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Lanning Faces Off

The top name on the midfield is
Ron Lanning, another in the long
line of top-notch Middle faceoff
men. Navy will run three midfield
units throughout the game.

In addition to the wins over
Princeton and Washington and Lee,
the Midshipmen have topped Yale
and Harvard by identical 8-4 scores.

The Cavalier attack of Jay
Connor, Rick Beach, and Tom
Duquette will take on the job of
trying to crack the Navy defense.
The trio has accounted for 43 of
the Cavalier goals and 27 of the
team's 48 assists to this point.
Connor is currently the scoring
leader with 16 goals and 14 assists.

The Cavaliers have never beaten
the Midshipmen at home, although
they came very close two years ago,
losing a heart breaker in the final
minutes. The series between the
two teams stands at 2-20-0 on
Navy's favor. The last time the
Cavaliers beat Navy was in 1958
when they squeaked out a 15-14
overtime win.