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Men to face Cornell & Yale at 12 Noon, women's meet at 2:30 p.m.

	Scott Terry

Jan. 10, 2008

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy swimming and diving teams will play host to their counterparts from Cornell and Yale Saturday afternoon in Lejeune Hall. The men's meet between the programs is slated to begin at 12 Noon, with the three women's teams taking to the pool starting at 2:30 p.m.

The Navy men's team will look to bounce back from last week's 176-124 loss to Harvard, the first setback of the year for the Mids (11-1). Navy athletes tallied six victories on the day, which included Jon Galinski (Jr., Phoenix, Md.) winning both diving events and Adam Meyer (So., Bethesda, Md.) winning the 200 fly and 400 individual medley races. His time of 4:24.29 in the latter event set a new Navy metric pool record.

Cornell brings a 3-2 record to Annapolis, while Yale has won both of its two dual meets to date. The Mids lost to both the Big Red (218.5-81.5) and the Bulldogs (211.5-88.5) last year when the meet was held at Yale. Additionally, Cornell recorded a 173-127 victory over Yale a year ago.

"Both Cornell and Yale are very strong this season," said Navy men's swimming head coach Bill Roberts. "We are going to have to be very good if we expect to be in this meet."

Saturday's meet will be the first for the Navy women's team since its victory over Army at the end of November. The win over the Black Knights improved Navy's record to 11-0 on the year.

Cornell has compiled a 2-3 record this season, while Yale has split its two dual meets of the campaign.

The Mids posted a 241-159 victory over Cornell last year and dropped a narrow 163-137 decision to Yale. The meet was rounded out by the Bulldogs posting a 238-62 win over the Big Red.

"This will be a good test for us to begin the new calendar year with," said Navy women's swimming head coach John Morrison. "Yale is a very good team and though Cornell is young, they have put up fast times this year. We have been training consistently well recently, so I expect strong performances from everyone on the team."