The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team brought home three first place trophies at the Wolfpack Open today.  The Mocs had ten individuals place overall in the tournament in Raleigh, N.C.

Senior John Lampe (184), junior Michael Pongracz (141) and freshman Kamaal Shakur (157) each won their respective class.  Junior Jared Johnson (285) and freshmen Dominic Lampe (165) and Chris Debien (133) were runners-up while junior Sean Mappes and sophomore Justin Lampe tied for third at 174.

"It was a good tournament," stated head coach Heath Eslinger.  "We are improving each time out and our young guys get better with each experience."

Pongracz scored five wins today, including four decisions and a fall.  Shakur also had five wins, highlighted by a tight 2-1 overtime decision over American's 18^th-ranked John Boyle in the finals.

It only took the elder Lampe three wins to capture the 184 bracket.  He beat defending SoCon champ Hunter Gamble of Gardner-Webb in the semifinals before capping off his day with a 2-1 victory against Newberry's Huston Evans.   

Dominic Lampe, the youngest of the three brothers on the team, opened with a nice pin against Gardner-Webb's 19^th-ranked Austin Trott.  He scored three more wins before falling to GWU's Tyler Marinelli in the finals.

Johnson powered through the field with two decisions and two majors, scoring at least seven points in each match.  He lost in the finals to N.C. State's No. 1 ranked and two-time NCAA Champion Nick Gwaizdowski (15-2). 

Debien was forced to bow out of his finals match at 133 due to injury.  His first four wins included three decisions and a pin.  Junior Scottie Boykin also placed in the event, finishing fourth at 197.  Junior McCoy Newberg was the other placer, finishing sixth at 184. 

The Mocs will take some time off from competition for final exams.  The next match is at VMI on Dec. 10.  The next home dual is Dec. 18 against No. 15 Ohio at 6:00 p.m. in Maclellan Gym. 

Wolfpack Open
125
Alonzo Allen
                No. 8 David Teraro (American) – L-TF, 2-17 (5:48)
                Peter Robinson (Maryland) – L-D, 2-4
133
Chris Debien – 2^nd Place
                Zack Howard (App. St.) – W-Fall (2:56)
                Nick Lankford (Newberry) – W-D, 10-1  
                Philip Anderson (GWU) – W-D, 5-2
                Xvaviel Ramos (Duke) – W-D, 6-2
                Esteban Gomez-Rivera (America) – L-FOR
Michael Pongracz – 1^st Place
                Colby Baker (American) – W-Fall (6:02)
                Matt Rainer (GMU) – W-D, 4-1
                R.J. DeGeorge (Maryland) – W-D, 6-0
                Billy Rappo (Maryland) – W-D, 6-5
                Zach Finesilver (Duke) – W-D, 9-2
149
Austin Sams
                Cohl Fulk (N.C. State) – L-D, 1-6
                Michael Dahlstron (American) – W-D, 6-4
                Rodney Shepard (N.C. State) – L-D, 3-6
Jacob Murphy
                Rodney Shepard ( N.C. State) – L-D, 4-6
                Joby Armenta (GWU) – W-D, 7-5
                Joey Abbate (Duke) – W-D, 6-3
                David Boychuck (Maryland) – L-D, 6-10
157
Kamaal Shakur – 1^st Place
                Brian LaPrade (Va. Tech) – W-D, 16-9
                Benjamin Schram (ODU) – W-Fall (6:44)
                No. 15 Aaron Walker (Citadel) – W-For.
                Michael Eckhart (American) – W-MD, 13-3
                No. 18 John Boyle (American) – W-D, 2-1 (OT)
165
Dominic Lampe – 2^nd Place
                No.  19 Austin Trott (GWU) – W-Fall (6:37)
                Daniel Smith (Citadel) – W-D, 10-4
                Matthew Rundell (UNC) – W-D, 6-5
                Colton Jackson (App. St.) – W-Fall (4:18)
                Tyler Marinelli (GWU) – L-D, 6-9
174
Sean Mappes – 3^rd Place
                Jason Grimes (American) – W-D, 3-2
                Cody Harrington – W-D, 4-1        
                Blaze Shade (UNCP) – L-D, 2-3
Justin Lampe – 3^rd Place
                Brian Dorsey (Duke) – W-D, 10-6
                Sean Kennedy (Newberry) – W-MD, 22-8
                Justin Brown (Campbellsville) – W-D, 12-6
                Nicholas Hall (N.C. State) – L-D, 1-2
Barrett Walthall
                Stacey Davis (N.C. State) – W-D, 7-4
                Blaze Shade (UNCP) – L-Fall (3:00)
                Sean Kennedy (Newberry) – L-D, 5-10
184
John Lampe - 1^st Place
                Payton Mills (GWU) – W-Fall (0:50)
                Hunter Gamble (GWU) – W-D, 6-4
                Huston Evans (Newberry) – W-D, 2-1 (OT)
D.J. Franklin-Smith
                Austin Crocker (Newberry) – W-D, 4-1
                Tyler Patrick (Duke) – L-D, 0-4
                Jesup Hammond (Newberry) – W-Fall (3:30)
                Dustin Harris (Cumberland) – W-D, 8-3
                McCoy Newberg (UTC) – L-D, 7-12
McCoy Newberg - 6^th Place
                Joseph Salvi (American) – W-Fall (3:33)
                Trey Adamson (Duke) – W-D, 16-13
                Hunter Gamble (GWU) – L-MD, 0-11
                D.J. Franklin-Smith (UTC) – W-D, 12-7
                Spencer Neff (Duke) – W-TF, 18-3
                Michael Macchiavello (N.C. State) – L-Fall (5:17)
197
No. 10 Scottie Boykin – 4^th Place
                Jake Harris (Va. Tech) – W-TF, 15-0
                Ryan Devlin (Davidson) – W-Fall (1:53)
                Michael Boykin (N.C. State) – L-D, 4-9
                Marshall Haas (Citadel) – L-D, 1-3
285
No. 15 Jared Johnson – 2^nd Place
                Mike Kennedy (Newberry) – W-D, 7-2
                William Cooley (Davidson) – W-MD, 12-0
                Yousif Hemida (Maryland) – W-MD, 8-0
                Jacob Kasper (Duke) – W-D, 11-7
                No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (N.C. State) – L-MD, 2-15
Connor Tolley
                Andrew Pacheco (ODU) – W-Fall (0:46)
                Bryce Cornwell (GWU) – L-D, 2-8
                Jake Scanlan (American) – W-D, 8-3
                Mike Kennedy (Newberry) – L-D, 5-8