"We had some good performances and some not-so-good ones again," said Navy head coach Bruce Burnett. "This has been a challenging trip for us already. We didn't get to sleep on Thursday night, basically until 3:30 a.m., and then we got them up early for a workout on Friday. This is all practice to find out where we are at, and we'll hopefully put forth a good performance on Saturday."
Navy fell behind 3-0 after the first match, at 133 pounds, when CS-Fullerton's T.J. Dillashaw scored a 4-2 overtime victory over Brad Canterbury. But the Mids ran off three wins in a row, highlighted by Brochetti's 23-8 technical-fall win over Shawn Reilly. The match was Brochetti's first of the year after sitting out last weekend's Eastern Michigan Open and was his first technical fall of his career. Brochetti's win gave Navy an 11-3 lead.
Cal State-Fullerton's Risto Marttinen defeated Craig Dziewiatkowski, 5-4, at 165 pounds, but Navy responded by winning the final five matches. Sophomore Matt Stolpinski contined his hot start with a strong 14-5 major decision over Ian Murphy. Jonny Kane followed Stolpinski's win with another major decision, 16-8 over Jess Taylor. After Andrew Adams knocked off Chris Chambers, 10-9 at 197 pounds, Tanner Garrett major decisioned Dan Ott, 14-4. The win was Garrett's 22nd in a row in dual-meet action and he hasn't allowed a foe to score more than five points in a match in the last 43.
Alex Usztics closed out the match with a 5-2 win over Curtis Schurkemp at 125 pounds. The match was Usztics' first of the season.
"It was good to get our first win," said Burnett. "But we know we are going to have to wrestle better. The competition gets much stiffer on Saturday."
Navy will wrestle Cal State-Bakersfield and UC-Davis on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. EDT, with both matches in Bakersfield.
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