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CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs take on 24th-ranked West Virginia Friday night in Maclellan Gym. The Mocs look to make it three in a row for the first time this season after decisive wins over Clarion (26-10) and at VMI (30-9). The Mountaineers enter fresh off an impressive 24-11 road win at No. 21 Pitt.
 
This match is summed up in two greats for the Mocs. It's a great opportunity & a great challenge.
 
"It's great opportunity to continue to build on what we've been working on," Coach Kyle Ruschell shared. "We have to go out there and execute, it's basically it. It's your next-to-last non-conference chance to build on your resume for postseason."
 
The 7 p.m., match broadcasts on ESPN+ with Track live scoring.
 
PROBABLE MATCHUPS

Class	Chattanooga (4-7)	#24 West Virginia (6-1)	Record vs Opp
125	Dom DiTomasso (2-2) or Logan Ashton (2-10)	#7 Killian Cardinale (5-0)	0-0
133	#16 Brayden Palmer (13-3)	Davin Rhoads (1-4)	0-0
141	Franco Valdes (1-6) or Dayne Dalrymple (6-8)	Jordan Titus (13-7)	0-0
149	Grant Lundy (8-8)	#27 Sam Hillegas (14-5)	0-0
157	Lincoln Heck (8-6)	#29 Alex Hornfeck (11-4)	0-0
165	Jackson Hurst (3-9) or Thomas Sell (4-6)	#12 Peyton Hall (15-2)	0-0
174	#14 Rocky Jordan (8-1)	Scott Joll (8-6)	0-0
184	#33 Matthew Waddell (7-4)	#30 Anthony Carman (14-6)	1-0
197	Jake Boyd (6-5)	Ian Bush (0-1)	0-0
285	Logan Andrew (5-9)	#28 Michael Wolfgram (13-6)	0-0

 
 
SERIES
0-2 | Home: 0-0 / Road: 0-1 / Neutral: 0-1

• Last meeting was a 25-12 loss last year in Morgantown. The Mocs led 9-6 through the first four matches before WVU captured five of the final six.
• Only individual rematch on the docket is Matthew Waddell and Anthony Carman at 184. Waddell beat Carmen 4-0 last year. It's a feature bout with both ranked in the InterMat top 33.
• Brayden Palmer (4:14 Fall over Garett Lautzenheiser), Noah Castillo (6-3 dec. over Jeff Boyd) and Waddell earned the Mocs wins in last year's matchup. Killian Cardinale (125), Peyton Hall (165) & Michael Wolfgram (285) are returning winners for the Mountaineers.

 
QUOTABLE
"Get into our ties, get into our attacks, get the riding bonus…that type of stuff. If we do that, we'll be in good shape to keep the ball rolling into the remainder of the league schedule." – Kyle Ruschell on building on the back-to-back dual wins
 
"We have two non-conference competitions left until nationals. We have to use these opportunities because we haven't done that all year, so we just got to make sure we execute these last two." – Ruschell on taking advantage of opportunity
 
3 NOTES TO KNOW

• Lone matchup vs. the Big 12. Ten of the other 11 non-conference duals are against the Big Ten (5/0-4) or MAC (5/3-2) with the outlier being Little Rock in the Pac-12. Last Big 12 opponent? South Dakota State, 35-10 loss on Jan. 15, 2022 in Hampton, Va.. Last win over a Big 12 program? 19-16 over Oklahoma on Feb. 15, 2015 in Maclellan Gym. 0-7 since that win including last year's 25-12 deficit at West Virginia last season. Last ranked win? 18-12 on Feb. 10, 2019 vs. No. 25 Campbell.
• Waddell recorded back-to-back 1st period pins in duals against #27 WIll Feldkamp (Clarion) in 0:32 & VMI's Zach Brown in 1:23. His 65 career W's ranks as team best (57-31 UTC).
• Jordan is averaging 3.44 dual points scored per match. That's just ahead of Palmer's 3.09.

 
LAST 3 RESULTS
Dec. 16: SIUE, L, 15-20 (at Gardner-Webb)
Dec. 16: Clarion, W, 26-10 (at Gardner-Webb)
Jan. 6: at VMI, W, 30-9
 
NEXT 3 MATCHES
Jan. 13: West Virginia, 7 p.m.
Jan. 21: Davidson, 7 p.m.
Jan. 27: at Presbyterian, 6 p.m.
 
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