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By Zack Kirby, Chattanooga, TN—After winning the SoCon regular season and tournament titles, the Chattanooga Mocs wrestling team had their sights set on the NCAA Championships, which were held in Des Moines, Iowa. UTC had three wrestlers make it through the first day, with senior Josh Condon, from Powder Springs Ga., leading the way. He [...]
By Zack Kirby–On Saturday, March 9, the Chattanooga Mocs wrestling team won their 27th Southern Conference Tournament in Lexington, Ky. Along with winning the tournament championship, head coach Heath Eslinger was named SoCon coach of the year for the 2012-2013 season. This is the second time in four years that he has received this honor. [...]
By Zack Kirby, Chattanooga, TN—This Saturday, the Chattanooga Mocs wrestling team will head to VMI, in Lexington, Ky., to compete in the SoCon tournament. The Mocs (11-6, 7-0 in the SoCon) are the top team entering the tournament and already clinched the regular season SoCon championship after defeating Campbell on Feb. 25. The dominating 30-4 [...]
By Zack Kirby, Chattanooga, TN—The Chattanooga Mocs wrestling team clinched the SoCon Championship, defeating Campbell 30-4 Monday night. Prior to that, the Mocs had already won a share of the conference title with their two home victories over Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (40-3) and VMI (36-3). Proud of his team’s effort, head coach Heath Eslinger said he [...]
By Shawna O’Neal, Chattanooga, TN—The Mocs put the Davidson Wildcats in their place after recording a 37-7 victory last Sunday afternoon at Maclellan Gym. Chattanooga is now 8-6 for their overall season and had an undefeated record of 4-0 in the Southern Conference Tournament, while Davidson dropped to 6-10 overall record and 1-4 in division [...]
By Zack Kirby, Chattanooga, TN—The Chattanooga Mocs wrestling team defeated Gardner-Webb last Friday by a score of 40-6, which was followed by a 29-9 win over Appalachian State on Sunday. On Friday against Gardner-Webb, the Mocs finished with nine wins and four pins to take the match. UTC improved to 6-6 overall, and were 2-0 [...]
By Natalie Powers, Chattanooga, TN—The Mocs wrestling team started out the SoCon season with a 22-20 win against the Citadel Bulldogs on Sunday January 27. “It was a good win, our guys did a good job,” Coach Heath Eslinger said. The Mocs started strong with a 12-3 major decision win from sophomore Nick Soto, from [...]
By Matthew Cates, Chattanooga, TN—The Wrestling Mocs saw their record fall to 4-6 on the year with a loss at Cleveland State on Sunday afternoon. The shorthanded Mocs, who were trying to rebound after losing against No. 9 Illinois, split the 10-match affair, but were unable to overcome a couple of untimely losses and a [...]
By Shawna O’Neal, Chattanooga, TN—The UTC Wrestling Mocs had to accept a 29-10 defeat after going head-to-head with No. 9 Illinois at home Jan. 6. Chattanooga is now 4-5 in duals for the season, as Illinois improved to 4-0. Out of the five losses on the Mocs record, four have been against teams that have [...]
By Shawna O’Neal, Chattanooga, TN—The Chattanooga wrestling Mocs brought the action home to a sold out crowd in Maclellan Gym Nov. 16 for the Chattanooga Duals competition. This was the first sellout for a match in the newly renovated arena and it was also the largest crowd for a dual match ever recorded at UTC. [...]
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