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12/8/2003 - Men's Water Polo
Navy's Donahue & Ratcliffe Named to NCAA Water Polo All-Tournament Team

Alex Ratcliffe

Joe Donahue

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Navy water polo's Joe Donahue (Sr./Annapolis, Md.) and Alex Ratcliffe (So./Coronado, Calif.) were named to the NCAA Water Polo All-Tournament Second-Team at the conclusion of the NCAA Final Four Sunday evening.

Navy (25-8) battled to a fourth-place finish at the tournament this past weekend. The Mids fell to eventual national champion USC, 10-6, in the opening game before dropping a hard-fought 10-7 game to Loyola Marymount yesterday.

Donahue led the Mids with three goals and tallied an assist against LMU. Ratcliffe scored a goal and had an assist against USC, while netting two goals with an assist versus the Lions.

"I think it's a well deserving honor for both Joe and Alex that was made possible by a collective team effort," Navy head coach Mike Schofield said. "I think that's the most lasting impression this group made on me this year."

NCAA All-Tournament

First Team

Juraj Zatovic (USC)

Tony Azevedo (Stanford)

Mike Derse (Stanford)

Peter Varellas (Stanford)

Endre Rex-Kiss (LMU)

Goalie - Bozidar Damjanovic (USC)

Second Team

James Shin (USC)

Gadi Hadar (USC)

Thomas Hopkins (Stanford)

Tamas Szego (LMU)

Joe Donahue (Navy)

Alex Ratcliffe (Navy)

Goalie - Chad Taylor (Stanford)

Co-Most Valuable Players: Bozidar Damjanovic (USC) & Tony Azevedo (Stanford)