Three Navy wrestlers reached the podium en route to guiding the Midshipmen to an 11th-place finish at the 2020 Southern Scuffle, presented by Compound Sportswear, Thursday at McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga.

While NC State had the most medalists (8) and Stanford boasted the most individual champions (3), it was No. 9 Oklahoma State that won the team crown. The Cowboys edged out No. 6 NC State by seven points (116-109) to earn their second Southern Scuffle title in the last four years (2017). Eight different schools (Binghamton, Iowa State, NC State, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Rutgers, Stanford, West Virginia) landed individual champions with only Stanford accounting for more than one. Rounding out the top five were No. 25 Stanford (99.5) in third, followed by No. 10 Pitt (93) and North Dakota State (92.5).

"The Southern Scuffle lived up to being the premier holiday event once again this year," said sixth-year Navy head coach Joel Sharratt. "It was a great opportunity to test our guys in a tournament format after our early season duals.

"It's never easy coming back from the holidays, managing weight and competing in a field that has the depth of this event. I am proud of the way these guys competed and look forward to the gains we have made this weekend. The sacrifices and lessons learned will propel this team forward into our EIWA dual season ahead."

The Highlights
• Three of Navy's 16 wrestlers who competed at the 2020 Southern Scuffle placed among the top eight.
• 2019 NCAA qualifier Tanner Skidgel was the Mids' top placewinner with a second-place finish at 165 pounds.
• Also placing were 125-pound Logan Treaster (4th) and 133-pound Casey Cobb (8th).
• Ranked 10th nationally, second-seeded Tanner Skidgel turned in a 5-1 record and suffered his only loss of the two-day tournament to Stanford's Shane Griffin, seeded No. 1 and ranked No. 7, by a 2-1 count in the championship bout. Both wrestlers earned a point for an escape, but Griffin was awarded the match-winning point after Skidgel was twice warned for stalling.
• Logan Treaster leads the team with a 13-5 record this winter after putting together a 6-2 mark at the Scuffle.
• After dropping his opener to Stanford's Jackson DiSario, 9-2, Treaster won six consecutive matches to earn a spot in the 3rd/4th-place match.
• Treaster earned his first career win over a ranked wrestler when he dealt second-seeded and seventh-ranked Nic Aguilar of Rutgers a 4-1 loss in the consolation bracket.
• Treaster faced Virginia Tech's Sam Latona in what turned into a game of chess as the two battled it out for third place. Following a scoreless opening period, Latona took the lead with an escape in the third before Treaster leveled the match with an escape in the third. The two wrestlers were unable to settle the score through three one-minute sudden victory periods and three 30-second tie breakers. Latona, however, was the victor after gaining riding time in the final 30-second tie breaker (rode out Treaster in the first 30 seconds and then chose the neutral position and was not taken down).
• Taking eighth at 133 pounds was junior Casey Cobb, who finished the tournament with a 5-3 record.
• Team captain Spencer Carey came into the tournament seeded third and ranked 16th at 174 pounds. He opened the tournament by winning three straight matches before dropping a 13-5 major decision to sixth-seeded and eventual champion Carter Starocci of Penn State. Carey bowed out of the tournament with an injury and did not place.

More from Coach Sharratt
• Tanner Skidgel was impressive in his run to the finals with a solid bracket and very solid performances in each match. He has continued to improve in each aspect of his wrestling and is tough to score on, ride and escape from, so he is a challenge to compete against. Tonight he learned a valuable lesson about opening up and not letting external factors change the outcome.

• Logan Treaster had an off-the-chart performamce this weekend and established himself as a competitor among a field of nationally-ranked wrestlers. His third-place bout was a battle that brought the crowd to its feet as it extended into multiple overtimes. He competed with the heart of a lion and the skill that will take him to another level going forward.

