NCAA Basketball: Navy at Army Men’s and Women’s Games
20 February 2010: The Navy Midshipmen defeated the Army Black Knights 54-48 in the women’s game while the The Navy Midshipmen lost to the Army Black Knights 69-50 during the men’s game. Both games were held at Crystl Arena in West Point , New York.
NCAA MBKB: Michigan State at Penn State
13 February 2010: Photos taken during action in the Michigan State at Penn State men’s basketball game held at Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions fell to the Spartans 65-54. Mandatory Credit: Alex Cena / Southcreek Global
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NCAA Gymnastics: Alabama & Minnesota at Penn State
30 January 2010: Action photos taken during the Alabama Crimson Tide and Minnesota Gophers at Penn State Nittany Lions women’s gymanstics meet held at the Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania. No. 1 Alabama took first with a 196.600, the 19th ranked Nittany Lions placed second with a season-high 196.025 and No. 23 Minnesota took third with a 192.850.
Photos by Alex Cena / Southcreek Global
Gymnastics is very difficult to photograph in many venues because you cannot use strobes to both freeze the action and get clear photos as well as the added benefit of darkening the background to make it look less cluttered. These were all shot at ISO 6400 with a Canon Mark IV set to a shutter speed of 1/1000th of a second with an aperture of f/4. Though some were taken with a Canon Mark III at ISO 3200 1/800th of a second f/3.2 Also, it was difficult to get a clean background because there were three events going on simultaneously and there was something busy at every angle. It would’ve been perfect if the hall was not so evenly lit. If the floor was lit evenly and the seats lit less (i.e. a stop preferably two), then I could’ve photographed the gymnasts and have the background go dark to black. The entire image gallery can be viewed by going to Southcreek Global.
NCAA Women’s Basketball: Illinois at Penn State
NCAA: Cornell, Yale and Iowa at Penn State Gymnastics
23 January 2010: Action images taken during the Cornell, Yale and Iowa at Penn State Women’s Gymnastics competition held at the Rec Hall in State College, Pennsylvania.
NCAA Women’s Basketball: Indiana at Penn State
January 11, 2009: Game action in the Penn State Women’s Basketball game held at Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions defeated the Hoosiers 77-71 in overtime.
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NCAA Basketball: Brown at Army
06 January 2010: Game action in the Brown at Army basketball game. Army outscored Brown 26-12 over the final 14 minutes to turn a six-point deficit into a 59-51 victory in men’s basketball action at Christl Arena at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. Photos by Alex Cena / Southcreek Global
NCAA Basketball: New Hampshire at Army
22 December 2009: Army used a 13-0- run to turn a five-point lead into an 18-point advantage en route to a 54-46 victory over New Hampshire (4-5) at the Christl Arena at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. The Black Knights (9-2) have won four straight games overall and seven in a row at West Point.
NCAA Basketball: Mt. St. Vincent at Army Basketball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army broke open a 54-54 tie with an 8-0 run to take a hard-fought 62-56 win over Mount Saint Vincent at Christl Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Black Knights (8-2) and Dolphins (4-3) swapped the lead six times in the second half, before the Black Knights pulled away for its third straight win.
Army won its sixth straight home game, including all five of its appearances this season.
Senior F Cleveland Richard led all players with 17 points, including 10 in the second half. Sophomore GJulian Simmons was also in double figures with 11 points, including a team-high two three-pointers. Senior GJosh Miller led the Black Knights with eight rebounds, five assists and four steals. Senior G Marcus Nelsonblocked three shots, including two on a key defensive stand during the decisive run, to move into second place on Army’s all-time list with 65 career rejections.
The Division III Dolphins stayed in the game with 11 three-pointers (11-34), including four by Dino Johnson and three by Nick DiMaggio. DiMaggio led the team with 13 points, while Johnson added 12 markers. Pat Panetta grabbed a team-high five boards for the Dolphins.
Army shot 45.7 percent for the game and limited Mount Saint Vincent to a 33.9 percent shooting average. The Black Knights held a 16-rebound edge (41-25) and were able to use their superior size to outscore the Dolphins 28-10 in the paint. Army turned the ball over 20 times in the game.
The Black Knights have now won 11 straight games when limiting their opponents to less than 60 points.
