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CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs are back on the Maclellan Gym mat this weekend…and the one to follow! Friday's bout with Gardner-Webb starts a 4-match sprint to the finish of the dual season, all at home.
 
"It's nice that we get to sleep in our beds, and that we have all of the little things in our corner," Coach Kyle Ruschell began. "Just fewer variables like travel and all that type of stuff.
 
"It's also a great opportunity to finish strong in front of our fans."
 
This weekend it's the Bulldogs and Southern Conference co-leader Campbell. The Mocs and Gardner-Webb square off Friday at 7 p.m., while the Camels come to the Scenic City Sunday for a 2 p.m., matinee.
 
The key for this weekend is to start the push to the postseason putting last week's performance in the rearview mirror.
 
"For me, it's less about our opponents at this point and more about how we're going to go out there and fight," Ruschell said matter-of-factly. "We have to make a big turnaround from what happened last weekend. We have to show that we want to be out there, and we want to make it a fight and impose our will on our opponents.
 
"It's about getting on track and peaking at the right time and have our guys ready to wrestle their best on March 4 (SoCon Championships)."
 
Both matches feature on ESPN+ with live scoring available @UTCWrestling on Twitter and Track scoring via GoMocs.com's wrestling schedule page.
 
PROBABLE MATCHUPS

Class	Chattanooga (7-9/4-1)	Gardner-Webb (5-8/3-2)	Campbell (14-8/5-0)
125	Logan Ashton (3-13)	Drew West (18-8)	#25 Anthony Molton (10-6)
133	#13 Brayden Palmer (15-4)	Todd Carter (17-11)	#29 Domenic Zaccone (14-3) or Gabriel Hixenbaugh (17-1)
141	Franco Valdes (3-7) or Dayne Dalrymple (7-9)	Zach Price (14-5)	#32 Shannon Hanna (18-8)
149	Noah Castillo (5-4) or Grant Lundy (9-9)	Corbin Dion (4-16)	Chris Rivera (7-10)
157	Lincoln Heck (10-8) or Jackson Hurst (4-9)	Tyler Brignola (5-15)	Troy Nation (9-5) or Hagen Heistand (13-7)
165	Weston Wichman (2-3)	#24 RJ Mosley (17-5)	Dom Baker (11-9) or Brandt Cracraft (7-6)
174	#11 Rocky Jordan (13-1)	Andrew Wilson (4-15)	Cole Rees (6-13) or Riley Augustine (0-7)
184	#26 Matthew Waddell (11-5)	Jha'Quan Anderson (16-12)	#28 Caleb Hopkins (14-7)
197	Jake Boyd (9-6)	Sam Mora (10-13)	#29 Levi Hopkins (18-8) or Conor Maslanak (11-3)
285	Logan Andrew (7-12)	Abraham Preston (2-13)	#13 Taye Ghadial (20-3)

 
 
SERIES
Gardner-Webb: 17-0 | Home: 6-0 / Road: 7-0 / Neutral: 4-0 / Streak: +17
Campbell: 10-4 | Home: 6-2 / Road 3-2 / Neutral: 1-0 / Streak: -3
 
3 NOTES TO KNOW

• 184 Matthew Waddell is wrestling for his 70th career win. He is 61-32 at Chattanooga, 69-53 all-time including a season at Oklahoma (2017-18).
• 174 Rocky Jordan has 21 total near falls this season with 15 at the full bonus time. He's built six tech falls on the season, five in his last seven matches. He's 5-0 on the SoCon with 23 dual points scored, 4.6 per match.
• Sunday's potential 141 matchup of Franco Valdes & #32 Shannon Hanna would be their fourth career meeting. Hanna's won the previous three, all by decision, including two in sudden victory overtime.

 
LAST 3 RESULTS
Jan. 27: at Presbyterian, W, 28-15
Jan. 29: at The Citadel, W, 31-6
Feb. 5: at #19 Appalachian State, L, 6-25
 
NEXT 3 MATCHES
Feb. 10: Gardner-Webb, 7 p.m.
Feb. 12: Campbell, 2 p.m.
Feb. 17: Bellarmine, 7 p.m.
 
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