Maryland (3-2) won the final four matches of Saturday night's dual with Navy (0-1) at the Xfinity Center Pavilion, including a 3-1 victory by heavyweight Zach Schrader in the finale bout of the night, to slip past the Mids 18-16 in what was Navy's first dual of the season.

Navy jumped out to a big 8-0 lead thanks to team captain Jacob Allen's (Sr / 125 / Poway, Calif.) tech fall (19-2) in the first match of the evening, followed by a 7-1 decision by rookie 133-pounder Josh Koderhandt (Belleville, Ill.).

The Terps chipped away at the Mids' lead with back-to-back decisions, including a tight 3-2 victory by Michael North over first-year Navy starter PJ Crane (Jr / Horsham, Pa.) at 149 pounds.

The Mids battled right back and opened up their largest lead of the night (+10) with consecutive major decisions by 18th-ranked Andrew Cerniglia (So / 157 / Nazareth, Pa.) and Val Park (Jr / 165 / Edmond, Okla.).

Maryland, however, was given new life when sophomore Dominic Solis picked up an 8-6 win in sudden victory over Navy's Shane Finney (Sr / Carlsbad, Calif.) at 174 pounds. The Terps would earn upset victories in each of their next two bouts to set the stage between the No. 32 (Zach Schrader, Maryland) and No. 33 (Riley Smith / Sr / Mason, Mich.) ranked wrestlers with just a point separating the two teams. Schrader would go on to clinch the Maryland victory in sudden victory by way of a 3-1 decision.

The Highlights
• Saturday's dual marked the 72nd meeting between the two programs in a series that dates back to 1951.
• Navy leads the series 57-12-3, including a 22-7-2 mark in matches wrestled in College Park.
• The Maryland win snapped Navy's eight-match winning streak in the series.
• It was the Terps' first win in the series since defeating Navy 23-12 in Annapolis on Jan. 20, 2012.
• It was Maryland's first win over Navy in College Park since Jan. 22, 2011, when the Terps topped the Mids 19-12.

• The Midshipmen are now 0-1 on the year, including 0-1 on the road.
• Navy won three bonus-point matches with Jacob Allen winning by tech fall and Andrew Cerniglia and Val Park winning by major decision.
• Four of Navy's six losses were by 2 or fewer points, including a pair of sudden victory decisions by Maryland at 174 and 285.
• Five of Navy's starters (133 Josh Koderhandt, 141 Tyler Hunt, 149 PJ Crane, 165 Val Park, 174 Shane Finney) are first-year starters, while heavyweight Riley Smith has shared the over the last 2 seasons.
• Josh Koderhandt earned his first-collegiate dual victory by defeating redshirt junior King Sandoval 7-1.
• Maryland's only lead in the match came after the final bout and the eventual final score (18-16)

A Look Ahead
• Navy will step away from competition for the next two weeks to focus on final exams and briefly celebrate the holidays.
• The Mids will close out the calendar year in the Midwest where they will compete at the Midlands on Dec. 29-30.

Maryland 18, Navy 16
125 | Jacob Allen (NAVY) tech fall Zach Spence, 19-2 (6:18) // Navy 5, Maryland 0
133 | #27 Josh Koderhandt (NAVY) dec King Sandoval, 7-1  //  Navy 8, Maryland 0
141 | Danny Bertoni dec Jonathan Miranda (NAVY), 7-3  //  Navy 8, Maryland 3
149 | Michael North dec PJ Crane (NAVY), 3-2  //  Navy 8, Maryland 6
157 | #18 Andrew Cerniglia (NAVY) major Lucas Cordio, 13-4  //  Navy 12, Maryland 6
165 | Val Park (NAVY) major Gaven Bell, 10-2  //  Navy 16, Maryland 6
174 | Dominic Solis dec Shane Finney (NAVY), 8-6 SV  //  Navy 16, Maryland 9
184 | Kyle Cochran dec #25 David Key (NAVY), 8-3  //  Navy 16, Maryland 12
197 | Jaron Smith dec #24 Jacob Koser (NAVY), 7-5  //  Navy 16, Maryland 15
285 | #32 Jake Schrader dec #33 Riley Smith (NAVY), 3-1 SV  //  Maryland 18, Navy 16

### Go Navy ###