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Name Wt. Cl. Hometown Name Wt. Cl. Hometown DUKE Benjamin Anderson 157 Fr. Mapleton, Utah Garrett Neff 165 So. Darnestown, Md. • The Blue Devils finished fifth at the Southern Scuffle, the highest for Duke in program history. Duke has climbed to as high as 20th in the InterMat Thayer Atkins 125 Sr. Dallas, Texas Jeremiah Reitz 141 Fr. Griffi th, Ind. national rankings. Harrison Campbell 125 Fr. Quakertown, Pa. Roman Romero 184 So. Escalon, Calif. Eric Carter 149 Fr. Vernon Hills, Ill. Kaden Russell 184 Fr. Medina, Ohio • Duke features four brothers in its starting lineup — Josh, Mitch, Zach and Matt Finesilver — all suit up for the Blue Devils. It is believed to be the first Louis Castellano 197 Fr. Roseland, N.J. Alec Schenk 197 Sr. Perry, Ohio time in NCAA wrestling history four brothers all have wrestled in the starting lineup. Joshua Copeland 125 So. Harrah, Okla. Parker Walton 141 So. Weddington, N.C. Anthony DeMartino 149 Fr. Blairstown, N.J. • Jacob Kasper is unbeaten in dual action this season and has won 21 straight matches, including becoming the fourth Blue Devil to reach the 100 Luke Farinaro 197 Sr. Park Ridge, N.J. career wins mark. Josh Finesilver 133 Fr. Greenwood Village, Colo. • Rookie Matt Finesilver is ranked 19th at 174 pounds and owns a pair of top 20 wins. Matt Finesilver 174 Fr. Greenwood Village, Colo. Mitch Finesilver 157 R-Jr. Greenwood Village, Colo. Zach Finesilver 165 R-Jr. Greenwood Village, Colo. Araad Fisher 197 Jr. Durham, N.C. Jacob Kasper HWT R-Sr. Lexington, Ohio • Led by No. 8 Troy Heilmann at 149 pounds, Carolina has seven wrestlers ranked in the final regular season InterMat individual weight class rankings. Ethan Krause 149 Fr. Brookeville, Md. Head Coach: Glen Lanham Heilmann is 27-4 on the year and went 17-3 in dual competition. Brandon Leynaud 149 Jr. Lexington, Ohio Assistant Coach: Ben Wissel • The Tar Heels have faced one of the strongest dual schedules in the country — 12 of UNC’s 20 foes are ranked in this week’s USA Today/NWCA Maliik Marcin 165 Fr. Durham, N.C. Assistant Coach: Brandon Nelsen Coaches poll. Carolina has wins over No. 14 Nebraska and No. 19 Minnesota. • Carolina finished 3-2 in ACC duals this season, the first winning league record for the Tar Heels under head coach Coleman Scott.

NC STATE • For the third straight season, NC State finished in the top-10 of the final NWCA/USA Today Coaches’ Rankings with a No. 6 final national raking for 2017-18 after a 15-2 record. • Over the last three seasons, NC State ranks second nationally in dual winning percentage (.911), having won 51 of the last 56 duals in that span. • NC State finished a perfect 5-0 in ACC duals in 2017-18, outscoring its foes 132-44. This season marked the Pack’s first ACC Dual Championship since 2004, and first undefeated ACC dual season since 2000. • NC State had a league-high five different wrestlers win ACC Wrestler of the Week honors this season, including redshirt freshman Hayden Hidlay a league-best three times.

