Army West Point Athletics
This Week In Army Athletics
January 22, 2014 | General
Jan. 22, 2014
Dear Friends,
A number of strong individual performances highlighted this week’s competition. Both basketball teams, the swimming & diving teams and the wrestling squad also captured key conference victories.
Starting on the hardwood, the women’s team earned a road win at Holy Cross on Wednesday. Not only was it a significant win in the league standings, but it marked Dave Magarity’s 133rd victory at West Point. Dave is now the program’s all-time leader in wins. He will be honored in a pre-game ceremony Wednesday night prior to the match up with Colgate.
The gymnastics squad hosted the West Point Open at Christl Arena over the weekend. The men finished third as a team, and Jesse Glenn captured his second straight all-around title. He is the first Black Knight to take the individual honor twice during their career. Jesse was honored as the Army Athletic Association Athlete of the Week.
Clyde Wilson also captured an individual honor with the Patriot League Male Track Athlete of the Week certificate. Clyde won the 1,000-meter run at the Battle of Beantown, posting a time of 2:26.26. He beat the IC4A standard by more than two seconds with Army’s top time this season. He was one of four individuals to reach the IC4A qualifying mark.
The swimming & diving teams both won a pair of Patriot League competitions on the road this week. The women’s 200-yard freestyle quartet of Ariana Bullard, Molly Mucciarone, Grace Hamilton and Megan Grier touched first with a Lineberry Natatorium (Colgate) record time of 1:36.26. The mark had stood since 1993.
The wrestling team captured a 26-10 win in an EIWA match at American. Paul Hancock (157 pounds), Tyler Rauenzahn (141) and Chandler Smith (165) each notched bonus-point wins.
The men’s basketball team rebounded from its first conference loss to post a home victory over Bucknell in front of a national-television audience on CBS Sports Network. The win secured the program’s best six-game start to Patriot League play (5-1) and put the team in sole possession of third place, two games ahead of the Bison. Kyle Wilson scored 28 points, including 14 free throws.
Zach Spiker’s squad hosts a key Patriot League match up on Saturday versus American. Tip-off is at 4 p.m. The Eagles are one of two unbeaten teams in conference play entering this week, but face the other unbeaten, Boston University, on Wednesday. Depending on the outcome of Wednesday’s games, a victory would catapult Army into second place, and a possible tie for first, in the Patriot League standings.
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Men’s Basketball (9-8, 5-1 Patriot League)
- Army split a pair of home games, losing to Holy Cross, 78-75, on Wednesday and defeating Bucknell, 74-67, Sunday afternoon in front of a national television audience on CBS Sports Network.
- The Black Knights are off to their best conference start in program history. They begin this week’s play in third place behind undefeated Boston University and American. This week begins a key stretch in the schedule as the two unbeatens meet Wednesday night. Two of Army’s next three games are against the Eagles (Jan. 25) at home and the Terriers (Jan. 29) on the road.
- Tanner Plomb posted his first career double-double with 29 points and 10 rebounds against Holy Cross. He made his first 10 shots of the game and was 6-for-6 from three-point range. Plomb missed the Bucknell game with an illness.
- Kyle Wilson, the second-leading scorer in the Patriot League at 19.0 points per game, netted 28 points in the victory over the Bison. Wilson hit a career-high 14 free throws, including his last 12, in the victory. Josh Herbeck added a season-high 18 points, going 6-for-6 from long range. His fifth three-pointer gave Army the lead for good with less than seven minutes to go, and his final triple, a 30-footer as the shot clock expired, pushed the Black Knights lead to five with less than a minute to go.
- Plebe Tanner Omlid had one of his best overall efforts against Bucknell, racking up seven points, a career-high 10 rebounds, four steals, two assists and a blocked shot. He keyed the team’s defensive effort that did not let Bucknell tie or take the lead despite cutting its deficit to two points five times in the final minutes.
- Army’s win snapped a seven-game losing streak against the Bison and gave the Black Knights a two-game lead over Bucknell in the Patriot League standings.
- The Black Knights begin the final one-third of the first trip through the league on Wednesday night at Colgate. The aforementioned Eagles come to West Point on Saturday for a 4 p.m. tip. Both games can be seen live online for free at patriotleague.tv.com.
Women’s Basketball (12-5, 4-2 Patriot League)
- The Black Knights split a pair of games, winning at Holy Cross, 70-57, Wednesday and losing at Bucknell, 56-55, Saturday.
- The win in Worcester was head coach Dave Magarity’s 133rd at West Point making him the winningest coach in Army history.
- Kelsey Minato led the team with 23 points. Jen Hazlett added 16 points, while Olivia Schretzman turned in an 11-point effort.
- The Bison scored the win on Saturday thanks to a jumper as time expired.
- Minato and Schretzman were again in double figures with 13 and 10, respectively.
- Minato has scored in double figures in a Patriot League best 33 straight games.
- Army returns home from a three-game road stretch on Wednesday when it hosts Colgate at 7 p.m. The Black Knights are at American on Saturday, Jan. 25. Both games can be seen live online for free at patriotleague.tv.com.
Gymnastics (0-1)
- Army finished third at the West Point Open, trailing Penn State and William & Mary. Navy finished a distant fourth.
- Jesse Glenn defended his all-around title to become the first Black Knight to earn the all-around crown at the event twice. Glenn won high bar in the team scoring and finished runner-up in that event in the individual finals, tying his career-high (14.9).
- Glenn was named the Army Athletic Association Athlete of the Week.
