Highlighted by technical falls from Justin Lampe (165) and Jared Johnson (285), the Chattanooga wrestling team defeated visiting Davidson, 38-3, Friday at Maclellan Gym in a Southern Conference match.
The Mocs (10-5, 5-0) are now 34-1 in SoCon matches, including 18 straight wins, in the five seasons under head coach Heath Eslinger. The Mocs are 23-0 in the all-time series with Davidson (4-10, 0-3).
After UTC senior Sean Boyle received a forfeit win at 125, the Mocs reeled off six straight wins for a 28-0 lead before the Wildcats Scott Patrick (184) edged John Lampe, 3-2.
Takedown Leader: UTC’s Justin Lampe (165) used a match-high 11 takedowns to post a 23-8 tech fall against Patrick Devlin.
“Justin is a scoring machine and continues to get better and is gaining confidence with each win,” said coach Eslinger.
“Momentum breeds confidence and confidence leads to wins.”
* Most Wins: Jared Johnson leads the team in wins at 25-6, followed by Sean Boyle (23-5) and Nick Soto (23-7).
Next Match: Feb.
8 – UTC at Appalachian State
* Next Home Match: Sunday Feb. 15 – Oklahoma at UTC Maclellan Gym 2 p.m.
(first round match of the national duals)
Chattanooga 38, Davidson 3
125: No. 12 Sean Boyle (UTC) forfeit win … UTC,6-0
133: No. 12 Nick Soto (UTC) def. Anthony Elias, 8-3 … UTC, 9-0
141: Michael Pongracz (UTC) major dec. Dustin Runzo, 14-3 … UTC, 13-0
149: Jacob Murphy (UTC) major dec. James McCord, 14-0 … UTC, 17-0
157: Austin Sams (UTC) dec. Alex Palinski, 8-2 … 20-0
165: Justin Lampe (UTC) tech fall Patrick Devlin, 23-8 … UTC, 25-0
174: Sean Mappes (UTC) dec. Nathan Powers, 7-3 … UTC, 28-0
184:Scott Patrick (Davidson) dec. John Lampe, 3-2 … UTC, 28-3
197: Scottie Boykin (UTC) dec. Ian Solcz, 9-3 … UTC, 31-3
285: Jared Johnson (UTC) tech fall Will Cooley, 17-0 … UTC, 36-3
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