The Navy wrestling team (6-3, 3-2 EIWA) will close out the regular season on Saturday afternoon with the annual Star Match against archrival Army (7-3, 6-1 EIWA).  Action is set for 4:00 pm at Christl Arena.  A free live video stream will be available by logging on to NavySports.com or on Army's Knight Vision streaming platform.

Navy Notebook
• Fifth-year Navy head coach Joel Sharratt has guided the Midshipmen to a 6-3 dual meet mark that features a 3-2 record in EIWA matches.
• Navy owns dual wins over Maryland (31-6), Bucknell (26-9), Hofstra (30-12), Duke (22-16), Drexel (25-12) and Old Dominion (24-10), while dropping matches to No. 2 Ohio State (28-9), Lehigh (28-6) and American (19-18 tie-breaker).
• The Mids have competed in five tournaments to date - Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (no team scoring), Navy Classic (3rd/16 teams), Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (17th/43 teams), Southern Scuffle (5th/23 teams) and All-Academy Championship (1st/8 teams).
• Sharratt earned his 100th collegiate victory with a 22-16 win over Duke in Annapolis on Jan. 20. He owns a 102-79 career record, including a 35-17 mark at Navy.
• Four wrestlers have topped the 20-win mark this season, including senior team captain Nicholas Gil (141) who leads the way with a 24-5 record. He captured his 20th win of the season on Jan. 20 with a 6-3 win over Lehigh's Ryan Promrinca. Gil has reached 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.
• Gil, who enters the weekend ranked 13th by Intermat, earned his 100th collegiate victory with a semifinal victory over VMI's Dom Gallo at the All-Academy Championship on Jan. 26. With a 102-38 career record, he is only the 16th wrestler in program history to reach 100 career wins. Gil is for 13th on the all-time wins list alongside Luke Rebertus (2009-12) and trails 12th-place Ed Prendergast (2005-08) by just four wins.
• Sophomore Casey Cobb (133) added his name to the 20-win club after capturing the All-Academy Championship title with a 3-0 record. Cobb heads into the weekend with a 22-8 record and will make his Army-Navy debut after sitting out his freshman campaign.
• Juniors Spencer Carey (174) and Joshua Roetman (197) both earned their 20th win of the season in the Mids' 24-10 victory over Old Dominion on Feb. 11. Carey stands 21-11 and has amassed more wins this season that his first two seasons combined (6-6 Fr, 9-4 So). Roetman, meanwhile, owns a 21-7 record and in his first season as the Mids' starter, he, too, has more wins this winter than his first two seasons combined (7-5 Fr, 8-7 So).
• Joshua Roetman (197) is the sole Navy wrestler who is undefeated among the starters. Roetman missed the Mids' Drexel dual on Feb. 1. He enters the weekend with an 8-0 record in duals this winter.
• Only 3 of Navy's 10 projected starters have previously wrestled in the Army-Navy dual. Nicholas Gil is 2-0 (2016, '18), Jared Prince is 2-0 (2017, '18) and Joshua Roetman is 0-1 having pushed up to wrestle at heavyweight in 2017.
• Army and Navy share four common opponents - Drexel (Navy, 25-12 / Army, 29-5), American (Navy 18-19 TB / Army 21-13), Bucknell (Navy, 26-9 / Army, 22-19), Lehigh (Navy, 6-28 / Army, 6-28)

Projected Navy Lineup
Wt - Wrestler (Cl, overall record, dual record)
• 125 - Jacob Allen (Fr, 13-13, 4-5) / Logan Treaster (So, 11-5, 0-0)
• 133 - Casey Cobb (So, 22-8, 6-3) / Cody Trybus (So, 14-4, 1-0)
• 141 - #13 Nicholas Gil (Sr, 24-5, 6-2) / Kyle Trybus (So, 0-1, 0-0)
• 149 - Jared Prince (Jr, 15-8, 3-3)
• 157 - Quentin Hovis (So, 9-9, 3-5)  / Scout Skidgel (So, 9-5, 0-0)
• 165 - Tanner Skidgel (So, 15-8, 6-3) / Jonathan Carrera (Sr, 16-5, 1-0)
• 174 - #20 Spencer Carey (Jr, 21-11, 5-3)
• 184 - Anthony Cable (Sr, 16-12, 3-6) / Alex Benoit (Jr, 12-6, 0-1)
• 197 - Joshua Roetman (Jr, 21-7, 8-0)
• 285 - Thomas Ott (Sr, 10-13, 4-4)

Mids In the National Rankings
• The second set of NCAA Coaches Rankings and first RPI were released Valentine's Day and featured six wrestlers among Navy's 10-man lineup among the top 33 in their respective weight class.

