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1 GAmE InfORmAtIOn Date: Saturday, Feb. 11 Faceoff: 12:00 pm Location: Annapolis, Md. Facility: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial stadium Capacity: 34,000 (FieldTurf) Television: None Radio: None All-Access: NavySports.com (free-this game only) Live Stats: Gametracker on NavySports.com Series: Navy Leads, 4-0 Streak: Navy, 4 Games Last Meeting: , Navy def. VMI, 14-8 Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students (1-800-US4-NAVY) Social Media Outlets Twitter Facebook YouTube twitter.com/navyathletics facebook.com/navyathletics youtube.com/navyathletics 2012 LACROSSE Navy Midshipmen 2012 Record 0-0, 0-0 Patriot League 2011 Record 4-9, 2-4 Patriot League Streak Lost 5, dating back to 3-3 vs. Colgate Last Game , lost to #2 Johns Hopkins, 14-5 Next Game Feb. 19- at Jacksonville (4:00 pm) Ranking RV (USILA Coaches); NR (Nike/IL Media) Head Coach Rick Sowell (Washington College 86) Career Record (13th year) Navy Record 0-0 (First year) Sports Information Contact Stacie Michaud Phone michaud@usna.edu Web Site NavySports.com Game One: Navy (0-0, 0-0 Patriot League) vs. VMI (0-0) VMI Keydets 2012 Record 0-0, 0-0 Metro Atlantic 2011 Record 2-11, 0-6 Metro Atlantic Streak Lost 8, dating back to 3-16 vs. Bellarmine Last Game April 16 - def. Maryland OT Next Game Feb at Army (12:00 pm) Ranking NR (USILA Coaches); NR (Nike/IL Media) Head Coach Brian Anken (Medaille) Career Record (Ninth year) VMI Record 2-11 (Second year) Sports Information Contact John Stark Phone starkjc@vmi.edu Web Site VMIKeydets.com SChEduLE / RESuLtS 0-0 / 0-0 Patriot League Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 February Navy Date Rk Opponent (Rk) Result / Time 11 RV/NR VMI 12:00 pm 19 vs. Jacksonville + (N) 4:00 pm 25 N. CAROLINA (6/6) 12:00 PM March 3 BUCKNELL * (12/14) 12:00 PM 10 at Lafayette * 12:00 pm 13 at Towson 7:30 pm 17 HOLY CROSS * 12:00 PM 24 at Colgate * (RV/19) 2:00 pm 30 LEHIGH * (C) (NR/RV) 7:00 PM April 6 at Maryland (7/8) 7:00 pm 14 at Army * (C) (RV/RV) 12:00 pm 21 JOHNS HOPKINS (C) (2/3) 12:00 PM 27, 29 PL Semifinals (C) 5 / 7:45 pm 29 PL Championship (C) 3:00 pm May 12, 13 NCAA Tournament First Round 19, 20 NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals 26, 28 NCAA Tournament Semifinals, Final Rankings - USILA Coaches Poll / Inside Lacrosse Media Poll (C) - CBS Sports Network, (N) - NBC Sports Network * Patriot League Game + Moe s Southwest Grill Classic (EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Fla.) e NCAA first round games played at campus sites e NCAA quarterfinal games played at Navy & PPL Park in Philadelphia (Drexel host) e NCAA semifinal and championship games played at Gillette Stadium in Boston, Mass. Navy Lacrosse History First Season 1908 NCAA Championships / Last 0 / NA USILA National Championships / Last 17 / 1970 PL Tournament Championships / Last 5 / 2009 PL Regular-Season Championships / Last 5 / 2008 NCAA Tournament Appearances / Last 26 / , 1st Rd. lost to 3rd-seeded Duke, 14-5 PL Tournament Appearances / Last 7 / 2010 All-Time Record / 105th Yr. All-Time Patriot League Record / 9th Yr. All-Time Patriot League Tournament Record 11-2 All-Time NCAA Tournament Record Game Preview Navy opens up its 105th season of men s lacrosse on Saturday afternoon, when it plays host to VMI... action is set for 12:00 pm at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Saturday s contest will NOT be available on the radio due to 1430 WNAV s coverage of the annual men s and women s basketball Star Games being played at West Point (women at 12:00 pm, men at 2:30 pm). Saturday s game will, however, be streamed online via Navy All-Access with live stats available at this week s All-Access feed will be provided free of charge, however, the remainder of the season will be subscription based. The Navy-VMI tilt is one of nine games slated for Saturday in what marks the second weekend of action among the Div. I ranks... Delaware and Detroit officially kicked off the 2012 campaign last Saturday in Newark where the Fightin Blue Hens topped Detroit, Navy is one of five Patriot League teams in action this weekend... Army will play host to UMass on Friday afternoon at 3:00 pm, while Delaware travels to Bucknell on Saturday at 1:00 pm, Bryant heads to Colgate on Saturday at 1:00 pm and Lehigh makes its way to Philly to play Saint Joseph s on Saturday at 2:00 pm. Entering his 13th season as a collegiate head coach, Rick Sowell will officially open the chapter on his Navy coaching career on Saturday. Sowell, who has been involved with rebuilding programs at Georgetown, Dartmouth, St. John's and most recently Stony Brook, owns an career record. Sowell compiled a (.644) record in five seasons at Stony Brook and was named the America East Coach of the Year in each of the last two seasons as he guided the Seawolves to back-to-back America East regularseason titles ( ). Navy returns eight starters off last year s team, including its entire starting attack line. Sophomores Tucker Hull and Sam Jones led the charge a year ago, mirroring one another s stats. Both players scored a teamhigh 38 points on a team-best 23 goals and 15 assists. Hull was rewarded for his play by being named the 2011 Patriot League Rookie of the Year and has been named a 2012 Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American. Senior co-captain Taylor Reynolds rounds out the starting attack and is coming off a 10-goal, two-assist season. Meanwhile, senior Nikk Davis anchors a midfield line that will blend both youth and veteran players. Davis is entering his fourth season as a starter and is coming off 14-goal, 4-assist season. He will be joined by junior Bryce Dabbs and sophomore Pat Durkin. While Dabbs has been in the program, he did not play as a plebe and was ineligible last spring. Durkin played among the Mids second midfield line a year ago, but will be asked to step up his play this spring as a starter. Senior Logan West returns as the Mids faceoff specialist after finishing the 2011 season ranked 29th nationally with his 52.1 winning percentage ( ). He enters the season ranked sixth on Navy s all-time career faceoff wins list with 175. Look for juniors Jay Mann and Jordan Seivold to play both ways this spring. Mann, who was a starter on the offensive midfield a year ago and scored 11 goals, will be used primarily as a defensive midfielder, while Seivold will be used heavily on the offensive side of the field, but played mostly defensive midfield his first two seasons at the Academy. The athleticism the two present give the Mids a better opportunity in the transition game. Navy will rely heavily upon veteran close defenseman Matt Vernam and senior goalkeeper RJ Wickham to manage the defense. Vernam has been a starter since his freshman year, while Wickham, who was a Tewaaraton Trophy nominee in 2010, is in his third season as a starter in goal. Additionally, second-year standout Pat Kiernan will fill the long pole position and has quickly emerged as one of the Mids most potent defensive weapons. He produced 11 takeaways a year ago and picked up 35 ground balls. Taking the Field In Navy owns an all-time record in season openers, including wins in each of its last 10 dating back to a 16-2 win over Saint Joseph s in the Mids have won each of their last four openers against the Keydets. 9 Senior goalkeeper RJ Wickham needs 17 saves to move into ninth on the Mids all-time saves list... he has turned away 338 shots over his career and trails 1990 graduate Louis Brown who amassed 355 saves. 8 Navy has held VMI to eight or fewer goals in each of his previous four meetings. 7 Senior faceoff specialist Logan West needs seven wins on Saturday to take sole possession of fifth on Navy s all-time career faceoff wins list... he has won 175 over three seasons. 6 Navy will play six games at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in the Mids own a record (70.9) in games played on their home field since the start of the 2004 campaign, outscoring its foes, Navy has lost just five games (46-5) when scoring 10 or more goals since the start of the 2004 campaign, including a pair last spring. 4 Four of Navy s 2012 opponents are ranked in the 2012 USILA Coaches Preseason Poll - Johns Hopkins (2), North Carolina (6), Maryland (7), Bucknell (12), while Army and Colgate are receiving votes. 3 With a record, Navy is the third-winningest program in Div. I men s lax behind Johns Hopkins ( ) and Syracuse ( ). 2 The attack duo of Tucker Hull and Sam Jones paced the Mids a year ago with 38 points on 23 goals and 15 assists. 1 Over the last four seasons, 22 (9-13) of the Mids 60 contests have been decided by one goal. Page 1

