<p>21 Wins and Counting The Mids’ 21 wins are a program record … the previous record of 17 was set in 1998 and matched in '03. Navy owned the nation’s longest winning streak with 19-consecutive victories before Bucknell handed the Mids their first blemish of the season on Oct. 29. Navy was the only team, men or women, that had not been beaten or tied heading into the last weekend of regular-season play. </p>
<p>On the Move Meggie Curran needs … nine points to become Navy’s all-time points leader two goals to become only the fourth player in program history to reach 40 goals for her career. one point to become only the second player in school history to reach 40 points in a season seven points to set Navy’s single-season points record three goals to set Navy’s single-season goals record seven assists to set the Patriot League career assists record five assists to set the Patriot League single-season assists record Molly Burd needs … two assists to join Navy’s career assists top 10 list five assists to tie teammate Meggie Curran’s record for most single-season assists… Cassie Barbaresi needs … two assists to tie teammate Meggie Curran’s record for most single-season assists. seven assists to set the Patriot League single-season assists record Lizzie Barnes needs … one save to become one of only five different Navy keepers to post 70 saves in a season four saves to move into seventh on Navy’s single- season saves list 12 in a Row Navy is one of just 12 programs in the country to produce 10-plus wins in each of the last 12 years. The others in order of wins are: North Carolina (282), Notre Dame (248), Penn State (223), Santa Clara (221), Portland (216), Connecticut (214), Texas A&M (212), Florida (210), UCLA (209), Virginia (164) and Stanford (160). The Mids have three more wins that Stanford with 163, and trail Virginia by just one. </p>
<p>Beating the Best Navy’s 1-0 win over ninth-ranked Penn State on Oct. 26 marked the program’s first win over a ranked team. Sophomore Kristen Laraway’s shot in the 80th minute sailed past the outstretched arms of the Nittany Lions’ keeper to give the Mids the go-ahead goal. The Mids own a 1-8 all-time record against ranked opponents. Navy has played at least one ranked opponent in each of the last four seasons, including Penn State each of those years. The highest ranked opponent the Mids have played is No. 1-ranked North Carolina in 2003 … Navy held the Tar Heels scoreless until the 73rd minute when Jordan Walker scored her first goal of the season. </p>
<p>No OT for the Mids Navy has not played an overtime game since Sept. 11, 2005, when the Mids tied Seton Hall, 2-2 (2OT). The Mids have played an overtime game in 12 of their 14 seasons … in 1993, Navy played a partial seven-game Div. I schedule and did not play an OT game. Navy owns a 12-9-16 record in overtime contests and has been forced into 15 double OT games. </p>
<p>Goals Galore Navy owns a +313 goal differential in its 14-year history … the Mids have outscored their foes, 608-295. This season, Navy has outscored its opponents 70-5. For just the second time in program history, Navy has held its foes to single-digit goals for the entire season … in 2002, the Mids surrendered just eight goals. </p>
<p>On the Road Navy owns an all-time record of 72-53-8 (.571) in games played away from Annapolis … Navy is 7-0 this fall. The Mids are 55-42-8 (.562) in true road games, including 4-0 this season. Navy owns a 17-11-0 record in neutral site match-ups, including a 3-0 mark in '06. Navy has played 139 home games in its history to 133 road/neutral site contests. </p>
<p>Midshipmen HOnored by the League Four Midshipmen garnered major awards at the Patriot League Women’s Soccer Banquet on Nov. 2, while 14th-year Navy head coach Carin Gabarra was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year. Senior Meggie Curran was named the offensive player of the year, freshman Shelly Moeller shared the defensive player-of-the-year award , sophomore Lizzie Barnes was the goalkeeper of the year and midfielder Cassie Barbaresi was the co-rookie of the year. In addition to the major award winners, nine Mids earned All-Patriot League kudos. Navy’s first-team members included Barbaresi, Barnes, Curran, Moeller, Lauren Bresnahan and Brigitte Fox. Kristi Coonfare, Julie Reynolds and Brittany White were named to the second team. Navy topped the list of 2006 selections with nine, including six first-teamers … the last time six Mids earned first-team recognition was in 1998. Eight of Navy’s nine all-league picks were first-time winners, including four freshmen … the last time a Navy rookie earned All-Patriot League kudos was in 2001 when Xochitl Piedra was a second-team selection and was named the co-rookie of the year. It’s the most Navy freshmen to earn postseason recognition since 1996 when Shannon Filbin, Michelle Nance and Kristen Riismandel were honored. </p>
