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Wrestling Mocs go 2-1 at Virginia

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UTC 21, OHIO UNIVERSITY 12125–Nick Soto (UTC) won by forfeit; 133–Marvin Lopez (UTC) dec. Thomas McLaughlin, 7-1; 141–Dean Pavlou (UTC) dec. Kagan Squire, 6-1; 149–Andrew Romanchik (O) dec. Alex Hudson, 8-3; 157–Trey Stavrum (UTC) dec. Zach Rohr, 3-1; 165–Harrison Hightower (O) dec. John Lampe, 5-4; 174–Cody Walters (O) dec. Jake Young, 2-1, OT; 184–Robert Prigmore (UTC) dec. Ryan Garringer, 3-0; 197–Niko Brown (UTC) dec. Phillip Wellington, 2-1; 285–Jeremy Johnson (O) dec. Kevin Malone, 3-1.UTC 37, ANDERSON UNIVERSITY 6125–No. 14 Nick Soto (UTC) pinned Keenan Simmons, 0:43; 133–Zachary Hale (A) dec. Alex Ward, 4-3; 141–Austin Sams (UTC) major dec. Brandon Benitez, 15-5; 149–Dan Telhada (A) dec. Jared Presley, 6-1; 157–Trey Stavrum (UTC) major dec. Kevin Johnson, 18-5; 165–Sean Mappes (UTC) dec. Nicholas Giulliette, 4-0; 174–Jake Young (UTC) major dec. Jacob Allen, 10-0; 184–John Shrader (UTC) major dec. Zackery Farmer, 12-4; 197–Niko Brown (UTC) pinned Spencer Foucher, 3:54; 285–Caleb Denny (UTC) pinned Zachary Newton, 2:10.VIRGINIA 26, UTC 9125–Matthew Snyder (V) dec. Nick Soto, 6-1; 133–Joseph Spisak (V) dec. Marvin Lopez, 6-2; 141–Dean Pavlou (UTC) dec. David Wesley, 6-2; 149–Derek Valenti (V) dec. Alex Hudson, 7-3; 157–Jedd Moore (V) tech. fall over Trey Stavrum, 6:32; 165–Nicholas Sulzer (V) major dec. John Lampe, 24-10; 174–Jonathan Fausey (V) major dec. Jake Young, 12-4; 184–Stephen Doty (V) major dec. Robert Prigmore, 9-1; 197–Niko Brown (UTC) dec. Michael Salopek, 2-1, OT; 285–Kevin Malone (UTC) dec. Derek Papagianopoulos, 3-1.Records: Virginia 3-0; UTC 2-1.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga came out of its first day of 2012-13 wrestling competition with a 2-1 record.

Competing at Charlottesville, Va., the Mocs defeated Ohio University 21-12 and beat Anderson University 37-6 before losing 26-9 to the host Virginia Cavaliers.

Senior Niko Brown was the only three-match winner for UTC and also got the Mocs’ first pin of the season. Senior Dean Pavlou, who has dropped a weight class to 141 pounds, Nick Soto (125) and Trey Stavrum (157) each picked up two victories. But in the match Soto really wanted — against Virginia’s ninth-ranked Matthew Snyder — the 14th-ranked Moc fell 6-1.

Brown might have had the best individual performance with a win over Virginia’s Michael Salopek.