2 Navy-VMI Series Overall Navy Leads, 4-0 Inaugural Meeting , Navy 10-2 at Annapolis, Md. Navy Leads, 4-0 Last Meeting , Navy 14-8 at Lexington, Va. 0-0 Last Navy Win , Navy 14-8 at Neutral Site 0-0 Last VMI Win --- at NCAA Tournament 0-0 Current Streak Navy, 4 games All-Time Game Comparison (Navy / VMI Stats) Date Site Result Atten. Shots GB FO Clears EMO Saves Annapolis W, / / / / / / Annapolis W, / / 25 9 / / / / Annapolis W, / / 28 6 / / / / Annapolis W, / / / / / / 9 Navy vs. VMI - The Series Meeting in each of the last four years season openers, Navy holds a 4-0 series advantage against VMI. The Midshipmen have scored double digits against the Keydets in each of the four previous meetings, while holding VMI to single digits in all four contests. VMI has held an advantage in the faceoff column in each of the last three meetings, including a slight edge a year ago. Last year, Navy's rookie class accounted for eight goals, including four by attackman Sam Jones, en route to capturing a 14-8 victory over the Keydets. After giving up six goal in the first half, Navy s defense surrendered just two second-half goals to the Keydets. In 2010, Eleventh-ranked Navy jumped out to a 7-0 lead and never looked back as the Mids claimed a 16-5 win over VMI at Rip Miller Field in what was both teams season opener. A strong offensive display that featured goals by 11 different Midshipmen, helped Navy weather a rare pair of three-minute stick penalties. The Midshipmen outscored VMI 8-0 in the second half, surviving a first-half scare to earn a 13-5 victory over the Keydets at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Deadlocked at five apiece at the half, Navy peppered VMI with 30 second-half shots while its stifling defense gave the Keydets just five looks at the goal over the final 30 minutes. In the inaugural meeting in 2008, the Mids balanced offensive attack featured eight different players scoring 10 goals en route to a 10-2 win. Navy Stats vs. VMI No. Player GP G A Pts Sh GB FO/CT 6 Nikk Davis Taylor Reynolds Pat Durkin Austin Heneveld Logan West Harrison Chaires Jordan Seivold Sean Price Pat Kiernan Sam Jones Ian Crumley Chris Talarico Tucker Hull Cade Norris Jay Mann Evan McGoogan Peter Rogers Matt Vernam No. Player GP Min. GA GAA Sv Sv% 3 RJ Wickham 1 60: Navy Vs. the MAAC The Mids are undefeated against the seven-member Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, producing a 6-0 record. Navy s contest against VMI on Saturday marks the eighth-straight season the Mids have faced a team either currently in the MAAC or had previously been part of the MAAC at the time of the contest. In 2005, Navy faced Providence who is now a member of the newly-formed Big East, while in 2006 and 07 the Mids battled Saint Joseph s who has moved to the Colonial Athletic Association. Opponent W L T Pct. Canisius Detroit Jacksonville Manhattan Marist Siena VMI TOTALS Navy-VMI Recap Navy attackman Sam Jones made his debut in front of his hometown crowd a memorable one, scoring a teamhigh four goals to lead Navy to a 14-8 victory over VMI in both teams' opener at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Jones, however, wasn't the only Navy rookie to have a successful collegiate opener. Fellow starting attackman Tucker Hull scored one goal and dealt out assists on three others, while Ellicott City product Harrison Chaires turned in a goal and an assist and Austin Heneveld pumped an extra-man strike late in the third. In sum, Navy's rookie class accounted for 12 points with eight goals and four assists. The Mids also saw midfielder Nikk Davis score a pair of goals, while a relatively unknown Taylor Reynolds got the opportunity he's long waited for at attack and capitalized. Not only did Reynolds score his first-collegiate goal, he also produced his first-career hat trick in what was his first-career start. While Navy's offense seemed to be a well-oiled machine, it seemed to take a quarter of play before the Mids were truly settled on both sides of the field. In fact, after the first quarter of play, the game was locked up at 4-4 and two of Navy's goals were scored on extra man. Navy, indeed, was the dominant team in the second stanza, outscoring the Keydets 6-2 to take a 10-6 at intermission. It was during that quarter that Navy's attack was nearly unstoppable, scoring all six goals. Jones, in particular, was stellar, scoring three goals in the period, including a goal where he was falling down and was surrounded by three defensive players. The Mids cooled off in the second half, scoring just four goals, but the damage had been done. Additionally, Navy's defense held its ground and kept the Keydets off the scoreboard for roughly 15 minutes, giving up a goal at the 2:23 mark in the second and not again until 2:07 in the third. Defensively, Peter Rogers made his debut where he paced the Mids with four caused turnovers and grabbed three ground balls. Pat Kiernan was also strong in his collegiate debut, pacing the Mids in ground balls with six and causing three turnovers. VmI KEydEtS Inside the Stats Record Conference Record Coaches/Media Poll NR / NR NR / NR Current Streak Lost 5 Lost 8 Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Shots / Gm Shots Allowed / Gm Ground Balls / Gm GB Allowed / Gm Faceoffs Faceoff Pct Clears Clear Pct EMO EMO Pct Man Down (stops-att) Man Down Pct Save Pct VMI Schedule/Results 0-0 / 0-0 MAAC Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 Date Opponent Result / Time 2-11 at Navy 12:00 pm 2-18 at Army 12:00 pm 2-21 at Virginia 7:00 pm 2-25 SAINT JOSEPH S 1:00 PM 3-6 LEHIGH 3:00 PM 3-10 at Mount St. Mary s 1:00 pm 3-13 WAGNER 3:00 PM 3-17 SIENA * 1:00 PM 3-24 at Jacksonville * 1:00 pm 3-31 MARIST * 1:00 PM 4-7 at Manhattan * 1:00 pm 4-14 MERCER 1:00 PM 4-21 at Canisius * 1:00 pm 4-28 DETROIT * 1:00 PM 5/4-6 MAAC Tournament * MAAC Opponent Navy vs. VMI A Look Back Navy def. VMI, 14-8 Feb. 12, 2011 Annapolis, Md OT F VMI (0-1) Navy (1-0) Scoring VMI - Baker 1-0=1, Davis 2-1=3, East 1-1=2, Leonard 1-1=2, Long 1-1=2, Robarge 2-0=2. Navy - Chaires 1-1=2, Davis 2-0=2, Heneveld 1-0=1, Hull 2-3=5, S. Jones 4-0=4, Reynolds 3-0=3, Seivold 0-1=1, Striffler 1-1=2, A. Warner 0-2=2. Goalkeepers VMI - McMinn 60:00, 14 GA, 9 Sv. Navy - Wickham 60:00, 8 GA, 2 Sv. Team Stats VMI Navy Shots = = 43 Ground balls = = 43 Faceoffs 14-26, , 46.2 Saves = = 2 Turnovers = = 16 Penalties 5, 4:30 0, 0:00 Clears 19-25, , 87.0 Extra-Man Opp. 0-0, , 50.0 Page 2

