WEST POINT, N.Y. — The schedule makers didn’t do Navy any favors by plotting road games with Holy Cross and Army back-to-back in early February. Rather than making two long round trips, the Midshipmen decided to make it an extended visit and hunkered down in a hotel near West Point.
The trip was part team bonding, part recovery as coaches and players battled illness. The players studied, got in some practice time and even got away for a fun night of bowling.
The end result was two crucial road wins and much-needed momentum headed into the stretch run of Patriot League play.