- Connor Venrick captured the pommel horse title, marking the second straight year Army won that event.
- Plebes Sam Kusnitz and Joe Pritts also had strong performances, finishing third on high bar and tied for third on the floor exercise, respectively.
- Army is idle this week as it prepares for the All-Academy Championships in Texas on Feb. 1
Hockey (3-18-0, 3-14-0 AHA)
- Army lost both ends of a two-game series at RIT, 6-0 and 4-3. The pair of outings started a six-game stretch away from West Point.
- The Black Knights nearly came back from a 3-0 deficit in Saturday’s game. The Tigers netted three first period goals, but Joe Kozlak and C.J. Reuschlein each tallied a goal and an assist to pull Army within one goal entering the third period. RIT scored an insurance goal with 15:26 left, but Clint Carlisle answered with his fifth of the season just 29 seconds later.
- Josh Roberts, Maurice Alvarez, Josh Richards and Luke Jenkins were all credited with assists.
- Plebe Tanner Creel made his second start in goal, making 30 stops.
- Army continues a six-game road swing with an exhibition showdown with rival Royal Military College next Saturday, Jan. 25. The Black Knights’ first visit to its Canadian brethren in eight years, the teams renew the rivalry at the Rogers K-Rock Centre in Kingston, Ont.
Rifle (3-4, 1-3 GARC)
- Army went 1-1 over the weekend, defeating Murray State on Friday and losing to No. 1 Kentucky on Sunday.
- Against the Racers, Army’s team (4668) and smallbore (2324) scores were just one point shy of season highs.
- Richard Calvin and Michael Matthews garnered medalist honors in air rifle and smallbore, respectively. Calvin’s 595 in air rifle tied his career high and equaled his own Tronsrue Marksmanship Center record.
- Though bowing to the top-ranked Wildcats in a GARC match, Army set a season high with a score of 2352 in air rifle. Calvin finished runner-up in that discipline (593).
- The Black Knights compete Friday at the NRA Sectionals hosted by USP in Philadelphia.
Men’s Swimming & Diving (6-3, 5-1 Patriot League)
- Army took two Patriot League road wins, defeating Colgate, 192-69, and Lafayette, 179-84. Both competitions were held at Lineberry Natatorium in Hamilton, N.Y.
- The Black Knights swept five events – the 200-yard freestyle, the 100-yard butterfly, the 200-yard butterfly, the 200-yard breaststroke and the 500-yard freestyle.
- The Black Knights had a number of individual winners, including Will Viana (200 free), Zach Blankenbeker (200 fly), Casey Woudenberg (500 free), Sam Mo (200 breaststroke), Nick Marks (100 fly), Clay Harmon (1650 free), Devin McCall (100 free) and Daniel Ruckman (3-meter diving).
- Army travels to Fairfax, Va., on Jan. 25 to face George Mason and Patriot League foes American and Boston University.
Women’s Swimming & Diving (5-4, 3-3 Patriot League)
- Army earned two Patriot League wins on the road, defeating Colgate, 169-130, and Lafayette, 242-52. Both events were held at Colgate’s Lineberry Natatorium.
- The 200-yard freestyle team of Ariana Bullard, Molly Mucciarone, Grace Hamilton and Megan Grier highlighted the meet with a pool record time of 1:36.26 that had stood since 1993.
- The Black Knights swept the 100-yard butterfly and both diving events.
- In addition to her performance in the relay, Bullard also claimed the 100 and 200-yard butterfly events.
- Other winners included Danielle Nuszkowski (1,650 free), Mucciarone (50 free), Rita Snyder (1-meter diving) and Maggie Churchill (3-meter diving).
- Army travels to Fairfax, Va., on Jan. 25 to face George Mason and Patriot League foes American and Boston University.
Indoor Track & Field
- Army competed against Harvard, Northeastern, Brown and Boston College in the Battle of Beantown held in Cambridge, Mass.
- The men’s team won the event, posting five IC4A qualifying marks.
- Clyde Wilson and Nathan Fisher went 1-2 in the 1,000-meter run, both reaching the IC4A standard.
- Robert Barger qualified for the IC4A Championship in the 3,000-meter race, finishing second in 8:26.12.
- Taylor Andrews’s time of 8.18 in the 60-meter hurdles bettered the IC4A standard.
- Both the 4x400 and 4x800-meter relay teams crossed the tape first. The 1600-meter quartet of Matt Green, Chris Smith, Xavier Moss and Wilson met the IC4A mark.
- Jordan Worthington was victorious in the pole vault.
- The women’s effort was highlighted by Laurel Neposchlan’s victory in the pole vault. She cleared 3.65 meters, qualifying for the ECAC Championship.
- Justine Rennekamp finished third in the shot put with a throw of 13.36 meters, the seventh-best in Academy history.
- The Black Knights will compete next at the NYU Team Challenge, next Saturday, Jan. 24 in New York City.
Wrestling (5-3, 4-3 EIWA)
- The Black Knights scored a 26-10 win at American in its only match of the week.
- Paul Hancock (157 pounds), Tyler Rauenzahn (141) and Chandler Smith (165) each notched bonus-point wins, with Rauenzahn pinning his opponent and Hancock and Smith each winning by major decision.
- Other victors included Brian Harvey (174), Ryan Tompkins (184), Bryce Barnes (197) and Logan Everett (133).
- The Black Knights are back in action on Sunday, Jan. 26, when they travel to Philadelphia, Pa., where they will face Penn at 1 p.m. and Drexel at 7 p.m.
