Coming off its thrilling All-Academy Championship victory, the Navy wrestling team (4-4, 1-1 EIWA) returns to action with a pair of road duals this week. The Mids open competition on Friday evening (7:00 pm) in Washington, D.C. where they will battle American (2-5, 2-3 EIWA) at Bender Arena. The following afternoon Navy makes the drive to Philadelphia to battle Drexel (6-6, 2-2 EIWA) at Daskalakis Athletic Center beginning at 4:00 pm.  

Multi-Media Platforms:
There are a variety of ways to follow the action for this week's duals ...
• Live video - American // Patriot League Network
• Live scoring - American // Trackwrestling

• Live video - Drexel // Flowrestling
• Live scoring - Drexel // FloArena

Navy Notes
• Sixth-year Navy head coach Joel Sharratt has led Navy to a 4-4 record this season, including a 1-1 mark against EIWA competition.
• Behind a 21-12 victory over Maryland on Dec. 6, Navy claimed the program's 900th victory (901-310-26) in its 112-year history.
• The Mids have wins over Fresno State (25-9), California Baptist 27-9), Maryland (21-12) and Bucknell (19-18), while dropping matches to #6 Wisconsin (24-12), #1 Penn State (45-0), Lock Haven (19-15) and #12 Lehigh (23-9).
• Logan Treaster (125) is atop the wins column for the Midshipmen, boasting a 17-6 overall record. Meanwhile, he and freshman Jacob Koser (197) own matching dual marks of 6-2 to lead the team. Koser owns a 2-0 mark in EIWA action this winter.
• Cody Trybus (141) has turned in 16 wins, while junior Tanner Skidgel (165) and freshmen Jacob Koser (197) and John Birchmeier (285) have 14 wins apiece. Skidgel stands 5-2 in dual competition.

Weekly Rewind
• Logan Treaster (125), Casey Cobb (133), Cody Trybus (141), Jacob Koser (197) and John Birchmeier (285) each won individual titles to lead Navy to the 2020 All-Academy Championship crown last Saturday at in Colorado Springs, Colo.
• Trailing 114.5-108.0 with two matches remaining, Navy rallied behind the efforts of Koser and Birchmeier. Koser, who not only went 3-0 on the day, but he did not give up a point, got the Mids to within two points following his 16-0 tech fall over VMI's Zach Brown in the 197-pound title match. Birchmeier, who has twice secured dual victories for the Mids this season (Maryland and Bucknell), sealed the team victory by way of his 10-4 win over Air Force's Kayne Hutchison in the final match of the evening.
• Navy (117.5) won the team crown by ONE point over second-place Air Force (116.5), who had three wrestlers win individual titles. VMI placed third (48.0), followed by Coast Guard (47.5), The Citadel (34.0), Merchant Marine (18.5) and Norwich (12.5). VMI and Coast Guard both crowned an individual champion.
• Koser was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler, while Treaster was the recipient of the Most Pins in Fewest Amount of Time Award with two in 2:15.
• Navy has been the dominant team, winning 16 of the 26 championships including 13 of the last 17.
• The Mids have won 103 individual crowns in All-Academy Championship history, including 77 of the 170 titles over the last 17 years.
• The Mids won the team title in 1995, `97, `99, `04, `05, `06, `07, `09, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14, '18,'19 and '20, while they claimed five or more individual titles in 1997, `99, `04, `05, `07, `08, '10, '11, '13, '17, '18, '19 and '20.
• Four of the five Mids who claimed individual titles were first-time All-Academy Championship winners - Logan Treaster (125), Cody Trybus (141), Jacob Koser (197) and John Birchmeier (285).
• Junior Casey Cobb (133) earned his second All-Academy Championship in as many appearances. He is the 24th Navy wrestler to win at least two All-Academy Championship titles.
• It was the first appearance at the All-Academy Championship for six Navy wrestlers - Logan Treaster (125), Wyatt Long (149), Jack Stanton-Taddeo (157), Andrew Buckley (184), Jacob Koser (197) and John Birchmeier (285).
• Jacob Koser (197) and John Birchmeier (285) are just the 10th and 11th freshmen in Navy history to win an individual title at the All-Academy Championship and the first since Jared Prince in 2017. It's the first time Navy has had two freshmen win in the same year. It's also the first time a Navy freshman has won at the two heaviest weights.
• A remarkable 13 of the 25 individual victories by Navy today were bonus-point matches. Jacob Koser (197) earned bonus points for all three of his victories - one by fall and two by tech fall.

