ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy wrestling team (1-2) will travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., to face 21st-ranked North Carolina (1-0) in a nonconference dual on Saturday at 3 p.m.
 
Saturday's dual will broadcast on ACC Network Extra, with Ian Unsworth on the call.
 
Navy Projected Lineup
125:  Andrew Binni OR Nick Treaster
133:  Brendan Ferretti
141:  #31 Caedyn Riccardi OR Tyler Adams
149:  Kaemen Smith
157:  Jon Ley OR Cooper Rathburn
165:  Dylan Elmore OR Declan Casey
174:  #6 Danny Wask
184:  Gage Yackee OR Daniel Williams
197:  #31 Payton Thomas OR Zyan Hall
285:  #12 Spencer Lanosga OR Ben Farabaugh
*InterMat Rankings
 
No. 21 North Carolina Projected Lineup
125: #19 Kysen Terukina
133: #19 Ethan Oakley
141: #16 Luke Simcox
149: Nate Askew
157: Laird Root
165: #20 Bryce Hepner
174: #15 Joshua Ogunsanya or Sabino Portella
184: Jake Dailey
197: #29 Robert Platt
285: #26 Nolan Neves OR Jacob Levy
*InterMat Rankings
 
Mids In the Rankings
141: Caedyn Ricciardi (31)
174: Danny Wask (6)
197: Payton Thomas (31)
285: Spencer Lanosga (12)
 
Last Time Out: Journeymen Classic
Navy competed in the WrangleMania portion of the Journeymen Collegiate Classic last weekend where it faced Appalachian State and No. 14 Rutgers.
 
The Mids earned their first win of the season when they knocked off Appalachian State 27-13 closing out the dual strong by winning four of the final five matches.
 
Navy dropped a 24-12 decision to Rutgers in the second dual. The highlight came when team captain Kaemen Smith earned an upset win over 11th-ranked Andy Clark, 21-5, to earn his second-career victory against a ranked opponent.
 
The Mids wrapped up the weekend at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic, which featured no team scoring or placement winners. Eleven Midshipmen finished the round-robin event with winning records.
 
Brendan Ferretti (133 pounds) was the only Navy wrestler to go unbeaten as he finished 3-0 with wins over Appalachian State's Jarvis Little (5-2), Columbia's Boris Witmer (6-1) and awarded a win by forfeit over Anthony Clem from Sacred Heart.
 
Early Season Tests
Navy will face a top-25 opponent in the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) poll for the third-straight week before opening its Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) schedule.
 
Navy Notes

• The win over Appalachian State marked the 70th-career victory for head coach Cary Kolat.
• Saturday's dual will be Navy's second matchup this season against an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponent. The Mids opened the year (Nov. 1) with a 20-12 loss to No. 21 Pittsburgh in Annapolis.
• Navy holds an 130-48-3 all-time record against ACC opponents.
• Danny Wask (174 pounds) recorded Navy's first bonus-point victory of the season last week when he pinned Appalachian State's Colt Campbell in the first period (1:58).
• Payton Thomas (197) and Spencer Lanosga (285) also posted pins in the win over the Mountaineers. It was Thomas' second-career pin and Lanosga's first.
• Thomas has faced tough competition to start the year, with four of his seven matches coming against ranked opponents. He earned his first ranked win of the season last Sunday by major decision (14-3) over 14th-ranked Jack Wehmeyer of Columbia.
• Lanosga and Wask are tied for the team lead with three wins over ranked opponents.
• Thomas, Lanosga and Wask are projected to face ranked opponents again this weekend against North Carolina.
• Lanosga leads the team with six wins and is the only Midshipman this season to record victories by decision, major decision, technical fall and pin.
• Caedyn Ricciardi (141) is off to a fast start with a 5-2 record, including a 2-2 mark against ranked opponents. In his last outing against Rutgers, Ricciardi pushed two-time NCAA qualifier Joseph Olivieri to a second tiebreaker before losing 7-5.
• Ricciardi enters the week ranked 31st at 141 pounds by InterMat. He is one of two true freshmen ranked in his weight class, joining Oklahoma State's Sergio Vega (20th).
• Gage Yackee (184) is set to make his third collegiate start on Saturday. Yackee made his dual debut last week against Appalachian State's Tomas Booker, ranked 32nd, and fell 17-4.
• Zyan Hall joins Thomas in the projected lineup at 197 pounds. Hall finished 2-1 at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic, including his first-career win over a ranked opponent with an upset over Wehmeyer.

 
Scouting North Carolina

• The Tar Heels enter the weekend 1-0 after a dominant 40-0 win over Northern Colorado last Sunday.
• North Carolina has seven wrestlers in this week's InterMat rankings, led by Joshua Ogunsanya (174) at 15th.
• The Tar Heels lost their only 2025 All-American, Lachlan McNeil (149), who became the sixth wrestler in program history to earn three or more All-America honors.
• UNC returns four NCAA qualifiers — Ethan Oakley (133), Jayden Scott (141), Ogunsanya (174) and Nolan Neves (285).
• The Tar Heels finished with a 9-6 record last season, including a 5-1 mark in ACC duals to share the conference regular-season title with N.C. State and Virginia Tech.
• North Carolina opened the year at the Southeast Open. Jacob Levy led the event as he claimed the heavyweight title. Eleven Tar Heels reached the podium at the event.
• Laird Root leads the team with a 6-1 record.

 
Navy vs. North Carolina

• Saturday marks the 61st meeting between the programs, with Navy holding a 38-21-1 advantage in the all-time series.
• North Carolina has won the last four meetings dating back to 2015. Navy's last win over the Tar Heels came in 2014 in Chapel Hill, 19-18.
• The Mids are 6-12 all-time in Chapel Hill.