Army West Point Athletics
This Week In Army Athletics
November 07, 2012 | General
Nov. 7, 2012
Dear Friends,
More service academy wins and a postseason-clinching victory highlighted the past week of competition.
The football's team win over Air Force on Saturday clinched a perfect 3-0 fall season against the Falcons. Trent Steelman and the best defensive effort of the season were the highlights of a memorable day at Michie. Trent was honored as the Army Athletic Association Athlete of the Week for his 102-yard, two-touchdown effort on the ground. He also added 100 passing yards. Geoffery Bacon was the FBS Independent Defensive Player of the Week after racking up 13 tackles and an interception. Nate Combs also had an award-worthy effort with eight tackles, a fumble recovery for a touchdown and an interception. The victory set up a winner-take-all match up with Navy for this year's Commander In Chief's Trophy.
The sprint football team started the weekend off with a victory at Navy on Friday night. The win secured the program's 18th undefeated season since 1957 and this year's Collegiate Sprint Football League championship. It also assured at least an even split of this fall's competitions against the Mids. With only the football game on Dec. 8 remaining, we currently hold a 4-3-1 overall record against Navy and a 3-3-1 mark in Star competitions.
The volleyball team is the next squad with a chance to win a conference championship. The team's win at Bucknell on Saturday guaranteed its spot in the upcoming Patriot League Tournament for the 14th straight season. Army is currently tied for second place headed into the last weekend of the regular season. The squad will make a trip through the Lehigh Valley, taking on Lafayette and Lehigh on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
While the fall sports are wrapping up and heading into the postseason, the winter sports are just starting the thick of their competition schedules. The wrestling team opened its 2012-13 campaign last weekend, and both basketball teams will hit the court this week. The women's squad opens up at Wagner on Friday night, while the men's squad begins its season the next day versus Air Force in the All-Military Classic hosted by The Citadel.
The women make their home debut on Monday versus St. Francis (N.Y.) at 7 p.m., and the men follow on Friday, Nov. 16 at 4 p.m. versus Binghamton. Season and single-game tickets for both teams are on sale.
We also received some great classroom-related news as well. Men's soccer players Mitch Johnson and Winston Boldt were among the 11 Patriot League student-athletes named to the conference's Academic All-League Team. It was Mitch's third straight selection, which accounts for both on-field and academic performance. Players must have a minimum GPA of 3.2 and be a starter or key contributor.
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Information on all the fall teams is below.
We appreciate all of your contributions to our success. Be well.
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Cross Country
• Army's postseason continues on Nov. 9 at the NCAA Northeast Regionals. This year's race, hosted by Yale and Fairfield, is slated for Madison, Conn., at Hammonasset State Park. The women's 6K will begin at noon, followed by the men's 10K at 1:15 p.m.
Football (2-7)
• Army snapped several streaks with its 41-21 win over service academy rival Air Force on Saturday. The win ended a three-game overall skid, a six-game losing streak against the Falcons and a 13-game slide in Commander In Chief's Trophy games.
• The victory set up a winner-take-all showdown versus Navy for the CIC. The last time the trophy resided at West Point was following the 1996 season.
• Senior QB Trent Steelman ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns, and added 100 yards passing, to lead the Black Knights to a season-high 41 points. Steelman moved into third place on Army's career rushing list. He now has 2,983 career rushing yards.
• Steelman became just the second Army player to amass at least 40 rushing touchdowns during their career. He now trails all-time leader Glenn Davis (43) by just three scores.
• Steelman was named the Army Athletic Association Athlete of the Week and the College Sports Madness Independent Offensive Player of the Week.
• The Army defense held Air Force to just 103 rushing yards. The Falcons entered the game ranked second in the country with more than 366 yards per contest.
• The Black Knights forced five turnovers without committing one of their own.
• Sophomore LB Geoffery Bacon made a team-high 13 tackles and registered his first interception of the season. Bacon was named the Football Bowl Subdivision Independent Defensive Player of the Week.
• Senior LB Nate Combs made eight tackles, including two for loss, recovered a fumble for a touchdown and made his first career interception on the final play of the game.
• Army will play its final road game of the season on Saturday at #24/20 Rutgers. The Black Knights will be going for their first win against a ranked team since 1972.
Golf
• Army wrapped up its fall season with 10th place finish at the 13-team Hummingbird Intercollegiate at the Country Club of Sapphire Valley.
• Army had rounds of 302-298 for a tournament total of 600.
• Anthony Kim tied for 13th with a 145 while Marcus Plunkett was tied for 22nd with a 147. Each golfer had a round of one-over-par 71.
• Army's fall season included dual match wins against Columbia and Navy and the Black Knights shared the team title at the Service Academy Classic.
Hockey (2-3-1, 2-0-1 AHA)
• Army returns to action at Tate Rink this weekend with a series against Niagara. Both games are set for 7:05 p.m. at Tate Rink.
• Saturday's game vs. Niagara will be carried live by Time Warner. Time Warner Cable Sportschannel will offer the game in the following regions in both standard and high definition: Hudson Valley: Channel 461 (HD) and Channel 413 (SH), Capital Region: Channel 1803 (HD) and Channel 50 (SD), Western, N.Y.: Channel 87, Central, N.Y.: Channel 1026
Rifle (2-2, 1-2 GARC)
• Army finished runner-up at the President's Trophy Match hosted by Air Force.
