The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team closes out the 2018 calendar year with two matches at Edinboro and Ohio.  The Mocs visit the Scots on Tuesday, Dec. 18, followed by the match in Athens, Ohio on Thursday, Dec. 20.
 
UTC is 0-1 this year, with a loss to No. 21 North Carolina (10-23) in their only dual on Nov. 11.  UTC has also competed in the Wolfpack Open and the Cougar Clash. 
 
Match time at Edinboro is set for 7:00 p.m. (E.S.T.) in Edinboro, Pa.  The Scots are 1-1 after splitting matches against The Citadel (W, 21-17) and Wyoming (L, 6-33) at the Northeast Duals on Nov. 10 in Troy, N.Y.  They have also competed in the Navy Classic and the Cleveland State Open in the early part of their schedule.
 
Chattanooga has faced Edinboro once before in a dual.  The Scots took that meeting 21-17 at the Virginia Duals on Jan. 9, 2015, in Hampton, Va.
 
UTC stays on the road for the Ohio match at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.  The Bobcats are 1-2 overall, including a 25-16 win at Appalachian State and losses at Campbell (13-19) and No. 23 Iowa State (6-33).  Ohio has a 7-8 lead in the series with UTC that goes back to 1986.  They have met six times since 2011 with the teams splitting those duals.
 
Trackwrestling.com is handling the stats and FloWrestling.org the video for the Edinboro match.  Information on coverage for the Ohio match is TBA.  Links for both will be available on the wrestling schedule page on GoMocs.com.
 
PROBABLE LINEUP AT THE COUGAR CLASH
125
Fabian Gutierrez – So. – 11-2, 17-10
Alonzo Allen – Sr. – 9-3, 60-39
 
133
Jake Huffine – Jr. – 11-4, 21-12
Franco Valdez – Fr. – 8-7
 
141
Chris Debien – Jr. – 7-5, 48-31
 
149
Tanner Smith – Fr. - 3-3
Mason Wallace – Fr. – 6-3
Zach Shareef – Sr. - 3-6, 8-22
 
157
Ryan Resnick – Fr. – 3-6
 
165
Drew Nicholson – Fr. – 4-5
Trey Watson – Sr. – 0-2, 3-13
 
174
Hunter Fortner – Fr. – 4-5
 
184
Dominic Lampe – Jr. - 7-6, 24-18
 
197
Rodney Jones – Sr. – 9-7, 22-21
Ben Stacey – Jr. – 4-3, 7-12
 
285
Connor Tolley – Sr. – 7-6, 24-27