Mount Saint Vincent jumped out to an 11-7 advantage on the strength of a 3-for-6 start from three-point range. The Black Knights, playing their first game in a week, started sluggish on the offensive end, hitting just three of their first seven shots and turning the ball over three times in the opening seven minutes.
Army trimmed the Dolphins’ lead to 13-11 with 10:40 to go when junior G Mitch McDonald found junior F Jeremy Hence for a layup, but Mount Saint Vincent answered right back with consecutive three-pointers by Johnson to claim a 19-11 lead with 9:23 left.
Senior C Chris Walker ended a three-minute, 29-second Army scoring drought for the Black Knights to make it 19-13 with 7:11 to go. The basket jumpstarted an 8-0 run with Richard’s three-point play tying the game at 19-19 with 4:46 left in the half.
With the score tied at 23-23, Richard hit back-to-back jumpers to give Army its largest lead of the half at 27-23 with 26 seconds remaining. The Dolphins scored the last points of the half on their sixth three-pointer, this one by DiMaggio, with 11 seconds remaining. Army came up empty on its final possession, sending the Black Knights into the locker room with a 27-26 advantage.
Richard scored a team-high seven points in the opening 20 minutes, while Johnson led the Dolphins with nine points, all on three-pointers.
Army shot 54.5 percent (12-22) in the first half, but was just 1 for 7 from three-point range and turned the ball over 11 times. Mount Saint Vincent hit 37.0 percent (10-27), but made six three-pointers (6-18).
Army started the half on a 5-2 run to extend its lead to 32-28, but the Dolphins drained back-to-back three-pointers to regain a 34-32 advantage with 17:33 to go. After a pair of free throws by Walker, senior G Jon Sizemore’s fastbreak layup off a Dolphin turnover gave the Black Knights a 36-34 lead with 16:38 left. The basket was part of a 6-0 run that pushed the Black Knights back in front 38-34 with 15:52 on the second-half clock.
The Black Knights led 39-38, but the Dolphins struck again from long range when DiMaggio stroked his third of the game to give them a 41-39 lead with 13:33 to go. Army responded with a 7-0 run to take its largest lead at 46-41 with 10:26 remaining. The Dolphins did not fold, however, as Kieran Halton converted a three-point play to cut the Army lead to 46-44 with 10:17 left.
Army led 50-46, but again the Dolphins found the mark from three-point range on a long jumper by Johnson to trim the margin to 50-49 with 7:56 left. The Black Knights led by two points, but another three-pointer, this one by Cunningham gave the Dolphins a one-point lead with 6:17 left.
Richard answered with a three-pointer of his own for the 10th lead change of the game, putting Army back on top 54-52 with 5:57 on the clock. Panetta tied the game for the fifth time with a pair of free throws with 5:10 left. Neither team scored for the next three minutes until Miller followed his own miss with a jumper in the lane that gave the Black Knights a 54-52 lead with 2:08 left. Army did not trail again.
Mount Saint Vincent came up empty on its next possession, and the Black Knights were able to get the rebound and push the ball up the floor. Miller found a streaking Richard for a layup that extended the Army lead to 58-54 with 1:29 remaining.
Nelson went to work on the defensive end, blocking a pair of shots before Army could corral the rebound. Miller hit 1-of-2 free throws to push Army’s lead to 59-54 with 37 seconds left. Army’s defense came through yet again with a steal before Simmons hit two free throws to extend the Army lead to 61-54 with 29 seconds left. Nelson finished Army’s scoring with a free throw to make it a 62-54 game with 21 seconds remaining in the game. Panetta tacked on the final basket of the game to set the final margin.
Army has won 26 straight games against non-Division I opponents since the 1993-94 season.
The Black Knights play their final game before the holiday break on Tuesday, Dec. 22 when they host New Hampshire. Tip-off at Christl Arena is set for 2 p.m.
Game Notes: The Dolphins’ 56 points snapped Army’s two-game streak of holding opponents to less than 50 points … Army is 6-0 when leading at halftime … the Black Knights shot 64.0 percent from the free throw line, stopping a four-game streak of hitting less than 60 percent of their free throws … Army is now 19-5 in its last 24 games when holding the rebounding edge and 11-2 in its last 13 games when holding at least a 10-rebound advantage … Army has outrebounded six of its first 10 opponents after holding the edge only five times in 30 games last season … Army is 8-2 for the first time since the 2006-07 team started 9-2 … Arm is now 17-10 since the start of last season since when Cleveland Richard scores at least 10 points … … Marcus Nelson took his first three-point attempt of the season … Tyrell Thompson missed his sixth straight game with an ankle injury … MSV’s Kieran Halton fouled out with 4:24 left in the second half.
