Coming off a strong performance last Sunday that saw the Navy wrestling team (3-1, 2-0 EIWA) defeat Hofstra, 30-12, the Midshipmen will remain home this weekend when they play host to Lehigh (3-7, 2-1 EIWA) and Duke (2-1). Sunday's doubleheader at Alumni Hall kicks off with an EIWA battle between Navy and Lehigh at 2:00 pm, immediately followed by a nonconference matchup between the Mids and Duke Blue Devils.

Tickets
• Admission for Sunday's matches is $10 for adults and $5 for youth (18 years & younger). One ticket covers both matches.

Parking / Yard Access
• A reminder that vehicular access to the Naval Academy is limited to those drivers with a Department of Defense identification card.
• It is suggested that fans park at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium ($5 per vehicle) and ride the FREE shuttle bus to and from the match.
• Buses will run every 15 minutes starting one hour before the match and will continue running throughout the event.
• Note that a government issued identification card must be carried and presented by visitors to the USNA prior to being allowed onto The Yard.
• Fans may also park outside of the Naval Academy grounds and walk on with proper identification.

Video Stream
• A free live video stream will be available for both matches by logging on to NavySports.com or via several over the air options as follows ...

Over the Air: https://s23455.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/STADIUM-OTA-CHANNELS9-20-18.pdf
Cable: https://s23455.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/STADIUM-Cable-Carriage-Doc_.pdf
Watchstadium.com 24/7: https://watchstadium.com/live/
Watchstadium.com/schedule: https://watchstadium.com/live/lehigh-at-navy-13/
Watchstadium.com/schedule: https://watchstadium.com/live/duke-at-navy/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/i/events/966812097186185216
Pluto TV: https://pluto.tv/tv/stadium
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/stadium
Xumo TV: https://www.xumo.tv/channel/9999319/stadium
FuboTV: (Fubo Extra Package) https://www.fubo.tv/welcome
SonyVue: Sony Vue -  Elite and Ultra Tier: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/vue/
The Roku Channel:  https://therokuchannel.roku.com/
Connected TV apps - Amazon Fire, Roku, Apple TV 4, Apple TV Legacy, iOS and Android mobile

• Additionally, the matches can be viewed on Facebook at the following URLs ...
   • Lehigh at Navy: https://www.facebook.com/watchstadium/videos/476207119577764/
   • Duke at Navy: https://www.facebook.com/watchstadium/videos/1955505874503818/

Promotions
• Mini Mids Clinic - a free youth clinic will be hosted by members of the Navy wrestling program prior to the Lehigh match. For more information and to register, please contact assistant coach Dan Neff at neff@usna.edu

Navy Notebook
• After dropping their opener against No. 2 Ohio State, 28-9, the Mids have won three consecutive duals against Maryland (31-6), Bucknell (26-9) and Hofstra (30-12).
• The Mids have competed in four tournaments to date - Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (no team scoring), Navy Classic (3rd/16 teams), Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (17th/43 teams) and Southern Scuffle (5th/23 teams).
• Seventeenth-ranked Nicholas Gil (141) leads the way in the wins column with a 19-5 record, while 19th-ranked Spencer Carey (174) has amassed a 17-8 record. Also reaching double-digit wins for the Mids this season are Casey Cobb (133) at 16-6, Joshua Roetman (197) at 14-6 and Anthony Cable (184) at 11-8.
• A win by team captain Nicholas Gil Gil on Sunday would also give him his 20th victory of the season and 20 or more wins in each of his four seasons at Navy. He went 25-16 as a freshman, 21-7 as a sophomore and 32-10 as a junior. He was an NCAA qualifier as both a freshman and junior.
• Nicholas Gil enters the weekend with a  97-38 career record. He needs three wins to become only the 16th wrestler in program history to reach 100 career wins. Gil is tied with Steve Kovach (2000-03) for 16th on the Mids' all-time win list and a win against Lehigh and/or Duke would give him sole possession of 16th in the record book. 2018 graduates Jadaen Bernstein and Zack Davis added their names to the distinguished list of 100-win victors a year ago.
• Joshua Roetman (197) is the sole Navy wrestler who is undefeated in all four duals this season. Heavyweight Thomas Ott is 3-0, competing in each of the last three duals.
• Navy has used the same starters at 125 (Allen), 133 (Cobb), 141 (Gil), 165 (Tanner Skidgel), 174 (Carey), 184 (Cable) and 197 pounds (Roetman) in its four previous duals. Both Connor Prince (157) and Andrew Piehl (285) sustained injuries after the opener that left them sidelined in the last three duals, while Jared Prince (149) sat out the Hofstra match.
• Jared Prince and Cortlandt Schuyler met one another three times a year ago. Schuyler beat Prince, 8-6, in the dual, while Prince came back to defeat Schuyler by tech fall (16-1) in the third-place bout at the EIWA Championship. Schuyler then dealt Prince a 4-3 loss at the NCAA Championship.
• All three wrestlers scheduled to wrestle at 174 pounds on Sunday are currently ranked among Intermat's top 20. Lehigh's Jordan Kutler is seventh, Duke's Matt Finesilver is 17th and Navy's Spencer Carey is 19th,