133 - Casey Cobb
#28 NCAA Coaches / #23 RPI / NR Intermat / NR Flowrestling / NR Amateur Wrestling News / NR Trackwrestling / NR The Open Mat

141 - Nicholas Gil
#17 NCAA Coaches / #8 RPI / #13 Intermat / #18 Flowrestling / #12 Amateur Wrestling News / #17 Trackwrestling / #13 The Open Mat

149 - Jared Prince
#22 NCAA Coaches / #14 RPI / NR Intermat / NR Flowrestling / NR  Amateur Wrestling News / #21 Trackwrestling / #19 The Open Mat

165 - Tanner Skidgel
#26 NCAA Coaches / #23 RPI / NR Intermat / NR Flowrestling / #19 Amateur Wrestling News / NR Trackwrestling / NR The Open Mat

174 - Spencer Carey
#20 NCAA Coaches / #22 RPI / #20 Intermat / NR Flowrestling / NR  Amateur Wrestling News / #20 Trackwrestling / NR The Open Mat

197 - Joshua Roetman
#31 NCAA Coaches / #18 RPI / NR Intermat / NR Flowrestling / NR Amateur Wrestling News / NR Trackwrestling / NR The Open Mat

Army Notebook
• Under the direction of fourth-year head coach Kevin Ward, Army enters Saturday's Star Match against the Mids ranked 24th in the NWCA Div. I Coaches Poll and stands 7-3 overall and 6-1 in the EIWA.
• Army had won five consecutive matches (Binghtom, Brown, Penn, West Virginia and Bucknell) before nationally-ranked Lehigh dealt the Black Knights a 28-6 loss in Bethlehem last Saturday.
• Junior 165-pound Cael McCormick stands 20th in the national rankings with a 15-6 record, while senior Rocco Caywood is ranked eighth at 197 pounds and owns a 21-4 mark.
• Eight Army wrestlers are ranked among the latest Coaches Panel Rankings and RPI - 125-pound Trey Chalifoux (25/20), 141-pound Corey Shie (27/23), 157-pound Lucas Weiland (27-26), 165- Cael McCormick (28/24), 174-pound Ben Harvey (17/16), 184-pound Noah Stewart (21/19), 197-pound Rocco Caywood (6/6) and heavyweight Ben Sullivan (29/26).

Projected Army Lineup
Wt - Wrestler (Cl, overall record, dual record)
• 125 - Trey Chalifoux (Jr, 16-10, 5-2) / Ryan Hetrick (So, 9-7, 2-1)
• 133 - Lane Peters (So, 13-16, 4-6)
• 141 - Corey Shie (Fr, 23-11, 6-3)
• 149 - Noah Hanau (Jr, 8-11, 2-3) / P.J. Ogunsanya (Fr, 17-12, 0-1)
• 157 - Lucas Weiland (Jr, 20-8, 5-3)
• 165 - #20 Cael McCormick (Jr, 15-6, 8-2) / Owen Brown (Fr, 14-7, 0-0)
• 174 - Ben Harvey (Jr, 23-6, 8-2)
• 184 - Noah Stewart (Jr, 15-7, 5-3) / C.J. Morgan (Jr, 3-5, 0-2)
• 197 - #8 Rocco Caywood (Sr, 21-4, 7-1) / Alex Hopkins (Jr, 17-7, 1-1)
• 285 - Ben Sullivan (Fr, 19-10, 5-5) / Bobby Heald (So, 21-8, 0-0)

The Wrestling Series
• Saturday's match marks the 63rd meeting between Army and Navy in a rivalry that dates back to a 17-8 win by the Mids on March 2, 1957 in Annapolis.
• Navy has been the dominant team in the series, boasting a 49-8-5 advantage, including a 22-6-3 record in matches staged at West Point.  
• The Midshipmen have suffered just four setbacks (1997, 19-12 /  2015, 21-10 / 2017, 19-14 / 2018, 18-15) to Army in the last 56 matches, as Navy owns a spectacular 47-4-5 record during that span.
• Last year, Army won five of the final six matches, including a 2-1 tie breaker at heavyweight, to overcome a nine-point deficit midway through the competition and defeat Navy, 18-15, in Annapolis.

All-Sports Army-Navy Series
• Navy holds a 1074-818-43 (56.6) all-time record against Army.  In overall meetings against the Cadets over the last 23 years, Navy owns a 428-279-10 (60.4) record including a 320-176-10 (64.2) lead in Star Games.
• Heading into the weekend, the annual Army-Navy Star Series presented by USAA is deadlocked at eight wins apiece, while Army owns a 12-9 lead in overall head-to-head competitions this year.  
• The following teams have the distinction of winning Stars for the Midshipmen this year (in chronological order) — Volleyball, Women's Soccer, Women's Cross Country, Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving, Rifle, Gymnastics and Men's Basketball.  Meanwhile, there are eight remaining Stars up for grabs - Wrestling (2-23 at West Point), Women's Tennis (3-30 at West Point), Men's Outdoor Track & Field (4-6 at Annapolis), Women's Outdoor Track & Field (4-6 at Annapolis), Men's Lacrosse (4-13 at Annapolis), Women's Lacrosse (4-13 at Annapolis), Men's Tennis (4-13 at West Point) and Baseball (4-20-21 at Annapolis).

What's Ahead
• Navy will have nearly two weeks to prepare for the 2019 EIWA Championship slated for March 8-9.  
• Binghamton will serve as the host with action taking place at the Events Center in Vestal, N.Y.  Opening-day action is set for 11:00 am, while Saturday's semifinals and wrestlebacks are due to start at 10:00 am.


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