PITTSBURGH • Pitt is led by senior Dom Forys at 133 pounds. Forys ranks No. 9 in the final regular season Intermat rankings as well as the third coaches’ panel rankings. • Head Coach Keith Gavin is in his first season at the helm for the Pitt program. Gavin was the Panthers’ last national champion as he captured the title in 2008. Name Wt. Cl. Hometown Name Wt. Cl. Hometown Name Wt. Cl. Hometown Lance Armenta 174 R-So. North Topsail Beach, N.C. Clay Lautt 165 Fr. Olathe, Kan. Thomas Singley 165 Sr. Morganton, N.C. • Pitt has two ACC champions and three returning NCAA qualifiers in the lineup from a year ago. Chasen Blair 184 Fr. San Diego, Calif. Nick Lirette 141 So. Boutte, La. Matt Smith 197 Fr. Tulsa, Okla. Daniel Chaid 197 Sr. San Jose, Calif. Will MacDonald 165 R-Fr. Bethesda, Md. James Szymanski 125 Jr. Shoreham, N.Y. VIRGINIA Jack Clark 157 R-Jr. Washington Township, N.J. Dalton Macri 125 Jr. Wheeling, W.Va. Dante Veltri 149 R-Fr. Chapel Hill, N.C. Benjamin Cournoyer 157 Sr. Charlotte, N.C. Josh McClure 141 R-Fr. Fulton, Mo. • It’s no secret the lighter weights set the tone for the Hoos this season as Hayes and Mueller are both ranked. The duo has a combined record of 47-9 Cory Daniel 285 R-Jr. Fulton, Md. Alex Mina 184 R-So. Severn, Md. this season at 125 and 133 pounds. Sawyer Davidson 149 R-Fr. Asheboro, N.C. Kennedy Monday 157 R-Fr. Arlington, Texas Taylor Day 141 Fr. Carrboro, N.C. Nick Mosco 184 Fr. Tampa, Fla. • Redshirt senior Andrew Atkinson has the chance to be a four-time NCAA qualifier this season after qualifying at 157 pounds in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Gino Esposito 141 Fr. Milford, Conn. Chip Ness 184 R-Jr. Duluth, Ga. He would become the 10th wrestler in Virginia program history to qualify for four NCAA Championships. Andrew Gunning 285 R-Fr. Bethlehem, Pa. Austin O’Connor 149 Fr. Lockport, Ill. • Virginia has three NCAA qualifiers back from last season with Jack Mueller, Sam Krivus and Andrew Atkinson back in the lineup. A.C. Headlee 141 R-So. Waynesburg, Pa. Anderson Pope 165 R-Sr. Cedar Grove, N.C. Troy Heilmann 149 R-Sr. South Plainfi eld, N.J. Hunter Queen 174 Fr. Cary, N.C. Jaime Hernandez 133 Fr. Aurora, Ill. Adis Radoncic 174 R-So. Bronx, N.Y. VIRGINIA Ethan Hoff man 174 Fr. Garner, N.C. Ethan Ramos 174 R-Sr. Hawthorne, N.J. Head Coach: Coleman Scott Grant Jeff erson 174 Fr. Fort Bragg, N.C. A.J. Rechenmacher 157 So. Batavia, Ill. Assistant Coach: Bryce Hasseman • Coming off of 2016-17 season that saw them take home the ACC dual meet and tournament championships, the Hokie finished in the Devin Kane 174 So. Milton, Ga. Nick Sexton 133 Fr. Kannapolis, N.C. Assistant Coach: Neil Erisman top 10 for the fourth-consecutive season under first year head coach Tony Robie. Elijah Kerr-Brown 184 R-So. Rome, Ga. Zach Sherman 133 Fr. Islamorada, Fla. Assistant Coach: Tony Ramos • Redshirt senior Jared Haught enters the postseason as the No. 1 wrestler in the country at 197 pounds in Intermat’s rankings with an overall record of 24-2. • Redshirt sophomore David McFadden became the first Hokie wrestler since 2001-02 to finish the regular season undefeated as he enters ACCs with a record of perfect record of 29-0, an individual title at the 2017 Cliff Keen Invitational and a consensus No. 4 ranking at 165 pounds. • Eight of Virginia Tech’s 10 starters are ranked in the latest coaches’ panel rankings and all eight are slotted in the top 25. • All 10 of Virginia Tech’s starters are featured in the latest coaches panel rankings and eight are slotted in the top 25.

