First Look
The Chattanooga Mocs host the Southern Scuffle this Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 3-4, in McKenzie Arena. The action starts at 9 a.m., each day with full docket. The Mocs welcome some of the best teams and individuals in the nation to the Scenic City.
 
Schedule
Opening day on Saturday sees the field work through the quarterfinals in all 10 weight classes as well as the first consolation round of eight. Sunday includes semifinal action and the paring down of the field to the medal matches which start at 3 p.m.
 
Tickets
Tickets are available on GoMocs.com. There are choices for single day and all-session: All-Session | Saturday | Sunday.
 
Resources: Notes | Stats | FloArena
 
Quotable
"There's a couple of things Our administration has done a great job of helping us provide one of the nation's best tournaments at the Division I level. This year, we were going to see an increase of high-level, ranked competitors. It's going to be super exciting for our fans to see those guys compete, and then also to see our guys compete against those types of guys and see where we stack up." – Coach Kyle Ruschell on what makes this such a premier event nationally
 
"That first semester was really tough. We saw a lot of changes in our roster, but also just the quality of opponent. I think our guys understand the type of wrestling that we have to have to be successful. I think we saw a little bit of that and started to really turn a corner at the Kent State Open. Hopefully that leads into the Scuffle, but also in where our season's made, which is in our conference. Hopefully it spearheads our trajectory moving forward in the right way." – Ruschell on New Year, new opportunities
 
The Breakdown

• This is the 14th Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, 22nd overall. It moved here from Greensboro, N.C., in 2012.
• The Mocs placed four in each of the last two years. Redshirt freshman Bryce Luna earned an eighth-place finish at 133 a year ago as the only returning Moc to have a Southern Scuffle medal. Luna looks to join Nick Soto (3), Bryce Carr (2), Jared Johnson (2), Matt Keller (2), Javier Maldanado (2), Dean Pavlou (2), Blake Boarman (2) and Brayden Palmer (2) as the ninth Moc with multiple medals at the Scuffle.
• Early registration had 60 ranked – 10 top 10 – wrestlers headed to the Roundhouse. By weight class: 125 (7), 133 (10), 141 (7), 149 (5), 157 (6), 165 (5), 174 (2), 184 (5), 197 (7), 285 (6).
• The Mocs have placed 14 wrestlers in two full events earlier this season with seven each at the Black Knight Invite and Kent State Open. Black Knight Invite: 141 Hunter Mason (3rd); 165 Mason Reiniche (4th); 125 Cooper Flynn (5th); 149 Billy Meiszner (5th); 157 Cavarius Liddie (5th); 184 Landon Jones (5th); 285 Ethan Vergara (5th). Kent State Open: 184 Landon Jones (1st); 157 Alex Hutchcraft (3rd); 174 Brody Murray (4th); 157 Cavarius Liddie (5th); 133 Bryce Luna (5th/6th); 133 Ethan Uhorchuk (5th/6th); 141 Will Anderson (5th/6th); 141 Hunter Mason (5th/6th).
• All-time champions: Penn State (8 times), Cornell (3), Oklahoma State (3), Minnesota (3), Missouri (3), Stanford (1), Army (1). Army West Point is the defending champion.
• 40 Southern Scuffle Champions went on to win the National Championship as well in the same season including Stevo Poulin at 125 last year for Northern Colorado.

 
Field
Chattanooga, American, Appalachian State, Army, Bellarmine, Brown, Campbell, The Citadel, Clarion, (20) Cornell, Davidson, Duke, Gardner-Webb, Little Rock, Maryland, Michigan State, Morgan State, Navy, (9) N.C. State, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, (5) Oklahoma State, Penn, (1) Penn State, Presbyterian, Utah Valley, Virginia, (7) Virginia Tech
 
Probable Mocs Entries (Ranking per FloWrestling)
125: #26 Cooper Flynn, Ty Tice, Easton Cooper
133: Bryce Luna, Brody Gobbell, Ethan Uhorchuk, Elijah Lowe
141: Hunter Mason, Will Anderson, Cole Krutzfeldt
149: Yuta Otero, Pierce Pennington, Hayden Hughes
157: Cavarius Liddie, Brayden Leach, Alex Hutchcraft
165: Mason Reiniche, Tavian Camper
174: Kamdyn Munro, Brody Murray
184: Landon Jones, Tre McTorry
197: Kade Rule, Kendrick Curtis, Brock Rios, Logan Webster
285: Ethan Vergara
 
Series – All-time Finishes in the Scuffle
2005: 13th - 48.5 pts (Greensboro, N.C.)
2006: 6th - 75.5 (Greensboro, N.C.)
2012: 7th - 79.0
2013: 13th - 31.5
2014: 16th - 34.0
2015: 14th - 43.5
2016: 20th - 31.5
2017: 11th - 46.0
2018: 11th - 51.0
2019: 14th - 37.5
2020: 13th - 46.0
2022: 12th - 45.5
2023: 16th - 30.0
2024: 8th - 63.5
2025: 12th - 57.5
 
Upcoming Schedule
Jan. 16: at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.
Jan. 23: Davidson, 7 p.m. (Maclellan Gym) | Tickets
Jan. 25: Presbyterian, 2 p.m. (Maclellan Gym) | Tickets
 
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