Overview
The Chattanooga Mocs are in second place in a tight race through day one of the Southern Conference Wrestling Championships. All 10 weight classes are still alive with four finalists and six in the consolation semifinals. Just seven points separate first and third place with App State in front with 69.5 followed by the Mocs at 63.0 and Bellarmine nipping at their heels with 62.5 tallied.
 
Cooper Flynn (125), Ethan Uhorchuk (133), Kade Rule (197) and Ethan Vergara (285) all wrestle for an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships tomorrow at 3 p.m. The remaining six take the mat at 10 a.m., in the consolation semifinals. There's an opportunity for a valuable two wins each in such tight standings.
 
Championship Saturday Setup
Consolation Semifinals: 10 a.m. | ESPN+
Consolation Finals: 1 p.m. | ESPN+
Championship Finals: 3 p.m. | ESPN+
 
Resources: Tournament Central | Tickets | Results | Match Notes
 
Quotable
"We got to our offense early and often in that first round. We really liked how our guys came out." – Coach Kyle Ruschell on the strong start to the championships
 
"That's the opportunity ahead. Championships are won on the back side, so everybody's got to come back and take third. We need to look for bonus points when we can and see what happens." – Ruschell on all 10 weight classes still alive for Championship Saturday
 
Standings
Team: Points (Finalists/Conso Semis)
1) App State: 69.5 (5/5)
2) Chattanooga: 63.0 (4/6)
3) Bellarmine: 62.5 (4/6)
4) The Citadel: 47.5 (3/4)
5) Gardner-Webb: 30.5 (1/5)
6) Davidson: 28.0 (1/4)
7) VMI: 27.0 (1/3)
8) Presbyterian: 18.5 (1/2)
9) Campbell: 12.0 (0/5)
 
Finals | Saturday, March 7 | 3 PM
125: #1 Cooper Flynn (Chattanooga) vs. #6 Joe Calvin (Bellarmine)
133: #1 T.K. Davis (Gardner-Webb) vs. #2 Ethan Uhorchuk (Chattanooga)
141: #3 AJ Rallo (Bellarmine) vs. #5 Aldo Hernandez (App State)
149: #1 Anderson Heap (Davidson) vs. #3 Carson DesRosier (The Citadel)
157: #1 Kyrel Leavell (The Citadel) vs. #6 Jeb Prechtel (Bellarmine)
165: #2 Anthony Conetta (App State) vs. #8 Ryan Vigil (VMI)
174: #2 Jacob Silka (The Citadel) vs. #4 Grant O'Dell (Bellarmine)
184: #1 Tomas Brooker (App State) vs. #2 Reed Douglass (Presbyterian)
197: #1 Kade Rule (Chattanooga) vs. #2 Logan Eller (App State)
285: #1 Stephan Monchery (App State) vs. #3 Ethan Vergara (Chattanooga)
 
Breakdown

• Nine semifinalists are the most since 2013 (9).
• Four finalists for second straight year.
• Uhorchuk had the most exciting path to the finals. After an easy quarterfinal first period tech fall, he outlasted 3 seed Jarvis Little of App State. The duo completed seven minutes at 1-1. That score stayed even at 1-1 after the 2-minute overtime. The 30-second takedown period saw Uhorchuk go first and take 25 seconds to make his mistake. He then kept control of Little for 28-29 seconds to get the win.
• Flynn cruised through the quarterfinals with a first period fall setting the tone for the day in the Mocs first match. He then got the lone takedown in a 4-2 decision over defending champ Gylon Sims to move to his first final since finishing runner-up at the 2024 ACC Championships for Virginia Tech.
• Rule earned back-to-back tech falls in a dominant march to the finals, while Vergara started with a decision win before an injury default in a lively first period got him past 2 seed Daulton Mayer of Bellarmine into the finals.
• The Mocs went 14-6 on the day. Of the 14 triumphs, seven had bonus points attached with four tech falls, two pins and the injury default.
• Chattanooga has won this event an unprecedented 29 times in just 48 prior trips. They're going for their first since 2015.

 
Lineup (Seed)
125: (1) Cooper Flynn – Finalist
Quarters: (8) Fernando Dominguez, Presbyterian, W, Fall (2:00)
Semis: (4) Gylon Sims, The Citadel, W, Dec., 4-2
 
133: (2) Ethan Uhorchuk – Finalist
Quarters: (7) Luke Passarelli, Davidson, W, TF, 19-3 (2:42)
Semis: (3) Jarvis Little, App State, W, Dec. 2-2 (TB-2)
 
141: (1) Hunter Mason – Conso. Semis
Quarters: (8) Thomas Termini, The Citadel, W, Dec., 11-4
Semis: (5) Aldo Hernandez, App State, L, MD, 4-16
 
149: (4) Yuta Otero – Conso. Semis
Quarters: (5) Nate Higley, Bellarmine, L, Dec., 5-12
Conso Quarters: (9) Charlie Sly, Gardner-Webb, W, Dec., 4-0
 
157: (2) Cavarius Liddie – Conso. Semis
Quarters: (7) Ray Cmil, VMI, W, Fall (2:03)
Semis: (6) Jeb Prechtel, Bellarmine, L, Fall (1:54)
 
165: (3) Mason Reiniche – Conso. Semis
Quarters: (6) Anthony Ferrari, Campbell, W, Dec., 9-2
Semis: (2) Anthony Conetta, App State, L, Dec., 4-10
 
174: (1) Kamdyn Munro – Conso. Semis
Quarters: (8) Ryan Bolletino, Campbell, W, TF, 17-1 (6:09)
Semis: (4) Grant O'Dell, Bellarmine, L, Dec., 1-2
 
184: (4) Landon Jones – Conso. Semis
Quarters: (5) Gavin Ricketts, Bellarmine, W, Dec., 5-3
Semis: (1) Tomas Brooker, App State, L, MD, 5-17
 
197: (1) Kade Rule - Finalist
Quarters: (8) Haydn Danels, Gardner-Webb, W, TF, 19-2 (5:10)
Semis: (4) Adam Ortega, The Citadel, W, TF, 19-4 (6:56)
 
285: (3) Ethan Vergara – Finalist
Quarters: (6) Roy Price, The Citadel, W, Dec., 10-4
Semis: (2) Daulton Mayer, Bellarmine, W, Inj. Def.
 
Upcoming Schedule
March 7: SoCon Championships (Asheville, N.C.)
March 19-21: NCAA Championships (Cleveland, Ohio)
 
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