Aaron Martin and Jake Yost posted consecutive pins at 149 pounds and 157 pounds respectively to push UTC's margin to 12-3 at the midway point of the match. The Spartans, 5-3, claimed three of the last five matches but couldn't overcome the early deficit and suffered their first league loss after entering the day with a 3-0 SoCon mark.
Javier Maldonado put the Mocs, now 12-1 and 2-0 in the conference, on the scoreboard first in the opening match with a 6-4 win over Jeff Hedges at 125. Matt Keller defeated Mitchell Johnson, 8-3 at 133 before UNCG broke into the scoring column on Chris Bencivenga's 13-12 win over Cody Cleveland at 141. Cleveland wrestled in place of former All-America Michael Keefe who was on the trip but recovering from an illness.
Martin and Yost responded to Bencivenga's win with the consecutive pins. Martin's came against Marcus Hannah, and Yost pinned Nathan Berryman.
T.J. Sayers scored a 6-5 decision at 165, and Josh Edmondson defeated Scott Snyder, 6-1 at 184 to round out the Mocs' scoring.
The Spartans captured the 174-pound match and the 197 match. UNCG's Joe Lowe defeated 16th-ranked Lloyd Rogers, 9-7 at 174. The Mocs forfeited at heavyweight to tack on six points for UNCG in the last match.
UTC takes on Appalachian State Sunday at 2 p.m. in Boone, N.C.
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