Oct. 10, 2007
BALTIMORE, Md. and WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The No. 11-ranked Navy water polo team won a pair of league games on Wednesday night, defeating 19th-ranked Johns Hopkins, 11-9, and George Washington in overtime, 9-8. The Mids won their fifth straight game and improved to 15-5 overall, and 4-0 in CWPA Southern Division play.
In the day's first game in Baltimore against 19th-ranked Johns Hopkins, the Mids outscored the Bluejays, 6-3 in the second half to rally from a one-goal halftime deficit for an 11-9 victory. Navy jumped out to a 4-2 advantage after one period, but the Bluejays outscored Navy, 4-1 in the second quarter to take a one-goal lead at halftime. The Mids clamped down defensively, and scored the first three goals of the second half for an 8-6 cushion. After Johns Hopkins tied the game at 8-8, Mike Mulvey and Aaron Recko combined for three of the final four goals of the game for the victory.
Mulvey led the Mids with five goals, while Recko tallied three. Reed MacKenzie, Eric Gardiner and Chuck Baker scored once each.
After making the short bus ride south to Washington, D.C., the Mids escaped George Washington, 9-8, in overtime. Recko scored four goals with an assist, while Tyler Hill scored three points (1 g, 2 a). Bram Arnold scored twice and Kevin Bell dished out two assists. George Naughton made 11 saves in goal, while Steve Craney came off the bench to stop eight shots.
The Mids will be off until next weekend, when they host Bucknell, George Washington, Princeton, Air Force and Johns Hopkins, beginning on Friday and running through Sunday.
# GO NAVY #