• Richard Calvin and Michael Matthews finished third in air rifle and smallbore, respectively, but it was not enough as host Air Force swept both disciples to capture the President's Trophy Match after outshooting Army, 5806-5790.
• In the NCAA four-man format, the Black Knights and Falcons posted identical 2296s in smallbore, and both set season highs in air rifle with the Falcons' 2343 nipping Army's 2342 by a point in that discipline and the team scoring, 4639-4638.
• It was the final fall meet for the Black Knights who return to action in January following a break for exams and the holidays.
Sprint Football (7-0, 6-0 CSFL)
• Army sprint football recorded its 18th undefeated season in program history with Friday night's 21-18 victory over rival Navy in the annual Star Game in Annapolis, Md. Both teams entered the game with identical 6-0 marks and the win gave Army the Collegiate Sprint Football League championship.
• Firsties Marquis Morris and Cody Nyp stuffed the stat sheet. Morris recorded his third 100-yard rushing performance in the last four games with his 102-yard effort, while Nyp eclipsed the century mark for the fourth time in five games with his 101-yard showing.
• Nyp finisheed his highlight reel of a career with 1,771 yards receiving and 23 touchdowns. Morris had his most successful year to date, capping 2012 with a total of 802 all-purpose yards to go along with a career-best seven touchdowns.=
• Co-captain Rob Reckner made arguably the biggest defensive play of the game, stopping Alex Horton's run for a loss of five yards, pushing Navy's soon-to-be field goal attempt back to 39-yard line. With 57 seconds remaining, Adrian Montecinos lined up for the 39-yard attempt which fell short, handing Army the 21-18 win.
• With a 7-0 record, Army completed its first undefeated season since 1994 and 18th flawless mark since the program began in 1957. The seven victories were one shy of the program-best eight, set in 1983 (8-0).
• The Black Knights finished the season as the only undefeated team in the conference, allowing them to hoist the trophy all alone for the first time since 2003 and 24th time overall.
Men's Soccer (4-10-3, 1-3-3 Patriot League)
• Army's season came to a close last Saturday night when the Black Knights played Patriot League rival Lehigh to a 2-2 draw.
• Fittingly, firstie midfielders Michael Kim and Arnold Chun both scored goals on Senior Night.
• The Black Knights also dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to NJIT last week.
• Army finished the season in seventh place in the Patriot League standings.
Men's Swimming & Diving (4-0, 0-0 Patriot League)
• Army returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 10, when the Black Knights host Buffalo. The non-league dual meet is set to get under way at 12 p.m.
Women's Swimming & Diving (3-2, 0-0 Patriot League)
• Army returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 10, when the Black Knights host Buffalo. The non-league dual meet is set to get under way at 12 p.m.
Volleyball (18-8, 9-3 Patriot League)
• Army split a pair of matches over the weekend, falling in a tough 3-2 decision at Colgate on Friday night before sweeping Bucknell on Saturday afternoon. The split put the Black Knights into a tie with American for second place in the conference standings.
• Army punched its ticket to the 2012 Patriot League Tournament over the weekend. The Black Knights extended their conference record to 14-straight Patriot League Tournament berths and join Colgate and American as three of the four teams have been decided. The final slot will go to Lehigh or Navy depending on this weekend's outcomes. First-place Colgate earned the right to host the 2012 tournament Nov. 17-18 in Hamilton, N.Y.
• Army crawled out of a 2-0 hole to force a fifth set at Colgate on Friday. The Black Knights came out on the short end of a 15-11 fifth-set decision.
• Firstie Ariana Mankus amassed a career-high 30 kills at Colgate. It marked the most kills by any Patriot League player this season, was the most by an Army player since 1990 and was 14 more kills than any other player in the match. Mankus now has 1,508 career kills to rank seventh in league history and second in Army laurels.
• Cow outside hitter Margaux Jarka reached double-digit kills in both matches last week, extending her double-figure kill streak to four matches.
• While Ariana Mankus and D.J. Phee continue to lead the Patriot League in kills and digs, respectively, the team tops the conference in kills, assists, digs and opponent hitting percentage as well. Phee's ranks in the top-20 nationally, while the Black Knights were in the top-10 of last week's list of NCAA leaders.
• Army is the only team other than American to win the Patriot League title over the last decade. The Black Knights own four Patriot League titles (1991, 1992, 1994, 2009) and have their only NCAA Division I Tournament appearance in 2009.
• Army closes out the regular season with a trip to the Lehigh Valley this weekend. The Black Knights face Lafayette on Friday and Lehigh on Saturday. Both matches are set for a 4 p.m. start.
Wrestling (0-0, 0-0 EIWA)
• Army opened its 2012-13 season by placing fifth at the Buffalo Invitational on Sunday.
• Firstie Collin Wittmeyer placed third at 184 pounds and eight other Black Knights placed within the top six to pace the squad.
• Firstie Daniel Young knocked off the fifth-ranked wrestler in the nation at 149 pounds en route to a sixth-place finish.
• Army returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Oklahoma-Gold Classic in Brockport, N.Y.
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