.</p>

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<p>For Immediate Release
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Contact: Jonathan Maggart (410) 293-8771</p>

<p>Harris Selected ECAC Pitcher of the Week</p>

<p>CENTERVILLE, Mass. – After earning Patriot League Pitcher-of-the-Week honors on Monday, Navy baseball junior right-hander Mitch Harris (Mt. Holly, N.C.) has been named ECAC Pitcher of the Week, it was announced by the conference office on Tuesday evening.</p>

<p>This marks the first time in his career that he has earned ECAC Pitcher-of-the-Week kudos, as he was named the ECAC Player of the Week on April 4, after hitting a home run in back-to-back-to-back games. </p>

<p>In the nightcap of Navy's Saturday doubleheader against Maryland-Eastern Shore in Annapolis, Harris posted his first complete game shutout of the year. Only one ball that was put into play left the field during the entire game, a leadoff single through the right side in the fifth inning. The Navy right-hander used 99 pitches, 68 of which were strikes, to match his career high in strikeouts with 12.</p>

<p>His 12-strikeout performance on Saturday pushed his season total to 114, which established a Patriot League record and moved him into second place on the program's all-time list. His effort on Saturday also increased his career strikeout total to 249, which puts him in second place on both the Patriot League and Navy lists. </p>

<p>For the year, Harris owns an 8-4 record with a 2.30 ERA in 82.1 innings. He has held the opposition to a .175 batting average and has struck out 12.46 batters per nine innings, currently the highest mark in school history.</p>

<p>Earlier in the day on Tuesday, Harris was named Second-Team All-Patriot League as both a starting pitcher and a designated hitter, becoming the first player in school history to earn multiple all-league honors in the same season.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen (35-19) will take on Army (23-21-1) in the Patriot League Tournament elimination game on Saturday at 12 noon in Lafayette's Class of 1978 Stadium. The winner of Saturday's league tournament opener will advance to a best-of-three series against the host Leopards on Saturday and Sunday. The winner of the Patriot League Tournament earns an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, which is scheduled to begin on June 1.</p>

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<p>For Immediate Release
Sent Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Contact Justin Kischefsky (410) 293-8772</p>

<p>Mids to Face Longhorns Friday in NCAA Opener</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy tennis team will begin play in the NCAA Tournament Friday morning with a first-round match against the tournament's No. 11 seed the Texas Longhorns. The match will be played at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center in Austin, Texas, and will begin at 11 a.m. EDT.</p>

<p>The winner of Friday's match between the Mids and the Longhorns will advance to the second round of the tournament and face either Boise State or Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Saturday at 2 p.m. EDT. The Broncos and the Islanders will play their opening round match Friday at 2 p.m. EDT.</p>

<p>"We are excited to be going to Austin for the NCAA Regionals," said Navy head coach John Officer, the 2007 Patriot League Coach of the Year. "We played a top-ten team earlier this year in North Carolina, so we have an understanding of the level of play we will be facing. We need to stay focused on our keys which include energy, fighting for every point and remaining calm in all situations. Texas is very talented and has had a great year. </p>

<p>"We are looking forward to representing the U.S. Naval Academy at the national tournament."</p>

<p>Navy advanced to the NCAA Tournament, its first postseason appearance since 1999, by virtue of winning the Patriot League Tournament two weeks ago in Annapolis. The title was Navy's fifth Patriot League crown. The Mids posted a 15-10 record during the season and were a combined 6-0 against Patriot League teams during the regular season and the league championship.</p>

<p>Texas garnered an at-large berth into the championship after reaching the finals of the Big 12 Conference Tournament. The Longhorns, who are ranked 11th nationally, have compiled an 18-8 record on the season and feature three nationally-ranked singles players and one nationally-ranked doubles team as part of their lineup.</p>

<p>Boise State is ranked 23rd nationally and enters the NCAA Tournament as the Western Athletic Conference champions and with a 29-5 record on the year. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, the champion of the Southland Conference Tournament, is ranked 41st nationally and brings a 15-5 record with them to the NCAA Tournament. </p>

<p>Live scoring from each of the three matches this weekend will be available through the Texas web site at <a href="http://www.texassports.com(%5B/url%5D.)"&gt;www.texassports.com(.)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Navy at Texas - tentative lineup (2006-07 overall record)
Doubles
1 - Nate Nelms / Johnny Waters (N, 8-0) vs. #30 Dimitar Kutrovsky / Josh Zavala (T, 17-10)
2 - Jason Hill / Adrian Lai (N, 1-1) vs. Milan Mihailovoc / Miguel Reyes Varela (T, 12-6)
3 - Alex James / Ramsey Lemaich (N, 10-7) vs. Bernhard Deussner / Luis Diaz Barriga (T, 12-8)
Singles
1 - Nate Nelms (N, 14-8) vs. #41 Dimitar Kutrovsky (T, 26-12)
2 - Jason Hill (N, 14-12) vs. Miguel Reyes Varela (T, 9-15)
3 - Johnny Waters (N, 10-13) vs. #122 Luis Diaz Barriga (T, 25-3)
4 - Adrian Lai (N, 14-18) vs. #116 Milan Mihailovoc (T, 17-16)
5 - Stanley Kahl (N, 13-11) vs. Josh Zavala (T, 24-14)
6 - Alex James (N, 17-9) vs. Jonah Kane-West (T, 8-14)</p>