<p>Mids Earn Academic Accolades Lizzie Barnes, Kari Weniger and Carmen Myers were named to the CoSIDA Women’s Soccer Academic All-District II team on Nov. 2. All three players are first-time academic all-district honorees. The CoSIDA Women’s Soccer Academic All-District II team is comprised of 22 players, 11 each on the first and second teams, honoring academic and athletic achievements from institutions in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The 11 first-team honorees, which includes Barnes and Weniger, will go on to be listed on the national ballot. Barnes owns a 3.68 GPA in information technology, Weniger boasts a 3.96 GPA in ocean engineering and Carmen Myers has a 3.60 GPA in systems engineering. Patriot League Tournament Odds & Ends The second-seeded Midshipmen earned their 10th appearance in the Patriot League Tournament and their second Patriot League Tournament title. Navy did not qualify in 2004 and '05 after claiming the program’s first Patriot League Tournament title in 2003. Navy was the No. 2 seed for the third time in league history … the last time the Mids were seeded second, they won the tournament crown (2003) Navy has advanced to the championship game in six of its 10 Patriot League Tournament appearances. Of the 24 players on Navy’s varsity roster, only the four seniors had played in a Patriot League Tournament game prior to this season. In the 16 Patriot League Tournaments played, the No. 1 seed has won only five times and once in the last six years (Colgate in 2004) … the No. 2 seed has won seven times, the third seed has won twice and last season Bucknell won the tourney as the No. 4 seed. Navy has scored a goal in each of its last eight Patriot League Tournament contests … the last time the Mids did not score in the tournament was in 1999, when Colgate shut out Navy, 2-0, in the championship game. </p>
<p>Recapping Navy’s PL Championship Win A goal in the eighth minute by freshman Shelly Moeller led Navy to its second Patriot League Tournament title with a 1-0 victory over fourth-seeded Colgate in Lewisburg, Pa. on Nov. 5. The Mids scored on their first shot of the afternoon, with all-time assists leader Meggie Curran setting up the goal on a free kick from 20 yards out on th left sideline … Curran sent the ball to the opposite post where Moeller, the 2006 Patriot League Co-Defensive Player of the Year, drove in her eight goal of the year and her second game-winner of the Patriot League Tournament. Colgate put its first shot on goal with 12 minutes remaining on a Josie Johnson shot that was stopped by Navy keeper Lizzie Barnes … the deflection was then shot wide right by Kelly Niland. Navy sophomore Kristen Laraway saw a pair of second-half shots turned away … in the 70th minute, her shot was headed out of the goal by Kathleen Head … four minutes later, she crossed over her defender and shot left where Raiders’ keeper Carly Sousa stretched out to save the ball from rolling in. Colgate took back-to-back corners in the final 13 minutes, the second resulting in a ping-pong match between the two teams before the Raiders’ Jackie Burch finally got a foot on it and sent a shot off the cross bar … Johnson’s follow-up shut sailed wide right. </p>
<p>Recapping Navy’s PL Semifinal Win Rookie defender Shelly Moeller broke a scoreless tie in the 62nd minute to lead second-seeded Navy to a 2-0 victory over third-seeded Lehigh. Navy was held to just one shot in the opening half, a header by Patriot League Co-Rookie of the Year Cassie Barbaresi that bounced off the cross bar. Lehigh nearly put a goal on the board five minutes into the second half when Melissa Montalvo took a shot from 15 yards out on the left side of the box, but was denied by Lizzie Barnes’ diving save. At the 61:31 mark, Barbaresi set up Navy’s corner from the left side, sending the ball to the middle of the box where Moeller made contact and headed in her seventh goal of the season and gave Navy a 1-0 lead. Ten minutes later, teammates CiAnna Weikle and Kari Weniger worked together to serve forward Kristen Laraway in the box … Laraway misdirected her defender and crossed over to shoot over the right shoulder of the Lehigh keeper to give Navy its final 2-0 decision.</p>