ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The final regular season road meet lies ahead for the Navy men's gymnastics team on Saturday afternoon at William & Mary. In a matchup of ECAC rivals, the Mids (4-1, 3-0 ECAC) and the Tribe (2-2, 2-1 ECAC) will go head-to-head in a preview of next month's conference championship. First touch at the Kaplan Arena is set for 2 p.m. with the live video broadcast and results hosted on the Virtius platform.
As nearby rivals, Navy and William & Mary have been a part of the fields at both the West Point Open on January 10 and the Navy Open on January 18. At the West Point Open, Navy out-scored William & Mary, 309.50 to 300.45 before the Tribe came back the following week and defeated the Mids, 306.15 to 303.15 in Annapolis.
Most Recent Navy-William & Mary head-to-head meet: March 16, 2024
Looking to build momentum going into the postseason, the No. 9 Navy men's gymnastics team did just that with a season-high score of 396.75 in its road victory over No. 14 William & Mary. The Mids (4-2) took over the lead following the pommel horse turn and never looked back against the Tribe (1-8) in an ECAC league match-up at Kaplan Arena. Navy's effort was bolstered by a clean sweep of event titles on all six apparatus, including a team-high three wins by sophomore
Matthew Petros.
Petros was everywhere for Navy on Saturday afternoon as he raised his hand on four different events and came away with victories on the vault, parallel bars and high bar and a runner-up result on the pommel horse. He was joined on the top of the leaderboard by
Brian Solomon, who earned his first collegiate victory with a first-place effort on the floor exercise before
Ronan McQuillan held his spot as the Mids' anchor on the pommel horse team with another win. The fourth victor from Navy on Saturday was
Isaiah Drake, who suited up for the first time since sustaining an injury in the lead-up to February's Army-Navy meet. Drake led all competitors on the rings.
As a team, Navy scored 64.95 points on the floor exercise, 65.7 on the pommel horse, 64.55 on the rings, 70.05 on the vault, 67.3 on the parallel bars and 64.2 on the high bar.
Comparing the Squads
(2025 averages; 4-up, 4-count scoring system) ...
|
Navy |
Individual Leader |
William & Mary |
Individual Leader |
| All-Around |
312.283 |
Solomon, 75.27 |
309.933 |
Tully, 73.88 |
| Floor Exercise |
53.03 |
Thurlow Lam, 13.55 |
53.10 |
Wilkins, 13.68 |
| Pommel Horse |
50.99 |
Gurevich, 12.98 |
48.40 |
Noyman, 12.53 |
| Rings |
51.41 |
Drake, 13.23 |
52.05 |
Wilkins, 13.32 |
| Vault |
55.08 |
Drake, 14.04 |
55.10 |
Barrow, 14.07 |
| Parallel Bars |
51.46 |
Champagne, 13.17 |
51.42 |
Patrick, 13.30 |
| High Bar |
52.17 |
Drake, 13.40 |
50.88 |
Tully, 13.25 |
Last Time Out: Versus Springfield -- March 1
Suiting up for the first time in two weeks, the No. 9 Navy men's gymnastics team kicked off the final stretch of regular season action on Saturday with a home meet versus No. 14 Springfield. A fast start to the contest by the Mids with a 2.3-point advantage on the floor exercise helped the hosts go wire-to-wire and secure a 311.05 to 309.35 victory over the Pride at the Halsey Field House Gymnastics Facility.
A well-rounded team effort saw four different Mids finish atop the podium as
Benjamin Thurlow Lam placed first on the floor exercise, while
Brian Solomon did the same on the pommel horse.
Isaiah Drake and
Jonah Soltz also earned first-place finishes on the rings and parallel bars, respectively.
As a team, Navy scored 53.05 points on the floor exercise, 50.1 on the pommel horse, 51.6 on the rings, 55.0 on the vault, 51.5 on the parallel bars and 49.8 on the high bar.