Mids In the Rankings
Intermat // Amateur Wrestling News // FloWrestling // Trackwrestling

125 - Logan Treaster ... 16 // NR // NR // 28
165 - Tanner Skidgel ... 9 // 8 // 9 // 11
174 - Spencer Carey ... NR // NR // NR // 21

NCAA Coaches Panel Rankings
• The first set of NCAA Coaches Panel Rankings were released on Jan. 24  and five wrestlers among Navy's 10-man lineup are currently among the top 33 in their respective weight class - 125 Logan Treaster (#20), 133 Casey Cobb (#29), 165 Tanner Skidgel (#8), 174 Spencer Carey (#19), 197 Jacob Koser (#31)
• An RPI was also due to be released, however, there were not enough wrestlers that had accumulated a sufficient number of matches to run an accurate RPI.
• The next release of NCAA Coaches Rankings and RPI will be on Feb. 13.

Projected Navy Lineup
Wt - Wrestler (Cl, 2019-20 overall record, dual record)
• 125 - #16 Logan Treaster (Jr, 17-6, 6-2)
• 133 - Casey Cobb (Jr, 12-9, 2-4)  Jacob Allen (Jr, 10-5, 2-0)
• 141 - Cody Trybus (Jr, 16-8, 4-4)
• 149 - Wyatt Long (Jr, 13-8, 0-3)
• 157 - Jack Stanton-Taddeo (Jr, 9-10, 0-1)  //  Jared Prince (Sr, 0-0, 0-0)  //  Val Park (Fr, 7-6, 0-1)  
• 165 - #9 Tanner Skidgel (Jr, 14-4, 5-2)  //  Brian Case (Fr, 13-8, 0-0)
• 174 - 20 Spencer Carey (Sr, 13-6, 4-3)  //  Dean Caravela (Jr, 5-6, 0-1)
• 184 - Andrew Buckley (Jr, 8-10, 1-5)
• 197 - Jacob Koser (Fr, 14-5, 6-2)
• 285 - John Birchmeier (Fr, 14-7, 4-4)

American Notebook
• Under the direction of ninth-year head coach Teague Moore, American has amassed a 2-5 record this winter, including a 2-3 mark in EIWA action.
• The Eagles opened their dual season dropping three straight matches - Wyoming (22-13), Army (33-7) and North Carolina (39-4) - before bouncing back to win two straight home matches against EIWA foes Brown (18-16) and Drexel (27-14). They have lost their last two duals, again to EIWA opponents Lehigh (33-8) and Columbia (21-20).
• Though both teams won five bouts apiece, Columbia's Angelo Rini defeated AU's Daniel Kidd by tech fall to give the Lions a 21-20 come-from-behind victory over American.
• 149-pound Kizhan Clarke (#8) and 184-pound Tanner Harvey (#19) are among this week's Intermat national rankings. Meanwhile, four members of the team are ranked in last week's release of the NCAA Coaches Panel rankings - 125 Gage Curry (#24), 141 Sal Profaci (#26), 149 Kizhan Clarke (#7) and 184 Tanner Harvey (#23).

