ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Hitting the road again, the Navy baseball team (15-9, 2-4 PL) heads to West Point, N.Y., this weekend for its three-game Star Series against rival Army (12-10, 4-2 PL) at Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field.
 
Looking to win back-to-back Stars for the first time since 2017-2018, the Midshipmen open their series with the Black Knights at 1:05 p.m. on Friday, while Saturday's game is set for 3:05 p.m. and Sunday's series finale is slated for a 1:05 p.m. first pitch. All three games will be streamed on ESPN+ with Nikolai Busko on the call.
 
As part of the all-sport 2025-26 Star Series presented by USAA, the winner of this weekend's three-game set will earn the baseball Star for this season.
 
Army-Navy Star Series Update
With the Navy basketball teams pulling off the doubleheader sweep at Army on Feb. 21, the Mids pulled out to a 13-5-1 edge in the all-sport 2025-26 Star Series presented by USAA … After Army took a 4-2-1 lead early in the fall, Navy ripped off nine-straight Star victories before the Black Knights took the wrestling star a day before the Navy basketball sweep … Following baseball, the remaining stars up for grabs are women's tennis, men's and women's outdoor track & field, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse and men's tennis … Navy's overall record against Army this season is 15-6-1.
 
Road Dogs Redux
The Mids have posted a .243 team batting average on the road to match a 3.55 ERA, compiling a 4-4 away record this season … Evan Brown holds an all-time road average of .295 with 24 RBI in 35 career road games … Victor Izquierdo paces the team with a .400 road average this season to go with nine runs scored and five RBI … A trio of freshmen have been big contributors on the road, with Tyler Cripe hitting .360 alongside a team-best 10 RBI, while Patrick Walsh is batting .316 on the road and John Loudon has batted .310 with eight RBI in road games … Jackson Clark has a perfect 0.00 ERA over three road outings, striking out seven in 4.2 innings.
 
Career Snapshots in the PL
In 17 career Patriot League starts, Brady Bendik has maintained a 3.57 ERA over 95.2 innings, striking out 84 and notching a 7-7 record while recording four complete games … Tyler Grenn has posted a 4.60 ERA across 17 career appearances in league play, totaling 92 innings and 46 strikeouts while making 14 starts with three complete games … Evan Brown has batted .290 in 39 career league games, scoring 19 runs and driving in 18 RBI while walking 13 times … Andrew Manning has a .294 average in 56 career league games, scoring 32 runs and posting 32 RBI with seven homers … Ty DePerno has batted .313 through his first 31 league games over the last two years, racking up 16 runs scored and 18 RBI … Matt Archibald holds a 2.25 ERA over seven career Patriot League starts, totaling 44 punchouts over 36 frames.
 
MARCHing On Mids
Navy has gone 9-6 in the month of March this year, with the pitching staff tossing a 3.30 ERA since the calendar turned from February … After very tough February, Ty DePerno has heated up with a .341 average in the month of March while scoring seven runs and knocking in eight RBI … Tyler Cripe is batting .292 during March with a team-best 12 RBI and pair of homers … Jackson Clark has been unhittable in the month of March with a 0.00 ERA in eight appearances, striking out 11 and allowing just four hits in 9.2 innings … Jackson Beattie has also kept opponents off the board with a 0.00 ERA in four March outings, striking out seven while issuing just one walk across 9.1 innings.
 
2026 Weekend Warriors
This season has seen the Mids go 11-8 over 19 weekend games … Victor Izquierdo is batting .313 on Fridays this year, while Brady Bendik holds a 1.84 ERA across five Friday starts on the season with 33 strikeouts in 29.1 innings … Izquierdo is also hitting .355 across nine Saturday games this year, while Patrick Walsh is batting .280 on Saturdays with three doubles … Walsh has hit .294 in five Sunday contests, while the Navy pitching staff has a 1.60 ERA in the team's five Sunday games.
 
