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CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs are right back in the fray Friday travelling to Lexington, Va. The squad squares off at VMI Friday night at 7 p.m., after a long two days hosting the Southern Scuffle, presented by Compound Sportswear, to start the week.
 
The Mocs look to build on some positive performances of the fall semester while developing a more consistent approach to its opposition.
 
"We have a sign in our wrestling room that simply says 'fear no one, respect all'," Coach Kyle Ruschell offered. "We have to go out there and be ready to wrestle from the start. We have to find our offense and get rolling in the right direction the second half of the year."
 
It's an interesting matchup. The Mocs have 10 duals already on the ledger with a 3-7 mark with matchups entirely against Big Ten, MAC and Pac-12 schools. The Keydets have half of the dual matches focusing more on tournament opportunities in the early going, but the returns are good heading into league matches at 5-0.
 
The match is slated for a 7 p.m., start. It broadcasts on ESPN+ with live scoring via Track.
 
PROBABLE MATCHUPS

Class	Chattanooga (3-7)	VMI (5-0)	Record vs Opp
125	Dom Di Tomasso (1-2)	Tony Burke (3-3) or Cameron Chicella (0-2) or Austin Zehring (3-4)	0-0 0-0 0-0
133	#16 Brayden Palmer (12-3)	Dyson Dunham (12-11)	0-0
141	Dayne Dalrymple (6-8) or Franco Valdes (0-6)	Freddy Junko (9-10)	0-1 3-0
149	Grant Lundy (7-8)	Ryan Vigil (9-11) or Josh Yost (5-6)	0-0
157	Lincoln Heck (7-6)	Job Chishko (12-5)	0-0
165	Caleb Waddell (0-3) or Kamdyn Munro (6-3) or Thomas Sell (4-6)	Braxton Lewis (15-6)	0-0 0-0 0-0
174	#14 Rocky Jordan (7-1)	Jon Hoover (9-7) or River Carroll (7-5)	0-0 0-0
184	#33 Matthew Waddell (6-4)	Zach Brown (7-2) or Isaac Dolph (5-9)	0-0 0-0
197	Jake Boyd (6-5)	Tyler Mousaw (14-6)	0-0
285	Logan Andrew (4-9)	Josh Evans (11-8)	0-0

 
 
SERIES
32-6 | Home: 15-3 / Road: 15-3 / Neutral: 2-0

• 19 straight wins in the series. 12 in a row at VMI.
• Last loss was a 26-12 tally in Chattanooga on Feb. 22, 2003.
• Last loss in Lexington was Feb. 10, 1996 (27-13).

 
3 NOTES TO KNOW

• Palmer went 4-1 at the Scuffle with two ranked wins. His 11-match win streak in the event ended in a 7-3 loss to 2nd-ranked Daton Fix (Oklahoma St.) in the championship bout. He is 11-2 in two Scuffles with 2nd & 3rd-place finishes.
• Rocky Jordan's dual points earned/allowed is 26-3 in his eight starts. That's 3.25 points per match which is just ahead of Palmer's 3.1 (31-6, 10S) for the team lead.
• Matthew Waddell's 64 career wins rank as team best. He's 56-31 at UTC coming from Oklahoma. Jordan is right behind him with 56 recording 49 at Ohio State prior to coming south.

 
LAST 3 RESULTS
Dec. 10: #2 Iowa, L, 12-27
Dec. 16: SIUE, L, 15-20 (at Gardner-Webb)
Dec. 16: Clarion, W, 26-10 (at Gardner-Webb)
 
NEXT 3 MATCHES
Jan. 6: at VMI, 7 p.m.
Jan. 13: West Virginia, 7 p.m.
Jan. 21: Davidson, 7 p.m.
 
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