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Mids tackle troubles with solid defensive effort

Published 11/18/07
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This time, the Navy defense stood tall.

 

Maligned all season and coming off a series of embarrassing performances, the Navy defense showed vast improvement yesterday and played a big part in Navy's 35-24 victory over Northern Illinois.

Inside linebacker Ross Pospisil led the way with a career-high 20 tackles as the Midshipmen forced a season-high four punts and also created a crucial turnover.

"To have the defense called on and come through, it felt really good," said safety Greg Thrasher, whose second-quarter interception snuffed out a promising scoring drive by the Huskies. "Today, it was all about the...

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