PREVIEW: Wrestling Heads to South Carolina for 2

Friday, January 27

Clinton, S.C.

6:00 PM

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Presbyterian

Franco Valdes

Photo by: Ray Soldano

1/26/2023 9:32:00 AM | Wrestling

Franco Valdes and the Chattanooga Mocs take on Presbyterian and The Citadel for a Southern Conference swing through South Carolina.

NOTES | STATS

CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs head to South Carolina this weekend to start a 3-match road trip in Southern Conference action. The Mocs are at Presbyterian Friday night before a Sunday matinee at The Citadel.

Every match is key when you enter league bouts. The Mocs are currently one of three unbeaten squads at 2-0 in the SoCon with Appalachian State (3-0) and Campbell (1-0). It's a team trending upward with three wins in the last four matches.

"I told our guys today," Coach Kyle Ruschell shared. "I want to win the battle of starting first. So, when that whistle blows, I want us to be on that guy...make first contact, explode off bottom, keep the guy down right away, and so I want to win that battle to get started in each period. That's what I want to see out of our guys, continue doing the hard things that we've been preaching for the last couple months, but win those starting battles each period, strong."

MEDIA
Friday, Jan. 27 – 6 p.m.
Presbyterian: ESPN+ Stream | Track Live Scoring

Sunday, Jan. 29 – 2 p.m.
The Citadel: ESPN+ Stream | Track Live Scoring

PROBABLE MATCHUPS

Class	Chattanooga (5-8/2-0)	Presbyterian (3-7/0-3)	Matchup
125	Logan Ashton (3-10)	Trenton Domingues (1-7) or Dominic Chavez (5-6)	0-0
133	Eli Knight (1-4) or Blake Boarman (5-5)	Jacob Brasseur (8-12)	0-0
141	Franco Valdes (2-6) or Dayne Dalrymple (6-9)	Trenton Donahue (12-10) or Khalid Brinkley (3-12)	0-0/1-0
149	Noah Castillo (3-3) or Grant Lundy (9-9)	Trenton Donahue (12-10) or Khalid Brinkley (3-12)	0-0
157	Lincoln Heclk (8-7) or Jackson Hurst (4-9)	Michael Ramirez (3-12)	1-0/0-0
165	Weston Wichman (1-2)	Ty Chittum (11-12)	0-0
174	#11 Rocky Jordan (10-1) or Thomas Sell (5-7)	Zach Wells (8-5)	0-0
184	#26 Matthew Waddell (9-4)	Cordell Duhart (9-4)	0-0
197	Jake Boyd (8-5)	Malcolm Wiley (13-6)	0-0
285	Logan Andrew (6-10)	Morvens Saint Jean (1-11)	0-0

Class	Chattanooga (5-8/2-0)	The Citadel (5-2/1-2)	Matchup
125	Logan Ashton (3-10)	Blair Orr (10-8)	0-0
133	Eli Knight (1-4) or Blake Boarman (5-5)	George Rosas (14-10)	0-0
141	Franco Valdes (2-6) or Dayne Dalrymple (6-9)	Dillon Roman (11-9)	0-0/1-0
149	Noah Castillo (3-3) or Grant Lundy (9-9)	Ethan Willis (8-7)	0-0/1-1
157	Lincoln Heck (8-7) or Jackson Hurst (4-9)	Thomas Snipes (10-3)	0-0
165	Weston Wichman (1-2)	Brodie Porter (6-8)	0-0
174	#11 Rocky Jordan (10-1) or Thomas Sell (5-7)	Ben Haubert (16-8)	0-0/1-0
184	#26 Matthew Waddell (9-4)	Micah DiCarlo (6-12)	0-0
197	Jake Boyd (8-5)	Mark Chaid (5-5)	0-0
285	Logan Andrew (6-10)	John Chesser (16-10)	0-0

SERIES
Presbyterian: 2-0 | Home: 1-0 / Road: 0-0 / Neutral: 1-0 / Streak: +2
The Citadel: 42-3 | Home: 18-2 / Road: 19-1 / Neutral: 5-0 / Streak: +18

QUOTABLE
"They're stepping up for the team making weight down at 133, and it's not easy coming down a weight class. They both wrestled 141 at the Scuffle. They're doing it for the team as well as an opportunity for themselves. It's something special to wear that Chattanooga singlet and represent this town, this community, this program and then yourself as well. It's something special, and these guys need to take advantage of it." – Kyle Ruschell on Palmer off week and opportunity for Knight & Boarman

"Matthew's wrestling with confidence. He's following a really good 74 pounder, and I think he see what Rocky's doing and says, 'I can do that too'. It's a good competitive spirit between two guys I think. But ultimately, Matthew is dialed in, he's feeling good and this is some of the best wrestling we've seen out of him." – Kyle Ruschell on the strength of the lineup at 174 and 184

3 NOTES TO KNOW

Four straight dual pins by Matthew Waddell are most since Josh Condon '13 recorded five consecutive falls (all duals) in Jan/Feb 2013 at 165. Jared Johnson '17 (285) recorded four in a row at the 2016 Lindenwood Open for the last consecutive streak of four or more in any setting.
Weston Wichman saw the mat for the first time since opening weekend. He scored a 3-1 decision over Davidson's Bryce Sanderlin with a takedown at 48 seconds left in 3rd period.
Brayden Palmer is getting a much-needed weekend off after eight matches in 21 days to start 2023. He and Rocky Jordan are the Mocs highest ranked wrestlers at No. 11. Rankings for the duo and Waddell are broken down at the bottom of page one at the notes link above.

LAST 3 RESULTS
Jan. 6: at VMI, W, 30-9
Jan. 13: #24 West Virginia, L, 16-22
Jan. 21: Davidson, W, 39-3

NEXT 3 MATCHES
Jan. 27: at Presbyterian, 6 p.m.
Jan. 29: at The Citadel, 2 p.m.
Feb. 5: at Appalachian State, 3 p.m.

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