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9/2/2001 - Men's Water Polo
Navy Water Polo Defeats Massachusetts to Capture Labor Day Open

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy water polo team captured the Navy Labor Day Open for the second-consecutive year with an 8-6 victory over Massachusetts in the championship game Sunday afternoon at Lejeune Hall.

"The team played great all weekend, and I am was really pleased," Navy head coach Mike Schofield said. "What saved us today, outside of the first-two possessions of the game when we lost our minds, was our defense. It kept us in the game when we were really struggling on offense. Both goalies (Nick Hill - first half and Cody Acuna - second half) played great. We are blessed to have two great goalies. It is a big advantage, especially early in the year, to bring in a fresh goalie."

Navy fell behind 2-0 early in the first quarter to the Minutemen before Adrian Rawn (Jr./Greenwich, Conn.) tied the game at 3-3 at the 6:10 mark of the third quarter. UMass then took a 4-3 lead in the third, but Rawn, Patrick Rollo (Fr./Palos Verdes, Calif.) and Tim Fox (So./La Jolla, Calif.) scored the next three goals to give the Mids a 6-4 advantage.

With 2:35 remaining in the game, Carlos Ramos' goal cut Navy's lead to 7-6, however Brendan Naeve's (Sr./La Canada, Calif.) goal with 21 seconds left sealed the win for the Mids.

In the semifinals, Navy jumped out to a 5-0 lead against Queens and never looked back en route to a 10-6 victory.

The Navy "B" squad defeated Grove City, 21-7, but dropped a narrow 9-8 decision to the Navy Aquatic Club in the 13th-place game.

Navy returns to action Sept. 15 at 2:30 p.m., when the Mids take on UC Santa Barbara in the Southern California Tournament.

Saturday, September 1
Macdonough Hall                                						Lejeune Hall
G1 U. of Puerto Rico (13)	v	George Washington (4) 		G2 Queens (13)		v	Navy "B" (6)
G3 Bucknell (12)		v	Boston College (4)		G4 Massachusetts (12)	v	Navy AC (4)
G5 Johns Hopkins (12)		v	MIT (5)				G6 St. Francis (N.Y.) (19)	v	Slippery Rock (8)
G7 Iona (17)			v	Grove City	 (7)		G8 Navy "A" (21)		v	USMMA (5)
G9 George Washington (11)	v 	Navy "B" (9)			G10 U. of Puerto Rico (11)	v 	Queens (12)
G11 Boston College (10)		v	Navy AC (8)			G12 Bucknell (5)		v	Massachusetts (11)
G13 MIT (10)			v	Slippery Rock (9)		G14 Johns Hopkins (5)	v	St. Francis (N.Y.) (13)
G15 Grove City (8)		v 	USMMA (19)			G16  Iona (7)		v	Navy "A" (12)
Sunday, September 2
Macdonough Hall                               						Lejeune Hall
G17 Navy "B" (21)		v	Grove City (7)			G18 Navy AC (7)		v	Slippery Rock (6)
G19 Massachusetts (9) 		v	St. Francis (N.Y.) (4)     	G20 Queens (6)	 	v	Navy "A" (10)
G21 Bucknell (5)		v	Johns Hopkins (7)	           G22 Puerto Rico (9) 		v	Iona (12)
G23 George Washington (8)	v	USMMA (3)			G24 Boston College (4)	v	MIT (6)
G25  St. Francis (N.Y.) (7)  	v 	Queens (6)  (3rd)		G26 Navy "A" (8) 		v 	UMass (6) (1st)
G27  Bucknell (19)      	v 	U. of Puerto Rico (12)  (7th)     G28 Johns Hopkins (11)	 v 	Iona (13) (5th)
G29  USMMA (8)    		v 	Boston College (6) (11th)	G30 George Washington (9) 	v 	MIT (7) (9th)
G31  Grove City (2)     	v 	Slippery Rock (15)  (15th)    	G32  Navy "B" (8)	 	v 	Navy AC (9) (13th)