CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Chattanooga wrestling team went 1-1 in front of a sold-out crowd at Maclellan Gym on Friday night. The Mocs shut out NAIA Cumberland 49-0 before falling to No. 2 Iowa 37-6 in the finale.

It was a full day of wrestling in the Scenic City that started with No. 17 Virginia defeating the Bulldogs 38-6. Cumberland then dropped a 52-0 match to the Hawkeyes before Iowa defeated Virginia 26-12.

Fans started filing in when the gates opened at 2 p.m. and did not stop until the doors were closed just after 7 p.m. It was the first sellout for a wrestling match in the recently renovated arena and the largest crowd for a dual match on record at UTC.

The Mocs started quickly in their 5 p.m. match with the Bulldogs. They jumped out to a 6-0 lead behind a first-period pin by No. 9 Nick Soto at 125. Chattanooga posted wins up to the 174-pound match before really turning it on.

Junior Jake Young wrestled in his first home match since 2010, scoring a pin over Zeke Hunt in the first period. At 184, senior Robert Prigmore pinned Aric Fernandez (4:11) in the second period for the second of four straight falls for UTC.

Senior Niko Brown got the crowd going when he pinned Joe Gallegos just 11 seconds into the 197-pound match. Sophomore Kevin Malone finished off the dual with a first-period pin at heavyweight.

Following the 5 p.m. contests, the second mat was cleared and the stage was set for the showdown with the second-ranked Hawkeyes. The Mocs have had some success over ranked teams at home in recent years, beating No. 12 Stanford 22-15 last season and No. 9 Ohio State 19-16 on Nov. 10, 2007.

Unfortunately for the Mocs, Iowa snuffed out any hope of an upset early, sandwiching a major decision at 133 between pins at 125 and 141. Junior Alex Hudson got the Mocs on the board, and the crowd on their feet, with his convincing 8-2 decision over Brody Grothus at 149.

Chattanooga looked like it was going to get another win from Young at 174. He was leading Grant Gambrell 5-1 in the second period, but gave up an escape and takedown before the buzzer. Gambrell chose down in the third and quickly escaped to tie the match at 5-5. Gambrell then scored a takedown late in the period for a 7-5 win.

The match of the night came at 197 between Brown and Iowa's Tomas Lira. Brown was the aggressor from the opening whistle, scoring two takedowns and 4-2 lead early in the first period. Lira countered with a takedown of his own, but Brown escaped before the buzzer to stay ahead 5-4.

Brown escaped again to start the second and ignited the crowd with another takedown for an 8-4 lead. Another takedown in the period gave him a 10-6 lead after five minutes of action. He gave up an escape in the third, but fought off Lira for the 10-7 win to improve to 14-1 on the season.

The Mocs will be back in the room for the next four weeks, preparing for a road trip to Princeton (Dec. 14) and the Grapple in the Garden in New York's Madison Square Garden (Dec. 16). There UTC, will face Rutgers and No. 4 Oklahoma State in the first collegiate duals held in the historic arena.

UTC returns home for the Southern Scuffle in McKenzie Arena on Jan. 1-2. Seven of the top 10 teams in the country will visit the Scenic City for the two-day tournament.

Chattanooga 49, Cumberland 0
125: No. 9 Nick Soto (UTC) - Fall (1:54) - Zach Shelton (Cumberland) - UTC 6-0
133: Marvin Lopez (UTC) - Dec. 7-6 - Jake Williams (Cumberland) - UTC 9-0
141: Dean Pavlou (UTC) - MD 12-1 - Jared McKinley (Cumberland) - UTC 13-0
149: Alex Hudson (UTC) - For - Steven Standefer (Cumberland) - UTC 19-0
157: Trey Stavrum (UTC) - Dec. 6-4 - Shane Brown (Cumberland) - UTC 22-0
165: John Lampe (UTC) - Dec. 6-1 - Kirk Johnson (Cumberland) - UTC 25-0
174: Jake Young (UTC) - Fall 1:23 - Zeke Hunt (Cumberland) - UTC 31-0
184: Robert Prigmore (UTC) - Fall 4:11 - Cody Linton (Cumberland) - UTC 37-0
197: Niko Brown (UTC) - Fall 0:11 - Joe Gallegos (Cumberland) - UTC 43-0
285: Kevin Malone (UTC) - Fall 1:23 - Tyler Smith (Cumberland) - UTC 49-0

No. 2 Iowa 37, Chattanooga 6
125: No. 1 Matt McDonough (Iowa) - Fall 1:45 - No. 9 Nick Soto (UTC) - Iowa 6-0
133: No. 2 Tony Ramos (Iowa) - Maj. Dec. 12-4 - Marvin Lopez (UTC) - Iowa 10-0
141: No. 15 Mark Ballweg (Iowa) - Fall 6:13 - Dean Pavlou (UTC) - Iowa 16-0
149: Alex Hudson (UTC) - Dec. 8-2 - Brody Grothus (Iowa) - Iowa 16-3
157:No. 1 Derek St. John (Iowa) - Maj. Dec. 19-6 - Trey Stavrum (UTC) - Iowa 20-3
165: Nick Moore (Iowa) - Maj. Dec. 12-3 - John Lampe (UTC) - Iowa 24-3
174: Grant Gambrell (Iowa) - Dec. 7-5 - Jake Young (UTC) - Iowa 27-3
184: Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa) - Maj. Dec. 20-8 - Robert Prigmore (UTC) - Iowa 31-3
197: Niko Brown (UTC) - Dec. 10-7 - Tomas Kira (Iowa) - Iowa 31-6
285: No. 6 Bobby Telford (Iowa) - Fall 2:48 - Kevin Malone (UTC) - Iowa 37-6