NC STATE WOLFPACK

Name Wt. Cl. Hometown Name Wt. Cl. Hometown Head Coach: Pat Popolizio Name Wt. Cl. Hometown Name Wt. Cl. Hometown P.J. Bernstein 184 R-So. Raleigh, N.C. Tyler Johnson 197 R-So. Lockport, Ill. Assistant Coach: Adam Hall Riley Barth 149 R-So. Doylestown, Pa. Cole Rickert 285 Fr. Transfer, Pa. Michael Boykin 285 Sr. Coatesville, Pa. A.J. Leitten 149 Fr. Fort Mill, S.C. Assistant Coach: Donnie Vinson Austin Bell 174 R-Fr. Belle Vernon, Pa. Nathan Russell 157 Sr. Huntingdon, Pa. Daniel Bullard 174 R-Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga. Charlie Lenox 125 So. Erie, Pa. Assistant Coach: Obe Blanc LJ Bentley 125 Jr. Twinsburg, Ohio Giovonne Sanders 165 Fr. Jeannette, Pa. Thomas Bullard 165 So. Lawrenceville, Ga. Michael Macchiavello 197 R-Sr. Monroe, N.C. Nino Bonaccorsi 184 Fr. Bethel Park, Pa. Ryan Solomon 285 R-Sr. Milton, Pa. Will Clark 141 R-So. Cary, N.C. Malik McDonald 285 R-Jr. Hope Mills, N.C. Zach Bruce 184 R-Jr. Seneca, Pa. Kellan Stout 197 R-So. Pittsburgh, Pa. Tommy Cox 125 So. Deer Park, N.Y. Sam Melikian 157 R-Jr. Mohegan Lake, N.Y. Dallas Bulsak 141 Fr. South Park, Pa. Jake Wentzel 165 R-Fr. South Park, Pa. Roderick Davis 184 R-So. Powder Springs, Ga. Jamal Morris 149 R-Jr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Jake Cherry 125 Fr. Central Dauphin Pa. Nick Zanetta 141 R-Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. Jake DeAngelo 149 R-Sr. Burlington, N.C. Jamel Morris 133 R-Jr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Curtis Decker 149 So. Spring Mills, Pa. John Devine 133 Fr. East Greenbush, N.Y. Nick Reenan 184 So. Dallas, Texas KJ Fenstermacher 133 Fr. Northampton, Pa. Kellen Devlin 133 R-Fr. Amherst, N.Y. Pete Renda 184 R-Sr. Topton, Pa. Dom Forys 133 Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. Beau Donahue 149 R-Sr. Centreville, Va. Robbie Rizzolino 149 R-Sr. Easton, Pa. Gregg Harvey 184 R-Fr. Boyertown, Pa. Trevor Edwards 125 Fr. Mattoon, Ill. Zurich Storm 125 Fr. New Oxford, Pa. Will Kaldes 165 Fr. Cumberland Valley, Pa. Sean Fausz 125 R-Jr. Alexandria, Ky. Tariq Wilson 133 R-Fr. Steubenville, Ohio Robert Lee 149 Jr. Kaukaua, Wis. Nicky Hall 184 Sr. Coram, N.Y. Alex Murray 157 R-So. Green Brook, N.J. Head Coach: Keith Gavin Brian Hamann 165 R-Sr. Jackson, N.J. Tommy O’Brien 184 Fr. Reading, Pa. Assistant Coach: Jordan Leen Hayden Hidlay 157 R-Fr. Lewistown, Pa. Micky Phillippi 133 R-Fr. Derry, Pa. Assistant Coach: Drew Headlee Kevin Jack 141 Sr. Danbury, Conn. Taleb Rahmani 157 R-So. Marysville, Ohio Volunteer Assistant Coach: Conor Youtsey

VIRGINIA CAVALIERS

Name Wt. Cl. Hometown Name Wt. Cl. Hometown Head Coach: Steve Garland Name Wt. Cl. Hometown Name Wt. Cl. Hometown Head Coach: Tony Robie Jay Aiello 197 R-Fr. Chantilly, Va. Chance McClure 184 R-Jr. Commerce, Ga. Assistant Coach: Travis Paulson Jeff rey Allen 285 Fr. Amherst, Va. Mekhi Lewis 157 Fr. Bound Brook, N.J. Assistant Coach: Jared Frayer Corbin Allen 165 R-So. Mechanicsville, Va. Jack Miller 184 Fr. Westfi eld, N.J. Assistant Coach: Trent Paulson Josh Baier 133 Fr. Roanoke, Va. CJ Manley 125 Fr. Altoona, Pa. Assistant Coach: Frank Molinaro Andrew Atkinson 165 R-Jr. Lynchburg, Va. Quinn Miller 285 Fr. Lilburn, Ga. Volunteer Assistant Coach: Shelton Mack Ryan Blees 157 R-Jr. Bismarck, N.D. David McFadden 165 R-So. West Milford, N.J. Volunteer Assistant Coach: Ty Walz Michael Battista 174 Fr. Ashburn, Va. Jack Mueller 133 So. Dallas, Texas Hunter Bolen 174 Fr. Christiansburg, Va. Andrew Mehrholz 141 R-Fr. Deerfi eld, Ill. Sam Book 125 Fr. Fairfax, Va. Michael Murphy 157 R-Fr. Lookout Mountain, Tenn. John Borst 197 Fr. Stephens City, Va. Brent Moore 141 R-Fr. St. Paris, Ohio Brian Courtney 141 Fr. Sayre, Pa. Drew Peck 184 Fr. Chambersburg, Pa. Solomon Chishko 149 R-Jr. Jeanette, Pa. Ryan More 125 Fr. Waxhaw, N.C. Cam Coy 157 Fr. Jeanette, Pa. Garrett Peppelman 165 R-Jr. Harrisburg, Pa. Caden Darber 141 Fr. Williamsburg, Va. Kyle Norstrem 125 