NCAA Football: Army vs Navy
December 12, 2009: Football game between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Navy defeated Army 17-3 for their eighth straight win in the series.
NCAA Volleyball: American at Army Patriot League Championship
November 22, 2009: Volleyball game action at the Patriot League Volleyball Campionship Finals at Gillis Field House in West Point, NY. The Army Black Knights defeated the defending champion American University Eagles 3-0, securing the program’s first-ever bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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NCAA Volleyball: Patriot League Championship Semi-Finals
21 November 2009: Volleyball action at the Patriot League Volleyball Championship Semi-Finals at Gillis Field House in West Point, NY. The Army Black Knights defeated Lehigh 3-0, while the American University Eagles defeated the Colgate Raiders3-0.
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10-31 NCAA Volleyball: Holy Cross at Army
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From Army Press Release on October 31, 2009:
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Freshman OH Ariana Mankus led all players with 15 kills, while junior MB Amanda Rowell and freshman RS Francine Vasquez also landed double-figure kill numbers, as the Army volleyball team extended its win streak to 14 matches with a 3-0 sweep of Holy Cross on Halloween at Gillis Field House.
Truly tested in the second of a three-set affair, the Black Knights won by 25-12, 25-22, 25-16 scores and improved to 22-3 overall and 10-0 in the Patriot League. Vasquez finished with a double-double (10 kills, 11 digs) for a third match in a row, while Rowell led all players with a .526 hitting percentage. Mankus hit .364 and Vasquez managed a .318 mark to compliment a team-high two solo blocks. Senior SMalissa Gallini and junior S Karyn Powell finished with 22 and 18 assists, respectively.
“I was really proud of the way this team came out and played tonight,” said third-year head coach Alma Kovaci. “They played with a great sense of urgency in the second set against a very much improved Holy Cross team, so give them credit.
“We’re still a little banged up, but I was extremely proud of the way that Malissa (Gallini) and Karyn (Powell) stepped it up tonight. They did a great job of mixing up the offense when we needed to.
Army scored 10 of the first 14 points of the match, as three-straight Holy Cross errors put the Black Knights ahead by a 10-4 score at a Crusader timeout. The Black Knights continued to roll, enjoying at least a seven-point cushion. Back-to-back kills from Holy Cross’ Megan Lynch made it 18-11, but the Black Knights proceeded to put the set away with a 7-1 run.
The second set seesawed throughout, featuring 14 ties and eight lead changes in what was easily the most competitive frame of the night. Neither team was able to enjoy more than a three-point lead and found themselves tied at 22-all on a Mankus kill. Her stinger started a run of three-straight kills for the Black Knights, including one from Dunn and another courtesy of Mankus, to give Gallini a chance to serve for set point. A Crusader error ended the set, 25-22.
Mankus carried her momentum over from the end of the second set to produce eight (zero errors) of her 15 kills in a decisive third set. A Holy Cross kill pulled the Crusaders to within two (9-7) before consecutive kills for Mankus and Vasquez started a mini 5-2 run that put Army ahead 14-9. The Crusaders trimmed the deficit to three (18-15) heading down the home stretch, but Army managed to put the match away with an 8-1 run that included four Mankus kills and a pair from Vasquez.
Army, which hit for a .320 percentage on the night, improved its mark each set. The match culminated in a stellar .514 percentage in a third set that saw 21 kills and just two errors in 37 Black Knight attempts.
Freshman OH Megan Lynch led Holy Cross with 12 kills, while junior S Chelsey O’Donnell finished with 20 assists. Army’s defense held the Crusaders to a .066 hitting percentage, helped by junior L Brittany Jensen and sophomore DS Liberty McEnteewith 10 digs apiece.
“No matter what the record says, we’re still improving and need a lot of work,” Kovaci added. “We’ll get back in the gym this week and get ready for a very tough weekend at Navy (Friday) and American (Saturday).”
The Black Knights visit Annapolis, Md., first for a 7 p.m. match at service-academy rival Navy on Friday. Army then travels to the nation’s capitol for a 4 p.m. match against defending Patriot League champion American on Saturday.