3 The New Coaches on the Block Among the 61 Div. I men s lacrosse teams that will take the field this season, 15 of them will have new head coaches. Of the 15 new coaches, five are coming from previous head coaching posts including Navy s Rick Sowell who was the head coach at Stony Brook the previous five seasons. Three of the 15 new coaches are at schools who play in the Patriot League. In addition to Sowell, former Army assistant coach Mike Murphy took over the coaching reigns from Jim Nagle at Colgate who ironically left to replace Sowell at Stony Brook. After serving as the interim head coach for half of the 2011 campaign, Holy Cross kept Jim Morrisey on board as its permanent head coach, replacing Adam Pascal. Coaching Carousel School Coach Previous Post Bellarmine Kevin Burns AC UMass Binghamton Scott Nelson HC Marist Colgate Mike Murphy AC Army Holy Cross Jim Morrisey AC Holy Cross Jacksonville Guy Van Arsdale HC Colo. College Marist Keegan Wilkinson AC Marist Michigan John Paul CC Michigan Navy Rick Sowell HC Stony Brook Robert Morris Drew McMinn AC R. Morris Rutgers Brian Brecht HC Siena Saint Joseph s Tyler Wray AC Lehigh Siena John Svec AC Hobart Stony Brook Jim Nagle HC Colgate Towson Shawn Nadelen AC Towson Wagner Matt Poskay AC Drew HC - Head Coach, AC - Assistant Coach, CC - Club Coach Debut Rick Sowell is the eighth different man to hold the title of head men s lacrosse coach at Navy in its 105-year history. Five of the seven previous coaches won their debut game at the Academy, including each of the last five. The tandem of Frank Breyer and Bill Hudgins started the Navy lacrosse program in 1908 and lost to Johns Hopkins, 6-1, in the school s first contest. Navy Head Coaching Debuts 1908 Breyer/Hudgins Johns Hopkins L, George Finlayson Johns Hopkins L, Dinty Moore Harvard W, Willis Bilderback Rutgers W, Dick Szlasa Dartmouth W, Bryan Matthews Wash. & Lee W, Richie Meade UMBC W, For Openers Navy owns an record in season openers, including wins in each of its last 10 dating back to a 16-2 win over Saint Joseph s in the Mids have outscored their foes ( ) during that stretch of 10 wins. For the fifth straight year and the sixth time in the last nine seasons, the Mids will open their season at home... the Mids played their 2004, 05 and 06 openers on the road. In 2007, Navy defeated Saint Joseph s, 10-3, in Annapolis to kick off the season with an eight-game winning streak, while in 08, the Mids turned back VMI, 10-2, in what was the inaugural meeting between the two programs. In 2009, Navy claimed a 13-5 win on Feb. 7 in what was then the earliest game played in Div. I history and in 2010, the Mids picked up a 16-5 win over VMI. A year ago, the Mids used a six-goal second quarter to catapult ahead of the Keydets en route to a 14-8 victory. All-Time Record Current Streak Won 10 Last Win Feb. 12, 2011; Navy 14, VMI 8 Last Loss Feb. 24, 2001; UMBC 9, Navy 8 OT Sowell s Season-Opener History 8-4 Dartmouth at Holy Cross W, Dartmouth vs. Colgate W, 10-7 Dartmouth vs. Colgate W, 6-2 Dartmouth vs. Colgate W, 11-4 Dartmouth at Colgate W, 10-7 St. John s vs. Robert Morris W, 8-7 St. John s vs. Robert Morris W, 12-3 Stony Brook Virginia L, 15-7 Stony Brook at Virginia L, Stony Brook Virginia L, Stony Brook Siena W, Stony Brook Virginia L, OT Navy Among Winningest Programs Navy is one of just six Div. I men s lacrosse programs that has produced 700 wins and on March 19 of 2011, it became one of just three to reach 750 victories. With 750 wins, Navy is the third-winningest team in Div. I men s lacrosse history behind Johns Hopkins (912) and Syracuse (821). Navy will face three of the other 700-win programs this year in consecutive weekends - at Maryland on April 6, at Army on April 14 and in its home finale against Johns Hopkins on April 21. The 700 Club Johns Hopkins (0-0) Syracuse (0-0) Navy (0-0) Maryland (0-0) Army (0-0) Hobart* (0-0) * Hobart played at the Div. III level prior to 1995 COVERInG the mids Navy Sports Information 566 Brownson Road Annapolis, Md Fax: Associate SID (MLax) Stacie Michaud Office Phone Cell Phone michaud@usna.edu Releases / Photos via All Navy men s lacrosse releases, game notes and media advisories are distributed via to a list maintained by the sports infomation office. Media who wish to be included on this list should contact lacrosse SID Stacie Michaud at or michaud@usna.edu. Fans desiring to receive this information can sign up via the internet at Credentials Navy credentials members of the media only. Navy adheres to the guidelines set forth by the NCAA that prohibits the sale of student-athlete photos for a personal profit. The Navy Sports Information Office reserves the right to revoke credentials from those photographers who are found to have been violating these rules. Interview Policy All interviews with Navy head coach Rick Sowell and/or Navy lacrosse players should be arranged through lacrosse SID Stacie Michaud. Sowell will be available daily between 2:00-3:00 pm. Media should allow 24 hours advance notice for all interviews and be respectful of the students class schedules. Postgame Interviews Navy head coach Rick Sowell and requested players will be available for postgame interviews outside of the home team locker room following a 10-minute cooling off period. Media wishing to interview specific players should contact Associate SID Stacie Michaud prior to the end of the game. NavySports.com Navy lacrosse is one of 32 sports that can be followed on the internet at Updated releases, bios, statistics and additional information will regularly be posted on the Navy web site. Ticket Information Tickets for all Navy home lacrosse games may be purchased at the Navy Ticket Office at Ricketts Hall or on game day at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. For more information on tickets for Navy lacrosse games, call the Navy Ticket Office at US4-NAVY. Navy Lacrosse Admission $10 Adults, $5 Students (17 & under) NAVy S TENTATIVE LINEuP # Pos. Player Yr Hometown GP-GS G A P Sh Other Notes 7 A Taylor Reynolds Sr. Babylon, N.Y SOG% Turned in a hat trick in the Mids win over VMI in A Sam Jones So. Annapolis, Md EMG Scored a goal in 11 of the 13 gms last spring 39 A Tucker Hull So. Charlotte, N.C EMG/ 1 MDG 11 PL Rookie of the Year, scored a pt. in 12 of the 13 gms 5 M1 Bryce Dabbs Jr. Damascus, Md Will make his first-career appearance on Saturday vs. VMI 6 M1 Nikk Davis Sr. Cockeysville, Md SOG Anchored the midfield with 14 goals a year ago 13 M1 Pat Durkin So. Germantown, Md SOG Saw action with the 2nd and 3rd midfields as a rookie 14 M2 Jack Hinderland Fr. Webster, N.Y M2 Sean Price So. Millersville, Md Made his only previous appearance in last yrs s VMI game 47 M2 Jay Mann Jr. Cockeysville, Md GB A starter last spring, will play both ways this season 18 FO Logan West Sr. Berlin, Md , 52.1% Needs 6 FO wins to move into 5th on Navy s all-time list 26 LSM Pat Kiernan So. Ridgewood, N.J CT Tied for 2nd in caused turnovers (11), 4th in GB (35) 40 DM Cade Norris Jr. Honeoye Falls, N.Y SOG Will turn his attention from offense to defense in 12 2 D Nik Mullen So. Wading River, N.Y Made his debut in the Mids 11 finale vs. Johns Hopkins 10 D Austin Miller Jr. Rockville, md Made his only appearance of 11 against Loyola 56 D Matt Vernam Sr. Shoreham, N.Y CT Has started 40-consecutive games on defense GP-GS GA GAA Sv Sv% Min Notes 3 GK RJ Wickham Sr. Penn Yann, N.Y : HM All-American, ranked 10th on all-time svs list w/ 338 A-Attack; M1-First Midfield; M2-Second Midfield; FO-Face-off Midfield; D-Close Defense; GK-Goalkeeper Page 3

4 More on the Keydets Second-year VMI head coach Brian Anken led the Keydets to a 2-11 mark a year ago which included a 0-6 record in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. After taking wins in two of its first five games, VMI lost its final eight contests including two one-goal decisions. On the bright side, the Keydets return 21 of their 26 players from last year s team, including all 10 of their starters. Senior All-American Stephen Robarge returns as the nation s top faceoff specialist winning 67.0 percent ( ) of the draws he took last spring. Additionally, he led the country in ground balls per game, picking up per contest. Meanwhile, seniors Keith Long and Drew Leonard anchor a potent offensive attack that averaged 9.31 goals per game a year ago. Long paced the Keydets with 40 points on 18 goals and a team-best 22 assists, while Leonard added 38 points on a team-high 31 goals and seven assists. In his third season in goal, Kelly McMinn is coming off a season in which he gave up goals per game and made saves on percent of the shots he faced. Home Field Advantage 2012 marks the 51st season Navy has played at least one game at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Navy owns a record (70.9) in games played at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium since the start of the 2004 campaign, outscoring its foes, The Mids will play six games at home this spring - Feb. 11 vs. VMI (12 pm), Feb. 25 vs. North Carolina (12 pm), March 3 vs. Bucknell (12 pm), March 17 vs. Holy Cross (12 pm), March 30 vs. Lehigh (7 pm) and April 21 vs. Johns Hopkins (12 pm). Since playing its entire home schedule at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium beginning in 2004, Navy has lost back-to-back games at home just four times... in 2006, the Mids lost to Georgetown, 9-5, and then suffered a 9-8 setback against Johns Hopkins... in 2008, Navy again lost regular-season decisions to the Hoyas and Blue Jays before the Mids season concluded with a 10-4 loss to Hopkins in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament... Navy lost back-to-back home games in 2010 to Loyola, 8-7 OT, and North Carolina, in 2011, Navy dropped a one-goal decision to Colgate, a 10-4 contest to No. 7 Maryland and a 14-9 decision to Army. In its 104-year history, Navy has lost three-straight home games just five times #1 Virginia, #2 Johns Hopkins, #9 N. Carolina 1985 Washington College, N. Carolina, Army 2003 #13 Rutgers, Air Force, #4 Georgetown, #4 Maryland 2008 #4 Georgetown, #7 Johns Hopkins, #4 Johns Hopkins 2011 Colgate, #7 Maryland, #17 Army... and four-straight home games just once 2003 #13 Rutgers, Air Force, #4 Georgetown, #4 Maryland The 2003 campaign marks the only season in which Navy has lost four-straight home games at the stadium. Having played at least a game a year at the stadium for 42 consecutive years, Navy stepped away in 2003, allowing for state-of-the-art renovations to take place, including the Field Turf surface and two video boards... Navy has played all of its home games at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium since the beginning of the 2004 campaign. Navy had won 20-consecutive home games against Patriot League foes before dropping a 10-9 decision to Colgate in Opponents have scored double digits against the Mids just 13 times in games played on their home field over the last eight seasons... Navy has held 20 of its 56 opponents to five or fewer goals since 2004 in games played at home (includes 2010 game vs. VMI played at Rip Miller Field). A Closer Look at Navy s Schedule Four of Navy s opponents this season are among the nation s top 20 teams according to the USILA Preseason Coaches Poll, including three in the top additionally, Army and Colgate are receiving votes. Rk Team Record Pts. LW 2 Johns Hopkins North Carolina Maryland Bucknell Five of Navy s 2012 opponents finished the 2011 campaign ranked among the nation s top 20 teams according to the final installment of the USILA Coaches Poll. Rk Team 11 Record NCAA Tourney 3 Johns Hopkins Bucknell Maryland North Carolina Colgate 11-5 Navy s 2012 schedule features games against four programs who received NCAA Tournament bids a year ago Bucknell, Johns Hopkins, Maryland and North Carolina. Since the start of the 2004 season, Navy has played 62 of its 124 games against teams ranked in the top 25, posting a record (50.0)... two of the losses have come against the No. 1-ranked team in the country at the time (Johns Hopkins twice). Since the start of the 2000 campaign, 92 of Navy s 176 games have been against ranked teams... in those games, Navy is (46.7). In games against unranked foes since 2000, Navy is (82.1)... the losses have come against UMBC ( 01), Air Force and Penn State ( 03), Bucknell ( 05, 09, 11), Colgate ( 06, 08, 09, 11), Towson ( 10), Army ( 10 twice), Lehigh ( 11) and Georgetown ( 11). National Exposure Since the start of 2004, 50 Navy lacrosse games have been televised (6) CSTV 1-1 ESPN 2-1 WMAR (6) CSTV 3-0 ESPN (7) CSTV 2-4 ESPN (5) CSTV 2-1 ESPN 0-1 MASN (8) CBS C 1-2 ESPN 2-2 MASN (7) CBS C 3-0 ESPN 1-2 MASN (8) CBS C 3-3 ESPN (1) CBS 0-2 ESPN 0-1 CBS Sports Network: ESPN 6-12 MASN 1-2 WMAR 1-0 Four regular-season contests are on tap to be aired this season... CBS Sports Network will televise the Mids March 30 matchup against Lehigh at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, along with the annual Army- Navy game slated for April 14 at West Point, N.Y. and the Mids regular-season finale at home against Johns Hopkins on April 21. NBC Sports Network, formerly known as Vs., will carry the Mids Feb. 19 contest at Jacksonville. Additionally, CBS Sports Network will televise both Patriot League Tournament Semifinal contests on April 27, along with the championship game on April 29. Last year, CBS Sports Network carried rivalry games at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium against Maryland and Army, while ESPNU aired Navy s contest at Johns Hopkins. The Mids own a record when their games are televised (since 04)... Navy is on CBS Sports Network all-time and 6-12 on the ESPN family of networks... the Mids are also 1-0 on local Baltimore station WMAR and 1-2 on MASN. The Mids own a record (78.4) in games that have not been televised since the start of Navy s 2012 Television Schedule 2-19 at Jacksonville ^ 4:00 pm 3-30 Lehigh 7:00 pm 4-14 at Army 12:00 pm 4-21 Johns Hopkins 12:00 pm 4-27 Patriot League Semifinals 5:00 / 7:45 pm 4-29 Patriot League Championship 3:00 pm CBS Sports Network; ^ NBC Sports Network Page 4 navy: A national name Since the start of the 2004 season, Navy owns an record. Navy s 81 wins over the last eight years are tied for the ninth most in the country, while its 65.3 winning percentage is also the ninth best nationally. Navy has made appearances in the NCAA Tournament in six of the last eight seasons... having made six straight from , it was the third-longest consecutive streak behind Johns Hopkins (38) and Maryland (7). During its stretch, Navy posted a (50.0) against ranked teams and (80.6) against unranked foes. Since the start of the 2004 season, Navy owns a (36.4) record against teams ranked higher than it in the USILA Coaches Poll... against lower ranked or unranked teams, Navy is (75.8). The Mids have posted a (71.4) record at home, outscoring their foes, , during that span... just 13 teams have reached double digits on Navy s home field during that stretch. The Mids are also respectable on road, owning a record (56.9) in true road affairs over the last eight years and defeating 14 ranked teams in the process... five of Navy s 22 road losses have come against unranked Patriot League opponents. Along the way, the Mids have produced the top-three win totals in school history during this stretch... in 2004, Navy won 15 games en route to its NCAA Championship Game appearance and in 05, the Mids produced 12 wins in earning their second-consecutive NCAA Tournament berth... Navy won 11 games in 2006, 07 and 09. The Class of 2007 became the winningest class in school history on March 21, 2007, when it claimed its 45th win in 56 contests... the Class of 07 won 49 of its 64 contests (76.6). Navy won 10 or more games in a program-record six straight seasons (15 in 2004, 12 in 2005, 11 in 2006, 07 and 09 and 10 in 2008). Navy s Record Since 2004 Overall Home Away Neutral vs. Patriot League Opponents vs. Ranked Opponents vs. Unranked Opponents Navy scores 10 or more goals Navy holds opp. to 6 or fewer goals Navy has 30 or more shots Navy holds opp. to 25 or fewer shots Times opp. scores 5 or fewer goals 45 Times opp. takes 20 or fewer shots 23 Goals For Goals Against By winning% 8-yr Combined 2011 Rk. Team Record Pct. Record 1. Virginia Duke Syracuse Cornell Johns Hopkins Notre Dame Maryland Georgetown Navy Denver By wins 8-yr Combined 2011 Rk. Team Record Pct. Record 1. Duke Virginia Syracuse Cornell Johns Hopkins Maryland Notre Dame Denver Navy Delaware

