Princeton University Athletics
Wrestling Looks For First Win Over Navy Since 1978 In Friday Home Dual
December 09, 2015 | Wrestling
The Princeton wrestling team will host Navy Friday night in the final dual match of the 2015 portion of the season. The Tigers, coming off a split last weekend, will try to improve to 3-3 on the season when they take on their EIWA rivals in Dillon Gym.
The match will be streamed live on the Ivy League Digital Network. All important links can be found in this chart:
| Date • Time • Location | Dec. 11 • 7 pm • Dillon Gym |
| Live Video | Ivy League Digital Network |
| Live Results | Navy at Princeton |
| @TigerWrestling l @PUTigers l @PUTigersLive | |
| Rosters | Princeton l Navy |
| Schedules | Princeton l Navy |
| Last Week | Princeton rallies past Northwestern, falls to #12 Lehigh |
| Next Week | off • Midlands are Dec. 29-30 |
Princeton is coming off a mixed weekend; it earned its first win over a Big 10 team since the 1976-77 season when it rallied past Northwestern 24-18, but it followed with a 33-3 loss to 12th-ranked Lehigh to close out its home opener.
The Tigers will look to close out the first half of the season with a .500 mark — with all three losses coming to Top 15 teams — with a victory over the Navy Midshipmen this weekend. Princeton hasn't won a dual match over Navy since Jan. 7, 1978 — the Tigers were undefeated and Ivy League champions that season — and they have lost 24 of their last 25 matches to the Midshipmen.
However, the two teams did compete in the Navy Classic earlier this season, and the Tigers won the tournament after four different wrestlers won their weight classes. Two of those wrestlers could face Top-20 opponents Friday night, a good final tune-up before the Midlands Championships Dec. 29-30.
At 174 pounds, Princeton's 14th-ranked Jonathan Schleifer is expected to be back in the lineup and could face 15th-ranked Jadaen Bernstein. Schleifer topped Bernstein 14-8 at the Navy Classic last month, though Bernstein is the reigning EIWA champion at 174 pounds.
At 184, Princeton's 16th-ranked Abram Ayala could face 15th-ranked Mathew Miller. Ayala won the Navy Classic, though Miller was out that weekend.
NAVY AT PRINCETON PROBABLES
| Navy | Weight | Princeton |
| Brant Leadbeter | 125 | Pat D'Arcy |
| Zack Davis | 133 | Trey Aslanian |
| Nicholas Gil | 141 | Jordan Laster |
| Corey Wilding | 149 | #20 Chris Perez |
| Drew Daniels | 157 | Francesco Fabozzi |
| John Keck | 165 | Judd Ziegler |
| #15 Jadaen Bernstein | 174 | #14 Jonathan Schleifer |
| #15 Mathew Miller | 184 | #16 Abram Ayala |
| Michael Woulfe | 197 | #12 Brett Harner |
| Nick Mabry | 285 | Ray O'Donnell |
