Navy wrestling looked every bit of a top-25 team Saturday night at Alumni Hall against visiting Cleveland State. In its first dual meet as a nationally ranked team since 2017, the No. 24 Mids solidified their ranking by shutting out their Mid-Atlantic Conference opponent, 37-0, to improve to 3-1.
It’s the Mids’ first shutout since beating George Mason, 43-0, Feb. 6, 2018. Navy won all 10 bouts despite being without a pair of starters in sophomore John Birchmeier (285) and plebe Andrew Cerniglia (157).
First-year coach Cary Kolat said with the heavyweight “we have some things we had to address” but noted “he’ll be back and better than before.