Junior Matt Coughlin has returned to practice and is moving around with little effect from his aggravated right hamstring, but no one is saying whether Coughlin or junior Tommy Phelan will start in the net in the No. 10 Midshipmen's contest against No. 6 Johns Hopkins (4-5) on Saturday.

"He's ready to play. We just haven't made a decision yet," coach Richie Meade said of Coughlin. "But he's ready. We think he's practiced to a point where we think he's recovered."

Coughlin, who started the team's first eight games before injuring his hamstring in Navy's 4-3 overtime win against Bucknell on March 19, compiled a 4.53 goals-against average and a .600 save percentage. The goalie production has barely slipped with Phelan, who has posted a 6.25 goals-against average and a .597 save percentage in four starts.

So does Meade go with the guy who was 6-1 in Coughlin or the hot hand in Phelan, who is 3-2?

"Those types of decision are the decisions that coaches make," Meade said. "I haven't decided one way or the other. We're in that process right now."