"It a nice win, a nice shutout," said first-year Navy head coach Cary Kolat, whose Mids broke into the national rankings this week for the first time since 2017. "We've got more to do. We had some team goals coming into this dual that we wanted to accomplish technically on the mat with each guy. I think we missed the mark on some of that stuff, so we've gotta continue to keep trying to improve on that. But any time Navy gets a win, it's a nice day."
The Highlights
• The Midshipmen are now 3-1 on the year, including 2-1 at home. After opening the season missing three starters and dropping a 22-14 decision to then-#14 Pitt, Navy has won three-straight matches and has outscored those three opponents 99-12 (Clarion 41-3, Lehigh 21-9, Cleveland State 37-0).
• Saturday's dual marked the fifth meeting between the two programs in a series that dates back to 1977.
• Cleveland State leads the series 3-2, however, Navy has won two in a row against the Vikings.
• Saturday's dual victory also marked the first by the Mids at home in the series, as Cleveland State won the first-two duals in the series (1977, '78) in Annapolis.
• Navy won three bonus-point matches with nationally-ranked wrestlers Cody Trybus (141) and Jacob Koser (197) winning by fall, while two-time defending EIWA champion Tanner Skidgel scoring a major decision in his bout.
• Six of the remaining seven victories were by three points or fewer, including a 5-3 victory by freshman David Key (184) in sudden victory.
• Seeing action for the first time since the opener against Pitt, Val Park (157) earned his first-career dual victory. With a 4-2 lead in hand, Park gave up a takedown with 15 seconds left in his match against Daniel Patten to level the score. Patten, however, was called for locked hands with just three seconds remaining and Park was awarded what would be the match-winning point.
• Tanner Skidgel (165) took down Caleb Cass, wrestling up a weight class, just five seconds into the dual and was ridden out the remainder of the period. Skidgel went on to record five takedowns and built up over five minutes of riding time en route to a 14-2 victory.
• Dean Caravela's match (174) with Anthony Rice featured 3 lead changes, three ties and 23 combined points before the Navy senior closed out the match with a 13-10 win. With the match knotted at 10 apiece, Caravela scored the match-winning takedown with 30 seconds to go and added a point for riding time.
• David Key (184) found himself down two points with just under a minute remaining when he trimmed the deficit to one with an escape with exactly 30 seconds to go. He was awarded the match-tying point when his foe, DeAndre Nassar, was called for locked hands with 23 seconds left. Key went on to score the match-winning takedown with just three seconds remaining in the one-minute sudden victory frame.
• In just his fourth-career dual appearance and second of the season, junior Riley Smith (285) earned his first-career dual win. He scored the match-winning takedown against John Kelbly with just 12 seconds left in the dual for the 3-2 victory.
• Cody Trybus (141) and Casey Cobb (149) improved to 4-0 in dual action this season, while David Key (184) and Andrew Cerniglia (175, who did not wrestle against Cleveland State) are also undefeated at 3-0.
• Additionally, the two programs engaged in 19 "extra matches" which will count towards each individual's record this season.
More From Coach Kolat
• In reference to Val Park (157) and Riley Smith (285) wrestling in place of injured wrestlers Andrew Cerniglia and John Birchmeier.
"The next guy has to be ready to go. That really tells how strong your program really is when the next guy up can go out there and get it done."
• In reference to Navy being in the rankings this week
"I've been in this sport a long time and I know as a fan that's great and for alumni it's great. I said when I got here, as far as I'm concerned the worst year Navy should have is 20th. That's a bad year is how I look at it. With the program, with the resources. It's the U.S. Naval Academy, its draw, its ability to recruit some of the best kids in the country. When you are 20th, I feel like that should be your worst. This program should consistently be a top-10 program. It has the ability to do it. It sits in the right geographical location in the United States to get kids. Being ranked, that's great, but when we get to the NCAA Championship, then we will see where it all shakes out."
What's Ahead
• Navy will be back in action next Friday when the Mids pay tribute to their seniors in what will be their final appearance at Alumni Hall. Navy will play host to George Mason in a 7:30 pm dual that will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
Results:
125 | Logan Treaster (NAVY) dec Jake Manley, 4-2 // Navy 3, Cleveland State 0
133 | Jacob Allen (NAVY) dec Logan Heil, 5-1 // Navy 6, Cleveland State 0
141 | #13 Cody Trybus (NAVY) fall Jack Gorman, 4:36 // Navy 12, Cleveland State 0
149 | Casey Cobb (NAVY) dec Marcus Robinson, 5-2 (1:42 RT) // Navy 15, Cleveland State 0
157 | Val Park (NAVY) dec Daniel Patten, 5-4 // Navy 18, Cleveland State 0
165 | #12 Tanner Skidgel (NAVY) major Caleb Cass, 14-2 (5:04 RT) // Navy 22, Cleveland State 0
174 | Dean Caravela (NAVY) dec Anthony Rice, 13-10 (1:28 RT) // Navy 25, Cleveland State 0
184 | David Key (NAVY) dec DeAndre Nassar, 5-3 sv1 // Navy 28, Cleveland State 0
197 | #19 Jacob Koser (NAVY) fall Ben Smith, 3:57 // Navy 34, Cleveland State 0
285 | Riley Smith (NAVY) dec John Kelbly, 3-2 // Navy 37, Cleveland State 0
Extra Matches
125 | Cody Moosman dec Caleb Kelly (NAVY), 4-0
125 | Logan Treaster (NAVY) dec Pino Dipierro, 5-0
125 | Jake Manley major Caleb Kelly (NAVY), 8-0
133 | Luke Lucerne (NAVY) fall Pino Dipierro, 3:36
133 | Jacob Allen (NAVY) major Cody Moosman, 11-2
133 | Cody Moosman fall Luke Lucerne (NAVY), 4:18
141 | Tyler Hunt (NAVY) fall Jack Gorman, 6:23
149 | PJ Crane (NAVY) dec Gus Sutton, 6-4
149 | Casey Cobb (NAVY) dec Gus Sutton, 9-3
149 | Marcus Robinson dec PJ Crane (NAVY), 4-2 sv2
157 | Val Park (NAVY) dec dec Caleb Cass, 5-1
165 | Henry Hague (NAVY) dec Daniel Patten, 3-2
165 | Shane Finney (NAVY) fall Anthony Rice, 232
184 | Ethan Stern (NAVY) dec Gabe Phillips, 6-1
184 | David Key (NAVY) dec Gabe Phillips, 10-9
184 | DeAndre Nassar dec Ethan Stern (NAVY), 5-2
197 | Ben Smith fall Malcolm Wiley II (NAVY), 3:24
285 | Daniel Bucknavich dec Malcolm Wiley II (NAVY), 9-3
285 | Riley Smith (NAVY) dec Daniel Bucknavich, 6-4
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