Army West Point Athletics
This Week In Army Athletics
January 10, 2013 | General
Jan. 9, 2013
Dear Friends,
We hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday season and were able to spend some time with friends and family. We are back in full swing here at West Point with the start of classes and the competition schedule gearing back up from the TEE and holiday breaks.
The hockey team continued its strong play in Atlantic Hockey Association play, splitting a series with 19th-ranked Robert Morris. Brian Riley's squad scored its first win over a ranked team since 2009, and now stands in sole possession of second place in the league standings. Goalkeeper Rob Tadazak was this week's Army Athletic Association Athlete of the Week for his efforts since the break for term-ending exams. In that span, Rob posted back-to-back shutouts, a program first since 2008. The team hopes to carry its momentum into this weekend's series at Air Force.
While we're off to a great league start on the ice, the turn of the calendar to January signals the start of conference play for a lot of our other programs. The women's basketball team completed its non-conference schedule with an 11-4 mark, its best since going 13-3 in 2006-07. The team plays its first Patriot League game on Saturday at home versus Bucknell. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m.
The men's basketball team's group of seven plebes that are playing at least eight minutes and accounting for more than half the team's scoring, rebounding, assists and steals will get their first taste of conference action at Bucknell on Saturday night. Kyle Wilson, the league's highest-scoring rookie at 12.1 points per game, was the conference rookie of the week for the third time this season. It is the most such citations by an Army player since 2008-09.
The track & field squads are off to good starts with four cadets reaching postseason qualifying marks in the season's first meet. Lisa Junta (3,000 meters), McKenzie Majchrzak (high jump), Nick Snoad (weight throw) and Christopher Smith (500 meters) all qualified for the ECAC/IC4A championship meets. Lisa's time of 9:50.04 was the third-fastest time in Academy history.
We achieved some tremendous success in 2012, and are looking forward to even more triumphs on the fields of friendly strife, in the classroom and in the Corps of Cadets in 2013.
Thank you again for all of your support of Army Athletics. To find out more about the Army A Club and how you can enhance the cadet-athlete experience, click the following link: http://www.goarmysports.com/aclub, call (845)938-2322, or email armyaclub@usma.edu.
Information on all the winter teams is below.
We appreciate all of your contributions to our success. Be well.
Go Army!
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Men's Basketball (7-8)
• Army wrapped up the non-conference portion of its schedule with a loss at Dartmouth. The Black Knights start Patriot League play on Saturday at Bucknell.
• Firstie forward Ella Ellis leads the Black Knights and ranks third in the Patriot League with a 17.3 points per game scoring average. He has moved into 13th place on Army's career scoring list with 1,297 points.
• Plebe guard/forward Kyle Wilson leads all Patriot League freshmen, scoring 12.1 points per game. Wilson earned his third Patriot League Rookie of the Week honor on Monday after averaging 17.5 points per game versus Houston Baptist and Columbia.
• Plebe guard Dylan Cox leads Army in both rebounding (5.3) and assists (2.8). He is the top rebounding freshman in the Patriot League.
• Army's plebes have accounted for more than half of the team's points, rebounds, assists and steals. The Black Knights have started at least two rookies in every game this season, including three in the last eight games. Seven plebes are playing at least eight minutes per game.
• Ellis has blocked 19 shots through the first 15 games. He already ranks seventh on Army's single-season ledger.
• After Saturday's game at Bucknell, Army plays its first Patriot League home game on Wednesday, Jan. 16 versus Lafayette.
Women's Basketball (11-4)
• Army went 1-1 in a pair of road games last week to conclude nonconference play. The Black Knight lost at Brown on Wednesday, 48-45, in their most offensively challenged game of the year, before knocking off Morgan State, 63-59, on Sunday evening in Baltimore, Md.
• Cow Jen Hazlett was the lone Army player in double figures at Brown, totaling 10 points before missing Sunday's contest due to illness. Sophomore Krishawn Tillett got the start at Morgan State in her place and registered a career-high nine points and four rebounds.
• Firstie Anna Simmers and yearling Olivia Schretzman were the headliners at MSU. Simmers recorded her first 20+ point game since early December when she went for 21 points on 8-of-15 shooting. Schretzman notched her fourth double-double of the year and first since Nov. 28 by totaling 16 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. Schretzman's boards are the most since Erin Anthony (USMA, 2011) totaled 17 on Dec. 11, 2010.
