After spending the last month on the road, the Navy wrestling team (8-4, 3-1 EIWA) returns to the friendly confines of Alumni Hall to play host to Old Dominion (7-9, 4-2 MAC) on Friday evening at 7:30 pm. The Mids have won four consecutive road duals, capturing wins over American, Drexel, George Mason and Duke.

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.

Tickets
• Admission to Friday night's match is $10 for adults and $5 for youth (18 years & younger).

Promotions
• Fans can enter a raffle for a gift basket filled with Valentine's goodies.
• Fans in attendance will receive a heart-shaped N-Star fan.

Multi-Media Platforms
• For those fans unable to attend the Navy-Old Dominion match, it will be streamed (free) live via the Patriot League Network on PatriotLeague.TV and NavySports.com.

Navy Notes
• Sixth-year Navy head coach Joel Sharratt has led Navy to an 8-4 record this season, including a 3-1 mark against EIWA competition.
• Behind a 21-12 victory over Maryland on Dec. 6, Navy claimed the program's 900th victory (905-310-26) in its 112-year history.
• The Mids have wins over Fresno State (25-9), California Baptist 27-9), Maryland (21-12), Bucknell (19-18), American (24-21), Drexel (23-15), George Mason (23-14) and Duke (39-6), 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 // 19-7 record) and Cody Trybus (141 // 19-9 record) are both just one win away from reaching the 20-win milestone. Meahwile, Jacob Koser (197) stands 18-5 in his rookie season.
• Jacob Koser (197) is the lone Navy wrestler with double-digit dual victories, as he leads the team with a 10-2 dual record. Logan Treaster (125) has eight wins, while Cody Trybus (141) has seven.
• Jacob Koser (197) is riding a nine-match winning streak which includes a 6-0 mark in duals and an All-Academy Championship title.
• Tanner Skidgel (165) has won nine of his last 10 matches, returning to the mat last Sunday against Duke after being sidelined for nearly three weeks.
• There are 9 Navy wrestlers who have earned their first collegiate dual victory this season - Morgan Fuenffinger (149), Wyatt Long (149), Scout Skidgel (157), Jack Stanton-Taddeo (157), Brian Case (165), Andrew Buckley (184), Dean Caravela (184), Jacob Koser (197) and John Birchmeier (285).

Weekly Rewind
At George Mason
• Team captain Spencer Carey's win by fall in the third match of the night set the tone for Navy and provided a lead the Mids would not relinquish en route to a 23-14 win over George Mason (7-6) last Thursday in Fairfax, Va.
• Navy fell behind 3-0 when GMU's Kolby Ho dealt Jack Stanton-Taddeo an 11-5 loss in the opening match of the evening at 157 pounds. The Mids answered a match later when freshman Brian Case earned one of the biggest wins of his career, beating redshirt senior Ryan Yorkdale in sudden victory, 3-1. Case scored his match-winning takedown just 13 seconds into the extra frame to level the match at three apiece.
• Carey stepped to the mat where he met a much taller Anthony Lombardo. Carey nearly had a pin early in the match, but came away with back points. He built a 9-2 advantage and with just eight seconds remaining, Carey scored the pin. The Carey win gave Navy a 9-3 advantage and the Mids would never trail again in the match.
• Navy led by as many as 12 (20-8 and 23-11) and trailed by as many as 3 (0-3). There was just one tie in the match (3-3).
• The Mids won 6 of the 10 matches, including bonus-point victories by Spencer Carey (174) and Jacob Koser (197).
• Making just his third career dual appearance, freshman Brian Case (165) earned his first career dual victory with a 3-1 win in sudden victory over redshirt senior Ryan Yorkdale. He dropped a tough 8-6 decision in sudden victory just a week ago to American's Timothy Fitzpatrick.
• Spencer Carey posted the 17th win by fall of his career, edging out the final buzzer by just eight seconds. Three of Carey's last four victories have come by fall (4:38 vs. Dominick Esposito at All-Academy Championship // 3:24 vs. Conner Allshouse in American dual // 6:52 vs. Anthony Lombardo in George Mason dual).
• Rookie Jacob Koser (197) won his eighth consecutive match with a dominant effort against Ram Montalvo. Koser, who held a 12-1 advantage after the first period, earned the 17-1 tech fall in just over four minutes and is now 5-0 in matches ending by tech falls.
• John Birchmeier (285) pushed his dual mark to above .500 with a 7-4 win over Jake Slinger. Winner of five of his last six matches, Birchmeier stands 16-8 on the year and 6-5 in dual competition.
• Logan Treaster (125) weathered a tough match against GMU's Talha Farooq (9-4) and is now just one win shy of the 20-win milestone (19-7, 8-3).
• Cody Trybus (141) used patience in earning a 3-1 win over Alex Madrigal, the nation's leader in tech falls (10). The two met earlier this season with Madrigal taking a 5-2 decision at the Southern Scuffle. Trybus was the aggressor throughout Thursday's match and secured his 18th win over the season with the match-winning takedown with under 30 seconds remaining in the match.

