In other years the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga might have had chalk in hand ready to mark another couple of wins today for its wrestling team.
This isn’t another year, though, and the Mocs are hungry for wins.
They’re 4-7 and just broke a four-match losing string with a Southern Conference victory at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. That boosted them to 2-0 in the conference but left them three wins behind leader Appalachian State (11-2, 5-0). They can move within one of ASU if they manage to pull out wins against conference opponents Campbell (5-6, 1-1) at noon and Davidson (3-9, 0-2) at 2 p.m.
Both matches will be at Maclellan Gym.
“They’re good up and down the lineup,” coach Heath Eslinger said of Campbell. “They’re all going to be good matches. On paper it’s going to be a competitive and entertaining meet. They put it on Gardner-Webb (24-12), and Gardner-Webb came close to beating Appalachian (19-17).”