The middle of UTC's lineup came through for Head Coach Chris Bono. With the match beginning at 149 pounds, Aaron Martin started a run of five straight wins for the Mocs with his 4-0 victory over Damian Swietlik at 149. Martin, ranked 13th nationally, has not allowed an opponent point in his last three dual matches.
Jake Yost pushed the Mocs' lead to 8-0 with a 17-2 technical fall over Jimmy Pepper at 157. Yost led 10-1 after one period and scored the tech fall at the 4:33 mark.
Wrestling in his first dual of the season, T.J. Sayers pulled off a 6-5 win over 17th-ranked Mike Cannon at 165. With the scored tied at 5-5, Sayers earned a point at the final buzzer with an escape. After a team point deduction, UTC held a 10-0 edge.
"We didn't dominate tonight, and that is what we try to preach," Bono said. "We are glad to be 8-0, but we will move on and focus on our next event. American wrestled tough. We certainly have some room for improvement.
"T.J. has a lot of heart. He was challenged before the match, and he came out and beat a ranked wrestler."
The Mocs' cushion increased to 16-0 after a 6-3 win by 18th-ranked Lloyd Rogers at 174 and an 11-7 decision from Josh Edmondson at 184.
The Eagles, 6-6, got on the scoreboard at the two heaviest weights, and both came by falls within the last 35 seconds of each match. Ninth-ranked Josh Glenn, on the verge of scoring a major decision over Mike Marable at 197, recorded the pin with two seconds left in the match. In perhaps the match of the dual, UTC's Mat Koz and American's Adam LoPiccolo, ranked sixth nationally, were knotted at 7-7 in the final period of the 285-pound match. LoPiccolo picked up his 27th victory of the season after pinning Koz at 6:26 and cutting UTC's lead to 16-12.
The Mocs closed out the match with victories at 125, 133 and 141. Javier Maldonado, ranked 15th, defeated Jasen Borshoff at 125, 6-2 and sixth-ranked Matt Keller registered a 10-4 win over Jordan Lipp for a 22-12 UTC lead. American's Kyle Borshoff was unable to wrestle Michael Keefe at 141 because of an injury, handing the Mocs their final six points of the dual.
UTC will travel to Mount Pleasant, Mich., next Sunday to participate in the Central Michigan Tournament at Central Michigan University.
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