GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the seeding and brackets for the 2018 ACC Wrestling Championship, which will be held this Saturday at North Carolina's Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Action begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, with the Championship Finals set for 7 p.m. Tickets are priced at $10 for adults. Admission is free for youth 18 and under. ACC students are admitted free with a valid student ID.
Virginia Tech, which captured last year's ACC wrestling title, led all schools with four No. 1 seeds, followed by NC State with two. Virginia, Pitt, North Carolina and Duke each had one No. 1 seed.
Hokies who earned top seeds include redshirt sophomore David McFadden (West Milford, New Jersey) at 165, freshman Hunter Bolen (Christiansburg, Virginia) at 174, junior Zack Zavatsky (Latrobe, Pennsylvania) at 184 and senior Jared Haught (Parkersburg, West Virginia) at 197. Zavatsky and Haught are both returning individual champions.
NC State, ranked sixth nationally, had two No. 1 seeds in senior Kevin Jack (Danbury, Connecticut) at 141 pounds and redshirt freshman Hayden Hidlay (Lewistown, Pennsylvania) at 157. The regular season ACC champion had five of their wrestlers receive a No. 2 seed, giving the Wolfpack seven wrestlers seeded first or second in their weight classes, the most of any school.
Gaining No. 2 seeds for the Wolfpack were redshirt junior Sean Fausz (Alexandria, Kentucky) at 125, redshirt senior Beau Donahue (Centreville, Virginia) at 149; redshirt senior Pete Renda (Topton, Pennsylvania) at 184; redshirt senior Michael Macchiavello (Monroe, North Carolina) at 197 and senior Michael Boykin Coatesville, Pennsylvania) at 285.
Virginia redshirt freshman Louie Hayes (Orland Park, Illinois), ranked 12th nationally was the top-seeded wrestler at 125.
Pitt senior Dom Forys (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), ranked ninth nationally and a returning ACC champion, was the top seed at 133.
North Carolina fifth-year senior Troy Heilmann (South Plainfield, New Jersey), ranked eighth nationally, was the top seed at 149.
Duke fifth-year senior Jacob Kasper (Lexington, Ohio), ranked third nationally at 285, was the top-seeded heavyweight.
Seeds for the 64th Annual ACC Wrestling Championship
125:
1. Louie Hayes, Virginia
2. Sean Fausz, NC State
3. Kyle Norstrem, Virginia Tech
4. LJ Bentley, Pitt
5. Thayer Atkins, Duke
6. James Szymanski, North Carolina
133:
1. Dom Forys, Pitt
2. Dennis Gustafson, Virginia Tech
3. Tariq Wilson, NC State
4. Jack Mueller, Virginia
5. Zach Sherman, North Carolina
6. Josh Finesilver, Duke
141:
1. Kevin Jack, NC State
2. Brent Moore, Virginia Tech
3. A.C. Headlee, North Carolina
4. Nick Zanetta, Pitt
5. Jeremiah Reitz, Duke
6. Sam Martino, Virginia
149:
1. Troy Heilmann, North Carolina
2. Beau Donahue, NC State
3. Ryan Blees, Virginia Tech
4. Sam Krivus, Virginia
5. Robert Lee, Pitt
6. Brandon Leynaud, Duke
157:
1. Hayden Hidlay, NC State
2. Mitch Finesilver, Duke
3. Kennedy Monday, North Carolina
4. Taleb Rahmani, Pitt
5. Fred Green, Virginia
6. Solomon Chishko, Virginia Tech
165:
1. David McFadden, Virginia Tech
2. Andrew Atkinson, Virginia
3. Brian Hamann, NC State
4. Jake Wentzel, Pitt
5. Josh McClure, North Carolina
6. Zach Finesilver, Duke
174:
1. Hunter Bolen, Virginia Tech
2. Ethan Ramos, North Carolina
3. Matt Finesilver, Duke
4. Daniel Bullard, NC State
5. Will Schany, Virginia
6. Tommy O'Brien, Pitt
184:
1. Zack Zavatsky, Virginia Tech
2. Pee Renda, NC State
3. Chip Ness, North Carolina
4. Gregg Harvey, Pitt
5. Drew Peck, Virginia
6. Kaden Russell, Duke
197:
1. Jared Haught, Virginia Tech
2. Michael Macchiavello, NC State
3. Danny Chaid, North Carolina
4. Kellan Stout, Pitt
5. Alec Schenk, Duke
6. Jay Aiello, Virginia
285:
1. Jacob Kasper, Duke
2. Michael Boykin, NC State
3. Cory Daniel, North Carolina
4. Ryan Solomon, Pitt
5. Andrew Dunn, Virginia Tech
6. Tyler Love, Virginia
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