5 usila Coaches Poll (Preseason) Rk Team Record Pts. Last Wk 1 Virginia (14) Johns Hopkins Cornell Duke Denver North Carolina Maryland Syracuse Notre Dame Villanova Massachusetts Bucknell Harvard Hofstra Penn Princeton Penn State Yale Delaware Drexel Receiving Votes: Loyola, Army, Colgate, Georgetown, Ohio State, Hartford, Navy, Bryant Italics denotes 2012 opponent Fast Facts Starting attackmen Tucker Hull and Sam Jones scored at least one point in 12 of the 13 contests a year ago... Jones was held scoreless by Patriot League foe Colgate, while Hull s streak was snapped in the final game of the season against Johns Hopkins. For Jones, he scored goals in 11 of the 12 games in which he provided a point for the Mids. Jones turned in multiple-point performances in 11 of the 13 games, while Hull posted nine multi-point efforts. Dating back to 2009, at least one Navy player has turned in a hat trick in 22 of the last 35 games. Six different players recorded hat tricks a year ago, but only Hull (4) and Jones (3) produced more than one. While Harrison Chaires paced the Mids with seven extra-man goals a year ago, Hull played a role in 11 of the Mids 19 extra-man goals, scoring five times and providing the assist on an additional six goals. Navy enters Saturday s contest with a three-game home losing streak... the last time it lost four in a row at home was in 2003 when the Mids dropped consecutive losses to #13 Rutgers, Air Force, #4 Georgetown and #4 Maryland. Since 2004, Navy owns an amazing 53-2 record when holding its opponents to six or fewer goals, including an 11-1 mark in the last three seasons combined. Navy owns a remarkable 46-5 record when scoring 10 or more goals since 2004, including a 9-1 mark in 2009, a 10-1 record in 10 and a 3-2 mark in 11. Close defenseman Matt Vernam has started 40-straight games heading into his senior campaign... other players with lengthy starting streaks include senior goalkeeper RJ Wickham (34) and senior midfielder Nikk Davis (30). Streaks There are a handful of Navy players that enter the 2012 campaign with streaks intact. Sophomore attackman Sam Jones ended the season on a four-game point-scoring streak that included assists in each of the last two games. Sophomore attackman Harrison Chaires scored a goal in each of the last three games of the season. Nikk Davis, a senior midfielder, also pitched in goals in each of the last two contests. Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll (Preseason) Rk Team Record Pts. Last Wk 1 Virginia (18) Duke (2) Johns Hopkins (1) Cornell Denver (1) North Carolina Syracuse Maryland Notre Dame Villanova Princeton Hofstra Massachusetts Bucknell Harvard Penn Yale Penn State Colgate Drexel Receiving Votes: Delaware, Loyola, Army, Hartford, Ohio State, Siena, Lehigh, Georgetown Reynolds and West Selected as 2012 Team Captains Senior attackman Taylor Reynolds and senior faceoff specialist Logan West have been selected by their peers to serve as co-captains for the 2012 Navy men s lacrosse season. It s just the 12th time in the 105 years of storied lacrosse history at the Naval Academy in which there have been co-captains, and the first since the 2006 campaign when Jon Birsner and Matt Russell shared duties. After seeing time his first two seasons primarily as a rider, Reynolds earned his way onto the Mids starting attack line in 2011 where he scored 10 goals and added a pair of assists. He was also a member of the Mids extra-man squad that scored goals on 19 of its 55 attempts (.345) and was ranked 22nd nationally. An oceanography major, Reynolds has also excelled in the classroom where he was named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll in 2011 after achieving a 3.20 GPA for the spring semester. He will graduate in May and be commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy. His service assignment is Surface Warfare. Navy s top draw specialist over the last few seasons, West completed the 2011 season ranked 29th nationally in faceoff win percentage, winning 52.1 percent of the draws ( ) he took. Along the way, he faced seven of the nation s top 15-ranked faceoff specialists. Ranked sixth on Navy s all-time career faceoff wins list with 175, he finished the 2011 season ranked seventh on the Mids single-season wins list with 110. He enters his senior campaign just 25 wins shy of becoming only the fourth player in school history to win 200 or more draws. Like Reynolds, West has also found success off the field and was named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll last spring after achieving a 3.60 GPA. A systems engineering major, he is ranked in the top 33 percent of his class in academic and overall order of merit. He will graduate in May and be commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy. His service assignment is Special Warfare. AROund the LEAGuE 2012 Patriot League Standings Patriot League Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Army Bucknell Colgate Holy Cross Lafayette Lehigh NAVY Navy Picked to Finish Fifth in Patriot League By a cast of voters that included the league's coaches and sports information directors, the five-time Patriot League Champion Navy lacrosse team has been selected to finish fifth according to a preseason Patriot League poll. The defending champions, the Bucknell Bison, secured 12 of the 14 first-place votes (eligible for only 12 due to not being able to vote for your own team) to pace the standings, while second-place Army accounted for the remaining two first-place votes. The Mids have amassed a regular-season record in the Patriot League since 2004 in joining what is a seven-member lacrosse conference (Hobart left following the 04 campaign), and includes two undefeated seasons (2004, 07). The Mids have won at least a share of the regular-season Patriot League title in five of the eight seasons ( ) they have been a member of the conference, while they have compiled an 11-2 record in the Patriot League Tournament to earn five Patriot League Tournament titles ( ) Patriot League Preseason Poll School Pts. Record PL Record 1. Bucknell * 72 (12) Army 54 (2) Colgate Lehigh NAVY Lafayette Holy Cross * Defending Patriot League Champion (#) first-place votes Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Peter Baum, Colgate Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Tim Henderson, Army Navy s Patriot League History Year Preseason RS Finish st 1st st T-1st st T-1st st 1st st T-1st nd 3rd st 2nd nd 5th th TBD Page 5

6 The Nation s Future Leaders Navy s seven-player senior class has amassed a (.500) record, including a 10-8 Patriot League mark. Navy captured the Patriot League Tournament title in 2009 when this class was in just its first season. It s also the last class to punch its ticket to the NCAA Tournament, facing third-ranked Duke in the 2009 tournament. This class was part of the team that enjoyed the Mids first win over Johns Hopkins since 1974 when Andy Warner scored the game-winner in OT against the Blue Jays in Goalkeeper RJ Wickham is the lone member of the class who has received All-America recognition over the last three seasons. Wickham is also the only member of the class who has received All-Patriot League kudos, picking up first-team honors in 2010, while also being named the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the year that same season. Team captains Taylor Reynolds and Logan West have been honored for their academic success by the Patriot League. The following is a list of Navy s seniors and their service assignments. Jay Darling Surface Warfare MCM Crew Bulwark - San Diego, Calif. Ian Crumley Surface Warfare USS ASHLAND (LSD-48), Little Creek, Va. Nikk Davis Marine Corps Ground Taylor Reynolds Surface Warfare USS SAN DIEGO (LPD-22), San Diego, Calif. Matt Vernam Surface Warfare USS SAN DIEGO (LPD-22), San Diego, Calif. Logan West Special Warfare RJ Wickham Surface Warfare USS ANCHORAGE (LPD-23), San Diego, Calif. Hull Named Preseason All-American Navy sophomore attackman Tucker Hull has been named a Preseason Honorable Mention All-American by Inside Lacrosse s 2012 Face-Off Yearbook. Fifteen players were named to each of the top three teams while 43 players comprised the honorable mention squad. Named the 2011 Patriot League Rookie of the Year, Hull enjoyed a spectacular rookie campaign as Navy's leading scorer, along will fellow freshman Sam Jones. Ironically, Hull and Jones ended their first season at Navy with identical stats - a team-high 23 goals to go along with 15 assists for 38 points. Remarkably the dynamic duo also paced the Mids in Patriot League play