VESTAL, N.Y. — Nine of the 20 wrestlers who competed for Navy at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open on Sunday afternoon placed among the top six in their respective weight classes, including two-time NCAA qualifier and team captain Nicholas Gil, who went 5-0 to capture the title at 141 pounds. An "open" event, there was no team scoring.

"The Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open provided us with a good look at several regional teams and presented some different styles than what we prepared for in the season opener," said fifth-year Navy head coach Joel Sharratt. "It was a solid first tournament for our guys to see where they are at and what they need to fine-tune. Everyone is excited to kick off our home schedule with next week's Navy Classic!"

The Highlights
• Nicholas Gil (Sr, Crystal Lake, Ill.) has now won three tournaments over his career, capturing titles at the Eastern Michigan Open and All-Academy Championship a year ago. He won three of his five matches by way of dec and one by major. Franklin & Marshall's Brett Kulp bowed out of the championship match due to injury in the opening period.
• Freshman Jacob Allen (Poway, Calif.) won his first three matches of the day before falling to Binghamton's Audey Ashkar, 2-1, in the 125-pound finals. Allen has been impressive in the first two weeks of his collegiate career having also recorded a dual win over Ohio State's Brakan Mead a week ago.
• Taking fourth at 133 pounds was sophomore Casey Cobb (Nampa, Idaho), who sat out a year ago due to NCAA rules. Cobb dropped a 5-2 decision to tournament runner-up Vitali Arujau of Cornell in the quarters before battling his way back. Cobb won three straight matches, but was unable to wrestle the third-place match against Wyoming Seminary's Ramazan Attasauov because of the NCAA rule for the number of matches you can wrestle in a day.
• Navy had four wrestlers in action at 157 pounds with two of them placing. Junior Zach Elvin (Harrisburg, Pa.), who wrestled for the Mids as a freshman, returned the mat and put together a strong showing. After losing a 9-1 decision to Cornell's Adam Santoro in the quarters, he bounced back to win three straight, including matches against teammates Jack Stanton-Taddeo (2-0) and Connor Prince (5-1). Elvin and his foe Hunter Ladnier of Harvard both defaulted in the third-place match. Prince (Safety Harbor, Fla.), meanwhile, took sixth at 157 pounds.
• Taking third at 165 pounds was senior Jonathan Carrera (Milton, Mass.), who won his final four matches of the day, including his third-place match against Josh Kim of Harvard who he beat by major decision.
• Navy also wrestled well at 184 pounds where Alex Benoit (Jr, Chicago, Ill.), Anthony Cable (Sr, Hughesville, Md.)and Connor Doyle (Sr, Melissa, Texas) would all place.
• Benoit lost his opening match by tech fall to Franklin & Marshall's Anthony Mancini, but battled back to win five in a row and defeat teammate Anthony Cable for third place. Doyle fell to the backside of the bracket following a loss in the quarters to Mancini, but came back to defeat Lehigh's Eli Grape for fifth place.


Quick Takes from the Coach
• Nicholas Gil's championship performance was again a testament to his role as the leader on the team. He is a hammer every time he steps on the mat and today he did not disappoint.  He is very aggressive in his takedown game and made great match adjustments in setting his attacks up.

• Jacob Allen wrestled very well and continues to have fun while he competes.  He was very solid in his position and his effort was tremendous.  His finals match was a challenge he had not previously experience with a fairly strong and counter offensive opponent.  He has some thing to work on, but with his attitude and effort he will unlock the challenges he faces down the road.

• Casey Cobb wrestled with fire and delivered several gutsy performances in his path to placing today. He is aggressive and well conditioned.  He is gaining valuable experience that will continue to serve him well.

• I was excited to see the competitive fire of Zach Elvin and Connor Prince.  This was Elvin's first time down to 157 and he looked comfortable at the weight, as he delivered our top performance at this weight class.

• Alex Benoit showed strong improvement since he last faced off against fellow teammate Anthony Cable. The depth and parity at several weights is a great issue for a coach, but now I am looking for those guys who can separate themselves from the pack.


Up Next
• Next on the docket for the Midshipmen is the 41st annual Navy Classic slated for Saturday, Nov. 17 at Wesley Brown Field House in Annapolis. Action is due to begin at 10:00 am.
• Navy has won the team title in 20 of the 40 years the tournament has been held, including last year.
• This year's field includes - Air Force, American, Brown, Bucknell, Campbell, Cleveland State, Delaware Valley, Edinboro, George Mason, Indiana, Kent State, Michigan State, Navy, Ohio, Old Dominion, Oregon State).

Navy Results
125 - Jacob Allen / 2nd place
• def Carlos Aucancela, Binghamton / Major / 14-2
• def. Mike Simonetti, Franklin & Marshall / Dec / 4-2
• def. Steven Bulzomi, Binghamton / Dec / 9-3
• lost to Audey Ashkar, Binghamton / Dec / 2-1

125 - Aslan Kilic
• def Colton Cummings, Army / Dec / 10-5
• lost to Audey Ashkar, Binghamton / Dec / 3-2
• lost to Trey Keeley, Brown / Major / 15-5

133 - Casey Cobb / 4th place
• def Cole Wyman, Army / Fall / 1:29
• def Sal Jones, Finger Lakes WC / Dec / 6-3
• lost to Vitali Arujau, Cornell / Dec / 5-2
• def Jason Javier, Binghamton / Major / 10-2
• def Jack Davis, Penn State / Dec / 10-7
• def Mel Ortiz, George Mason / Dec / 3-2
• No Match Ramazan Attasauov, Wyoming Seminary / Rule