• Army's 11-4 non-league record is its best since going 13-3 in 2006-07, head coach Dave Magarity's first season at the helm. The Black Knights will commence Patriot League play on Saturday at home against Bucknell. The Bison are 8-6 and have one more game before squaring off against Army.
Hockey (7-9-2, 7-4-2 AHA)
• The Black Knights are now 7-9-2 overall and in second-place in the AHA stands with a 7-4-2 mark after splitting a series with #19 Robert Morris. Army won 5-1 on Friday and lost 4-1 on Saturday.
• The last time Army beat a nationally ranked team was Jan. 3, 2009 with a 3-2 win against #2 Miami. The last time Army had consecutive shutouts was Feb. 15-16, 2008.
• Friday's 5-0 win was shown live on CBS Sports Network as Army registered its second straight shutout. Rob Tadazak earned back-to-back shutouts with 22 saves. Willie Faust had his first career two-goal game while Maurice Alvarez, Jonathan Gehrt and Thane Heller also netted goals. Alvarez, playing his third career game as a forward, was credited with the game-winning tally.
• On Saturday, Army helped raise prostate cancer awareness with its House of Blues. Army donned blue jerseys and captain Cheyne Rocha participated in a special ceremonial faceoff. Rocha helped start the awareness campaign and his father Larry, a cancer survivor, dropped the puck. Rocha scored his first goal of the season midway through the first period.
• Army will travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., Jan. 11 and 12 to take on service academy rival Air Force. Friday's game is scheduled for 9:05 p.m. Eastern while Saturday's contest will be broadcast live on CBS Sports Network and will face-off at 6:05 p.m. Eastern.
Men's Swimming & Diving (5-2, 0-1 Patriot League)
• Army recently wrapped up its trip to Puerto Rico by competing in the Copa Coqui.
• The Black Knights return to the competition pool this weekend (Jan. 11-12) when the Black Knights face Patriot League rivals Lehigh and Bucknell in road dual meets.
Women's Swimming & Diving (4-4, 0-1 Patriot League)
• Army recently wrapped up its trip to Puerto Rico by competing in the Copa Coqui.
• The Black Knights return to the competition pool this weekend (Jan. 11-12) when the Black Knights face Patriot League rivals Lehigh and Bucknell in road dual meets.
Track & Field
• The Black Knights began the 2013 season last weekend when they hosted the Crowell Open at Gillis Field House. Army won six events on the weekend, while four cadet-athletes recorded postseason-qualifying marks.
• Yearling Lisa Junta continued her long-distance success in the indoor season's first meet. Junta won the 3,000-meter run in a field of 17 with a time of 9:50.04, the third-fastest time in Academy history. The time bested ECAC qualifying standards and edged the runner-up finisher, former Army runner Chelsea Prahl, by 22 seconds.
• Firstie McKenzie Majchrzak qualified for the ECACs for the fifth time in her career by passing the high jump bar at 1.70 meters to place second of 13 in the event.
• Yearling Katrina Donarski also moved up Army's all-time top-10 list with her first-place time in the 500-meter dash. Donarski, who entered the day ranked 10th on Academy's list, moved up to fifth with a time of 1:17.02.
• On the men's side, Nick Snoad punched his postseason ticket in the weight throw in her first attempt of the year. Snoad placed third of 22 with an IC4A-qualifying heave of 17.20 meters. Cow Christopher Smith clinched a postseason berth in the 500-meter dash by finishing second of 30 with a time of 1:05.72.
• Army will remain home for its next meet as the Black Knights will host a six-way meet next Saturday. Events are slated to begin at 9 a.m., at Gillis Field House.
Wrestling (2-2, 0-1 EIWA)
• Army placed 10th out of 24 schools at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
• Firstie Connor Hanafee went 7-2 en route to a fifth-place finish at 141 pounds.
• Firstie Jordan Thome posted three pins on his way to a seventh-place showing at 133 pounds.
• The Black Knights return to action this weekend (Jan. 11-12) when they travel to Hampton, Va., to compete at the Virginia Duals.
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