ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The words, "I see ... the blood all over your hands ...," from Saliva's song "Always" could have entered the minds of anyone who witnessed Penn State boxer Jude Jeriche's bout at the Navy Invitational this Saturday.

Or in the case of Jeriche, the blood was on his gloves. Jeriche bloodied the nose of Brett Johnson of Navy during the second round of his fight at the Navy Invitational this past Saturday, in Annapolis.

He also forced the referee to give Johnson a standing eight count, mixed in with the numerous times he stopped the fight so Johnson could be cleaned up by team doctors. Jeriche won the bout in three (out of three) rounds, going by judges' scorecards.

"I surprised myself today," Jeriche said. "Navy was more experienced, this was only my second fight."

Although there were five teams, Penn State drew only one opponent. All of the Nittany Lions had to fight the always-formidable Navy.

In the first match of the day and of his career, Paul Brenner took on Nick Tawil in the 130-pound weight class. The fight went to the third round and went to judges' decision and Brenner lost.

"It was my first match," Brenner said. "I was more wild than I wanted to be. I didn't throw any combos and I didn't move."

Ryan Manning fought Jeremy Biggs in the 139-pound weight class. Despite heavy action in the second round by Manning, he could not keep his stamina in the third and Biggs took the fight in the judges' decision.

Manning and Penn State boxing coach Bill Wrable stressed that Manning as well as the rest of the team needs to work on endurance and conditioning. They are going to begin to run more during the week.

Patrick Sullivan fought Gabe Haun in the only other bout Penn State won. He had a good first two rounds but, likely due to the lack of endurance, he almost lost it in the third round. Although Sullivan started with a huge flurry of punches in the beginning of the third, he seemed to lose gas as the round went on, but prevailed none the less.

"He's mean, he wants to knock everyone out, that's good," Wrable said. "He's going to be tough to beat."

In a huge surprise, two-time National Champion John Stout of Lock Haven was knocked out within 30 seconds of the first round by Kentucky's Damien Robinson.

"Stout is a 125-pound fighter," said Lock Haven coach Ken Cox. "He can't get any matches so we bumped him up to 139, and it caught up with us."

Stout said it was a good learning experience.

The only big disappointment for Penn State Saturday was Matt Haley's match against Navy's Bobby Villanueva, which was stopped in the first round. The referee issued two standing eight counts to Haley and then stopped the fight.

"Everyone fought with confidence today," Wrable said. "In the long run, we'll be all right."