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Wolfpack Wrestling Claims Share of ACC Dual Title with 17-16 win at #14 Hokies

BLACKSBURG, VA. – #10 NC State and #14 Virginia Tech split the 10 matches, but the Wolfpack won the dual on criteria with total individual points and came away with a 17-16 win in Blacksburg Friday night. NC State finished with a 53-46 advantage on most individual points scored.
With the win, the Pack finishes with a 4-1 mark in the ACC and was the co-ACC Dual Champions with North Carolina. NC State won back-to-back ACC regular season titles for the first time since 2001-02. The dual started with a top-5 battle at 184 pounds, which saw Virginia Tech’s #5 Zack Zavatsky claim a 6-2 win over #3 Nick Reenan. The Hokies added a decision at 197 pounds and major decision at heavyweight to build their lead to 10-0 after three bouts. The Wolfpack answered the bonus point win and scored its first win of the day at 125 pounds, as #11 Sean Fausz scored an 11-0 major decision, with 4:08 of ride time. Fausz scored a first period takedown and a pair of two-point near falls to take a commanding 7-0 lead after the first. Rest of the story at https://gopack.com/news/2019/2/22/wrestling-packwrestle-claims-share-of-acc-dual-title-with-17-16-win-at-14-hokies.aspx

February 23, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized