Army West Point Athletics
This Week In Army Athletics
December 11, 2013 | General
Dec. 11, 2013
Dear Friends,
We hope everyone has enjoyed the last couple of weeks and were able to spend time with friends and family over Thanksgiving celebrating all we have to be grateful for this holiday season. This week is one of the most anticipated on our calendar with the annual football showdown versus Navy looming on Saturday.
The women’s basketball team has plenty to celebrate after its seventh consecutive win. Dave Magarity’s squad scored a 68-56 win at Yale, forcing 20 turnovers. Kelsey Minato scored a career-high 26 points and was rewarded with both the Army Athletic Association Athlete of the Week and the Patriot League Player of the Week awards. It is the second straight season the team has had a winning streak of at least seven games.
We also received more good news on the Academic front. Men’s soccer goalkeeper Winston Boldt, the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year, was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Second Team. Winston is just the fifth Army player to earn Academic All-America accolades. Majoring in Portuguese, Winston claims a 3.66 cumulative grade point average.
The football team had two representatives on the Academic All-America teams. Running back Terry Baggett was named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team, while firstie linebacker Thomas Holloway was a second-team selection. It is the second time in the last three years we have had multiple players earn Academic All-America status.
Terry, a Chemical Engineering major with a 3.44 cumulative grade point average, leads the team with 1,072 rushing yards. He has eight rushing touchdowns and enters Saturday’s game among the national leaders in rushing yards, yards per game (97.5) and yards per carry (8.2).
Thomas, one of our three captains, has a 3.65 GPA while majoring in International and Comparative Legal Studies. He will join the Military Intelligence branch of the U.S. Army after graduation. Despite missing four games with injuries, he leads the team with 59 tackles. He has totaled 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one interception and one fumble recovery.
The track team opened its 2013-14 indoor schedule with the Crowell Open. A pair of plebes made an immediate impact as Army competitors captured both the men’s and women’s Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors. Jose Santana finished the 60-meter dash in a time of 6.87 seconds, the second-fastest time in Academy history and an IC4A qualifying mark. He also qualified for the IC4A meet with a time of 22.14 seconds in the 200-meter dash. Cori Lemere placed second in the 60-meter dash and captured the long jump title. Her jump of 5.44 meters ranks No. 1 in the Patriot League thus far.
We are also pleased to have unveiled the online version of Mission First: Profiles in Army Athletics. The full book, which contains the inspirational stories of several outstanding people who represent the West Point idea of Duty, Honor, Country, can be viewed at www.goarmysports.com/ot/mission-first.html. Each individual story is also being released as a separate feature on the web site.
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/boosters/army-a-club.html, call (845)938-2322, or email armyaclub@usma.edu.
We appreciate all of your contributions to our success. Be well.
Go Army!
Boo
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Men’s Basketball (2-6, 0-0 Patriot League)
- The Black Knights split a pair of games last week, losing at Columbia, 81-64, and defeating St. Francis Brooklyn, 67-54. The victory against the Terriers snapped a five-game losing streak.
- Kyle Wilson averaged 17.0 points during the week, including a game-high 23 markers in the victory against St. Francis. Wilson is Army’s top scorer through eight games at 16.5 points per game.
- Tanner Plomb scored a career-high 11 points in Saturday’s victory. It was the yearling’s first career double-digit effort.
- Yearling Kyle Ferguson netted a career-high 19 points against Columbia. Ferguson has moved into the No. 2 spot on Army scoring list at 10.0 points per game. He has reached double figures in four of the last five outings.
- Ferguson has also provided a presence on the defensive end. He has 22 blocked in only eight games. He leads the Patriot League and is ranked 35th in the nation at 2.75 blocks per game. In only 39 career games, Ferguson already ranks fourth on the Black Knights’ all-time list with 57 rejections.
- The win over St. Francis was Zach Spiker’s 55th as Army’s coach. Through four-plus seasons, Spiker already ranks seventh on Army’s all-time wins list.
- The Black Knights travel to Maine on Friday. Tip-off in Orono is set for 6 p.m. Army leads the all-time series 2-0. The game marks the Black Knights’ first game on the Bears’ home court.
Women’s Basketball (7-1, 0-0 Patriot League)
- The Black Knights have won seven in a row, defeating Yale on the road, 68-56. Army forced the Bulldogs into 20 turnovers.
- Kelsey Minato scored a career-high 26 points to lead Army. She was named both the Army Athletic Association Athlete of the Week and the Patriot League Player of the Week.
- Minato has scored in double figures in 24 straight games.
- Aimee Oertner and Jen Hazlett also scored in double figures with 14 and 10 points, respectively.
- Army has won seven in a row for the second time in as many seasons.
- The Black Knights have a busy week ahead with a pair of road games. Army is at Penn on Wednesday night before traveling to Ohio State for a Friday night affair.
Football (3-8)
- Army had the week off following its’ trip to Hawai’i.
- The 114th Army-Navy Game presented by USAA is set for Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.
Hockey (3-11-0, 3-8-0 AHA)
- Army split a two-game home series against AHA rival Canisius over the weekend. The Black Knights lost Friday’s opener, 8-2, before recording their first shutout win of the season on Saturday, 2-0.
- Canisius scored five third-period goals to break open a one-score game. Plebe C.J. Reuschlein and yearling Christian Pomarico scored the Black Knights’ two goals.
- Goaltender Rob Tadazak recorded his first shutout of the season on Saturday, making 15 saves.
- Yearling Shane Hearn matches his career high with two goals in the victory.
- Army takes a break for term-ending exams and will resume play on Dec. 20 at fourth-ranked Providence.
Rifle (2-3, 1-2 GARC)
- The Black Knights resume competition on Jan. 17 versus Murray State.
Men’s Swimming & Diving (2-2, 1-0 Patriot League)
- Army was idle this past week. The Black Knights get back in the pool on Thursday, Dec. 12 when it travels to Navy for the annual Star Meet.
Women’s Swimming & Diving (2-2, 0-1 Patriot League)
- Army was idle this past week. The Black Knights get back in the pool on Thursday, Dec. 12 when it travels to Navy for the annual Star Meet.
Indoor Track & Field
- Army opened its indoor season by hosting the Crowell Open at Gillis Field House. The Black Knights used the event, which included a number of Division III and community college programs as well as track clubs, as more of an intra-squad competition to firm of their roster for the upcoming 2013-14. Despite the early start, four postseason-qualifying marks were recorded and five finishes were added to the Army record book.
- Plebe Jose Santana led the men’s team, recording the second-fastest 60-meter dash time in program history (6.87). He also reached the IC4A qualifying standard in the 200-meter dash with the ninth-fastest time in the Academy record book (22.14).
- Cow Nathan Fisher reached the IC4A qualifying standard in the mile, crossing the tape with a time of 4:14.20.
- Plebe pole vaulter Jordan Worthington also reached the IC4A mark, clearing the 4.80 meter mark.
- On the women’s side, Laurel Neposchlan, Megan Gemar and Ashley Zeitvogel all cleared the bar at 3.5 meters in the pole vault, posting Army top-10 performances.
- Yearling Avrie Welton ran a 9.34 in the 60-meter hurdles, the 10th-fastest time in school history.
- The Crowell Open is the lone event schedule for the calendar year as Army will return to action Jan. 10, 2014, at the Gotham Cup.
Wrestling (2-2, 1-2 EIWA)
- Firsties Paul Hancock (157 pounds) and Ryan Tompkins (184) led the Black Knights at the 32nd annual Cliff Keen Invitational at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
- Both wrestlers fell in the consolation quarterfinal round of their respective brackets. Hancock and Tompkins each finished the weekend 3-2.
- Hancock, who started the tournament seeded 12th in the 157-pound bracket, posted a 3-1 mark on Friday before falling to Oregon State's Roger Pena, who ranks sixth nationally at 157 pounds in the Intermat national poll, on Saturday. Among Hancock's victories on Friday was an 11-10 decision opposite 14th-ranked Andy McCulley from Wyoming.
- Tompkins opened his tournament unseeded in the 184-pound bracket and authored a 3-1 record on Friday to earn a chance to compete for a top-eight placing on Saturday. Tompkins bowed out to 14th-ranked Ophir Bernstein of Brown on a medical forfeit in his only match of the consolation quarterfinals.
- After taking a 24-day break from competition, the Black Knights will head to Chattanooga, Tenn., to take part in the Southern Scuffle on January 1 and 2.
