WYOMING 38, UTC 6125 — Michael Martinez (W) dec. Manuel Ramirez, 5-4 OT;133 — Zach Zehner (W) pinned Nick Soto, 5:34;141 — Chase Smith (W) major dec. Shawn Greevy, 15-1;149 — McCade Ford (W) dec. Kelly Felix, 3-2;157 — Andy McCulley (W) dec. Daniel Waddell, 7-3;165 — Shane Onufer (W) major dec. Brandon Wright, 8-0;174 — Patrick Martinez (W) major dec. Levi Clemons, 12-4;184 — Joe LeBlanc (W) pinned Robert Prigmore, 5:41;197 — Alfonso Hernandez (W) tech. fall over Cory Canada, 15-0;285 — Kevin Malone (UTC) pinned L.J. Helbig, 6:33.BOISE STATE 25, UTC 17125 — Manuel Ramirez (UTC) major dec. Landon Hartley, 14-6;133 — Brian Owen (B) pinned Nick Soto,1:26;141 — Shawn Greevy (UTC) major dec. Shawn Jones, 11-3;149 — Kelly Felix (UTC) dec. Josh Strait, 11-5;157 — Georgi Ivanov (B) major dec. Dan Waddell, 14-4;165 — Brandon Wright (UTC) won by forfeit;174 — Scotty Bacon (B) dec. Levi Clemons, 8-4;184 — Jacob Swartz (B) dec. Robert Prigmore, 9-5;197 — Brent Chriswell (B) pinned Cory Canada, 1:06;285 — J.T Felix (B) dec. Kevin Malone, 6-4.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team was coming home as a team that was beaten twice, as a team that’s beat up but also as a team remains upbeat.
The Mocs spent a grueling two days on the road in order to wrestle in the national duals regional at Stillwater, Okla. and had nothing to show for it beyond some debilitating losses.
They were beaten first by 10th-ranked Wyoming (38-6) and then by Boise State (25-17).
“No, I don’t think it’s a beat-down team. Their spirit is intact. It’s a beat-up team trying to recover from very intense training, and these aren’t really good teams to be facing when you’re trying to fight through fatigue,” coach Heath Eslinger said Sunday evening as the Mocs began a 14-hour trip home. “I think as a staff we saw it starting back on Tuesday. It was a long day today and several long days in a row and we were flat. We just didn’t wrestle well. We have been training hard and going hard for several weeks.”