LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI wrestling team opens Southern Conference competition Friday in Cormack Hall against visiting Chattanooga at 7 p.m.

Match Information:
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Last Time:
*VMI senior Job Chishko placed third at the Soldier Salute Dec. 29-30 at 157 pounds, winning five-straight matches, including a decision over the #30 ranked competitor by IntermatWrestle.com. He won one matches via pin and one by major decision to up his record 12-5 on the year
*Junior Tyler Mousaw placed sixth at 197 pounds with a technical fall on Friday
*Freshman Braxton Lewis took seventh at 165 pounds, earning a 6-4 decision in the seventh-place match over Geno Quodala of Navy

About the Mocs:
*UTC sophomore Brayden Palmer earned the Southern Conference Wrestler of the Week award this week. He finished second at 133 in the Southern Scuffle with a 4-1 week overall. Palmer recorded a fall and a major decision and moved 11 spots up the Intermat rankings to No. 16

Probable Lineups:

VMI
125: Tony Burke/Cameron Chicella/Austin Zehring
133: Dyson Dunham
141: Freddy Junko
149: Ryan Vigil/Josh Yost
157: Job Chishko
165: Braxton Lewis
174: Jon Hoover/River Carroll
184: Zach Brown/Isaac Dolph
197: Tyler Mousaw
285: Josh Evans
 
UTC:
125: Dom DiTomasso
133: Brayden Palmer
141: Franco Valdes OR Dayne Dalrymple
149: Grant Lundy
157: Lincoln Heck
165: Caleb Waddell OR Kamdyn Munro OR Thomas Sell
174: Rocky Jordan
184: Matthew Waddell
197: Jake Boyd
285: Logan Andrew