CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Two-time NCAA qualifier Jadaen Bernstein (Jr / Glen Gardner, N.J.) defeated hometown favorite Sean Mappes to open Monday's action, ensuring the Navy wrestling junior would place at the 2017 Southern Scuffle held at McKenzie Arena at Chattanooga. Bernstein, seeded seventh at ranked 17th at 174 pounds, lost his final two matches of the day to place eighth in the tournament. Navy placed 19th with 22 points among 23 teams and numerous individuals wrestling unattached.

Bernstein scored the match-winning takedown (2-1) against Mappes with 21 seconds left in the second period to advance to the consolation quarterfinals against Duke's Connor Bass. Bernstein opened up a 5-1 lead midway through the second period against Bass before the Blue Devil scored three points in 22 seconds to trail by just one heading into the final period. Bass knotted the match at five apiece just 10 seconds into the third and neither wrestler was able to score the go-ahead points, forcing extra minutes. Bass was able to get Bernstein on his back for the pin 40 seconds into sudden victory to send Bernstein to the seventh/eighth-place match.

Fourth-seeded Taylor Lujan opened up a 6-0 lead early in the first period and never looked back as he defeated Bernstein, 16-9, to take seventh.

Bernstein, along with 141-pound Jared Prince (Fr / Safety Harbor, Fla.), 149-pound Corey Wilding (Jr / Pittsburgh, Pa.) and 157-pound Zach Elvin (Fr / Harrisburg, Pa.) opened Monday's competition needing just one win to place at one of the nation's premier wrestling tournaments. Bernstein, however, was the long Mid to advance as the other three suffered tough losses.

Prince dropped an 8-5 decision to Missouri's Zach Synon and Elvin was tripped up by fourth-seeded Jake Short of Minnesota, 6-1. Wilding held a 3-1 advantage over fourth-seeded Laike Gardner of Lehigh heading into the final period, but Gardner scored the match-tying takedown with 24 seconds left and went on to win the match, 5-3, with a 2-point nearfall with 17 seconds remaining.

The Midshipmen will be back in action this weekend when a handful of wrestlers will compete at the Franklin & Marshall Open on Saturday (9:00 am), while the varsity lineup will battle Maryland in College Park on Sunday at 1:00 pm.


Team Scores
1. 198.0 - Oklahoma State
2. 126.0 - Missouri
3. 124.5 - Lehigh
4. 118.0 - Minnesota
5. 87.5 - Northern Iowa
6. 73.0 - Edinboro
7. 64.0 - Virginia
8. 63.0 - Cornell
9. 56.0 - North Carolina
10. 55.5 - Stanford
11. 46.0 - Chattanooga
12. 43.5 - Drexel
13. 40.5 - Duke
14. 36.0 - Appalachian State
15. 29.5 - Northern Colorado
16. 27.5 - Gardner Webb
17. 27.0 - Campbell
17. 27.0 - Penn
19. 22.0 - Navy
20. 21.0 - Utah Valley
21. 15.5 - Cleveland State
22. 13.5 - Air Force
23. 5.5 - The Citadel


Navy Results
125 - Brant Leadbeter
• lost to Aaron Assad, Missouri / Dec / 8-2
• lost to Taylor LaMont, Utah Valley-unattached / Fall / 1:37

133 - Cody Lambert
• lost to (8) Nathan Boston, Campbell-unattached / TFall / 16-3 (3:29)
• lost to Demetre Kostis, Appalachian State / Dec / 6-1

141 - Zack Davis
• lost to (3) Joey Ward, North Carolina / Dec / 7-3
• lost to (4) Randy Cruz, Lehigh / Dec / 6-4

141 - Nicholas Gil
• lost to (8) Thomas Thorn, Minnesota / Dec / 4-1
• def. Trevor Willson, Utah Valley / Dec / 3-2
• def. John Twomey, Air Force / Dec / 8-4
• lost to Timmy Box, Northern Colorado / Dec / 5-4

141 - (7) Jared Prince
• def. Trevor Willson, Utah Valley / Major / 12-2
• def. Roman Boylen, Chattanooga / Dec / 9-3
• def. Kade Moss, Penn State / Dec / 8-3
• lost to (2) Joey McKenna, Stanford / 7-3
• lost to Zach Synon, Missouri / Dec / 8-5

149 - Corey Wilding
• def. Chris Yankowich, Virginia / Dec / 5-2
• lost to (3) Patricio Lugo, Edinboro / Dec / 9-5
• def. Grant LaMont, Utah Valley / Dec / 6-3
• def. Carson Brolsma, Minnesota / Dec / 7-2
• lost to (4) Laike Gardner, Lehigh / Dec / 5-3

157 - Zach Elvin
• def. Michael Murphy, Virginia-unattached / Major / 12-3
• lost to (2) Joey Lavallee, Missouri / Dec / 4-2
• def. Phyllip Deloach, Missouri / Dec / 9-4
• def. Paden Moore, Northern Iowa / Major / 15-6
• lost to (4) Jake Short, Minnesota / Dec, 6-1

165 - AJ Alford
• lost to Connor Flynn, Missour-unattached / Dec / 8-3
• lost to Fritz Hoehn, Edinboro / Dec / 10-6

165 - Drew Daniels
• lost to (5) Bryce Steiert, Northern Iowa / Dec / 8-2
• lost to (6) Keaton Subjeck, Stanford / Dec / 5-3

174 - (7) Jadaen Bernstein (placed 8th)
• bye
• def. Dylan Wisman, Missouri / Dec / 8-3
• lost to (2) Kyle Crutchmer, Oklahoma State / Dec / 4-2 SV
• def. Sean Mappes, Chattanooga / Dec / 2-1
• lost to Connor Bass, Duke / Fall / 7:20 SV
• lost to (4) Taylor Lujan, Northern Iowa / Dec / 16-9

184 - Alex Benoit
• lost to Will Sumner, Utah Valley / TFall / 18-0 (2:17)
• lost to Dominic Lampe, Chattanooga-unattached / Dec / 8-3

184 - Ryan Harman
• lost to WVille Heino, Campbell / Dec / 10-6
• lost to Stephen Loiseau, Drexel-unattached / Fall / 2:39

197 - Steban Cervantes
• def. Austin McNeill, Campbell-unattached / Dec / 10-5
• lost to (3) Preston Weigel, Oklahoma State / Dec / 1-0
• def. Josh Marchok, Stanford / Dec / 7-5
• lost to Josh Murphy, Drexel / Dec / 3-2

197 - Joshua Roetman
• lost to (7) Derek White, Oklahoma State / Dec / 13-10
• def. Drew Barrett, Gardner Webb / Fall / 2:47
• def. Kellan Stout, Penn State / Dec / 4-2
• lost to Ben Honis, Cornell / Dec / 7-6

285 - Thomas Ott
• lost to (6) Jared Johnson, Chattanooga / TFall / 15-0 (7:00)
• def. Patrik Garren, unattached / Major / 15-2
• lost to Kerry Powers, Air Force / TFall / 16-0 (5:50)

285 - Ethan Stanley
• def. Mike Furbee, Cleveland State / Dec / 5-0
• lost to (1) Austin Schafer, Oklahoma State / TFall / 18-1 (6:41)
• lost to Rylee Streifel, Minnesota / Dec / 7-0

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