Jacob Allen (125 / Sr / Poway, Calif.), Josh Koderhandt (133 / Fr / Belleville, Ill.) and Andrew Cerniglia (157 / So / Nazareth, Pa.) placed among the top eight in their respective weight classes to lead the Navy wrestling team to a 14th place finish at the 2021 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational held Friday and Saturday in Las Vegas. The 26-team field featured 10 programs ranked among the NWCA Div. I Wrestling Coaches Top 25 Poll, as well as 100 nationally-ranked wrestlers.

Ranked ninth nationally, Nebraska won the team title with 125 points and placed eight of its 10 wrestlers, including six among the top three. Ohio State, ranked eighth, finished second in the team standings with 104 points and placed five of its 10 competitors. Rounding out the top five were Michigan (94.5 pts, 6 place winners), Northwestern (91.5 pts, 5 place winners) and Wyoming (91.5 pts, 5 place winners).

The Mids moved up two spots in the final standings after entering the final day in 16th place. Navy, who amassed 39.5 points, was just 1.5 points behind 13th-place Stanford and 5.0 points ahead of 16th-place Utah Valley.

Only three schools did not place at least one wrestler in the competition, while Navy was one of 16 programs to place at least 3 wrestlers. Remarkably, the 10 individual winners represented 10 different programs - 125 (#2) Patrick Glory, Princeton; 133 (#16) Dylan Ragusin, Michigan; 141 (#7) Clay Carlson, South Dakota State; 149 (#1) Yianni Diakomihalis, Cornell; 157 (#2) Ryan Deakin, Northwestern; 165 (#2) Evan Wick, Cal Poly; 174 (#3) Mikey Labriola, Nebraska; 184 Kaleb Romero, Ohio State; 197 (#9) Stephen Buchanan, Wyoming; 285 Gary Traub, Oregon State.

Tyler Hunt (141 / So / Calhoun, Ga.), David Key (184 / So / Norcross, Ga.), Jacob Koser (197 / Jr / Dillsburg, Pa.) and  stood Shane Finney (Sr / 174 / Carlsbad, Calif.) and  finished in the fifth/sixth-place match.

The Highlights
• Unseeded and unranked Josh Koderhandt (133) was the Mids' top placewinner, finishing 5th with a 5-2 record ... Koderhandt upset 24th-ranked Matt Ramos of Purdue twice, while also pinning 33rd-ranked Jake Gliva of Minnesota in the fifth-place match ... Koderhandt's two losses were against nationally-ranked foes #16 Dylan Ragusin of Michigan in the quarterfinals (tech fall, 16-1) and #20 Devan Turner of Oregon State (dec, 6-5 SV) in the consolation semis.
• Team captain Jacob Allen (125) was seeded 7th and finished 8th ... Allen's first loss of the tournament was to #7 Devin Schroder of Purdue, whose only point in the match was an escape in the third period to send Allen to the consolation bracket.
• Andrew Cerniglia (157) entered the tournament as the #9 seed and ranked 19th nationally ... Cerniglia was 1-3 against ranked foes, dropping the three matches by a combined five points (3-1, 5-3, 8-7).
• Andrew Cerniglia has placed in each of the three tournaments in which he has competed this season - won the Clarion Open and Bearcat Open and placed eighth at CKLV Invitational; Josh Koderhandt has placed in three of the four tournaments in which he has appeared - won the Clarion Open, placed second at Navy Classic and placed fifth at the CKLV Invitational; Jacob Allen has placed in two of the three tournaments in which he has wrestled - won the Bearcat Open and placed eighth at the CKLV Invitational.
• Val Park (165 / Jr / Edmond, Okla.) captured his first-career win over a ranked foe when he claimed a 5-1 decision over 23rd-ranked David Ferrante of Northwestern.
• Riley Smith (285 / Sr / Mason, Mich.) also earned his first-collegiate victory over a ranked foe by way of a 3-2 decision over 28th-ranked Josh Heindselman of Oklahoma.

What's Ahead
• Navy will wrestle a final time before stepping away for final exams and the holidays when it makes the short trip to College Park, Md. to battle Maryland next Saturday, Dec. 11.
• The dual between the two in-state rivals is slated to begin at 6:00 pm and will be held at the XFINITY Center Pavilion.
• A live video stream will be available on B1G+ via paid subscription

Navy Results at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
125 - (7) #28 Jacob Allen (2-3, 8th Place)
• Rd of 32: bye
• Rd of 16: defeated Logan Ashton, Stanford / Dec / 3-2
• Quarterfinals: lost to (2) #7 Devin Schroder, Purdue / Dec / 1-0
• Cons. of 8 #2: defeated Beau Bayless, Harvard / Dec / 3-1 SV
• Cons. of 4: lost to Antonio Lorenzo, Cal Poly / Dec / 5-2
• 7th/8th Place: lost to Jake Ferri, Kent State / Dec / 11-8