with 20 points. Hull turned in a team-best 13 goals in conference action to complement his seven assists. He was also responsible for five extra-man goals over the course of the year and punched in the Mids' first man-down goal since Joe Lennon scored against Army on April 12, Tied as the third-best point producer among the nation's freshmen, he averaged 2.92 points per game. In fact, Hull produced a point in 12 of the 13 games, with Hopkins being the lone team to keep him off the stat sheet in One of just 11 players in program history to score 20 or more goals in his rookie campaign, Hull turned in the sixth-most goals in school history with 23. It's the most goals by a Navy freshman since Nick Mirabito finished the 2005 season with 27. Meanwhile, his 15 assists this season are tied as the seventh most in school history by a freshman and the most since Ian Dingman dealt out 17 in Finally, his 38 points are tied as the fourth most by a plebe in Navy history, registering the most since Dingman's 40-point performance in With both Hull and Jones posting 23 goals last spring, they became Navy's first rookie tandem to score 20 or more goals in school history. The duo also became the first tandem to each score four goals in a game (not the same game) as rookies. West Climbs Navy FO Leader Board Navy co-captain Logan West heads into his senior campaign ranked sixth on Navy s all-time career faceoff wins list with he trails fifth-place Mikelis Visgauss ( ) by six and fourth-place Jason Hull ( ) by eight. Additionally, he is 25 wins away from becoming only the fourth player in school history to win 200 or more draws. He finished the 2011 season ranked 24th nationally in faceoff win percentage, winning 52.1 percent of the draws ( ) he took. After winning just 38.5 percent (20-52) of his draws over the first four games, he won 56.6 percent (90-159) of the faceoffs he took in the last nine contests. He faced seven of the top 15-ranked draw specialists over the course of the year - #3 Matt Dolente, Johns Hopkins; #6 Stephen Robarge, VMI; #10 Ryan Snyder, Lehigh; #11 Curtis Holmes, Maryland; #12 R.G. Keenan, North Carolina; #14 John Schiavone, Loyola; #15 Brian Tabb, Georgetown. Moved into 10th on Navy s single season faceoff wins list against Maryland last spring... reached the 100-win mark for the season with a 12-for-21 effort against Army (4-16)... stands seventh on the single-season wins list with 109 and trails sixth-place Mikelis Visgauss (2008) by 17. After winning just one of five draws his plebe year, he grew into Navy s most reliable faceoff specialist as a sophomore... he won 64 of the 130 draws (49.2) he took in Navy Career Faceoff Wins List Chris Pieczonka William Wallace Chris Dingman Jason Hull Mikelis Visgauss Logan West 2009-present Navy Season Faceoff Wins (1995 to present) Chris Pieczonka Max Grant Dan Sullivan Chris Pieczonka William Wallace Mikelis Visgauss Logan West 2011 One-Goal Wonders Navy has played 68 one-goal games (227 games) since the start of the 1996 season, winning just 28 (40.6) of those contests. Among those 68 games, 25 of them have gone into extra minutes with Navy winning 11 (44.0). Over the last four seasons, 22 of the Mids 58 contests have been decided by one goal and Navy has produced wins in nine of the 22. Last spring, the Mids were 0-4 in one-goal decisions, dropping a 9-8 decision at Loyola (2-19), a double-overtime loss at Bucknell (3-7), a 5-4 heart breaker to Colgate and a 9-8 decision at Georgetown... three of the four one-goal losses this season were on the road. Year Gms. Record OT Record Total , , 44.0 navy In the POLLS Navy In the National Polls Date USILA Coaches Nike/IL Media Preseason RV NR By The Numbers Record vs. Teams Ranked in Top Record vs. Teams Ranked in Top Record vs. Teams Ranked in Top Record vs. Teams Ranked in Top Record vs. Teams Ranked in Top Record vs. Teams When Ranked in Top Record vs. Teams When Ranked in Top Record vs. Teams When Ranked in Top Record vs. Teams When Ranked in Top Record vs. Teams When Ranked in Top *** Rankings began in 1973 Navy s Record Against... Rk Record Last Game 1-21 L 8-9 at J. Hopkins (OT) L 5-14 Johns Hopkins L 5-14 at Duke L 9-11 at Maryland W 19-9 North Carolina L 8-9 at North Carolina L 4-10 Maryland W 10-4 Maryland L 7-15 Johns Hopkins W UMBC L 7-8 Maryland (2OT) L 8-10 at N. Carolina L Georgetown (OT) L 8-9 at Loyola L 9-15 at Lafayette W 6-4 at Bucknell L 9-14 Army W 11-4 at UMBC W 8-6 #19 Ohio State L 9-12 Ohio State W 9-3 Ohio State W 11-5 at Army All-Time Record (45.1) Navy s Record When Ranked... Rk Record Last Game L 8-7 at Bucknell (OT) L 10-8 vs. #6 Virginia L 10-9 at #7 Georgetown W 12-2 vs. Holy Cross L 6-9 at #17 Army W 11-3 at #14 N. Carolina W 8-3 at Colgate L 8-9 at #6 N. Carolina L 5-12 #7 Johns Hopkins L 7-8 #15 Loyola (OT) L 5-14 at #3 Duke W 8-4 Army L 4-10 #4 Johns Hopkins L 9-10 Colgate L 4-11 #4 N Carolina L 8-15 at #15 Lafayette W 12-6 at #22 Army L 11-8 at #9 Mass W 11-5 #3 Georgetown All-Time Record (60.0) Page 6

7 Plenty of Goals to Go Around The Mids averaged 9.08 goals per game a year ago, the program s best scoring average since the 2007 squad averaged goals (165 G, 15 Gms). Navy s starting attack accounted for 56 of the team s 118 goals (47.5), while the starting midfield contributed 39 goals (33.1)... the starters as a whole were responsible for 92 goals (81.4). Navy returns six of its top seven scorers off last year s team, including its top two. The loss of Andy Warner will be felt in the play-making duties as he dealt out a teamhigh 21 assists. Navy returns 81.4 percent of its goal scoring off last year s team, as the returning players were responsible for 96 of the 118 goals. Warner registered 12 of the remaining 22 goals. Fourteen different players scored at least one goal for the Mids in 2011, including returning starting attackmen Tucker Hull and Sam Jones who paced the Mids with 23 goals apiece. Hull and Jones are among only 11 players at Navy to have scored 20 or more goals as freshmen... additionally, it s the first rookie tandem to score 20 or more goals in program history. Navy s Scoring Average Since 2000 Year Gms Goals Avg Wickham Solid Between the Pipes Junior goalkeeper RJ Wickham gained Honorable Mention All-America honors in 2010 after posting the nation s fifth-best save percentage, turning back 59.3 percent of the shots he faced... additionally, he was 11th in goalsagainst average, giving up 8.55 goals per contest... as a team, the Midshipmen were ranked No. 6 in saves per game, stopping shots on goal. Named the Patriot League s Goalkeeper of the Year, perhaps his biggest accomplishment was being one of just 26 players nationwide to be named a Tewaaraton Trophy nominee. He finished his sophomore season with 188 saves, reaching double digits in 10 of the 15 games... ranked sixth on Navy s all-time single-season leader board, it s the most saves by a Navy keeper since two-time Kelly Award winner Mickey Jarboe who turned away 215 shots in A starter in every game he has played over the last three years ( in 2009, 15 in 2010, 13 in 2011). Broke into the top 10 on Navy s career saves list following a 10-save effort against Maryland (4-8)... with 338 saves, he is 17 stops shy of tying ninth-place Louis Brown, who amassed 355 saves from Navy s leader in ground balls as a sophomore and turned in the second most a year ago... owns 119-career grounders (15 in 09, 60 in 10 and 44 in 11). Navy Career Saves List Mickey Jarboe Jeff Johnson Kevin Farrington Joe Donnelly Garrett Luebker Bill Mueller Scott Bartkowski Matt Russell Louis Brown RJ Wickham 2009-present Department of Defense Since 2000, Navy s defense has been ranked among the top four nine times and No. 1 four times. Navy, however, struggled on defense last spring, surrendering 125 goals (9.62 goals/game) in its 13 contests... it was Navy s highest GAA since the 1998 season when the Mids surrendered 133 goals in 13 games for a GAA. The Mids finished the 2011 campaign ranked 38th out of 60 teams in scoring defense and 36th in man down defense (67.5). There