Navy entered the national rankings for the first time since 2017 and rose as high as No. 17. It knocked off No. 18 Lehigh, earning its first win in the series since 2011, and later in the season the Midshipmen snapped a four-match losing streak to archrival Army, doing so on enemy turf in Christl Arena.
Now, Navy has nine wrestlers of its 10 starters competing at the NCAA Division I Championships, which get underway Thursday at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. It marks just the third time in program history the Midshipmen have qualified that many wrestlers for the national meet.