Staff photo by John Rawlston/Chattanooga Times Free Press – UTC’s Dan Waddell wrestles against Ted Gottwald of VMI in the Mocs’ final home meet of the season at Maclellan Gym on Sunday.The takedown T-shirt tosser had to ice down his shoulder Sunday evening following the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s wrestling win over Virginia Military Institute.
Every time a Moc gets a takedown, a free T-shirt in flung into the crowd, and a record number of T-shirts went into the stands yesterday afternoon in the Mocs’ 31-6 victory over the Keydets.
All told, UTC wrestlers accumulated 39 takedowns as the Mocs won eight of the 10 matches including back-to-back technical falls from Bucky Johnson at 133 and Cody Cleveland at 141, a technical fall from Dan Waddell at 165 and a major decision from Dean Pavlou at 149.
A number of the Mocs’ individual points came with 10 or fewer seconds remaining till the end of a period.
“We got some takedowns but there were places where we needed to get more. If you’re able to get 10, good, but if you get 10 you then need to be working for 11,” said UTC coach Heath Eslinger. “It was good to see some of the guys trying to score through the whistle rather than being content.”