Chattanooga Mocs Go 1-2 At Virginia Duals

  • Friday, January 9, 2015

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team went 1-2 in three matches at the Virginia Duals in Hampton, Va., today.  The Mocs dropped a 21-19 contest to West Virginia and 21-17 bout to No. 10 Edinboro before defeating Nebraska-Kearney 30-6. 

Chattanooga (4-5) posted wins in five of 10 individual matches in both of its losses, but gave up too many bonus points.  Senior Nick Soto, junior Austin Sams and sophomore Jared Johnson all went 3-0 on the day.

The Mocs got in a hole early against West Virginia when 10th-ranked senior Sean Boyle was pinned by Zeke Moisey at 125.  Soto cut the lead in half with a win at 133, but the Mountaineers went up 9-3 after No. 10 Mike Morales posted a 9-3 decision over sophomore Michael Pongracz at 141.

UTC tied the score behind a pin by senior Shawn Greevy at 149, and went up 13-9 when Sams scored a major decision at 157.  Another fall for WVU at 165 gave the Mountaineers a 15-13 lead, but senior Levi Clemons gave Chattanooga the lead back with a decision at 174. 

West Virginia took the next two matches to all but secure the win.  Johnson’s 2-0 decision at heavyweight closed the final tally to 21-19. 

West Virginia 21 – Chattanooga 19
125: Zeke Moisey (WVU) – Fall 2:27 – No. 10 Sean Boyle (UTC) – WVU 6-0
133: No. 16 Nick Soto (UTC) – Dec. 7-2 - Cory Stainbrook (WVU) – WVU 6-3
141: No. 10 Mike Morales (WVU) – Dec. 9-3 – Michael Pongracz (UTC) – WVU 9-3
149: Shawn Greevy (UTC) – Fall 2:57 - Louis Colonna (WVU) – Tied 9-9
157: Austin Sams (UTC) – MD 13-4 - Roman Perryman (WVU) – UTC 13-9
165: Ross Renzi (WVU) – Fall 2:00 - Justin Lampe (UTC) – WVU 15-13
174: Levi Clemons (UTC) – Dec. 8-5 - Weston Vonegidy (WVU) – UTC 16-15
184: Jakob Scheffel (WVU) – Dec. 5-3 - John Shrader (UTC) – WVU 18-16
197: Jake A. Smith (WVU) – Dec. 3-2 - Scottie Boykin (UTC) – WVU 21-16
285: Jared Johnson (UTC) – Dec. 2-0 - Anthony Vizcarrondo (WVU) – WVU 21-19

The Mocs ran out to an 8-0 lead against the 10th ranked Fighting Scots, behind Boyle’s decision at 125 and Soto’s technical fall at 133.  Back-to-back Edinboro major decisions tied the score at eight after four matches. 

Sams continued his impressive day with a 7-6 win at 157, but Edinboro tied the score again at 11 with a win at 165.  Bonus points in the next two Edinboro wins sealed the team victory.  UTC’s wins at 197 and heavyweight rounded out the 21-17 scoring.    

No. 10 Edinboro 21 – Chattanooga 17
125: No. 10 Sean Boyle (UTC) – Dec. 5-2 - No. 19 Kory Mines (Edinboro) – UTC 3-0
133: No. 16 Nick Soto (UTC) – TF 20-4 - Anthony Rivera (Edinboro) – UTC 8-0
141: No. 2 Mitchell Port (Edinboro) – MD 12-1 - Michael Pongracz (UTC) – UTC 8-4
149: No. 3 David Habat (Edinboro) – MD 14-5 - Shawn Greevy (UTC) – Tied 8-8
157: Austin Sams (UTC) – Dec. 7-6 - Kasey Davis (Edinboro) – UTC 11-8
165: Casey Fuller (Edinboro) – Dec. 8-6 - Justin Lampe (UTC) – Tied 11-11
174: Patrick Jennings (Edinboro) – Fall 2:25 - Levi Clemons (UTC) – Edinboro 17-11
184: No. 12 Victor Avery (Edinboro) – MD 13-1 - John Shrader (UTC) – Edinboro 21-11
197: Scottie Boykin (UTC) – SV-1 6-4 - Vincent Pickett (Edinboro) – Edinboro 21-14
285: Jared Johnson (UTC) – Dec. 7-2 - Warren Bosch (Edinboro) – Edinboro 21-17

Chattanooga posted four major decisions and a tech fall to down NCAA Division II third-ranked Nebraska-Kearney.  Soto scored an 11-10 decision over DII No. 1 Daniel DeShazer at 133.  Sophomore Scottie Boykin also defeated a DII No. 1 with his 15-6 major decision over Romero Cotton.

Chattanooga 30 – No. 3* Nebraska-Kearney 6
125: No. 10 Sean Boyle (UTC) – MD 19-6 - Connor Bolling (UNK) – UTC 4-0
133: No. 16 Nick Soto (UTC) – Dec. 11-10 – No. 1 Daniel DeShazer (UNK) - UTC 7-0
141: Michael Pongracz (UTC) – Dec. 3-1 - Keith Surber (UNK) – UTC 10-0
149: No. 7 Destin McCauley (UNK) – Dec. 14-7 - Shawn Greevy (UTC) – UTC 10-3
157: Austin Sams (UTC) – Dec. 11-5 – No. 4 Chase White (UNK) – UTC 13-3
165: Devin Aguirre (UNK) – Dec. 16-9 - Justin Lampe (UTC) – UTC 13-6
174: Levi Clemons (UTC) – MD 14-3 - Chance Bila (UNK) – UTC 17-6
184: John Shrader (UTC) – MD 11-1 - Casey Powell (UNK – UTC 21-6
197: Scottie Boykin (UTC) – MD 15-6 – No. 1 Romero Cotton (UNK) – UTC 25-6
285: Jared Johnson (UTC) – TF 16-0 - Ivan DeLeon (UNK) – UTC 30-6
*UNK rankings are NCAA Division II.

The Mocs are back on the mat tomorrow against Kent State at 10:00 a.m.  Live scoring and pay-per-view video links are available on the wrestling schedule page on GoMocs.com.
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