were some defensive highlights spread throughout the season, however, including playing a stellar game against Lafayette. The Mids held the Leopards scoreless for better than 18 minutes to open the game on an 8-0 run and later held Lafayette without a goal for more than 22 minutes. Navy also held Holy Cross to just three goals en route to a win... it was the lowest goal output by a Navy opponent since the Crusaders three-goal performance against the Mids last spring. The Mids held Colgate to just five goals... the Raiders didn t score in the first 14-plus minutes and were without a goal over the final 19:30. The Mids have held 24 of their last 60 opponents to seven or fewer goals, winning 34 of their last 36 when achieving that feat (since 00)... the 32-game streak was snapped on April 17, 2010, when Army scored a 7-6 win over the Mids in Baltimore... Colgate dealt Navy a blow by earning a 5-4 win over the Mids on March 26, Navy has lost just 15 games when holding foes to nine or fewer goals since 2004, posting a mark (82.1)... twice in 2005, four times in 06, once in 07, once in 08, twice in 09, twice in 10 and three times in 11. The Mids gave up double-figure goals in seven of their 13 contests in 2011, losing five of the six... Navy s opponents haven t reached the double-digit mark that often since 2003 when Navy gave up 10 or more goals six times... remarkably, the Mids were 3-3 in those games. Navy s defense has given up double-figure goals just 25 times in its last 90 games (2006-present), 27 times in the last 106 (2005-present) and 31 times (Ohio State, Army, Johns Hopkins and Syracuse in 04; Georgetown and Virginia in 05; Army 06; Colgate, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and North Carolina in 07; Georgetown, Johns Hopkins-twice and Colgate in 08; Colgate, Johns Hopkins and Duke in 09; North Carolina, Lafayette, Towson, Georgetown, Maryland and Army-PL Tourney in 10; North Carolina, Lehigh, Bucknell, Towson, Maryland, Army and Johns Hopkins in 11) in the last 124 games (2004-present). Dating back to 2003, Navy had won 45-straight games when holding its foes to five or fewer goals... however that streak was snapped on March 26, 2011, by Colgate in a 5-4 win over the Mids. Since 04, Navy has held 49 of its 124 opponents to 25 or fewer shots and is 41-8 (Ohio State 04, Colgate 06, Maryland 07, Army 08, Johns Hopkins 08-twice, Colgate 09, Army 11). Navy In the NCAA Statistics Yr. Rank GAA #Gm Goals Allowed nmc memorial StAdIum Navy s record at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium since 2004 Year Overall Pct. PL Pct Total gm vs. VMI played at Rip Miller Field Navy Date Opponent Result Rk #20 Ohio State L * Bucknell W * Hobart W * Lehigh W * Holy Cross W #1 Johns Hopkins (OT) L Colgate W #19 Hobart W = #13 Penn W #7 North Carolina W * Lafayette W #7 Georgetown L #6 Maryland W * #4 Army W 12-9 T Lehigh W #9 Army W = #16 Delaware W #21 Ohio State W * Lafayette W * Lehigh W * Holy Cross W #5 Georgetown L #12 Johns Hopkins L Saint Joseph s W #5 North Carolina W Canisius W * Colgate W #11 Maryland (2OT) L * Army W Army W Colgate W VMI W Mount St. Mary s W * Lehigh W * #12 Bucknell (OT) W #4 Georgetown (OT) L #7 Johns Hopkins L = #4 Johns Hopkins L VMI W #19 Ohio State W * Lafayette W * Colgate L #8 Maryland W #15 Loyola (OT) L #4 North Carolina L * #13 Bucknell (OT) W 8-7 RV * Holy Cross W 12-3 RV #13 Georgetown (OT) L RV #17 Johns Hopkins (OT) W 9-8 NR VMI W 14-8 RV * Lafayette W 15-6 NR Towson W NR * Colgate L 4-5 NR #7 Maryland L 4-10 NR * #17 Army L 9-14 NR * - Patriot League game; + - Patriot League Tournament game; = - NCAA Tournament game Page 7

8 National Leader Board The Mids finished the 2011 campaign ranked among the top 20 in two categories and in the top 25 in three. Anchored by Harrison Chaires team-high seven extraman goals, the Mids topped out at 20th in the country in extra-man offense, scoring on 51.8 percent of their chances. On the flip side, however, Navy was ranked 20th out of 60 in caused turnovers. The Mids were reliable in keeping the ball in their sticks, ranking 21st in turnovers per game, averaging 15.5 per outing. Navy in the NCAA Rankings (out of 60) Statistic Rk Avg. Extra-Man Offense Caused Turnovers Per Game Turnovers Per Game Assists Per Game Shot % Points Per Game Man-Down Defense Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Ground Balls Per Game Faceoff % Win % Saves Per Game Patriot League Success Since joining the Patriot League in 2004, Navy is (79.0) against conference members, which includes an 11-2 mark in the Patriot League Tournament. The Mids have lost regular-season contests to... Army (3) 2008, 10, 11 Bucknell (3) 2005, 09, 11 Colgate (3) 2006, 09, 11 Lafayette (1) 2010 Lehigh (1) and dropped the program s first Patriot League Tournament contest at the 2008 semifinals against eventual champion Colgate and its second to Army in the 2010 championship contest. Ten of the 13 losses were in games played either at the opponent s field or at a neutral site. Navy owns a 26-3 record at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium against Patriot League competition since joining the conference... the Mids are 20-3 during the regular season - dropping a 10-9 decision to Colgate in 2009, a 5-4 loss to the Raiders in 2011 and a 14-9 decision to arch rival Army in 11 - and 6-0 in the conference tournament. The Mids have produced undefeated marks in conference action twice, 7-0 in 2004 and 6-0 in 07. Navy has won at least a share of the Patriot League regular-season title in five ( ) of the seven years it has been a member of the league. Additionally, the Mids have claimed the league s tournament crown five times ( ). 31 different Midshipmen have garnered All-Patriot League recognition, while 19 of the 31 have earned honors multiple times. In 2008, three-time All-American Jordan DiNola was selected as the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year... though Navy has fielded the nation s top-ranked scoring defense five times since joining the league, Di- Nola was the first Mid to be named the league s top defensive player. All In the Family Over the years, Navy has seen several sets of brothers walk through the gates of the Academy. Some of those brother tandems have been simultaneous, like the Looneys (Brendan 04, Steve 06, Billy 07) and the Lennons (Clipper 05, Bobby 09, Joe 10)... while others, like Shane ( 09) and Pat Durkin ( 14) or Bruce ( 09) and Tyler Nechanicky ( 14), just missed playing alongside one another. This year s team features a young man who is a thirdgeneration player... sophomore attackman Sam Jones father, David, was the co-captain of the 1982 Navy lacrosse team... he was a member of teams that made three trips to the NCAA Tournament, including the 1981 tourney in which Navy was a semifinalist... meanwhile, his grandfather, Jack, was a two-time All-American goalkeeper under the legendary Dinty Moore and was the 1954 recipient of the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Award, which is presented to the nation s top goalkeeper... he also led the Mids to the 1954 USILA National Championship... he is a member of the Class of Additionally, freshman Alex Heyward s grandfather, Shannon, is one of only 36 players in program history to be named an All-American at least three times. The elder Heyward garnered All-America honors in 1955, 56 and 57 On The Road Again Navy will play half of its 12-game slate away from its home venue, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Five of the six are true road games, while the sixth is a neutral site contest against Jacksonville played at Ever- Bank Stadium, the home of the Jacksonville Jaguars on Feb. 19 Last year, Navy produced a 1-6 record in games played away from Annapolis... its lone road victory was an 8-3 decision over Holy Cross on March 19. Four of Navy s first five games of the 2011 campaign were played away from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and unfortunately, the Mids were on the losing end of all four games, including a pair of