Chattanooga Downs Davidson Wrestling in SoCon Match

DAVIDSON, N.C. – Chattanooga won seven of the eight contested bouts en route to a 47-3 victory over Davidson in Southern Conference wrestling action Sunday afternoon in Belk Arena.

Junior Matt Zarth earned Davidson’s (0-10, 0-3 SoCon) lone victory at 125 pounds, taking an 8-3 decision over Chattanooga’s (10-3, 3-0 SoCon) Blake Thomas. Freshman Anthony Elias battled hard for the ‘Cats in a spirited bout with Nick Soto, the 14th-ranked wrestler in the country at 133 pounds, but ultimately yielded at 22-9 major decision.

The Wildcats spotted the Mocs six points at the start by forfeiting the heavyweight boutbefore Zarth halved the lead with his decision. Chattanooga then went on toscore bonus points in each of the remaining bouts, led by pins by Shawn Greevy in 6:27 (141 pounds), Trey Starvum in 4:12 (174) and Robert Prigmore in 3:42 (197). Kelly Felix scored a technical fall at 149 pounds.

Davidson returns to action Wednesday, Feb. 1 at Duke.

Chattanooga 47, Davidson 3
285 Kevin Malone (C) won by forfeit
125 Matt Zarth (D) won by decision over Blake Thomas (C) 8-3
133 Nick Soto (C) won by major decision over Anthony Elias (D) 22-9
141 Shawn Greevy (C) won by pin over Benjamin Hartshorn (D) 6:27
149 Kelly Felix (C) won by tech fall over Kevin Birmingham (D) 5:38 19-3
157 Daniel Waddell (C) won by major decision over CT Talevi (D) 14-2
165 Brandon Wright (C) won by major decision over Tyler Mullen (D) 16-7
174 Trey Stavrum (C) won by pin over Ian Solcz (D) 4:12
184 Levi Clemons (C) won by forfeit
197 Robert Prigmore (C) won by pin over Eddie Isola (D) 3:42