Huskers Win Fourth-Straight Navy Classic Title

Five Huskers claimed individual titles at the 2025 Navy Classic on Sunday, driving Nebraska to win its fourth-straight team title with 144 points.

Individually, Brock Hardy (141), Antrell Taylor (157), LJ Araujo (165), Christopher Minto (174) and Silas Allred (184) won their respective weight classes.

Eleven of the 15 competing Huskers placed, with Camden McDanel (197) capturing the runner-up finish, Jacob Van Dee (133) finishing third and Harley Andrews (285), Hayden Mills (133) and Kael Lauridsen (125) finishing in fifth. Freshman Tyler Eise (174) came in sixth in his first Navy Classic appearance. 

Hardy, Taylor, Minto and Allred completed back-to-back individual titles. Both Hardy and Allred faced top-25 opponents in the final. No. 2 Hardy won in a decision (4-3) over No. 15 Dylan Chappell of Bucknell while Allred defeated No. 19 Malachi DuVall of George Mason in a decision (SV-1, 9-6) to collect his title. The redshirt freshman Araujo collected two decisions, a major decision and a technical fall to garner first place.

The Big Red finished first out of 10 teams, as Pittsburgh (126 points) finished second and Navy (95.5 points) finished in third.

Up Next: NU will return home to host Army on Friday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. (CT). Before the match, the Huskers will honor select alumni including Jordan Burroughs and Jason Powell. Action will be streamed on Big Ten Plus.  

125 - No. 32 Kael Lauridsen - 5th (5-1)
Round of 32: Bergmann (Navy) dec. #32 Lauridsen 12-9 SV-1
Cons. of 16 #2: No. 32 Lauridsen dec. Treaster (Navy) 4-1 SV-1
Cons. of 8 #1: No. 32 Lauridsen pinned Dragovich (George Mason) 3-0 (1:13)
Cons. of 8 #2: No. 32 Lauridsen tech. fall Chambers (George Mason) 16-0 (3:00)
Cons. of 4: No. 32 Lauridsen major dec. Bainey (American) 9-0
Fifth-Place Match: No. 32 Lauridsen dec. No. 26 Pleasant (Drexel) 8-5

125 - Alan Koehler - DNP (2-2)
Round of 32: Bye
Round of 16: Koehler major dec. Bainey (American) 14-2
Quarterfinal: Wagner (Binghamton) dec. Koehler 9-8
Cons. of 8 #2: Koehler dec. Marlow (Pittsburgh) 11-4
Cons. of 4: No. 26 Pleasant (Drexel) dec. Koehler 11-10

133 - No. 6 Jacob Van Dee - 3rd (3-1)
Round of 16: No. 6 Van Dee tech. fall Yarborough (Morgan State) 16-1 (5:51)
Quarterfinal: No. 6 Van Dee pinned Lucciani (George Mason) 16-2 (6:07)
Semifinal: Lopez (American) pinned No. 6 Van Dee 5-9 (6:35)
Third-Place Match: No. 6 Van Dee dec. Tallmadge (Pittsburgh) 10-3

133 - Hayden Mills - 5th (3-1)
Round of 16: No. 26 Leete (American) major dec. Mills 11-3
Cons. of 8 #2: Mills dec. Lucciani (George Mason) 7-3
Cons. of 4: Mills major dec. Arrick (Binghamton) 10-2
Fifth-Place Match: Mills for. Yarborough (Morgan State) 0-0

141 - No. 2 Brock Hardy - 1st (4-0)
Round of 16: No. 2 Hardy major dec. Santaniello (Pittsburgh) 12-3
Quarterfinal: No. 2 Hardy major dec. Maida (American) 10-1
Semifinal: No. 2 Hardy major dec. Ricciardi (Navy) 16-7
Final: No. 2 Hardy dec. No. 15 Chappell (Bucknell) 4-3

141 - Blake Cushing - DNP (1-2)
Round of 16: No. 15 Chappell (Bucknell) dec. Cushing 14-11 SV-1
Cons. of 8 #2: Cushing pinned Maida (American) 4-1 (6:56)
Cons. of 4: Porter (Virginia) dec. Cushing 4-1 

149 - Scott Robertson - DNP (0-2)
Round of 16: Owen (American) dec. Robertson 10-7 SV-1
Cons. of 8 #2: Zinkin (Nebraska) dec. Robertson 12-7

149 - Nikade Zinkin - DNP (1-2)
Quarterfinal: No. 26 Cassidy (George Mason) dec. Zinkin 5-3
Cons. of 8 #2: Zinkin dec. Robertson (Nebraska) 12-7
Cons. of 4: Antonelli (Navy) dec. Zinkin 12-5

157 - No. 1 Antrell Taylor - 1st (4-0)
Round of 16: No. 1 Taylor pinned Brown (Binghamton) 6-0 (2:31)
Quarterfinal: No. 1 Taylor tech. fall Rathburn (Navy) 19-3 (5:43)
Semifinal: No. 1 Taylor major dec. Bouzakis (Pittsburgh) 14-3
Final: No. 1 Taylor dec. Washleski (Virginia) 7-2

165 - No. 32 LJ Araujo - 1st (4-0)
Round of 16: No. 32 Araujo tech. fall Reed (Binghamton) 17-1 (5:44)
Quarterfinal: No. 32 Araujo dec. No. 25 Maag (George Mason) 6-5
Semifinal: No. 32 Araujo major dec. Keslar (Pittsburgh) 8-0 
Final: No. 32 Araujo dec. Evans (Pittsburgh) 5-2

174 - No. 4 Christopher Minto - 1st (3-0)
Round of 16: Bye
Quarterfinal: No. 4 Minto tech. fall Messer (George Mason) (7:00)
Semifinal: No. 4 Minto dec. No. 19 Takats (Bucknell) TB2
Final: No. 4 Minto major dec. No. 6 Wask (Navy) 11-3 

174 - Tyler Eise - 6th (2-2)
Round of 16: No. 28 Queen (Drexel) dec. Eise 4-2
Cons. of 8 #2: Eise dec. Baer (Binghamton) 8-5
Cons. of 4: Eise dec. Messer (George Mason) 11-10
Fifth-Place Match: No. 11 Hamilton (Virginia) dec. Eise 5-2

184 - No. 5 Silas Allred - 1st (4-0)
Round of 16: No. 5 Allred def. Phillips (MS) 2-3 INJ. (3:45)
Quarterfinal: No. 5 Allred major dec. Daly (Pittsburgh) 15-2
Semifinal: No. 5 Allred tech. fall Ebert (Binghamton) 18-2 (7:00)
Final: No. 5 Allred dec. No. 19 DuVall (George Mason) 9-6 SV-1

197 - No. 6 Camden McDanel - 2nd (3-1)
Round of 16: No. 6 McDanel major dec. Funk (Binghamton) 13-1
Quarterfinal: No. 6 McDanel dec. Burrell (Virginia) 9-8
Semifinal: No. 6 McDanel dec. No. 24 Thomas (Navy) 10-3
Final: No. 5 Stout (Pittsburgh) tech. fall No. 6 McDanel 20-4 (6:42)

HWT - Harley Andrews - 5th (3-1)
Round of 16: Ulrich (AU) dec. Andrews 8-6
Cons. of 8 #2: Andrews major dec. Rudolph (Virginia) 14-5
Cons. of 4: Andrews dec. Lawler (Bucknell) 5-0
Fifth-Place Match: Andrews tech. fall Bevis (Binghamton) 15-0 (1:44)