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A.C.C. Championship Results

Wolfpack Win Sixth Straight ACC Championship Title
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (theACC.com)– NC State placed eight wrestlers in the finals and claimed seven individual gold medals to run away with the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestling Championship title for the sixth consecutive year on Sunday, March 10, in front of 3,251 fans in attendance at Carmichael Arena on the campus of the University of North Carolina.
With their sixth consecutive title, the Wolfpack are just the second wrestling program to capture at least six consecutive ACC titles and the first since former conference member Maryland won 20 in a row from 1954 through 1973.
This year’s league wrestling championship is the 21st overall for NC State, the most among current ACC programs, and the seventh overall under head coach Pat Popolizio. NC State finished with 116.0 points, the most by an ACC wrestling champion since Virginia totaled 124 points on its way to the championship in 1974. Virginia Tech placed second with 86.5 points, while host North Carolina took third with 54. Pitt took fourth place with 47.0 points, followed by Virginia (35) and Duke (4). Virginia’s Nick Hamilton was selected as the Championship’s Most Outstanding Wrestler in a vote of the six head coaches and the media in attendance. Hamilton, who entered as the No. 4 seed at 165 pounds, posted a 14-2 major decision win … story at … ACC.com/Wolfpack-win-sixth-straight-acc-championship-title
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N.C. State Wrestling Tallies Its Sixth Consecutive ACC Championship Title
Chapel Hill, N.C. – The NC State wrestling team made history by dominating the 2024 ACC Championships with a new school record of seven individual champions to secure its sixth-straight conference title Sunday evening. 
The Wolfpack finished its conference season perfect with full ownership over both the regular season title and tournament title. The highest team score in the Atlantic Coast Conference since 1994 and new program record of 116 points was carried by pure authority across the 10 weight classes. Seven members of the Pack were were crowned individual champions in addition to second and third place podium spots.  Ed Scott at 157 pounds, Trent Hidlay at 197 pounds, Owen Trephan at heavyweight, Jakob Camacho at 125 pounds, Kai Orine at 133 pounds, Ryan Jack at 141 pounds, and Jackson Arrington at 149 pounds ensured that NC State would be adding another trophy to their case.  
Hidlay was inducted into the four-time ACC Champions club at NC State, making him the sixth member in program history to do so, his older brother Hayden is also a part of this exclusive group. After missing last year due to injury, Camacho secured his third career conference title at 125 pounds. Orine and Trephan picked up their second career trophies after both winning last year as well.   By successfully avenging losses to their opponents from earlier in the season, Jack and Arrington entered the victor squad, each winning their first-ever individual conference crowns. … story at … GOpack.com/Wrestling-tallies-its-sixth-consecutive-acc-championship-title

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