Over the first two months of the 2018 season, the Navy men’s soccer team won one of 13 matches.
The Midshipmen have not lost since: four consecutive victories to end last year’s campaign and seven straight to start this one, a flawless stretch that should earn them a place in the national rankings this week.
A 4-0 home rout of winless Holy Cross in Saturday’s Patriot League opener extended the best opening to a season since the 1966 squad won its first nine matches. Nicko West scored twice, Jacob Williams posted his team-leading fourth goal and captain Ben Nicholas recorded his first in three years as the Midshipmen earned a fifth shutout.