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Wolfpack wins ACC Championships

@PackWrestle Claims its Second Straight ACC Championship

Camacho and Hayden Hidlay earn individual titles, eight qualify for NCAA Championships

PITTSBURGH, PA. – The NC State wrestling team won back-to-back ACC Championships for the first time since 2001-02, as the Wolfpack claimed top honors at the 2020 ACC Championship Sunday at Pitt.

NC State won the team race with 81 points. Host Pitt was second (77), North Carolina took third (67.5), Virginia was fourth (60.5), Virginia Tech fifth (52) and Duke was sixth (2).

The ACC title was the Pack’s second straight, third in the last five seasons and 17^th all-time in school history. The 17 team titles are tied UNC among the current ACC schools.

The Pack had nine of its 10 wrestlers in the semifinals, six into the finals and a pair won individual ACC championships – R-Fr. Jakob Camacho (125 pounds) and R-Jr. Hayden Hidlay (157) both went 2-0 on the day to win their championships.

R-Jr. Tariq Wilson (141), R-Jr. Daniel Bullard (174), R-Fr. Trent Hidlay (184), and So. Deonte Wilson (285) each earned All-ACC honors with their second place finishes.

#10 R-Jr. Thomas Bullard scored a third place finish at 165 pounds, and added two additional team points in his third place bout with a pin.

R-Fr. Jarrett Trombley placed fourth at 133 pounds. Both Thomas Bullard and Trombley have advanced to the NCAA Championships with their automatic bids.

ACC Championship Finals

125 Finals | #18 Jakob Camacho (19-6) vs. #2 Jack Mueller (UVA – 13-0)
In his first ACC Championship, R-Fr. Jakob Camacho started the Pack’s run of gold by claiming the ACC title at 125 pounds. Matched up against 2019 NCAA Finalist #2 Jack Mueller of Virginia, Camacho came out strong with a pair of takedowns in the first period, and adding in a four-point near fall to jump out to an 8-2 lead. Camacho then added a third takedown in the third, and with the ride time point, scored an 11-4 upset over the previously unbeaten Mueller.

141 Finals | #12 Tariq Wilson (24-5) vs. #13 Zach Sherman (UNC – 26-5)
R-Jr. Tariq Wilson advanced to the ACC Finals for the second straight season, once again earning All-ACC honors. After a quick takedown in the first, Wilson held a 2-1 lead after the first. #13 UNC’s Sherman got a takedown in the second, and Wilson held a 4-3 lead going into the second. Sherman was awarded another takedown after a UNC challenge, and the bout ended after a NC State challenge for an escape at the end of the 5-4 bout.

157 Finals | #2 Hayden Hidlay (27-1) vs. #24 Taleb Rahmani (Pitt – 16-8)
R-Jr. Hayden Hidlay became the 11^th NC State wrestler in school history to win three ACC titles, as he did so at 157 pounds for the third straight year. Hidlay also did it via bonus points, scoring a 13-4 major decision over Pitt’s Rahmani – defeating him for the title for the second straight year. Hidlay started with a takedown early and then added a four-point near fall to take a 6-0 lead. A late takedown in the third, and adding in ride time, gave Hidlay the title.

174 Finals | #12 Daniel Bullard (24-5) vs. #31 Clay Lautt (UNC – 20-7)
R-Jr. Daniel Bullard reached his first career ACC Finals, but fell to UNC’s Lautt in the title bout, 4-3. Lautt scored a pair of first-period takedowns, and all of Bullard’s points came off of escapes. He earns All-ACC honors for the first time in his career after back-to-back third place showings to begin his career.

184 Finals | #3 Trent Hidlay (23-3) vs. #2 Hunter Bolen (VT – 23-2)
In a battle of two of the top three ranked wrestlers nationally, #2 Bolen of Virginia Tech came out with a 2-1 win over #3 Trent Hidlay. Both wrestlers earned escape points by started the second and third periods down, but Hidlay was hit for a pair of stalls, with the second in the second period, for the decisive point. Hidlay earns All-ACC honors in his first ACC Championship.

285 Finals | #25 Deonte Wilson (19-8) #10 Demetrius Thomas (Pitt – 20-3)
So. Deonte Wilson also reached the ACC Finals for the first time in his career, and came away with All-ACC honors. Entering the third down down 4-2, he gave up an escape to #10 Pitt’s Thomas then turned around and got a late takedown but it was not enough in the 5-4 loss.

March 9, 2020 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized