RESULTS
 
CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs lost its final dual of the 2022-23 season to Indiana 32-3. It's a disappointing final result with eight of the 10 matches ending in close decisions. Seven of those went to the Hoosiers.
 
Even still, this day was about the seven seniors honored pre-match.
 
"The guys who have been here a long time," Coach Kyle Ruschell began. "It's tough (to come up with the right words). You hate to see them leave, but you're excited for the next part of their journey in life.
 
"Matthew Waddell (5 years in the program) has been exciting since he's been here. Guys like Rocky (Jordan) and Jake Boyd were good additions for this year as leaders in the room. Franco has been here six and is just a special kid.
 
"Really, all of them are really special guys, and we're just glad they chose Chattanooga."
 
The seven honorees included Boyd, Jordan, Valdes, Waddell, Thomas Sell, Carial Tarter and Weston Wichman.
 
The Mocs are off until March 4. Next up is the Southern Conference Championships in Boone, N.C. The all-day affair has been won a record 29 times by Chattanooga in 45 entries.
 
WEIGHT-BY-WEIGHT
125: Jacob Moran wins by forfeit
 
133: Brayden Palmer 8-3 loss to Henry Porter
Palmer got the first takedown and took a 2-0 lead into the second. He got caught after an escape for Porter and the takedown led to a 4-point near fall that put him in a hole heading into the third. He chase Porter through the period but could not get more than escape to pen the frame.
 
141: Dayne Dalrymple 3-1 loss to Cayden Rooks
Lively action in a scoreless first. The duo traded escapes before Rooks got a takedown in the third. Dalrymple could not get the reversal or escape/takedown to turn it around.
 
149: Noah Castillo 6-4 loss to Graham Rooks
Action packed from the start with a 3-3 first period trading takedowns and escapes. Rooks escaped to open the second and from Castillo's shot late in the second getting out of bounds. Castillo escaped in the third to tie it. Rooks got a late takedown awarded with both wrapped together, but he was deemed to have control in the waning seconds.
 
157: Lincoln Heck 4-1 loss to Derek Gilcher
Scoreless first saw the second begin with an escape for IU. Gilcher got an escape and then stall point when Heck dodged a shoot to the legs. Heck escaped in the third with 1:47 to go in the third just missing reversal attempt. Gilcher got the clinching takedown inside 25 seconds for the win.
 
165: Jackson Hurst 4-1 loss Nick South
Trailed 1-0 after the first getting hit by a stall call. Fighting for an escape in 2nd, South was given 2pt near fall before Hurst wriggled free for the escape. South got the escape to start the third followed by Hurst continuing as the aggressor in the match. He couldn't get the takedown nor the stall point to put pressure on South.
 
174: Rocky Jordan 4-1 loss to D.J. Washington
Washington got a first period takedown to get a 2-1 advantage. His escape in the second made it 3-1 into the third. Jordan was not able to get free in the third.
 
184: Matthew Waddell 5-2 win over Drayton Harris
Waddell got the early takedown in the first and escape in the second. He built riding time bonus in third as both wrestlers were hit with stall points. An escape for Harris closed the scoring in the third for the Waddell triumph.
Notes: Waddell's 13 dual victories this year are a career best (47 career)
 
197: Jake Boyd 2-1 loss to Nick Wilhelm
3:00 of hand-fighting started the bout. Wilhelm got an escape to start the second. Both wrestlers took a shot at the leg but no completion. Boyd started on bottom in third but could not get make his way out from the predicament to avoid riding bonus for Wilhelm.
 
285: Nick Benton loses 17-1 tech fall (5:11) to Jacob Bullock
Benton faced a tall order with the nationally-ranked Bullock. Bullock maintained pressure on building scoring in the first with two near falls after an initial takedown.
 
Indiana 32, Chattanooga 3
125: Jacob Moran (Indiana) wins by forfeit – 0-6
133: #30 Henry Porter (IU) 8-3 dec. over #14 Brayden Palmer (UTC) – 0-9
141: Cayden Rooks (IU) 3-1 dec. over Dayne Dalrymple (UTC) – 0-12
149: #25 Graham Rooks (IU) 6-4 dec. over Noah Castillo (UTC) – 0-15
157: #18 Derek Gilcher (IU) 4-1 dec. over Lincoln Heck (UTC) – 0-18
165: Nick South (IU) 4-1 dec. over Jackson Hurst (UTC) – 0-21
174: #14 D.J. Washington (IU) 4-1 dec. over #12 Rocky Jordan (UTC) – 0-24
184: #33 Matthew Waddell (UTC) 5-2 dec. over Drayton Harris (IU) – 3-24
197: Nick Wilhelm (IU) 2-1 dec. over Jake Boyd (UTC) – 3-27
285: #25 Jacob Bullock (IU) 17-1 tech fall (5:11) over Nick Benton (UTC) – 3-32
 
RECORDS
Chattanooga: 9-11
Indiana: 8-5
 
SERIES
2-9 | In Chattanooga: 1-1
 
QUOTABLE
"We lost a lot of close decisions. Those are matches we won at their place last year. I think we just got to pressure a little bit more. It's not like we got our butts kicked. The team score said that, but individually, we didn't get our butts kicked. It was just little positions here and there." – Ruschell on today's outcome
 
"I told every one of them that they're 0-0. You can still go out and win a national title. It's all there for each of them. For some, that road's tougher than others, but we work and compete to get to this point." – Ruschell on the path ahead
 
UPCOMING MATCHES
March 4: Southern Conference Championships (Boone, N.C.)
March 16-18: NCAA Championships (Tulsa, Okla.)
 
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