The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team had three individual champions Saturday in the Southern Conference tournament at McAlister Fieldhouse in Charleston, S.C.
Alonzo Allen (125 pounds), Bryce Carr (184) and Scottie Boykin (197) earned titles for the Mocs, tying SIU-Edwardsville for the most by one team. They each automatically qualify for the NCAA championships in Cleveland, Ohio, set for March 15-17.
As a team UTC finished second, with 88 points to regular-season champion Appalachian State’s 110. Campbell finished third with 63 points, a point ahead of SIUE. The Citadel (30.5), Gardner-Webb (21), Virginia Military Institute (15.5) and Davidson (13) rounded out the scoring.
The Mocs had one second-place finish, as Chad Pyke fell to SIUE’s Nate Higgins by pin in 4:38 in the 165-pound final.
Carr, the SoCon wrestler of the year, and Boykin each earned his second conference title, while it was Allen’s first.