Overview
The Chattanooga Mocs wrestling enters the start of Mat Madness this weekend with the Southern Conference Championships in Asheville, N.C. The league's nine teams enter Kimmel Arena Friday for the 2-day event with hopes of glory although only one team can exit with the title. The Mocs look to build on their SoCon record number of tournament wins looking to add No. 30 to the trophy case.
 
Match Setup
Friday: SoCon Championships, 10 a.m. | ESPN+
Saturday: SoCon Championships, 10 a.m. (Consos)/3 p.m. (Finals) | ESPN+ (consos) ESPN+ (finals)
 
Resources: Tournament Central | Tickets | Stats | Match Notes
 
Quotable
"I think we're in a good spot mentally and physically heading into the weekend. We need to continue that over the next two days. These guys have really bonded a lot over the year coming through a lot of adversity as an entire team, and so I'm just excited everybody's going. Not just the 10 starters, but our whole entire team's going." – Coach Kyle Ruschell on heading into the weekend
 
"I think we saw a lot of gaps in our game early on, and I think we've tightened them up quite a bit. Just the consistency in the things that they needed to do to score, and we're seeing that towards the end of the year. We're scoring more often while not giving up scores as much and so it's just kind of peeking at the right time. Now we have to execute this weekend." – Ruschell on the growth of the team from November's start to the season to present
 
Breakdown

• All-Time SoCon team finishes (48 seasons):
  1st: 29 times (Last: 2015)
  2nd: 5 (Last: 2018)
  3rd: 9 (Last: 2024)
  4th: 5 (Last: 2025)
• 43 years with multiple individual champions. By number of winners:
  7: 2 times (1988, 2007)
  6: 6 (Last: 2009)
  5: 4 (Last: 2008)
  4: 10 (Last: 2013)
  3: 9 (Last: 2018)
  2: 11 (Last: 2025)
  1: 4 (Last: 2021)
  0: 2 (Last: 2020)
• Top 3 in SoCon Championships since 1930? 29-Chattanooga; 11-App State & 9-VMI. The Mocs started in 1978.
• 163 individual champs is also a SoCon record ahead of App State (125) & VMI (112).
• The Mocs ranked T20 in the final NWCA Mid-Major poll sharing the spot with Bucknell and Central Michigan. App State and The Citadel were among others receiving votes.
• Topped the .500 mark in every weight class in the SoCon dual season. First time since 2014-15. That's also the last time UTC won the tournament.
• Topped the .500 mark in every weight class in 15 dual matches overall. Last time that happened? 2006-07, another SoCon Championship season.
• Had three shutouts and three more matches with eight or nine wins against DI competition. Most DI shutouts since 2022.
• Only two Mocs have experience in the SoCon Championships: 174 Kamdyn Munro (3rd) & Ethan Vergara (2nd). Munro has placed each year finishing 3rd at 165 in 2024 and runner-up at 184 last year.
• Cooper Flynn, 2nd at 2024 ACC, and Mason Reiniche, 4th at 2024 Pac 12, both have made the podium at conference tournaments.
• Five different Mocs won Southern Conference Wrestler of the Week awards in 2025-26:
  Nov. 26: Cavarius Liddie (157)
  Dec. 23: Landon Jones (184)
  Jan. 7: Cooper Flynn (125)
  Feb. 11: Mason Reiniche (165)
  Feb. 25: Ethan Uhorchuk (133)
• Fourth time the Mocs have had five or more WOTW honors: 6-2005-06 & 2013-14; 5-2004-05 & 2025-26.
• Second time (2004-05) with five different winners.

 
Probable Matchups (Ranking is Highest in Variety of Polls)
125: (1 seed) #17 Cooper Flynn (15-4)
133: (2) #33 Ethan Uhorchuk (14-7)
141: (1) #32 Hunter Mason (19-7)
149: (4) Yuta Otero (9-10)
157: (2) Cavarius Liddie (21-9)
165: (3) Mason Reiniche (11-9)
174: (1) #28 Kamdyn Munro (13-8)
184: (4) #31 Landon Jones (20-9)
197: (1) #20 Kade Rule (15-5)
285: (3) Ethan Vergara (16-9)
 
SoCon Standings
School: SoCon Record
1. Chattanooga: 7-1 (10-5)
tie. App State: 7-1 (10-6)
tie. The Citadel: 7-1 (11-7)
4. Bellarmine: 4-4 (7-8)
tie. Gardner-Webb: 4-4 (7-13)
6. Davidson: 4-4 (6-13)
7. VMI: 2-6 (6-9)
8. Campbell: 1-7 (2-20)
9. Presbyterian: 0-8 (0-14)
 
Upcoming Schedule
March 6-7: SoCon Championships (Asheville, N.C.)
March 19-21: NCAA Championships (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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