The Mountaineers tallied 157 team points, 41 points more than host Navy and captured five of the ten weight class titles. Four other Mountaineers placed in the top-six of their respective weight classes.
Senior Angelo Zegarelli (Deer Park, N.Y.) won the 125-lb. bracket with a 3-0 record versus his opponents. He defeated Jose Leon of Boston University 10-9 in the championship round after finishing second in the event last year. Zegarelli is now 3-0 on the season and ranked 16 in his weight class by Amatuer Wresling News.
Senior Bob Patnesky (Canonsburg, Pa.) also won the 133-lb. bracket sweeping his competition 4-0 and is now 9-1 on the season. Patnesky, ranked 11th in the nation, defeated No. 17 Dave Vollmer of James Madison in the championship round to attain his first Navy Classic title in three years.
Freshman Billy Smith (New Alexandria, Pa.) won the 149-lb. weight class with a dramatic victory over Navy's Tyrone Neal. Neal, who defeated Smith in the 149 finals of the WVU Open a week ago, was leading 3-1 with 10 seconds to go in the match after he took down Smith. Smith rebounded with a takedown of his own as time expired in regulation forcing a sudden death period. Smith took down Neal, again, in the extra period to win the match 5-3. Smith is now 7-1 on the season.
Senior Vertus Jones (Slickville, Pa.), ranked third in the nation, won his second straight Navy Classic title by also sweeping his competition 3-0. He defeated Mike Bigrigg of Navy, 10-4, in the championship round. Jones is undefeated on the season with an 8-0 record.
Sean Hage (Marietta, Ga.) captured the heavyweight title defeating sophomore teammate Ryan Kehler (Klingerstown, Pa.) 5-1 in the final match. Hage, ranked fifth in the nation, is undefeated on the season at 5-0. Kehler, 5-1 on the year, won the heavyweight bracket last year.
Sophomore Joe Carr (Lexington, Ky.) finished second in the 157-lb. weight class. Carr, ranked 17, was upset by NC State's Pierre Pryor in the finals. Pryor pinned Carr at 2:34 in the match. Carr, who won the tournament last season is now 9-1 on the season.
Freshman Micah Khan (Voorhees, N.J.) and junior Akil Coad (Long Beach, N.Y.) placed fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 141-lb weight class. Khan is 9-2 on the season while Coad is 5-4.
Sophomore Jon Foster (Guilderland, Pa.) finished fifth at 197-lb. while freshman Erik Warg (Churchville, Pa.) placed sixth in the 174-lb weight class.
West Virginia is back in action Dec. 4 at the Las Vegas Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev.