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CHATTANOOGA---The final home weekend is here for the Chattanooga Mocs wrestling team. Sitting at 9-3 overall and 3-1 in the Southern Conference, the Mocs host Presbyterian Friday night before Appalachian State Sunday afternoon.
 
Friday is Senior Night honoring five Mocs graduating this spring. They include Logan Andrew, Logan Ashton, Lincoln Heck, Brayden Palmer and Matthew Williams. For Coach Kyle Ruschell, this is always a bittersweet event saying goodbye to a group of seniors, however, this one hits a little closer.
 
"Logan Andrew was in my first recruiting class here," Ruschell began. "So, bittersweet is a good word for these type of matches. It's great to see them grow and move on, but at the same time it's very sad to see them move on, you know. But we're excited to see where life takes them and get to follow along like with the rest of our Mocs family."
 
That pivots into Sunday and the Alumni Match or Homecoming of sorts. It's always a festive fixture on the schedule.
 
"The family reunion, right," Ruschell added. "It's great to see all the faces from different generations of Mocs come back and support the program. They get loud and the atmosphere is great. It's just a matter of putting out the right product at the right time, and that's got to be this weekend with App State coming into town.
 
"We better be ready to wrestle."
 
The matches are in Maclellan Gym at 7 p.m., on Friday and 2 p.m., Sunday. Tickets are available on GoMocs.com.
 
WEEKEND DUALS
Feb. 9: Presbyterian, 7 p.m.
Feb. 11: Appalachian State, 2 p.m.
 
MEDIA
(Fri.) TV: ESPN+ | Results: Track
(Sun.) TV: ESPN+ | Results: Track
 
PROBABLE LINEUPS
Chattanooga (9-3/3-1)
125: #30 Brayden Palmer (11-1) or Chaz McDonald (2-4)
133: #31 Blake Boarman (14-3)
141: Isaiah Powe (16-2)
149: #21 Noah Castillo (11-2) or Matthew Williams (3-6)
157: Lincoln Heck (6-1) or Austin Paradice (12-4)
165: Kamdyn Munro (14-6)
174: Sergio Desiante (12-6)
184: Logan Webster (2-6) or Ryan Stein (0-5)
197: David Harper (6-6)
285: Kaleb Snodgrass (4-8)
 
Presbyterian (3-9/0-2)
125: Trenton Dominguez
133: Brayden Adams
141: Rey Ortiz or Ryan Luna
149: Trenton Donahue
157: Eli Holiday
165: Michael Ramirez
174: Nathan Furman or Joshua Roe
184: Caleb Roe or Brandon Jacoby
197: George Hopkins
285: Morvens Saint Jean or Nathan Carnes
 
Appalachian State (5-3/2-1)
125: Chad Bellis (16-11)
133: #23 Ethan Oakley (18-6)
141: Ike Byers (21-13)
149: #18 Cody Bond (17-6)
157: #21 Tommy Askey (15-4)
165: #21 Will Miller (15-6)
174: Luke Uliano (14-8)
184: Tomas Brooker (14-11)
197: Carson Floyd (6-6)
285: Jacob Sartorio (14-9)
 
COACH KYLE RUSCHELL
- 6th season: 49-44 record (1st: 2018-19)
- Coached six individual SoCon Champs & 18 NCAA Qualifiers at Chattanooga.
- Former assistant at Wisconsin (2011-18)
- 4-time NCAA Qualifier & 2-time All-America at Wisconsin (2007-10).
 
SERIES
Presbyterian: 3-0 | Home: 1-0 | Last: 28-15 win in Clinton, S.C. (1/27/2023) | History
Appalachian State: 36-25-1 | Home: 20-10 | Last: 25-6 loss in Boone, N.C. (2/5/2023) | History
 
RANKINGS
125: Brayden Palmer | High: 10 (WrestleStat)
133: Blake Boarman | High: 26 (NWCA)
141: Isaiah Powe | High: 28 (WrestleStat)
149: Noah Castillo | High: 15 (Open Mat)
 
NOTES

• At least nine wins in first 12 duals for ninth occasion…last? 2015-16 (9-3) en route to a SoCon co-Championship in regular season.
• 11-1 each at 125 through 141 scoring 151 points to date averaging better than a major per match (12.6 points per dual).
• 125 leads the team in dual points scored (54): Palmer (21), Tice (17) & Chaz McDonald (12).
• Double-Digit Overall Wins: Powe (16), Munro (14), Boarman (13), Paradice (12), Desiante (12), Castillo (11) & Palmer (11).
• Double-Digit Dual Wins: Boarman (11).
• Powe (8-0), Castillo (7-0) & Palmer (6-0) are undefeated in duals.
• Bonus points in 60 of 81 dual wins…top 5: Powe (15), Boarman (14), Munro (14), Harper (12) & Tice (8)…18 of those came in SoCon matches (40 total pts) led by Powe's nine.

 
REMAINING MATCHES (Following this weekend)
Feb. 17: at Campbell
Feb. 23: at Indiana
Feb. 25: at Bellarmine
March 9: SoCon Championships
March 21-23: NCAA Championships
 
MACLELLAN MATCH DAYS
New this year...the main entrance to Maclellan Gym is on the Vine Street side. All fan seating is in the upper and lower sections there across from the scorer's table.
 
Ticket sales, player pass and public entry are at the corner closest to the University Center on Terrell Owens Way on the campus side of the building. Accessible sales (and entry) and credential access are at the Douglas Street doorway.
 
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