The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team scored a 31-10 win over The Citadel in Maclellan Gym tonight. The Mocs improved to 6-6 overall and 4-1 in Southern Conference matches, while the Bulldogs dropped to 1-8 and 1-2 in league duals.
The dual started at 141 pounds, and Chattanooga came out firing. Junior Chris Debien opened with a tech fall over Keegan Connolly. Freshman Tanner Smith quickly followed with a tech fall of his own over Selwyn Porter at 149.
The Citadel slowed the Mocs down with a win at 157, but freshman Drew Nicholson put UTC up 13-3 with an 8-6 decision over Dazjon Casto at 165.
Freshman Hunter Fortner’s pin at 174 widened the team gap to 19-3, but the Bulldogs battled back with wins at 184 and 197. Senior Connor Tolley had a nice victory at heavyweight, followed by senior Alonzo Allen’s tech fall at 125. Junior Jake Huffine closed out the evening with a major decision at 133.
Tonight’s win kept the Mocs in the hunt for a share of the SoCon regular season title. UTC hosts league-leading Campbell for Senior Day on Sunday. The Camels are 5-0 overall, 3-0 in SoCon duals and ranked No.
25 in this week’s Intermat dual poll.
Links for live video and live scoring are both available on the wrestling schedule page on GoMocs.com.
Chattanooga 31 – The Citadel 10
Friday – Feb. 8, 2019 – Maclellan Gym
141: Chris Debien (UTC) over Keegan Connolly (CIT) (TF 15-0 6:02)
149: Tanner Smith (UTC) over Selwyn Porter (CIT) (TF 18-3 7:00)
157: Rian Burris (CIT) over Ryan Resnick (UTC) (Dec 12-10)
165: Drew Nicholson (UTC) over Dazjon Casto (CIT) (Dec 8-6)
174: Hunter Fortner (UTC) over Kyle Kretzer (CIT) (Fall 6:30)
184: Martin Duane (CIT) over Ben Stacey (UTC) (MD 11-3)
197: Sawyer Root (CIT) over Rod Jones (UTC) (Dec 2-0)
285: Connor Tolley (UTC) over Michael McAleavey (CIT) (Dec 6-1)
125: Alonzo Allen (UTC) over Anthony New (CIT) (TF 17-2 4:58)
133: Jake Huffine (UTC) over Charles Kearney (CIT) (MD 14-4)