For the first time in eight years, a team not wearing red and blue hoisted the 2009 Patriot League Championship trophy. In a stunning 3-0 sweep of eight-time defending champion American, the Army volleyball team made history as the top-seeded Black Knights won their first Patriot League title since 1994 in front of a packed house on Sunday afternoon at Gillis Field House.

Freshman QB Trent Steelman's two-yard touchdown run with 1:13 left in the game capped a wild final eight minutes and gave the Black Knights a 17-13 win over North Texas on Saturday evening at Fouts Field. The victory improved Army's record 5-6 on the season and kept alive its hopes for a berth in the 2009 Eagle Bank Bowl. The Mean Green dropped their third straight and now stand at 2-9 for the season.

Sunday's highly anticipated Patriot League Volleyball Tournament title match will feature top-seeded Army against eight-time defending champion American at West Point's Gillis Field House. First serve is set for 4 p.m.

Army scored two third-period goals but was unable to overcome a three-goal third period deficit and fell to Bentley, 4-3, Saturday in an Atlantic Hockey Association contest at the John A. Ryan Skating Arena. Army scored three power play goals, two by Marcel Alvarez, but could not get the tying tally and fell to 3-8-2 overall and 2-5-1 in conference action.

Sophomore Brody Blickle was a triple winner, but it was not enough as host Columbia captured 10 of the 16 events en route to knocking the Army men's swimming and diving team from the unbeaten ranks with a 171-129 decision Saturday afternoon at Uris Pool.