133 - Josh Koderhandt (5-2, 5th Place)
• Rd of 32: defeated (6) #24 Matt Ramos, Purdue / Dec / 7-2
• Rd of 16: defeated Brendon Fenton, Kent State / Fall / 6:10
• Quarterfinals: lost to (3) #16 Dylan Ragusin, Michigan / Tech Fall / 16-1 (4:43)
• Cons. of 8 #2: (8) defeated Job Greenwood, Wyoming / Dec / 12-5
• Cons. of 4: defeated (6) #24 Matt Ramos, Purdue / Dec / 7-0
• Cons. Semis: lost to (4) #20 Devan Turner, Oregon State / Dec / 6-5 SV
• 5th/6th Place: defeated (9) #33 Jake Gliva, Minnesota / Fall / 3:53

141 - Tyler Hunt (1-2, Did Not Place)
• Rd of 32: lost to (5) #15 Parker Filius, Purdue / Dec / 8-3
• Cons. of 16 #2: defeated Michael Jaffe, Harvard / Dec / 13-6
• Cons. of 8 #1: (8) lost to Frankie Tal Shahar, Northwestern / Dec / 5-3

149 - PJ Crane (0-2, Did Not Place)
• Rd of 32: lost to (1) #1 Yianni Diakomihalis, Cornell / Tech Fall / 17-2 (3:32)
• Cons. of 16 #2: lost to Nick Lombard, Binghamton / Dec / 3-2

157 - (9) #19 Andrew Cerniglia (4-3, 8th Place)
• Rd of 32: defeated Nathan Moore, Northern Colorado / Dec / 9-2
• Rd of 16: lost to (8) #17 Hunter Willits, Oregon State / Dec / 3-1
• Cons. of 16 #2: defeated Shaun Williams, Sacred Heart / Fall / 5:36
• Cons. of 8 #1: defeated Brawley Lamer, Cal Poly / Dec / 8-6
• Cons. of 8 #2: defeated (11) #31 Dazjon Casto, The Citadel / Dec / 6-5
• Cons. of 4: lost to (7) #15 Will Lewan, Michigan / Dec / 5-3
• 7th/8th Place: lost to (6) #14 Justin Thomas, Oklahoma / Dec / 8-7

165 - Val Park (2-2, Did Not Place)
• Rd of 32: bye
• Rd of 16: lost to (1) #2 Evan Wick, Cal Poly / Dec / 4-2
• Cons. of 16 #2: defeated Danny Snediker, Utah Valley / Dec / 8-4
• Cons. of 8 #1: defeated (8) #23 David Ferrante, Northwestern / Dec / 5-1
• Cons. of 8 #2: lost to (6) #17 Julian Ramirez, Cornell / Fall / 1:59

174 - Shane Finney (1-2, Did Not Place)
• Rd of 32: lost to #16 Cade DeVos, South Dakota State / Dec / 4-3
• Cons. of 16 #2: defeated #27 Jacob Nolan, Binghamton / Medical Forfeit
• Cons. of 8 #1: lost to (3) #8 Chris Foca, Cornell / Dec / 7-3

184 - (8) David Key (1-2, Did Not Place)
• Rd of 32: bye
• Rd of 16: defeated Jacob Hansen, Cal State Bakersfield / Major / 11-2
• Quarterfinals: lost to (1) #11 Tate Samuelson, Wyoming / Dec / 7-4
• Cons. of 8 #2: lost to Jacob Armstrong, Utah Valley / Dec / 8-5

197 - (9) Jacob Koser (2-2, Did Not Place)
• Rd of 32: lost to Evan Bockman, Utah Valley / Dec / 7-3
• Cons. of 16 #2: defeated (7) #16 Tanner Sloan, South Dakota State / Medical Forfeit
• Cons. of 8 #1: defeated (15) Michial Foy, Minnesota / Dec / 1-0
• Cons. of 8 #2: lost to (5) #11 Lou Deprez, Binghamton / Major / 12-2

285 - Riley Smith (2-2, Did Not Place)
• Rd of 32: bye
• Rd of 16: lost to (2) Brian Andrews, Wyoming / Dec / 10-7
• Cons. of 16 #2: defeated Keaton Kluever, Minnesota / Dec / 11-4
• Cons. of 8 #1: defeated (7) #28 Josh Heindselman, Oklahoma / Dec / 3-2
• Cons. of 8 #2: lost to (5) #16 Lucas Davison, Northwestern / Tech Fall / 17-2 (6:20)

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