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Appalachian State
Mocs Fall to Appalachian State 22-15
2/5/2016 10:55:00 PM | Wrestling
UTC can still tie for SoCon title with a win at The Citadel.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team dropped a 22-15 Southern Conference match against Appalachian State in Maclellan Gym tonight. The Mountaineers snapped UTC's 27-match winning streak in league action.
The loss dropped the Mocs to 10-4 overall and 5-1 in SoCon play. App State improved to 10-3 and 5-1 in the league.  Â
"It was a good match and we knew they were a great team coming in," stated Eslinger. "First and foremost, we want to give credit to them. I'm a believer that you give credit where credit is due. They wrestled a great match and came out on the winning end of it."
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The Mocs got in a big hole early after giving up a pin at 125. ASU won two more decisions to go up 12-0, before sophomore Chase Zemenak's major at 149. Freshman Kamaal Shakur got UTC back in the match with a decision at 157.Â
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The Mountaineers went up 15-7 win a win at 165 and nearly put it out of reach with a major at 174. UTC tried to mount a comeback with senior John Lampe scoring a major at 184. Junior Scottie Boykin twice had a cradle at 197 and nearly posted a six-point fall. He finished with a major to close the gap to 19-15.
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"Everybody knows that it doesn't matter who starts the match, it's who finishes," said Eslinger about trying to mount a comeback. "We've been down before and that's not a huge issue. Momentum is always good to have on your side, but we knew they were tough at those first two weights."
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The last match left was UTC's No. 11 Jared Johnson needing bonus points against No. 5 Denzel Dejournette at heavyweight. Johnson gave it all he could, but Dejournette came away with the 6-0 decision.
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Chattanooga can still clinch a share of the SoCon title with a win at The Citadel on Feb. 12. UTC, ASU and Gardner-Webb are all 5-1 in league action with one conference match each left on the schedule.
Appalachian State 22, No. 25 Chattanooga 15
Feb. 5, 2016 – Maclellan Gym
125: Vito Pasone (ASU) – Fall 2:26 - Alonzo Allen (UTC) – ASU 6-0
133: Irvin Enriquez (ASU) – Dec. 6-0 - Cody Minnick (UTC) – ASU 9-0
141: Mike Longo (ASU) – Dec. 5-2 - Michael Pongracz (UTC) – ASU 12-0
149: Chase Zemenak (UTC) – MD 15-3 - Matthew Zovistoski (ASU) – ASU 12-4
157: Kamaal Shakur (UTC) – Dec. 10-4 - David Peters-Logue (ASU) – ASU 12-7
165: Forrest Przybysz (ASU) – Dec. 10-4 - Dominic Lampe (UTC) – ASU 15-7
174: Nick Kee (ASU) – MD 12-2 - Sean Mappes (UTC) – ASU 19-7
184: John Lampe (UTC) – MD 13-5 - Taylor Jackson (ASU) – ASU 19-11
197: Scottie Boykin (UTC) – MD 13-2 - Randall Diabe (ASU) – ASU 19-15
285: No. 5 Denzel Dejournette (ASU) – Dec. 6-0 – No. 11 Jared Johnson (UTC) – ASU 22-15
