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Chattanooga posts 31-11 win at Gardner-Webb

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team posted a 31-11 win at Gardner-Webb tonight. The Mocs even their record at 5-5 overall and stay in first place in the Southern Conference race at 3-0. 

Chattanooga took seven of the 10 matches, scoring bonus points in three of the contested bouts. Action began tonight with junior Chris Debien posting a 9-7 win over Blake Mulkey at 141. Debien won his fourth-straight match to move to 19-10 overall and 3-0 in SoCon matches.  Freshman Tanner Smith continued his hot streak with a first period pin over Conrad Scheiss (2:09) at 149. It was Smith’s fifth win in his last six outings, including four in a row. He improved to 8-4 and 3-0 in league competition. 

Freshman Ryan Resnick scored a takedown at the buzzer to defeat Evan Schenk at 157, before the Runnin Bulldogs got on the board with a tech fall at 165. Freshman Hunter Fortner scored a major decision at 175, followed by junior Ben Stacey’s first win at 184. That pushed the Chattanooga lead to 19-5 with four matches left. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21321

February 2, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized