University of Tennessee at Chattanooga junior Matthew Waddell led a group of three Mocs who advanced to Day 2 of the Southern Scuffle, presented by Compound Sportswear.  Waddell posted three wins at 184 pounds today and will compete in the semifinals at Noon (E.S.T.) on Thursday, Jan. 2. 

As a team, Chattanooga is in 14^th place overall with 33.5 points.  Oklahoma State leads the field at 70, followed by North Dakota State (63), N.C. State (61.5), Rider (61) and Stanford (61) in the top five. 

Waddell entered the tournament as the No. 4 seed and opened with a pin against Drexel's Owen Brooks.  He followed that with a 9-2 decision over Air Force's Jake Thompson in the Round of 16.  Waddell closed out the day with a 3-2 victory against Campbell's Chris Kober in the quarterfinals. 

Sophomore Colton Landers was also impressive at 133 pounds.  Prior to the Scuffle, his only action of the year was going 1-2 at the Southeast Open on Nov. 3.  After dropping his first round match he posted four wins in the backdraw to stay alive. 

Landers started his run with a 13-3 major decision over West Virginia's Lucas Seibert before a 16-2 major against Little Rock's Aiden Campbell.  He had the signature win of the session for UTC with a 7-5 decision over Cal State Bakersfield's No. 4 seed Chance Rich.  Rich is currently No. 18 in the Flo rankings at 133 pounds.  Landers capped the evening action with a 7-3 decision over Iowa State's Ramazan Attasaouv. 

Sophomore Tanner Smith is also still alive at 149 pounds.  He entered the day as the No. 5 seed, but lost in the Round of 16 to N.C. State's A.J. Leitten (4-2).  He then defeated two opponents from Rider to advance to Thursday's action. 

Doors open at 9:00 a.m. with competition beginning tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in McKenzie Arena.  Tickets are on sale now on GoMocs.com or at the door.  There is also a $10 finals only ticket that is available at the Gate 1 Box Office after 5:00 p.m.  The semifinals are set for Noon, with the Medal Rounds at 7:00 p.m.  Follow all of the action on FloArena with every match broadcast by FloWrestling. 

Chattanooga Wrestling Results
125
Fabian Gutierrez
Jayden Carson (Little Rock) – W-MD, 14-0
No. 7 Michael McGee (ODU) – L-D, 7-8
No. 5 Jakob Camacho (N.C. State) – L-D, 2-3

133
Colton Landers
Reece Witcraft (Ok State) – L-MD, 4-13
Lucas Seibert (WVU) – W-MD, 13-3
Aiden Campbell (Little Rock) – W-MD, 16-2
No. 4 Chance Rich (Cal State Bakersfield) – W-D, 7-5
Ramazan Attasauov (Iowa State) – W-D, 7-3

Franco Valdes
Casey Cobb (Navy) – L-D, 4-6
Brock Herring (Lehigh) – L-D, 0-6

Wade Cummings
Jaret Lane (Lehigh) – L-F, 2-12
Codi Russell (App. St.) – L-D, 2-7

141
Aldan Murphy
Jojo Aragona (Rutgers) – L-D, 10-3
No. 5 Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) – L-D, 2-3

Mason Wallace
No. 7 Cody Trybus (Navy) – L-D, 5-1
Noah Roulo (VMI) – W-MD, 11-1
Joseph Bianchi (Little Rock) – W-D, 2-0
Grant Willits (Oregon State) – L-D, 3-8

149
No. 5 Tanner Smith
Daxton Gordan (Oregon State) – W-F, 4:41
Morgan Fuenffinger (Navy) – W-D, 6-0
A.J. Leitten (N.C. State) – L-D, 2-4
Gino Fluri (Rider) – W-D, 12-6
Travis Layton (Rider) – W-D, 4-2

157
Tyler Shilson
Gary Dinmore (Rider) – W-D, 5-4
No. 6 Hunter Willits (Oregon State) – L-D, 3-13
Trey Brisker (Air Force) – L-D, 6-13

165
Drew Nicholson
Logan Schumacher (Iowa State) – W-D, 4-2
Jackson Turley (Rutgers) – W-D, 3-0
No. 3 Thomas Bullard (N.C. State) – L-D, 2-4
Jacob Thalin (Cal State Bakersfield) – L-D, 1-2

174
Dominic Lampe
Willie Scott (Rutgers) – L-D, 3-4
Newell (Davidson) – W-D, 5-1
Murphy (Campbell) – L-D, 4-9

Hunter Fortner
Chase Archangelo (Cleveland State) – W-D, 3-2
Mickey O'Malley (Drexel) – L-Fall (6:25)
Gavin Stika (Ok State) – L-D, 1-2

Noah Liles
Jackson Mckinney (Oregon State) – L-MD, 10-2
Luke Nicksic (VMI) – L-D, 8-10

184
No. 4 Matthew Waddell
Owen Brooks (Drexel) – W-F, 3:53
Jake Thompson (Air Force) – W-D, 9-2
Chris Kober (Campbell) – W-D, 3-2

197
Ben Stacey
Bear Hughes (Ok State) – L-MD, 2-10
Parker McClellan (Lock Haven) – L-TF, 16-0 (5:21)

Rodney Jones
Blake Reynolds (Lock Haven) – W-D, 5-1
No. 5 Jacob Seeley (UNCO) – L-MD, 3-11
Parker McClellan (Lock Haven) – W-D, 5-2
Cordell Eaton (N.D. State) – L-D, 2-4

285
Grayson Walthall
Dan Stibral (North Dakota State) – L-D, 0-2
Jarrod Snyder (Cal State Bakersfield) – L-D, 0-5

(No. are Scuffle Seeds)