At Duke
• Navy secured a 39-6 victory over a short-handed Duke (0-15, 0-3 ACC) squad last Sunday at Northwood High School in Pittsboro, N.C. The Blue Devils forfeited two (125 & 141) of the first three matches, giving way to 12 points. Navy, meanwhile, claimed victory in the first nine matches before an injury at heavyweight gave Duke its lone win.
• Navy never trailed in the match and won nine straight bouts before bowing out of the heavyweight match due to injury.
• Three Navy wrestlers earned their first collegiate dual victories in the win.
• While the Mids earned bonus points for the two Duke forfeits, they went on to win three bonus-point bouts - major decision by Jack Stanton-Taddeo (157), fall by Dean Caravela (184), tech fall by Jacob Koser (197).
• Jacob Allen (133) improved to 4-0 in dual action this season with his 6-2 victory over Harrison Campbell. Allen has dual wins over California Baptist, Lehigh, Drexel and Duke. Allen has won six of his last seven matches overall.
• Making his fifth career dual appearance, Wyatt Long (149) earned his first collegiate dual victory by way of an 8-5 decision over Wade Unger. Long came into the match 0-3 in duals this season.
• Also earning his first collegiate dual victory was Jack Stanton-Taddeo (157), who came into the match having wrestled in just a pair of duals. He dominated Duke's Eric Carter, 11-2, to earn the major decision.
• Bothered by an injury over the last handful of weeks, ninth-ranked Tanner Skidgel (165) returned to the mat where he dealt Ben Anderson a 5-3 loss.Skidgel is now 15-4 overall and 6-2 in dual action and has won nine of his last 10 matches.
• Team captain Spencer Carey cruised to his 16th win of the season with a 9-4 win against Mason Eaglin.
• Dean Caravela (184) reaped the rewards of bumping up a weight class, scoring his first dual victory by pinning Kai Blake (6:01). Caravela had wrestled 11 matches at 174 pounds this season where he posted a 5-6 record.
• Rookie Jacob Koser (197) won his ninth consecutive match with 17-2 tech fall against Vincent Baker. Six of Koser's last seven wins have been either by tech fall (4) or fall (2).

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

125 - Logan Treaster ... NR // NR // NR // 26
141 - Cody Trybus ... NR // NR // NR // 31
165 - Tanner Skidgel ... 9 // 8 // 8 // 10
174 - Spencer Carey ... NR // NR // NR // 16
197 - Jacob Koser ... NR // NR // 25 // NR

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 this Thursday.

Projected Navy Lineup
Wt - Wrestler (Cl, 2019-20 overall record, dual record)
• 125 - Logan Treaster (Jr, 19-7, 8-3)
• 133 - Casey Cobb (Jr, 13-10, 3-5)  //  Jacob Allen (So, 12-5, 4-0)
• 141 - Cody Trybus (Jr, 19-9, 7-5)
• 149 - Wyatt Long (Jr, 14-8, 1-3) // Morgan Fuennfinger (So, 12-8, 1-3)
• 157 - Jack Stanton-Taddeo (Jr, 10-11, 1-2)  //  Jared Prince (Sr, 1-1, 1-1)
• 165 - #9 Tanner Skidgel (Jr, 15-4, 6-2)  //  Brian Case (Fr, 14-10, 1-2)
• 174 - Spencer Carey (Sr, 16-7, 7-4)  //  Dean Caravela (Jr, 6-6, 1-1)
• 184 - Andrew Buckley (Jr, 9-12, 2-7)
• 197 - Jacob Koser (Fr, 18-5, 10-2)
• 285 - John Birchmeier (Fr, 16-9, 6-6)  //  Riley Smith (So, 11-13, 0-0)

