Semifinalists Casey Cobb (133 / Jr / Kuna, Idaho), Cody Trybus (141 / Jr / Elkton, Md.), Tanner Skidgel (165 / Jr / Tulsa, Okla.) and Spencer Carey (174 / Sr / Ringwood, N.J.) are among the seven Navy wrestlers who will advance to Saturday's competition as the opening day of the 116th EIWA Championship held at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa. came to a close Friday evening. The Midshipmen stand fourth in the team standings with 61.5 points.

In addition to the semifinalists, Navy has three wrestlers - Jared Prince (149 / Sr / Safety Harbor, Fla.), Jack Stanton-Taddeo (157 / Jr / Wading River, N.Y.) and Jacob Koser (197 / Fr / Dillsburg, Pa.) - who advanced via the consolation bracket.

The only Navy wrestler who has clinched an NCAA berth is Skidgel, who can finish no worse than sixth in the competition and six are assured an bid. Meanwhile, Cobb must make the finals to earn an NCAA bid, while Trybus must finish fifth or better, Prince fourth or better, Stanton-Taddeo third or better, Carey fourth or better and Koser sixth or better.

Defending EIWA Champion Lehigh finds itself atop the team standings with a 14-point cushion over Army (87.5 - 73.5). Cornell stands third with 68.5 points, followed by Navy (61.5) and Princeton (56.0). Lehigh, Army and Cornell all have nine wrestlers remaining in the competition, Lehigh with seven in Saturday's semis, Army with six and Cornell with five. Twelve different schools will have wrestlers competing in the semis.

The EIWA received 44 automatic bids to the NCAA Championship (March 19-21 at U.S. Bank Stadium / Minneapolis) when the NCAA announced its qualifier allocations last week. Each qualifying tournament was awarded spots per weight class based on current year data including Division I winning percentage, RPI and a coaches ranking. Wrestlers who fail to qualify this weekend will be eligible for one of 47 at-large berths which will be announced on Tuesday, March 10. Automatic qualifier allocations for the EIWA are as follows:  7 at 125, 2 at 133, 5 at 141, 4 at 149, 3 at 157, 6 at 165, 4 at 174, 4 at 184, 6 at 197 and 3 at 285.

Competition resumes Saturday morning at 10:00 am with the semifinals and consolation quarterfinals.

Team Scores
1.  87.5 - Lehigh
2.  73.5 - Army
3.  68.5 - Cornell
4.  61.5 - Navy
5.  56.0 - Princeton
6.  45.5 - Binghamton
7.  40.0 - Bucknell
8.  39.0 - American
     39.0 - Penn
10. 36.0 - Drexel
11. 33.0 - Hofstra
12. 32.5 - Columbia
13. 31.5 - Harvard
14. 10.5 - Brown
15. 9.5 - LIU
16. 6.0 - Franklin & Marshall
17. 5.5 - Sacred Heart

Navy Results at 2020 EIWA Championship
125 - (6) Logan Treaster (0-2 / Eliminated)
• Round of 16: lost to (11) Dominic LaJoie, Cornell / Dec / 4-2
• Consolation of 8 #1: lost to (3) Michael Colaiocco, Penn / Dec 7-5 SV

133 - (4) Casey Cobb (2-0 / Advances to Day 2)
• Round of 16: def (13) Chase Shields, Drexel / Major / 12-3
• Quarterfinals: def (5) Darren Miller, Bucknell / Dec / 2-1 TB
• Semifinals: (1) Chas Tucker, Cornell

141 - (4) Cody Trybus (2-0 / Advances to Day 2)
• Round of 16: def (13) Lukus Stricker, Harvard / Dec / 3-2
• Quarterfinals: def (5) Noah Baughman, Cornell / Major / 8-0
• Semifinals: (8) Anthony Sparacio, Binghamton

149 - (5) Jared Prince (2-1 / Advances to Day 2)
• Round of 16: def (12) Christiaan Dailey, Franklin & Marshall / Tech Fall / 16-1 (7:00)
• Quarterfinals: lost to (4) Matthew Kolodzik, Princeton / Dec / 6-4 SV
• Consolation of 8 #2: def (10) Nick Palumbo, Sacred Heart / Fall / 0:57
• Consolation Quarters: (9) Lucas Revano, Penn

157 - (11) Jack Stanton-Taddeo (2-1 / Advances to Day 2)
• Round of 16: lost to (6) Hunter Ladnier, Harvard / Major / 11-2
• Consolation of 8 #1: def (14) Christopher Barker, Binghamton / Dec / 8-2
• Consolation of 8 #2: def (9) Jack Bokina, Brown / Major / 12-4
• Consolation Quarters: (12) Adam Santoro, Cornell

165 - (1) Tanner Skidgel (2-0 / Advances to Day 2 / NCAA Qualifier)
• Round of 16: def (16) Ryan Ferro, LIU / Fall / 2:14
• Quarterfinals: def (9) Milik Dawkins, Cornell / Dec / 2-0
• Semifinals: (4) Cael McCormiack, Army

174 - (2) Spencer Carey (2-0 / Advances to Day 2)
• Round of 16: def (15) Cade Wilson, Brown / Tech Fall / 16-1 (3:00)
• Quarterfinals: def (10) Lennox Wolak, Columbia / Major / 14-4
• Semifinals: (3) Ben Harvey, Army

184 - (13) Andrew Buckley (1-2 Eliminated)
• Round of 16: lost to (4) Tanner Harvey, American / Dec / 9-2
• Consolation of 8 #1: def (12) Dan McClure, LIU / Dec 4-1
• Consolation of 8 #2: lost to (10) Charles Small, Hofstra / Dec 3-2 TB2

197 - (4) Jacob Koser (2-1 / Advances to Day 2)
• Round of 16: def (13) Ethan Seeley, Franklin & Marshall / Tech Fall / 16-0 (3:12)
• Quarterfinals: lost to (5) Drew Phipps, Bucknell / Dec / 9-3
• Consolation of 8 #2: def (15) Sam DePrez, Binghamton / Fall / 3:46
• Consolation Quarters: (12) Adam Santoro, Cornell

285 - (15) Riley Smith (1-2 / Eliminated)
• Round of 16: lost to (2) Ben Sullivan, Army / Major / 10-2
• Consolation of 16 #1: def (17) Thomas Mukai, Brown / Major / 13-4
• Consolation of 8 #1: lost to (10) Vincenzo Pelusi, Franklin & Marshall / Dec / 5-3

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