ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The No. 9 Navy gymnastics team will continue to fine tune its lineups and routines with its penultimate regular season meet ahead on Saturday at No. 14 William & Mary. With just two more competitions left before postseason action begins with the USAG Collegiate Championship on March 20, the Mids (4-2, 2-1 ECAC) will travel to Williamsburg and take on a Tribe (0-6. 0-4 ECAC) squad that is hungry for its first win of the 2026 season. First touch at Kaplan Arena is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday 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 16 and the Navy Open on January 24. At the West Point Open, Navy out-scored William & Mary 302.55 to 294.6 before repeating the outcome a week later in Annapolis 309.3 to 291.35.
Most Recent Navy-William & Mary head-to-head meet: March 8, 2025
Navy used a fast start to withstand a strong comeback attempt by William & Mary and continued its run of undefeated ECAC conference action with a 312.40-311.80 victory on Saturday afternoon. Going head-to-head at the Tribe's Kaplan Arena, the Mids broke out to a 1.9-point lead after two rotations and expanded it out to 2.6 points through four events. That advantage held up for a final 0.6 margin of victory for Navy as William & Mary shaved 2.0 points off its deficit over its respective turns on the parallel bars and high bar.
Isaiah Drake led the Mids' individual effort on Saturday as he placed first on the high bar and tied with fellow Navy teammate
Aaron Stein on the rings. The underclass duo of
Daniel Gurevich and
Jonah Soltz played a pivotal role in the Mids' fast start as Gurevich secured the floor exercise crown, while Soltz held off his fellow Mid
Matthew Petros for the pommel horse title on Saturday.
As a team, Navy scored 52.4 points on the floor exercise, 50.9 on the pommel horse, 52.6 on the rings, 55.25 on the vault, 50.95 on the parallel bars and 50.3 on the high bar. The Mids' pommel horse, rings and vault results were all season-highs.
Comparing the Squads
(2026 Averages)
|
Navy |
Individual Leader |
W&M |
Individual Leader |
| All-Around |
308.025 |
Solomon, 76.82 |
298.040 |
Tully, 75.95 |
| Floor Exercise |
52.83 |
Prince, 13.40 |
50.66 |
Greenly, 13.35 |
| Pommel Horse |
51.81 |
Soltz, 13.09 |
47.34 |
Zborowski, 12.64 |
| Rings |
49.85 |
Lawless, 12.61 |
46.84 |
Zborowski, 12.12 |
| Vault |
53.93 |
Petros, 13.77 |
53.73 |
Barrow, 13.70 |
| Parallel Bars |
49.08 |
Viciana, 12.79 |
48.95 |
Bates, 12.80 |
| High Bar |
50.53 |
Petros, 13.01 |
50.92 |
Tully, 13.27 |
Last Time Out: at University of Illinois w/Greenville -- February 28
The No. 9 Navy gymnastics team kicked off the second half of its regular season schedule with a season-best score at the University of Illinois on Saturday afternoon. Taking on No. 7 Illinois and No. 10 Greenville University in a three-team meet at the Illini's Huff Hall, the Mids were solid throughout and posted a 310.30-point score, but unfortunately placed third behind the Illini's 319.35 and the Panthers' 310.85.
Matthew Petros led a host of strong individual performances as seven different Mids turned in seven top-three results at the meet. Petros highlighted those outcomes with a career-high score of 13.75 to win the high bar competition. Additionally,
Benjamin Thurlow Lam,
Kody Tokunaga,
Jonah Soltz and
Sean Armstrong all turned in runner-up efforts on the floor exercise, pommel horse, vault and high bar, respectively.
As a team, Navy scored 53.1 points on the floor exercise, 52.2 on the pommel horse, 47.55 on the rings, 53.0 on the vault, 51.05 on the parallel bars and 53.4 on the high bar. The Mids' high bar lineup smashed its previous season-best score of 51.05 set at the Navy Open, while their parallel bars lineup was nearly as proficient with a 1.65-point improvement of its 49.4 outing at the All-Academy Championship.
For his performance, Armstrong was announced on Tuesday as the ECAC Rookie of the Week.
