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Ben Mantica Class: Junior Hometown: Binghamton, N.Y. High School: Binghamton

Dawson on Mantica -- "Ben will be counted on again this season to win matches. He is a serious player who loves to compete. His game will go to the next level this year."

2007-08 -- Put together a strong sophomore campaign that ended with a 17-9 record ... played mostly between No. 4 and 5 on the ladder ... opened the year by winning seven of the first eight matches on the sked, dropping a three-gamer to highly-ranked Western Ontario ... picked up a strong 9-2, 9-0, 9-0 win over Denison's Mike McDonald ... earned a 3-2 victory over Rochester's Edwin Goncharuk during the regular season ... down 2-1, he came back to win games four (9-3) and five (9-6) to take the match win over Goncharuk on the road ... swept Franklin & Marshall's Seth Cruice, 9-7, 9-1, 9-1, to help lead the Mids to a 6-3 match win over the Diplomats ... behind a 3-1 victory over Raymond Carta, he helped anchor a Navy win over Bowdoin in the opening round of the CSA Team Champinship ... dropped a five-game heartbreaker against Cornell's Dillon Aldrich in at the team tournament.

2006-07 -- One of seven players on the Navy roster that topped 20 wins a year ago ... in his rookie campaign, Mantica turned in a 22-8 record, primarily seeing action as Navy's No. 6 player on the ladder ... opened his collegiate campaign by winning his first seven matches, all three-game sweeps ... claimed wins in 11 of his last 13 competitions, including wins against Brown's Patrick Davis (3-0) and Bates' Chip Russell (3-2) at the CSA Team Championship ... his win over Russell was particularly important considering he dropped a five-game against him during the regular season ... earned a five-game win over Franklin & Marshall's Edward Bryan en route to leading the Mids to a 6-3 team win ... defeated Amherst's Andrew Kriete in four games to help the Mids earn their first win over the Lord Jeffs since their 7-2 victory on Dec. 4, 1991.

High School -- A 2006 graduate of Binghamton High School, Mantica was a four-year tennis letterwinner ... in addition, he garnered one letter in football ... he was named to the All-Metro tennis team in 2006.

Personal -- Full name is Benjamin Samuel Mantica ... son of Robert and Sarah Mantica ... born Sept. 4, 1987, in Pittsburgh, Pa ... majoring in History ... a three-time member of the Commandant's List ... also named to the Superintendent's List last spring after producing a 3.63 semester GPA ... since the beginning of his freshman year, has improved nearly 400 spots in his class in military order of merit.

Career Record: 39-17
`06-07: 22-8 | `07-08: 17-9