Old Dominion Notebook
• Under the direction of 16th-year head coach Steve Martin, Old Dominion has amassed a 7-9 record this winter, including a 4-2 mark in MAC action.
• The Monarchs have won three of their last four matches, including a 25-11 victory over Drexel on Monday night.
• Old Dominion also has wins over SIU Edwardsville (33-9), Penn (18-13), Maryland (18-16), Lock Haven (28-7), Edinboro (24-9), Clarion (25-9) and Drexel (25-11). Its losses have come at the hands of NC State (22-11), Missouri (24-8), Minnesota (25-10), Wyoming (24-15), South Dakota State (29-8), Virginia (23-9), Fresno State (20-15), Rider (22-10) and Virginia Tech (23-9). Among their losses, four teams are currently inside of the NWCA top 25 poll.
• A veteran squad, ODU's starting lineup features six seniors, including four redshirt seniors.
• The Monarchs have two wrestlers who currently are ranked among this week's InterMat rankings - #15 Killian Cardinale (125) and #10 Larry Early (157).
• Killian Cardinale stands atop the Monarchs' wins leader board with a 20-7 record, including an 11-5 dual record. He stands 48-34 over his career. He enters the dual having won seven of his last eight matches, including each of the last five.
• Antonio Agee (184) owns a 17-12 record and has split his dual matches at 8-8. Kenan Carter (149), Shane Jones (165) and Kellen Ekern (165) have all amassed 16 wins.
• Larry Early (157), who is 15-4 this season, owns the team's best dual record at 12-4. A redshirt senior, Early has posted an 81-31 record over his career.  He heads into Friday's dual having won 12 of his last 13 bouts, including each of the last four.

Projected Old Dominion Lineup
Wt - Wrestler (Cl, 2019-20 overall record, dual record)
• 125 - #15 Killian Cardinale (R-So, 20-7, 11-5)
• 133 - Shannon Hanna (Fr, 13-14, 7-8)  //  Steven Simpson (R-Sr, 7-7, 1-0)
• 141 - Sa'Derian Perry (R-Sr, 14-8, 8-7)  //  Yarhoski Aldiva (Jr, 7-14, 0-1)
• 149 - Kenan Carter (R-Sr, 16-12, 10-6)  //  Kevin Budock (R-Jr, 3-3, 0-0)
• 157 - #10 Larry Early (R-Sr, 15-4, 12-4)  //  Jacob Curling (R-Jr, 10-11, 0-0)
• 165 - Shane Jones (R-Sr, 16-13, 7-9)  //  Kellen Ekern (R-Fr, 16-11, 1-0)
• 174 - Alex Cramer (Fr, 15-16, 3-11)  //  Luke Drugac (R-Jr, 11-14, 0-1)
• 184 - Antonio Agee (Sr, 17-12, 8-8)  //  Noah Bushman (Jr, 8-9, 0-0)
• 197 - Tim Young (Sr, 14-16, 6-10)
• 285 - Will Hilliard (R-Jr, 9-11, 3-7)  //  Jacob Bullock (Fr, 11-15, 1-5)

The Series
• Friday's match marks the 12th meeting between the two programs in a series that dates back to 1966.
• Navy owns an 8-3 series advantage, including a 3-1 mark in matches contested at home.
• Old Dominion had beaten Navy in three consecutive matches (22-12 in 2009, 19-18 in 2016 and 23-10 in 2017), before the Mids scored a 26-8 victory over the Monarchs in 2018. Navy tacked on a win to make it two in a row with a 24-10 victory last February in Norfolk.

What's Ahead
• Navy will play host to the annual Army-Navy Star Match next Saturday, Feb. 22. Action is set for 7:30 pm at Alumni Hall.
• The Mids own a 49-9-5 series advantage against the Black Knights, but are looking for their first win in the series since defeating Army in Annapolis, 19-17, on Feb. 20, 2016.
• The Army-Navy wrestling match is part of the Army-Navy Star Series presented by USAA.
• The Midshipmen own a 13-5-1 overall mark against the Black Knights this year, including a 10-3-1 record in Star Games. Navy needs two more Star Game wins to seal the Star Series victory over Army.
• There are three Army-Navy Star Games slated for next Saturday - women's basketball (11:00 am // at Army), men's basketball (1:30 pm // at Army) and wrestling (7:30 pm // at Navy).

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