R-Fr. Brandon, Fla. Zak DePasquale 165 Sr. Fairfax, Va. Will Schany 174 R-Jr. Blair, Neb. Andrew Dunn 285 R-Fr. Bethlehem, Pa. Joey Prata 125 R-Fr. Richmond, Va. Fred Green 157 R-So. Orting, Wash. Robert Scherer 285 R-Fr. Lower Burrell, Pa. Ronny Ghaida 157 Fr. Manalapan, N.J. Brendan Ryan 141 Jr. McLean, Va. Cam Harrell 157 R-So. Arnold, Md. Jack Walsh 184 R-Fr. Atlanta, Ga. Brendan Grammes 149 Fr. McLean, Va. Stanley Smeltzer 184 Fr. Smithfi eld, Va. Louie Hayes 125 R-Fr. Orland Park, Ill. Dennis Gustafson 133 R-Sr. Woodbridge, Va. Brooks Wilding 285 Jr. Upper St. Clair, Pa. Jake Keating 149 Fr. Naperville, Ill. Eric Hansen 157 Fr. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. Zack Zavatsky 184 R-Jr. Latrobe, Pa. Brian Kennerly 197 Fr. Drexel Hill, Pa. Ryan Haskett 125 Jr. Burke, Va. Scott Kiyono 133 Fr. Poway, Calif. Jared Haught 197 R-Sr. Parkersburg, W.Va. Sam Krivus 149 R-So. Greensburg, Pa. Cody Hughes 174 R-So. South Berwick, Maine Tyler Love 285 R-So. Clifton, Va. B.C. LaPrade 157 R-Fr. New Kent, Va. Sam Martino 141 R-Fr. Colonial Heights, Va. Dominic Latona 133 So. Alabaster, Ala. ACC CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS SEASON WRAP UP DEAR ACC FANS, FRIENDS & ALUMNI:

BY THE NUMBERS Welcome to the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestling Championships. Thank you for The number of losses this year for NC State redshirt freshman Hayden Hidlay (157) and joining us to witness some of the nation’s top student-athletes performing at the highest level. Virginia Tech redshirt sophomore David McFadden (165). Both wrestlers enter the ACC 0 Championships unbeaten in their weight classes. Hidlay is 20-0, while McFadden is 29-0. Our conference is coming off a successful fall sports season in which ACC teams reached the semifinal round of national championship competition in four different sports, and one This week Virginia Tech senior Jared Haught is ranked No. 1 nationally at 197 pounds. student-athlete claimed an individual NCAA title. Our conference has won 150 NCAA team Haught defeated NC State’s Michael Macchiavello, 2-1, in Tech’s season dual fi nale. championships over the course of its 65-year history, and ACC student-athletes have claimed 1 Macchiavello, who is ranked third this week, then went on to defeat Ohio State’s Kollin more than 300 individual national titles. Moore, who was ranked No. 1. After a highly successful first year for ACC Network Extra, the conference’s dedicated digital Over the last three seasons, NC State and Virginia Tech rank second and third nationally in channel, fans have more opportunities to view ACC regular-season and championship contests dual meet winning percentage. Since the beginning of the 2015-16 season, NC State has than ever before during the current academic year. That coverage will only intensify with the 2-3 won 51 of its 55 duals, a winning percentage of .911. Only Penn State (44-0) has a better launch of the ACC Network linear channel in August 2019. record, while Virginia Tech is third among all teams, posting a 48-6 mark (.889). Last season, ACC wrestling capped off an excellent year with Virginia Tech claiming its third 2017 ACC CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM RESULTS The number of ACC teams in the NWCA National Coaches poll of Feb. 20. NC State leads the conference title at the ACC Championships, which were held at NC State’s historic Reynolds 1. Virginia Tech ...... 93.0 way at No. 6, followed by Virginia Tech at No. 8 and North Carolina at No. 24. Coliseum. The Hokies became only the second team in the last eight years to win the ACC’s 2. NC State ...... 64.0 3 regular-season and tournament wrestling championships in the same year. 3. Pitt ...... 54.0 4. Virginia ...... 52.5 The number of returning individual ACC champions who will seek to defend their titles at the Virginia Tech then led all ACC teams with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Wrestling 5. North Carolina ...... 