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 ###