News & Notes
Navy has outscored opponents by a 30-2 margin in the second inning this season, also heavily outscoring foes, 22-7, in the fourth inning … Navy has posted a 3.38 team ERA over its last 10 games, striking out 98 batters in those 88 innings … Tyler Cripe is batting .361 over the Mids' last 10 games, scoring seven runs and plating 10 RBI … Ty DePerno has broken out with a .313 average over Navy's last 10 games, reaching base at a .405 clip … Tyler Grenn has posted a 2.08 ERA in bullpen outings this year, logging 11 strikeouts and a save over 13 relief innings.
 
Navy Among NCAA Stat Leaders
Navy's pitching has posted a league-leading 3.58 ERA that sits 23rd nationally, while the team's 1.33 WHIP also leads the Patriot League and ranks 43rd in the nation … Navy is also 14th in the country and atop the league with 68 stolen bases as a team (17th nationally at 2.83 per game) … The Mids' 0.38 triples per game ranks 20th in the country … Patrick Walsh's four triples are tied for the Division I lead … Owen Phyper's 2.51 ERA is 89th nationally, while Brady Bendik's 2.52 ERA ranks 90th in the country … Matt Archibald's 51 total strikeouts are 10th in the country and his 13.11 strikeouts per nine innings rank 25th in Division I, with both marks leading the Patriot League … Jackson Clark's 11 pitching appearances rank first in the Patriot League and 85th in the nation.

 
Navy Notables vs. Army
Navy hit .291 as a team in eight games against Army last season, while the Mids' pitching staff had 4.96 ERA against the Black Knights' 2025 lineup … Brady Bendik has a 4.44 ERA in five career appearances (four starts) against Army, striking out 22 while walking just five over 26.1 innings … After one at-bat against Army as a plebe, Evan Brown went 11-for-33 (.333) in last year's season series with five runs scored and four RBI … Mason Ceccarelli hit .462 with five runs scored in five appearances as a rookie against Army, while Ty DePerno batted .370 with nine RBI against the Black Knights in eight starts last season … Andrew Manning has hit .269 against Army in his career with seven extra-base hits, nine runs scored and eight RBI over 15 starts …
 
Scouting Army
The Black Knights enter Friday winning five games in a row and six of their past seven, with a midweek win over Saint Peter's on Tuesday … Army swept Lafayette this past weekend, scoring at least 10 runs in each game while Josiah Overbeek drew a program-record five walks in Saturday's doubleheader nightcap … Overbeek paces Army with a .333 batting average and seven homers, racking up 22 RBI and 18 runs scored … Despite a .244 average, Chris Barr has still scored 17 times and swiped 12 bases for the Black Knights … Kevin Reavey leads Army and the Patriot League with a 2.45 ERA over six appearances, logging 21 strikeouts in 33 innings … Andrew Berg holds a 3.47 ERA in six starts, punching out 24 batters in a team-best 36.1 innings … David Dubrule brings a seven-game hitting streak into Friday's showdown, while John McKillop is on a six-game hit streak.
 
Series History
Navy and Army are tied at 136-136 in the all-time series that dates back to 1901 … The Mids are 58-64 all-time in West Point, while the last time the Mids won the Star at West Point was 2017 … Last season saw Navy claim the 2025 Star Series in Annapolis on March 15-16 and then sweep a March 28 doubleheader at West Point, but Army got revenge by taking a three-game Patriot League semifinal series in Annapolis on May 10-11 … Navy claimed the first game of the Star Series, 4-3, backed by Ty DePerno's two-run blast, but Army countered with a 5-4 victory in Saturday's nightcap despite a two-run homer from Andrew Manning, while the series finale on Sunday saw Manning hit another two-run bomb and DePerno rip a two-run single to power a 5-3 comeback win to hand Navy the Star … The March 28 sweep saw Brady Bendik and Tyler Grenn pitch back-to-back complete games and Evan Brown post a pair of two-hit games, leading Navy to 3-0 and 5-1 victories … Despite Navy's 18-11 win in the semifinal series opener, Army responded with a 13-2 win the next day and then outlasted the Mids for a 6-5 victory in 10 innings that evening to clinch its spot in the league's championship series.
 
Up Next
Navy will return home for a three-game series against Lehigh on April 4-5.