44.0 2018 ACC Westling Championship. Pitt’s Dom Forys (133) and Taleb Rahmani (157), NC Championships. Virginia finished 15th and NC State 17th. Nine ACC wrestlers earned All- 6. Duke ...... 24.5 5 State’s Kevin Jack (141) and Virginia Tech’s Zack Zavatsky (184) and Jared Haught (197) America honors. Most Valuable Wrestler—Kevin Jack, NC State all return this year to seek their second straight ACC titles. Jack and Zavatsky are both seeking their third straight ACC Championship. The ACC has long stood for excellence on the mat and in the classroom. That commitment was 2017 ACC CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUAL FINALISTS demonstrated last year when close to 90 wrestlers were named to the ACC Academic Honor 125 Joey Dance (VT) d. Sean Fausz (NCS), 3-1, SV-1 The number of wins against top 20 opponents for North Carolina’s Troy Heilmann this year. Roll, having earned a 3.0 GPA or better for the school year. This was one of many academic 133 Dom Forys (UP) d. Jamal Morris, 5-0 Heilmann, who is ranked eighth nationally and has a 27-4 overall record, has four wins against highlights in a year that saw 88 ACC teams receive Academic Progress Rate recognition awards 141 Kevin Jack (NCS) d. George DiCamillo (UVA), 10-4 6 foes in the top 10, including three triumphs over wrestlers ranked ahead him by InterMat. from the NCAA, once again the most of any peer conference. The ACC’s graduation success rate 149 Solomon Chishko (VT) d. Troy Heilmann (UNC), 12-7 of 89.3 percent ranked more than five points above the national average. 157 Taleb Rahmani (UP) major decision Sal Mastriani (VT), 13-5 Virginia Tech fi rst-year head coach Tony Robie has guided the Hokies to wins in 14 duals 165 Te’Shan Campbell (UP) d. Brian Hamann (NCS), 7-0 this year. That gives him the second-highest win total by a coach in his fi rst year in the ACC. Our congratulations and best wishes go out to all of our student-athletes, coaches and 174 Zach Epperly (VT) d. Ethan Ramos (UNC), 4-3 14 Clemson coach Wade Schalles holds the record for most dual wins by a coach in his fi rst programs, and, again, my sincere thanks to each of you for your support of the Atlantic Coast 184 Zack Zavatsky (VT) d. Michael Macchiavello (NCS), 3-2 season at an ACC school. Schalles guided the Tigers to a 15-3 mark in 1978. Conference. 197 Jared Haught (VT) d. Daniel Chaid (UNC), 6-3 Sincerely, 285 Ty Walz (VT) d. Jacob Kasper (DU), 8-3 Though not ranked in the NWCA Coaches poll, Duke is ranked 20th in the InterMat Team Tournament Power Rankings this week. 2017 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS / ACC TEAMS RESULTS 20 6. Virginia Tech ...... 63.5 points 15. Virginia ...... 29.5 points The number of wins for Duke heavyweight Jacob Kasper this year. Ranked third nationally John D. Swofford, Commissioner 17. NC State ...... 26.0 points by InterMat, Kasper has posted a 32-2 mark in the 285-pound weight class, including 21 Atlantic Coast Conference 32 Pitt ...... 9.5 points 32 consecutive wins. 32. Duke ...... 9.5 points 41. North Carolina ...... 4.5 points The number of ACC wrestlers who have been nationally ranked at some point this season A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF THE ACC’S CORPORATE CHAMPIONS by InterMat. Since the ACC only has six wrestling teams, that’s an average of 6.33 ranked NCAA ALL AMERICANS 38 wrestlers per team. Duke (1) ...... Jacob Kasper NC State (1) ...... Kevin Jack The number of consecutive NWCA polls in which NC State has appeared in the top 10. State Virginia (2) ...... George DiCamillo, Jack Mueller is ranked sixth this week. Virginia Tech (5) ...... Joey Dance, Solomon Chishko, 40 C O R P O R A T E P A R T N E R S Sal Mastriani, Jared Haught, Ty Walz The number of ACC wrestlers ranked in the most recent NCAA coaches rankings. That’s an 42 average of seven ranked wrestlers per school in the ACC.

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