NC State wins fifth straight ACC title, with four champions, with Virginia Tech second

2023 ACC champion North Carolina State. Graphic courtesy of the ACC

ACC WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Raleigh, N.C., March 5


125 (2 qualifiers)

1st Place Match - Jarrett Trombley (NC State) RS Sr. over Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech) So. (SV-1 3-1)

3rd Place Match - Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) Sr. over Jack Wagner (North Carolina) RS Sr. (Dec 3-2)


133 (3 qualifiers)

1st Place Match - Kai Orine (NC State) Sr. over Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) (Fall 7:44)

3rd Place Match - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) RS Jr. over Logan Agin (Duke) Jr. (MD 13-2)


141 (4 qualifiers)

1st Place Match - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) RS Sr. over Ryan Jack (NC State) Jr. (Dec 2-1)

3rd Place Match - Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) 10-5, So. over Tom Crook (Virginia Tech) Fr. (MD 10-2)


149 (3 qualifiers)

1st Place Match - Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) Fr. over Jackson Arrington (NC State) Fr. (Dec 4-2)

3rd Place Match - Jarod Verkleeren (Virginia) over Zachary Sherman (North Carolina) (Dec 8-7)


157 (3 qualifiers)

1st Place Match - Austin O`Connor (North Carolina) over Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) RS Jr. (Dec 6-5)

3rd Place Match - Ed Scott (NC State) Jr. over Jake Keating (Virginia) RS So. (MD 15-6)


165 (3 qualifiers)

1st Place Match - Justin McCoy (Virginia) RS Fr. over Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) RS Jr. (Dec 3-2)

3rd Place Match - Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) RS Jr. over Matthew Singleton (NC State) Fr. (Dec 10-8)


174 (3 qualifiers)

1st Place Match - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) RS Sr. over Alex Faison (NC State) RS Fr. (TB-2 2-1)

3rd Place Match - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) So. over Victor Marcelli (Virginia) RS Fr. (Dec 3-1)


184 (5 qualifiers)

1st Place Match - Trent Hidlay (NC State) RS Sr. over Gavin Kane (North Carolina) RS So. (Dec 7-2)

3rd Place Match - Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) over Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) 2-2, RS So. (Dec 7-5)

5th Place Match - Neil Antrassian (Virginia) RS Sr. over Jack Wimmer (Duke) Jr. (Dec 6-0)


197 (4 qualifiers)

1st Place Match - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) over Isaac Trumble (NC State) Jr. (Dec 2-1)

3rd Place Match - Andy Smith (Virginia Tech) Jr. over Michael Battista (Virginia) RS So. (Dec 3-1)


285 (3 qualifiers)

1st Place Match - Owen Trephan (NC State) Sr. over Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke)Sr. (Dec 7-2)

3rd Place Match - Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech) Jr. over Ethan Weatherspoon (Virginia) Sr. (Dec 3-0)

Team Standings

1 NC State, 101.5

2 Virginia Tech, 78.0

3 Pittsburgh, 60.0

4 North Carolina, 37.0

5 Virginia, 35.0

6 Duke, 14.0

Most Outstanding Wrestler - Kai Orine, NC State

Note: Mekhi Lewis (VT), Trent Hidlay (NC State), Nino Bonaccorsi (Pitt) were repeat champions.


The 2023 ACC Wrestling Championship set an event attendance record with a sellout crowd of 3,834.