Lehigh Sports Forum

"Not one athlete, coach or program likes to take a loss like we did today," said second-year Navy head coach Cary Kolat, who guided the Mids to a 21-9 victory over Lehigh a year ago in Annapolis. "Wrestling is about positions and time on the clock. We came out on the losing end of key bouts today, and did so because they just wrestled 10 seconds better at important moments. I expect to see changes in our lineup as we continue to mature as a team and make the commitment necessary to win."


Good luck on the change in the line up comment.

Maybe their three guys who wrestled the extra bouts will move into the lineup? 125, 149, 197. We won fall, fall, tech

I was wondering what was intended by those remarks and I think you nailed it.I suppose it also could also mean he is looking at the transfer portal or will be developing a new base of wrestlers from the plebes.

More likely just emotion in the moment. Navy has some nice, athletic guys. Kolat's body language from the start was negative. Some of it is on him. Maybe more positive vibes from the bench? Life at the Academy is pretty structured -- when do these guys ever have any fun? Reference Greg Strobel.

He's lucky that neither IV nor Hoffman was available or it would have been worse.