Match Notes: The match lasted 1:17 in its entirety … several children in attendance dressed in Halloween attire for the event … Army remains the only undefeated team in the Patriot League (9-0) and sits firmly alone atop the league standings … in other conference action this weekend, Colgate (8-2) became the second team to clinch a Patriot League Tournament berth with a sweep of Bucknell (4-6) on Friday night … Lehigh (5-5) edged rival Lafayette (3-7) and American (7-3) swept Navy (1-9) … Army has a chance to clinch home court advantage for the 2009 Patriot League Tournament with two wins next weekend.
NCAA Football: OCT 10 Vanderbilt at Army
Game action during the the Vanderbilt at Army football game. The Army Black Knights defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores 16-13 in overtime at Michie Stadium in West Point New York.
NCAA Football: Tulane at Army
3 October 2009: Last Saturday, I was taking photos during game action of the Tulane at Army football game. The Black Knights lost to the Green Wave 17-16 at Michie Stadium in West Point New York.
NCAA FOOTBALL: SEPT 26 Iowa at Penn State
State College, PA: I had the opportunity to photograph the University of Iowa at Penn State football game at Beaver Stadium in State College, PA over the weekend for Southcreek Global Media. The Nittany Lions fell to the undefeated Hawkeyes 21-10. It was one of the best games I’ve been to this year despite the unrelenting downpour the entire evening.
NCAA Football – Ball State at Army
19 September 2009: The Army Black Knights defeated the Ball State Cardinals 24-17 at Michie Stadium in West Point New York.
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Duke @ Army Football
12 September 2009 West Point, NY: Duke University at The United States Military Academy Football. The Army Black Knights fell 35-19 in its home-opener against the Duke Blue Devils in a football game played at USMA’s Michie Stadium in West Point, NY.
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Jersey Girls at the 2009 NCAA Lax Semi-Finals
22 May 2009: Jersey girls in action during the Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship Semi-Finals held on Minnegan Field at Johnny Unitas Stadium on the Towson State campus in Towson, MD.
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- Taylor Chumney (Moorestown HS)
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- Samantha Bird (Kent Place School)
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- Giulia Giordano (Moorestown HS)
Princeton: Sarah Steele had her second consecutive hat trick.
Princeton, NJ: (By Anthony Caruso III Special to njsi.net/Photo by Alex Cena) Sarah Steele had her second consecutive hat trick.
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Steele had hat tricks against the No. 4 ranked, Duke Blue Devils and the Penn State Nittany Lions. With the three goals yesterday, she has already surpassed the career-high 6 goals she scored last year to set a new record with a career-high 7 goals so far this season. Steele’s three goals were able to help the No. 7 ranked, Princeton Tigers beat the Nittany Lions, 9-7, yesterday afternoon in a non-Conference game at Class of 52 Stadium.
“I think last year we had a lot of attackers,” said Steele. “And this year, we’re not as attack heavy, so its really given me an opportunity to step up. Being a bench player for the last three years, now, I have the mentality that I have nothing to lose.”
Steele has 16 goals so far in her career. She has 13 games over the course of the rest of the season to increase those numbers. (more…)
Northwestern Defeats Penn for Fourth National Lax Title
25 May 2008, Towson, MD. The Northwestern University women’s lacrosse team, which includes New Jersey’s very own Kim Pantages (West Essex High School) and Laura Clemente (Madison High School), pose with the trophy after the Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship held at Johnny Unitas Stadium on the Towson University campus in Towson, MD. Northwestern defeated Penn 10-6 for its fourth consecutive national title. Photo credit: Alex Cena/NCAA Photos
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Boston vs Penn @ NCAA Women’s Lax Quarterfinals
Philadelphia, PA, USA; Saturday May 17, 2008; University of Pennsylvania Giulia Giordano, (13), who is from Moorestown High School in New Jersey, in action during University of Pennsylvania Quakers versus Boston University Terriers at the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Quarterfinals played at Drexel University’s Vidas Athletic Field. Mandatory photo credit: Alex Cena
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Philadelphia, PA; Saturday May 17, 2008 (Written by Louis Rossi/Photos by Alex Cena). Boston University saw both its school record 15-game winning streak, and playoff life come to an end Saturday on Drexel’s Vidas Field. Penn’s Quakers, this years top-ranked team in the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament, ended the Terriers (7th seed) season for the second straight year.
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