157 | INTO THE FINALS!!! With a six-point move in the 2nd period, R-Fr. Hayden Hidlay scores a 10-2 major decision and goes for the NCAA title tomorrow!!! #PackMentality #STATEment https://t.co/bf3aAzZW8T

184 | Renda falls in his bout, one win shy of All-American honors.

141 | Jack out with 6 seconds left, gets the 2-1 win!!! Will return to action tomorrow, and will place between 3rd and 6th. #PackMentality https://t.co/Hz8wdMcRAT

197 | MACCHIAVELLO TAKEDOWN, MACCHIAVELLO PIN!!!!! Advances to the NCAA Finals - 1st time in school history @PackWrestle with two in the FINALS!!! #PackMentality #STATEment https://t.co/5AOc8uWvPJ

Team standings heading into final 2 sessions:

Penn State - 120.5
Ohio State - 109.5
Iowa - 86.5
Michigan - 73.5
NC State - 69.5
Missouri - 51.5
Virginia Tech - 44.5
Cornell - 43.0
Rutgers - 42.5
Arizona State - 37.0

141 | Jack unable to convert a final takedown, falls to #4 seed McKenna of Ohio State 4-3. Will be back a bit later, wrestling Lee from Penn State for 5th place.

133 | GOING FOR 3RD PLACE ... R-Fr. Tariq Wilson gets FOUR first period takedowns and scores a 13-3 major decision (4:16 of RT). Gets a rematch with #3 seed Pletcher of Ohio State. #PackMentality https://t.co/k5t6AG3x0E

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Team standings heading into final 2 sessions:

Penn State - 120.5
Ohio State - 109.5
Iowa - 86.5
Michigan - 73.5
NC State - 69.5
Missouri - 51.5
Virginia Tech - 44.5
Cornell - 43.0
Rutgers - 42.5
Arizona State - 37.0

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A win by Wilson or Jack in the medal matches that are about to start would be one team point each (plus possible bonus).

Wins in tonight's championships finals are worth four team points each (plus bonus).

Pack trails Michigan by 3 entering the medal matches. https://t.co/PoIWzK2rmQ

1st round of Medal matches in the books, they will wrestle 1 weight at a time. Wilson (133 - 3rd place) and Jack (141 - 5th place) up for the Pack.

Team standings:
Ohio St - 125.5
Penn St - 120.5
Iowa - 90
Michigan - 77
NC State - 74
Missouri - 61.5

NC State Wrestling Verified account @PackWrestle 4m4 minutes ago


133 | TARIQ WILSON!!! 3rd Place finish with a 17-8 major decision over #3 Pletcher of Ohio State and a standing ovation!!! Unseeded R-Fr. defeats the #5, #4, and #3 seeds in his home state!!! #PackMentality

Macchiavello wins national title.

What a great showing from the Pack this weekend. Mach is such a great kid, so happy for a North Carolina native to win the big one. Can't say enough about this coaching staff.

Led by the 2018 197-pound National Champion Michael Macchiavello and a school record four All-Americans, the NC State wrestling team recorded its best-ever team finish by placing fourth at the 2018 NCAA Championships. The Wolfpack brings home its first-ever team trophy from the NCAA Championships and ties for the best-ever finish by an ACC school in NCAA history.

As a team, NC State tied for fourth place with 80 team points.

157 Finals: #1 seed Hayden Hidlay (26-0) vs. #3 seed Jason Nolf (Penn State 25-1)

In his first trip to the NCAA Championships, R-Fr. Hayden Hidlay fell in the NCAA Finals to defending champion Jason Nolf of Penn State, 6-2. The loss was Hidlay's first of the season, he came into the NCAA Championships as the only undefeated freshman nationally (both true and redshirt).

197 Finals: #4 seed Michael Macchiavello (21-3) vs. #3 seed Jared Haught (Virginia Tech 30-2)
In his final career wrestling match as a member of the Wolfpack, R-Sr. Michael Macchiavello goes out a National Champion winning the NCAA title at 197 pounds.

Macchiavello faced off against ACC rival #3 seed Jared Haught, who defeated Macchiavello twice this year. After a scoreless first period, each wrestler traded takedowns and the bout was tied 1-1 late in the third. Macchiavello struck the winning takedown with 14 seconds left and claimed the 3-1 victory.

Can someone give us a preview of next year. Looks like we have 4 or 5 weight classes to fill with a new face. I know we will see some shuffling between weight classes as these kids grow. What is the situation with new recruits.

Pat Popolizio on North Carolina State's run to its first NCAA team trophy https://t.co/NPPHFuLLns @PackWrestle https://t.co/02OQ5pRuMy

READ: Q and A with national champion wrestler Michael Macchiavello of Sun Valley and N.C. State

- @EnquirerJournal

https://t.co/tu090VsN1q

| LISTEN: 2018 National Champion @mike_macch is the guest on the newest episode of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast. Listen to the Monroe, N.C. native talk about his journey to winning the 197-pound NCAA title this past weekend in Cleveland.

https://t.co/DX9TlV9HyM

"NATIONAL CHAMPION Michael Macchiavello joins the #PackMentality Pop-ins Podcast for Episode 17 as he joins host Brian Reinhardt after winning the program's eighth individual national championship." https://t.co/HVCIKHLbfy #Packmentality #Ncstate https://t.co/ss7bhtp1Oe

NC State Wrestling Verified account @PackWrestle 4m4 minutes ago
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Major announcement coming later this AM ... Stay tuned!

| LISTEN: After a week off from recording, @pat_popolizio is back in the latest episode of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast. The 2018 ACC Coach of the Year talks about the Pack's run to its first-ever NCAA team trophy.

https://t.co/qvXySjMits

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Major announcement coming later this AM ... Stay tuned!

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Did the major announcement ever get made? and if so, what was it?

I assume it was the ACC Coach of the Year and ACC Wrestler of the Year awards. See separate threads.

6 in action from @WolfpackWC today in NYC at the Bill Farrell International:

74 - Gantt and Godley
79 - Lee Davis
86 - Reenan
92 - McCall
125 - Kosoy

FOLLOW & WATCH: https://t.co/Tq8eAb7VFf

#BillFarrell18 Update

74kg: Tommy Gantt - Semifinals
74kg: Quinton Godley -Semifinals
79kg: Lee Davis 1-1
86kg: Nick Reenan 1-1
92kg: Timmy McCall - medical forfeit
Hwt: Michael Kosoy - Semifinals

| 9 of the 10 starters from this past season finished the year ranked in the top-20 in @FloWrestling's final rankings, 5 in the top-10, and 3 in the top-3! #PackMentality https://t.co/eWJvfgJ5MV

| No offseason for the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast! We caught up with former @PackWrestle All-American and current @WolfpackWC member @TGantt70kg to talk about his Pack career and the transition to training freestyle full time in Raleigh.

https://t.co/UlS6pLh2u1

I think mean 2018-19, could be looking back
#PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast: Ep. 3 - Previewing the 2017-18 Lineup: https://t.co/A5jRiqMnnG via @YouTube