The Chattanooga Mocs wrestling team is off to the 78th annual Arby’s Southern Conference Tournament in Asheville, N.C., this weekend. The Mocs have won 28 SoCon Tournament titles since joining the league in 1978, including each of the last four and nine of the last 10.
The Tournament is in conjunction with the SoCon Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships for the first time since 1995. Wrestling takes place at UNC Asheville’s Kimmel Arena on Saturday, March 7. Action begins at 10:00 a.m.
(E.S.T.) with the preliminary rounds. The finals are set to start at 7:00 p.m.
The Southern Conference provides a live stream of the action free of charge on the SoCon Digital Network. Mocs fans will recognize the play-by-play voice as that of Chattanooga native Danny Gilbert. Gilbert called most of UTC’s home matches this weekend, including the memorable win over Oklahoma. Check out the wrestling schedule page on GoMocs.com for a link to the broadcast.
Live scoring for each match is available via Trackwrestling.com through a link on the wrestling schedule page on GoMocs.com. For more live updates be sure to follow Mocs wrestling on Twitter @UTCWrestling.
Tickets can be purchased at the Kimmel Arena ticket window. Adult tickets are $15 and youth (6-12) tickets are $10. A group rate of $8 is available for parties of 10 or more.
CHATTANOOGA MOCS LINEUP
125: No. 8 Sean Boyle (Sr. – 27-5, 6-0 SoCon) - No. 1 Seed
133: No. 13 Nick Soto (Sr. – 25-9, 6-0 SoCon) - No. 1 Seed
141: Michael Pongracz (So. – 18-13, 5-1 SoCon) - No. 1 Seed
149: Shawn Greevy (Sr. – 16-10, 3-1 SoCon) - No. 2 Seed
157: Austin Sams (Jr. – 16-15, 5-2 SoCon) - No. 3 Seed
165: Justin Lampe (Fr. - 4-11, 4-3 SoCon) - No. 4 Seed
174: Sean Mappes (So. – 14-9, 4-2 SoCon) - No. 4 Seed
184: John Shrader (So. – 13-6, 4-0 SoCon) - No. 2 Seed
197: Scottie Boykin (So. – 21-10, 7-0 SoCon) - No. 1 Seed
285: Jared Johnson (So. – 26-8, 5-1 SoCon) - No. 2 Seed
(Rankings: Intermat - March 3)
Head Coach: Heath Eslinger (74-41 - 6th Year)