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Dec. 6, 2007

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - The Navy women's track & field team has been picked to repeat its second-place finish at this year's Patriot League Championship, it was announced in the league's preseason poll on Wednesday night.

The Midshipmen, who return 26 letterwinners and four league champions from a year ago, are aiming for their first league title since the 2001 season. The Mids have performed well in each of the past-eight Patriot League Championships, as they have not finished below third at any time. Last season, Navy placed second in the league championship.

Bucknell was tabbed to win its seventh-straight league crown, as the Bison accumulated 92 points and 10 first-place ballots from the league's coaches and sports information contacts. Navy collected the other six first-place votes and 88 points to land in a very close second.

Army came in third with its 76 points, followed by Lafayette's 61 points, Lehigh's 51 points, Colgate and Holy Cross's 32 points and American's 18 points.

Navy kicked off its 2007-08 indoor slate with a pair of dual-meet victories in Annapolis on Tuesday night. The Midshipmen defeated league foe American, 264-66, and Mount St. Mary's, 246-118, to open the year with a 2-0 record. Navy has won 47-straight regular season dual-meets, spanning back to the end of the 2004-05 indoor season.

The Midshipmen will be off during final exams and the semester break before returning to action on Jan. 4 with the World Pole Vault Summit Championship in Reno, Nev., and the UMES Invitational in Princess Anne, Md.