• Casey Cobb also continued to make noise throughout his bracket. He is such a solid competitor and he was able to string together several solid wins this weekend that will solidify him in the rankings. He is right there and doing things right every day to compete among the nation's elite like he did this weekend. His discipline is unparalleled and his motivational fire is a great spark for this team. He is an all in, all the time guy.

• Wyatt Long came out strong turning around a match we dropped previously. He has been making steady improvements and shaping up to be a solid 149 pounder in the line up.

What's Ahead
• Navy will send roughly 20 wrestlers who are not competing in the Southern Scuffle to the David H. Lehman F&M Wrestling Open on Saturday in Lancaster, Pa.
• Live video ($) and live stats (free) will be available on trackwrestling.com

Team Standings
1.  116.0 - Oklahoma State
2.  109.0 - NC State
3.  99.5 - Stanford
4.  93.0 - Pitt
5.  92.5 - North Dakota State
6.  85.0 - Northern Colorado
7.  84.0 - Rutgers
8.  72.5 - Rider
9.  67.0 - Appalachian State
10.  64.5 - Lock Haven
11.  63.0 - Navy
12.  47.0 - West Virginia
13.  46.0 - Chattanooga
14.  45.5 - George Mason
       39.5 - Iowa State
16.  37.5 - Cal State Bakersfield
17.  36.5 - Air Force
18.  33.0 - Oregon State
       33.0 - VMI
20.  31.0 - Binghamton
21.  25.0 - Drexel
22.  20.0 - Cleveland State
23.  14.0 - The Citadel
24.  10.5 - Lehigh
25.  9.5 - Little Rock
26.  7.5 - Gardner-Webb
27.  00.0 - Davidson

Navy Results
125 - Aslan Kilic (4-1, DNP)
• lost to Caleb Smith, Appalachian State (unattached) / Major / 16-8
• def Carson Sauriol, Binghamton / Major / 8-0
• def Will Edmiston, Gardner-Webb / Major / 13-5
• def Malcolm Robinson, Rutgers / Dec / 9-4
• def Joe Thomas, West Virginia / Fall / 1:11
• (lost to) (2 seed) #7 Nic Aguilar, Rutgers / Med Forfeit

125 - Logan Treaster (6-2, 4th Place)
• lost to Jackson DiSario, Stanford / Fall / 2:42
• def Cian Fischer, Davidson / Fall / 6:11
• def John McGarry, VMI / Tech Fall / 17-0 (3:52)
• def Corey Cabanban, Iowa State / Dec / 3-2
• def (5) Jake Camacho, NC State / Dec / 4-2
• def (2) #7 Nic Aguilar, Rutgers / Dec / 4-1
• def Caleb Smith, Appalachian State (unattached) / Dec / 2-0
• lost to Sam Latona, Virginia Tech (unattached) / Dec / 2-1 TB2

133 - Casey Cobb (5-3, 8th Place)
• def Franco Valdes, Chattanooga / Dec / 6-4 TB2
• def Drake Doolittle, Duke (unattached) / Major / 11-2
• lost to (2) #8 Cam Sykora, North Dakota State / Major / 15-3
• def Codi Russell, Appalachian State / Dec / 10-6
• def Theorius Robison, Northern Colorado (unattached) / Dec / 11-10
• def (8) #19 Reece Witcraft, Oklahoma State / Dec / 8-4
• lost to Kai Orine, NC State (unattached) / Dec / 8-5
• lost to (3) #13 Mosha Schwartz, Northern Colorado / Dec / 6-4

133 - Jacob Allen (0-2, DNP)
• lost to (5) Sammy Alvarez, Rutgers / Major / 11-2
• lost to Codi Russell, Appalachian State / Dec / 3-2

141 - (7) Cody Trybus (2-2, DNP)
• def Mason Wallace, Chattanooga / Dec / 5-1
• lost to Alex Madrigal, George Mason / Dec / 5-2
• def Dylan Droegemeuller, North Dakota State / Dec / 5-2
• lost to (2) #13 Tariq Wilson, NC State / Dec / 6-4