133 - Anthony Duca
• def Matthew Marino, Army / Fall / 4:26
• lost to Mel Ortiz, George Mason / Dec / 10-6
• def Lukas O'Connor, Pitt Johnstown / Tech Fall / 20-5
• lost to Luis Hemenedez, Finger Lakes WC / Dec / 16-12

141 - Nicholas Gil, 1st place
• def Colin Realbuto, Brown / Dec / 7-3
• def Tucker Ribman, Harvard / Major / 9-1
• def Dominic Giannangeli, Penn State / Dec / 7-4
• def JoJo Aragona, Pope John XXIII / Dec / 8-4
• def Brett Kulp, Franklin & Marshall / Injury / 2:50

141 - Jonathan Gabriel
• lost to Patrick Darcy, Princeton / Dec / 6-4
• def Haroldo Nesbeth, Franklin & Marshall / Fall / 4:00
• def Samuel Goldman, Harvard / Fall / 4:04
• lost to Anthony Sparacio, Binghamton / Dec / 4-3

149 - Wyatt Long
• lost to Chris Schoenherr, Cornell / Major / 13-5
• def Casey Recrosio, Franklin & Marshall / Fall / 1:30
• def Chris Martorello, Franklin & Marshall / Dec / 6-4
• lost to Matt Fields, NC State / Dec / 12-5

157 - Quentin Hovis
• def Kyle Simaz, Cornell / Dec / 9-5
• lost Bo Pipher, Penn State / Fall / 1:45
• def Padraig Lupole, Binghamton / Fall 2:50
• lost to Hunter Ladnier, Harvard / Dec / 2-0

157 - Zach Elvin - 3rd/4th place
• def Matthew Lattanze, Brown / Fall / 6:29
• def Noah Chan, Franklin & Marshall / Tech Fall / 18-3
• lost to Adam Santoro, Cornell / Major / 9-1
• def Jack Bokina, Brown / Tech Fall / 16-0
• def Jack Stanton-Taddeo, Navy / Dec / 2-0
• def Connor Prince, Navy / Dec / 5-1
• No Match Hunter Ladnier, Harvard / DFF

157 - Connor Prince / 6th place
• def Ali Salem, George Mason / Fall / 0:48
• def Emmet LiCastri, Franklin & Marshall / Major / 14-4
• def Brian Meyer, Lehigh / Fall / 1:24
• lost to Mike D'Angelo, Princeton / Major / 14-4
• lost to Zach Elvin, Navy / Dec / 5-1
• lost to Adam Santoro, Cornell / MFF

157 - Jack Stanton-Taddeo
• def Jack Bokina, Brown / Major / 13-2
• lost to Josh Humphreys, Lehigh / Tech Fall / 17-0
• def Chris Barker, Binghamton / Dec / 8-2
• lost to Zach Elvin, Navy / Dec / 2-0

165 - Jonathan Carrera, 3rd place
• def Samuel Cokeley, Finger Lakes WC / Major / 15-3
• lost to Jonathan Viruet, Brown / Dec / 10-5
• def Crew Fullerton, Franklin & Marshall / Major / 8-0
• def Dillon Taylor, Navy / Dec / 5-4
• def Milik Dawkins, Cornell / Fall / 2:05
• def Josh Kim, Harvard / Major / 13-1

165 - Dillon Taylor
• lost to Colston DiBiasi, George Mason / Major / 10-2
• def Cade Wilson, Brown / Major / 10-2
• def John Stawinski, Cornell / Dec / 5-4
• lost to Jonathan Carrera, Navy / Dec / 5-4

174 - Andrew Buckley
• def Graham Ratermann, Army / Dec / 10-5
• lost to Mason Manville, Penn State / Dec / 5-2
• def Jed Smith, Army / Major / 14-4
• lost to Brandon Womack / Cornell / Major / 11-0

174 - Spencer Carey
• lost to Kyle Bierdumpfel, Harvard / Dec / 6-3
• def Luke Hodsden, Army / Dec / 12-6
• lost to Brandon Womack, Cornell / Dec / 9-8

184 - Alex Benoit, 3rd place
• lost to Anthony Mancini, Franklin & Marshall / Tech Fall / 18-3
• def Trent Wechsler, Binghamton / Fall / 4:11
• def Cole Bateman, Harvard / Major / 10-0
• def Eli Jones, Lehigh / Fall / 2:43
• def Connor Doyle, Navy / Dec / 7-2
• def Anthony Cable, Navy / Dec 6-1

184 - Anthony Cable, 4th place
• def Jimmy Stillerman, Franklin & Marshall / Dec / 3-0
• def Eli Jones, Lehigh / Dec / 6-4 TB
• lost to Christian LaFragola, Brown / Dec / 8-3
• def Eli Grape, Lehigh / Dec / 3-0
• lost to Alex Benoit, Navy / Dec / 6-1

184 - Connor Doyle, 5th place
• def Reid Robilotto, Franklin & Marshall / Dec / 11-5
• def Clifton Wang, Harvard / Dec / 3-1
• lost to Anthony Mancini, Franklin & Marshall / Tech Fall / 16-1
• lost to Alex Benoit, Navy / Dec / 7-2
• def Eli Grape, Lehigh / Dec / 5-4

197 - Mike Smith
• lost to Bennett Paulson, Army / Tech Fall / 17-2
• lost to Gunnar Larson, Army / Dec / 5-2

285 - Thomas Ott
• def Brandon Phillips, Army / Dec / 7-6
• lost to John Birchmeier, Unattached / Fall / 4:36
• lost to Sean Dee, Binghamton / Dec / 6-1

### Go Navy ###