Projected American Lineup
Wt - Wrestler (Cl, 2019-20 overall record, dual record)
• 125 - Gage Curry (R-Jr, 21-7, 5-2)
• 133 - Josh Vega (Fr, 5-8, 0-0)
• 141 - Sal Profaci (R-Sr, 21-6, 6-1)
• 149 - #8 Kizhan Clarke (R-Jr, 30-3, 6-1)
• 157 - Ethan Karsten (R-Jr, 11-10, 0-4)  //  Elijah Murphy (R-Jr, 1-5, 1-1)
• 165 - Anthony Wokasch (R-Jr, 5-8, 0-2)  //  Tim Fitzpatrick (R-Jr, 8-12, 2-3)
• 174 - Conner Allshouse (R-Jr, 5-9, 0-1)  //  Connor Bourne (Fr, 2-11, 0-1)  //  Ben Root (So, 9-13, 0-5)
• 184 - #19 Tanner Harvey (R-Jr, 17-5, 4-3)
• 197 - William Jarrell (Fr, 5-18, 0-7)
• 285 - Niko Camacho (R-So, 13-9, 3-4)

The Series
• Friday's match marks the 16th meeting between Navy and American with Navy holding a decisive 13-2 lead.
• The inaugural match in the series was on Jan. 12, 1997, when Navy posted a 30-10 victory in Annapolis.
• Navy had its seven-match winning streak over American snapped a year ago when American won the match 19-18 by way of the first tie-breaker criteria  which is number of wins (6 by American, 4 by Navy). It was the Eagles' first win in the series since defeating Navy, 19-17 on Jan. 16, 2009.
• The series took a two-year break in 2011 and '12, but met every year otherwise since 2004.
• The Mids own a 7-0 record against the Eagles in matches wrestled in Washington, D.C.

Drexel Notebook
• In his ninth season as head coach, Matt Azevedo has directed Drexel to a 6-6 overall mark and a 2-2 record in EIWA action.
• The Dragons' wins have been against SIU Edwardsville (18-15), West Liberty (32-9), LIU (42-3), Cal Poly (25-21), California Baptist (23-15) and Binghamton (28-9). Meanwhile, they have losses to Oklahoma State (30-6), Pitt (33-0), Stanford (26-11), American (27-14), NC State (44-3) and Bucknell (27-2).
• 165-pound Ebed Jarrell (#19) is among this week's Intermat national rankings and stands #18 on the NCAA Coaches Panel rankings released last Friday.

Projected Drexel Lineup
Wt - Wrestler (Cl, 2019-20 overall record, dual record)
• 125 - Antonio Mininno (So, 6-6, 6-4)
• 133 - Chandler Olson (Jr, 11-4, 7-1)  //  Chase Shields (Fr, 5-4, 2-2)
• 141 - Tyler Williams (Fr, 6-9, 5-5)  //  Julian Flores (R-Jr, 6-10, 0-3)
• 149 - Nick Widmann (R-Sr, 3-5, 0-1)
• 157 - Parker Kropman (R-Jr, 5-4, 1-2)
• 165 - #18 Ebed Jarrell (R-Sr, 12-5, 5-3)
• 174 - Michael O'Malley (R-Fr, 11-6, 8-3)
• 184 - Owen Brooks (Sr, 3-8, 2-4)  //  Anthony Walters (So, 0-9, 0-5)
• 197 - Bryan McLaughlin (R-So, 12-10, 6-6)
• 285 - Sean O'Malley (R-So, 8-9, 4-7)

The Series
• Saturday's match marks the 18th meeting between the two programs in a series that dates back to 1986.
• Navy owns a 12-5 series advantage, while Drexel holds a 3-2 lead in matches wrestled on its home mat.
• Navy has won the last three matches - 25-14 in Annapolis (2016) //  22-13 in Philadelphia (2017) // 25-12 in Annapolis (2019).
• Drexel's last win in the series was on Dec. 13, 2014, when it captured a 24-16 win on its home mat.
• Navy's last win at Drexel was on Dec. 8, 2017, when the Mids claimed a 22-13 victory.

What's Ahead
• Navy will also send a handful of wrestlers to compete at the Edinboro Open on Saturday (9:00 am).
• Navy wil wrestle a pair of road duals next week, as well
• The Mids travel to Fairfax, Va. on Thursday, Feb. 6 to battle George Mason (7:00 pm) and then make the trip on Sunday to North Carolina for a 2:00 pm match against Duke. The Duke match will be contested at Northwood High School in Pittsboro, N.C.

### Go Navy ###