one-goal decisions to Loyola (2-19) and Bucknell (3-7). The last time Navy played four-consecutive true road games (no neutral sites included) was during the 1995 season... after opening up with a win over UMBC, the Mids played road contests at Washington College (W), at Virginia (L), at Penn (W) and at Duke (L) was Richie Meade s first season as the Mids head coach. Since the beginning of the 2004 campaign, Navy has lost 21 of its 48 true road games (neutral sites not included). The last time the Mids only managed one road win was in Navy defeated Penn in its road opener, but lost at Duke, Delaware, Hofstra and Johns Hopkins... in 1996, the Mids were winless on the road. navy In Ot Overtime, Baby! Navy owns a all-time record in overtime contests. Perhaps no overtime game in school history gained more attention than when Andy Warner etched his name into Naval Academy lore by way of his overtime goal against 17th-ranked Johns Hopkins in 2010, snapping a 36- game losing streak to the Blue Jays... it was the Mids first win over Hopkins since Meanwhile, another overtime thriller saw Navy pull out a 9-8 triple-overtime victory over Colgate in the 2009 Patriot League Tournament Semifinals... middie Joe Lennon scored four goals for the Mids, including the last three... it marked the Mids first overtime win in postseason action, as Navy previously lost NCAA Tournament decisions to Cortland State (2OT) in 1972 and Washington & Lee (3OT) in The Navy win also goes down in the record books as the longest Patriot League Tournament contest. The Mids 8-7 loss against Cornell in 2008 marked the first time in program history that Navy had played an overtime game at a neutral site. All-Time Overtime Games All-Time Overtime Record Home 9-11 Away 7-7 Neutral 1-1 Patriot League Tournament 1-0 NCAA Tournament 0-2 One Overtime Two Overtimes 1-5 Three Overtimes 2-1 Four Overtimes 1-0 Six Overtimes 0-1 Overtime Games (since 2000) at North Carolina (1) L Johns Hopkins (1) L UMBC (1) L at Penn State (1) W at North Carolina (6) L Stony Brook (3) W North Carolina (4) W Georgetown (1) L at North Carolina (1) W Johns Hopkins (1) L at Bucknell (1) L at Johns Hopkins (1) L Maryland (2) L at Ohio State (1) W vs. Cornell (1) L Bucknell (1) W Georgetown (1) L vs. Cornell (3) W Loyola (1) L Bucknell (1) W at Colgate (1) W Georgetown (1) L Johns Hopkins (1) W at Bucknell (2) L (#) - overtime periods Page 8

9 Rick Sowell s Head Coaching Ledger Career Record 86-81, 51.5 (12 Yrs) Navy (1): 0-0, 00.0 Stony Brook (5): 47-26, 64.4 St. John s (2): 6-20, 23.1 Dartmouth (5): 33-35, 48.5 Year School W L Pct Conference Championships / NCAA Tournament 1999 Dartmouth Dartmouth Dartmouth Dartmouth Dartmouth Ivy League Champion (program s first and only), NCAA First Round 2005 St. John s Hired to restart program 2006 St. John s Stony Brook America East Championship Semis 2008 Stony Brook America East Championship Semis 2009 Stony Brook America East Champinship Runner-Up 2010 Stony Brook America East Regular-Season, Tournament Champions NCAA Quarterfinals 2011 Stony Brook American East Regular-Season Champion, Championship Runner-Up 2012 Navy Sowell Vs. The Opponents Opponent Record Navy SB SJ DC Last Meeting Air Force L, 10-5 Albany W, Army L, 9-6 Binghamton W, 12-8 Boston College W, 12-0 Brown W, Bryant W, 13-6 Colgate W, 10-7 Cornell L, 17-9 Delaware W, 14-9 Denver W, 9-7 Drexel L, 12-6 Duke L, 15-7 Fairfield L, 7-2 Georgetown L, 9-5 Hartford L, Harvard L, 12-4 Hobart L, 12-7 Hofstra L, Holy Cross W, Lafayette W, 12-9 Lehigh W, 16-6 Loyola L, 6-5 Marist W, 13-7 Maryland L, 9-4 Massachusetts L, 13-6 UMBC W, 16-5 Ohio State L, Penn W, 7-5 Penn State L, 13-3 Princeton W, 13-6 Quinnipiac W, 20-7 Robert Morris W, 12-3 Rutgers L, 4-3 Sacred Heart W, 10-5 Siena W, St. John s W, 9-4 Syracuse L, Towson L, 9-8 Vermont W, 12-9 Villanova L, 10-5 Virginia L, (OT) Wagner W, 16-4 Yale W, opponents in italics Milestone Wins # Date Opponent Score Site Head Coach at Holy Cross Worcester, Mass. Dartmouth Vermont 7-3 Hanover, N.H. Dartmouth Lafayette 12-8 Stony Brook, N.Y. Stony Brook Albany 11-7 Stony Brook, N.Y. Stony Brook more On SOwELL On June 9, 2011, Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk introduced Rick Sowell, a man who has been involved with rebuilding programs at Georgetown, Dartmouth, St. John's and Stony Brook, as the Naval Academy's eighth head men's lacrosse coach in its 100- plus year storied history. Sowell compiled a (.644) record in five seasons at Stony Brook and was named the America East Coach of the Year in each of the last two seasons as he guided the Seawolves to back-toback America East regular-season titles ( ). Stony Brook finished the 2011 campaign with a 10-4 mark, including a 5-0 record in conference play. The Seawolves just missed a second-consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament when they lost in the America East Championship Game by a goal. In 2010, Sowell led Stony Brook to the program's first America East regular-season title, a school-record 13 wins, a No. 6 national ranking and a 9-7 victory over Denver in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Seawolves were just a game away from advancing to the school's first-ever final four, narrowly losing in to Virginia in the quarterfinals, Stony Brook had four players earn All-America honors, including Kevin Crowley who was the school's first First-Team All-American and was named the USILA Player of the Year. Sowell, who was an assistant coach for the gold-medal winning Team USA at the 2010 World Championships in England, led Stony Brook to a 9-6 record in 2009 and a final ranking of No. 20 in the country. It marked the school's first end-of-the-season national ranking. Stony Brook finished 4-1 in America East and stood as the regular season co-champions. Prior to Stony Brook, Sowell was tapped to head the rebirth of the St. John's lacrosse program that had been dormant since Sowell had just one season to recruit before the Red Storm took the field in Sowell was the head coach at Dartmouth from and revived the Big Green program, taking the team from last place in the Ivy League to first. In his final season at Dartmouth in 2003, Sowell's squad posted an 11-3 record and won the Ivy League with a 5-1 record. It was Dartmouth's first Ivy League title since 1965 and just the third Ivy League title in school history. During the title run, the Big Green upset No. 2 Princeton marking the first time that Dartmouth had won at Princeton since Sowell was also named the NEILA Coach of the Year that season. Sowell served as an assistant at Georgetown from where the Hoyas grew from an also-ran to a national contender. In 1998, the Hoyas finished 10-5 overall and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA's. Sowell's coaching career began at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., where he helped guide the Shoremen to the NCAA Division III national title game in 1986 and the semifinal round in Before dedicating his life to coaching, Sowell played lacrosse at all levels. He began his college career in 1982 at the State University of New York before transferring to Washington College prior to the 1984 season. At Washington College, Sowell was named the 1985 Division III National Midfielder of the Year and was also a two-time All-American. He helped lead Washington College to the Division III national championship game twice. In Sowell's senior campaign he was team captain and earned the Dr. Charles B. Clark MVP Award. His 45 goals and 14 assists earned him Division III First- Team All-America honors and an invitation to participate in the annual North-South All-Star Game. Sowell spent five years with the Baltimore Thunder of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL), where he was a first-team all-pro selection three times. Sowell graduated from Washington College in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in history. He was inducted into the Washington College Hall of Fame in Sowell, and his wife, Catherine, have two daughters, Kennady and Avery. Page 9