Projected Navy Lineup
Wt - Wrestler (Cl, overall record, dual record)
• 125 - Jacob Allen (Fr, 9-9, 2-2) / Logan Treaster (So, 7-4, 0-0) / Aslan Kilic (So, 6-4, 0-0)
• 133 - Casey Cobb (So, 16-6, 3-1) / Cody Trybus (So, 12-4, 0-0)
• 141 - #17 Nicholas Gil (Sr, 19-5, 2-2) / Jonathan Miranda (Fr, 1-2, 0-0)
• 149 - #19 Jared Prince (Jr, 10-7, 1-2) / Adam Davis (Fr, 1-4, 0-0) / Chris Hisey (Fr, 2-6, 0-0)
• 157 - Quentin Hovis (So, 5-5, 2-1)  / Scout Skidgel (So, 6-4, 0-0)
• 165 - Tanner Skidgel (So, 9-6, 3-1) / Dillon Taylor (So, 4-6, 0-0)
• 174 - #19 Spencer Carey (Jr, 17-8, 3-1) / Andrew Buckley (So, 4-4, 0-0)
• 184 - Anthony Cable (Sr, 11-9, 1-3) / Alex Benoit (Jr, 12-5, 0-0)
• 197 - Joshua Roetman (Jr, 14-6, 4-0)
• 285 - Thomas Ott (Sr, 7-7, 3-0) / Riley Smith (Fr, 6-5, 0-0)

Mids In the Rankings
141 - Nicholas Gil
#17 Intermat / #17 Flowrestling / #17 Amateur Wrestling News / #18 Trackwrestling / #18 The Open Mat

149 - Jared Prince
#20 Intermat / NR Flowrestling / #NR  Amateur Wrestling News / #22 Trackwrestling / NR The Open Mat

174 - Spencer Carey
#19 Intermat / #19 Flowrestling / NR  Amateur Wrestling News / #20 Trackwrestling / #17 The Open Mat

Lehigh Notebook
• Under the direction of 11th-year head coach Pat Santoro, Lehigh enters Sunday's conference dual with a 3-7 overall mark and a 2-1 record in EIWA action.
• The Mountain Hawks, riddled with injuries this season, opened the season with seven consecutive losses against six teams ranked among the top 15 - Michigan (21-13), Penn State (42-0), Iowa (28-14), Minnesota (25-9), Missouri (21-12) and North Carolina (22-18), while also dropping a 21-19 decision to conference foe Princeton.
• Lehigh has since won three in a row against Virginia (28-12), Bucknell (34-12) and No. 7 Cornell (19-16).
• Lehigh will wrestle at American on Saturday evening (7:30 pm) before make the hour drive over to Annapolis for Sunday's dual.
• Half of Lehigh's lineup is currently ranked among the top 20 in its respective weight class - #18 Josh Huphreys (157), #7 Jordan Kutler (174), #7 Ryan Preisch (184), #18 Jake Jakobsen (197), #7 Jordan Wood (285).
• A young squad, half of Lehigh's probable starters for Sunday are either freshmen (125, 157) or sophomores (133, 197, 285).
• Sophomore heavyweight Jordan Wood, ranked seventh nationally, leads the Mountain Hawks in the wins column with an 11-2 record that features an 8-2 mark in dual action. Meanwhile, 174-pound Jordan Kutler and 184-pound Ryan Preisch, both ranked seventh nationally, have reached double figure wins.

