Michael Pongracz has accomplished everything during his University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling career.
Well, almost everything.
The 141-pound senior, who has 80 wins, two All-Southern Conference selections and an NCAA tournament win on his résumé, is one of 10 Mocs competing today in the SoCon tournament at McAlister Fieldhouse in Charleston, S.C. First-round matches start at 10 a.m., with the finals set for 7 p.m.
“I think we’re probably the most ready that we’ve been as a team,” UTC coach Heath Eslinger said. “We’re strong, we’re healthy and we’re in as good a spot as we can be in. We’ve got 10 guys that are charged up and ready to go get it done.”
One thing Pongracz hasn’t accomplished during his career is win a SoCon title. He has advanced to the NCAA tournament twice, on the strength of a runner-up finish at the 2014-15 Socon tournament and via an at-large bid a year later. After redshirting last season, he has shown he didn’t lose anything in the year away from competition, finishing the recently completed regular season 16-10, including a 6-0 record in SoCon matches.