UTC 35, VMI 3
(Meet started at 125 pounds) 125–Sean Boyle (C) major dec. Dalton Henderson, 20-6; 133–Nick Soto (C) won by forfeit; 141–Michael Pongracz (C) dec. Emmitt Kelley, 3-0; 149–Jacob Murphy (C) dec. Jack Krall, 7-2; 157–Austin Sams (C) tech. fall over Sam Paulay, 6:06; 165–Shabaka Jones dec. Justin Lampe, 2-1; 174–Sean Mappes (C) major dec. Mark Darr, 13-2; 184–John Shrader (C) dec. Derek Thurman, 6-0; 197–Scottie Boykin (C) major dec. Urayoan Garcia, 14-5; 285–Jared Johnson (C) dec. Juan Adams, 9-4. Records: UTC 9-5, 4-0; VMI 6-6, 3-2.
The takedown T-shirt tossers ran out of paraphernalia to throw to the crowd Sunday afternoon at Maclellan Gym.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was that effective, its wrestlers scoring 25 in nine of the 10 matches while rolling to a 35-3 Southern Conference victory over VMI.
“We did a good job this afternoon of pushing the pace,” coach Heath Eslinger said. “Obviously those guys are physically very fit, but this will get our match conditioning up and get them used to dealing with being tired and continuing to push.”
The visiting Keydets’ lone win came at 165 pounds when Shebaka Jones avoided a last-second takedown flurry by Mocs freshman Justin Lampe.