Projected Lehigh Lineup
Wt - Wrestler (Cl, overall record, dual record)
• 125 - Luke Resnick (Fr, 1-9, 0-7)
• 133 - Brandon Paetzell (So, 6-7, 4-6) / Nick Farro (So, 8-4, 0-1)
• 141 - Ryan Pomrinca (Jr, 7-8, 2-4) / Dan Moran (Fr, 7-5, 0-1)
• 149 - Cortlandt Schuyler (Sr, 7-3, 3-3)
• 157 - #18 Josh Humphreys (Fr, 7-5, 3-5)
• 165 - Gordon Wolf (Sr, 7-2, 4-2)
• 174 - #7 Jordan Kutler (Jr, 10-3, 7-2)
• 184 - #7 Ryan Preisch (Sr, 10-1, 4-0)
• 197 - #18 Jake Jakobsen (So, 5-4, 2-4)
• 285 - #7 Jordan Wood (So, 11-2, 8-2)

The Series
• The Midshipmen and Mountain Hawks have met one another in each of the last 68 years in a series that dates back to 1910.  
• Sunday's match marks the 99th meeting between the two programs and is nearly even with Lehigh holding a 51-47 advantage.
• This is the longest series in Navy wrestling history with the next closest being Penn State. The Mids and Nittany Lions have met 85 times, however the last dual between the two programs was in 2005.
• Lehigh has won 20 of the last 22 matches in the series with the Mids earning wins in two of the last 12 meetings.
• Navy's last win in the series came on Jan. 15, 2011, when it took a 19-15 victory in Annapolis.  
• The Mids, meanwhile, own a 37-23 series advantage in matches wrestled in Annapolis.  Lehigh, however, has won each of the last three at Alumni Hall - 19-15 in 2013, 30-6 in 2015 and 23-9 in 2017.

Duke Notebook
• Led by seventh-year head coach Glen Lanham, Duke heads into the weekend with a 2-1 record, defeating Gardner-Webb (36-9) and Penn (25-18), while dropping a 24-15 match to Brown last Saturday.
• The Blue Devils have primarily competed on the tournament scene, participating in the Hokie Open, Keystone Classic (6th/10 teams), Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (28th/43) and Southern Scuffle (7th/23).
• There are four wrestlers with the name Finesilver who are among Duke's starting lineup.  The four brothers came in pairs as Josh (141) and Matt (174) are twins, as are Mitch (149) and Zach (165).
• Finesilver brothers Mitch (149 - 6th) and Matt (174 - 17th) are among this week's national rankings.

Projected Duke Lineup
Wt - Wrestler (Cl, overall record, dual record)
• 125 - Harrison Campbell (R-Fr, 2-8, 1-2)
• 133 - Open
• 141 - Josh Finesilver (So, 15-6, 3-0)
• 149 -  #6 Mitch Finesilver (R-Sr, 19-3, 3-0)
• 157 - Benjamin Anderson (R-Fr, 4-3, 1-1) / Brandon Leynaud (R-Jr, 1-9, 0-1)
• 165 - Zach Finesilver (R-Sr, 12-3, 2-1)
• 174 - #17 Matt Finesilver (So, 16-5, 3-0)
• 184 - Kaden Russell (So, 13-8, 2-1)
• 197 - Alec Schenk (R-Sr, 3-2, 2-0)
• 285 - Araad Fisher (Sr, 1-4, 1-2)

The Series
• Sunday's match marks the 16th meeting between the Mids and Blue Devils in a series Navy has dominated, 13-2.  
• The inaugural match in the series was on Feb. 21, 1925, when Navy cruised to a 24-5 victory in Annapolis.
• Navy had won 11 straight matches against Duke until last year when the Blue Devils won the tie-breaker. While both teams won three bonus-point matches, Duke won two by way of fall and Navy had just one, giving the Blue Devils the victory, 23-22.
• Ironically, each of the last two meetings between Navy and Duke have been decided via tie-breaker. In 2017, the Mids picked up an 18-17 victory based on the third criteria (total points, 66-60) in a tie-breaker. It was also the first meeting between the two programs since Navy scored a 21-14 victory against Duke in Durham on Feb. 13, 2000.
• The Mids own a 9-1 record against the Blue Devils in matches wrestled in Annapolis.

What's Ahead
• The Midshipmen will partake in the 25th edition of the All-Academy Championship presented by USAA next Saturday in Northfield, Vt.  
• Eight military institutions - Air Force, Army West Point, The Citadel, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine Academy, Navy, Norwich and VMI - will vye for the team title and 10 individual crowns with action beginning at 10:00 am at Norwich's Plumley Armory. This is the first time Norwich has played host to the event.


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