149 - Wyatt Long (2-2, DNP)
• def Dalton Blankenship, Davidson / Tech Fall / 19-4 (7:00)
• def Brock Port, Lock Haven / Dec / 6-3
• lost to (3) Russell Rohlfing, Cal State Bakersfield / Dec / 5-0
• lost to Brevin Balmaceda, Oklahoma State (unattached) / Dec / 5-3

149 - Morgan Fuenffinger (0-2, DNP)
• lost to (5) Tanner Smith, Chattanooga / Dec / 6-0
• lost to Troy Nation, Campbell (unattached) / Dec / 5-3

149 - Val Park (1-2, DNP)
• def Wyatt McCarthy, Rider (unattached) / Dec / 6-4
• lost to Zach Barnes, Campbell / Dec / 6-4
• lost to Kyle Prewitt, Ark.-Little Rock (unattached) / Dec / 7-1

157 - Scout Skidgel (3-2, DNP)
• def Doug Gudenburr, The Citadel / Fall / 6:59
• lost to Wyatt Sheets, Oklahoma State / Tech Fall / 18-2 (4:58)
• def Hunter Costa, Davidson / Dec / 8-4
• def Nico O'Dor, Cleveland State / Dec / 3-2
• lost to Tyler Eischens, Stanford / Major / 11-3

157 - Jack Stanton-Taddeo (2-2, DNP)
• lost to (6) Hunter Willits, Oregon State (unattached) / Dec / 8-1
• def Gary Dinmore, Rider / Dec / 3-2
• def Ethan Woods, Stanford / Dec / 7-3
• lost to Robert Kanniard, Rutgers (unattached) / Major / 12-4

165 - (2) #10 Tanner Skidgel (5-1, 2nd place)
• def Jon Hoover, VMI / Major / 14-0
• def Brock Godzin, West Virginia / Dec / 6-0
• def Zane Mulder, Iowa State (unattached) / Dec / 6-0
• def (7) #20 Ebed Jarrell, Drexel / Dec / 3-1 SV
• def (3) #8 Thomas Bullard, NC State / Dec / 3-2
• lost to (1) #7 Shane Griffith, Stanford / Dec / 2-1

174 - (3) #16 Spencer Carey (3-1, DNP)
• def Kyle Hornett, Gardner-Webb (unattached) / Major / 17-8
• def Christos Avgeros, Old Dominion (unattached) / Fall / 3:49
• def Willie Scott, Rutgers / Dec / 5-2
• lost to (6) Carter Starocci, Penn State (unattached) / Major / 13-5
• (lost to) Thomas Flitz, Appalachian State / Med Forfeit

174 - Dean Caravela (3-2, DNP)
• lost to (5) #17 Daniel Bullard, NC State / Major / 8-0
• def Albert Urias, Cal State Bakersfield / Fall / 4:18
• def Charlie Andrews, Campbell / Dec / 9-4
• def (1) #7 Joe Smith, Oklahoma State / Med Forfeit
• lost to Austin Murpy, Campbell / Dec / 11-4

184 - Andrew Buckley (1-2, DNP)
• lost to (7) Alan Clothier, Northern Colorado / Fall / 4:52
• def Jacob Ferreira, NC State / Dec / 4-2
• lost to (8) Anthony Montalvo, Oklahoma State / Dec / 10-3

197 - Jacob Koser (1-2, DNP)
• def Paul Carson, Appalachian State / Dec / 4-0
• lost to (4) #11 Noah Adams, West Virginia / Dec / 8-3
• lost to Cordell Eaton, North Dakota State / Dec / 7-3

285 - Riley Smith (1-2, DNP)
• def Finlay Holston, Davidson / Major / 14-6
• lost to (1) #10 Demetrius Thomas, Pitt / Major / 15-2
• lost to Jarrod Snyder, Cal State Bakersfield / Dec / 3-0

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