Night of Champions For the fourth straight year, NC State Wrestling wins the ACC Championship

Powered by four individual championships, the NC State Wrestling team claimed its fourth straight ACC Championship. NC State had all 10 wrestlers post a podium finish (top-three) and all 10 wrestlers also automatically qualified for the 2022 NCAA Championships in Detroit.

The Pack tied a school record with its fourth straight ACC Championship (1988-91), a mark now ACC has accomplished since the 2000 season. Of the Pack's seven finalists, three were freshmen (another two sophomores and one junior), and only one will graduate - so NC State Wrestling returns six ACC Finalists.

NC State captured the team title with 98.5 points, well ahead of Virginia Tech in second with 76 points. The 98 points scored were the most at the conference tournament since NC State had 103.5 in 2007.

2022 ACC Champions

157 pounds • Fr. Ed Scott

#3 seed Ed Scott vs. #1 seed Austin O'Connor, UNC (3-2 dec.)

Fr. Ed Scott started with ACC Finals with one of the most impressive wins of the night. After a scoreless first, Scott started the second with an escape. He then got the bout's lone takedown in the second period to defeat UNC's top-seed #4 O'Connor, a 2021 National Champion, 3-2 to start the championship round. The win was the second top-5 victory for Scott this year, and puts him at 22-1 entering the NCAA Championships.

184 pounds • R-So. Trent Hidlay

#1 seed Trent Hidlay vs. #2 seed Gavin Cane, UNC (11-0 major dec.)

R-So. Trent Hidlay went back-to-back ACC titles at 184 pounds, as he won by a convincing 11-0 major decision over UNC's Kane. Hidlay scored three takedowns, a two-point near fall, and racked up 5:26 of ride time (in the seven minute bout) for the bonus point win that clinched the ACC title. He has reached the ACC Finals in all three of his attempts. He is a perfect 17-0 entering the NCAA Championships.

125 pounds • R-So. Jakob Camacho

#2 seed Jakob Camacho vs. #1 seed Sam Latona, Va. Tech (3-1 dec.)

R-So. Jakob Camacho returned atop the ACC podium at 125 pounds, he also won the 125 pound title in 2020, with a last-second win over top-seeded Latona of Virginia Tech. With the score tied 1-1 late, Camacho converted the lone takedown of the match with just five seconds left to win 3-1. He avenged his lone ACC loss of the year, and sits 16-3 entering the NCAA Championships

149 pounds • Gr. Tariq Wilson

#1 seed Tariq Wilson vs. #2 seed Bryce Andonian, Va. Tech (10-4 dec.)

Gr. Tariq Wilson got ACC Gold for the second straight year with a 10-4 decision over #8 Andonian of VT in the final. Wilson scored all 4 takedowns in the bout and added in 2:39 of ride time for his second ranked win of the day. He enters the NCAA Championships undefeated for the second year in a row, at 15-0.

2022 ACC Finalists

197 pounds • Fr. Isaac Trumble

Fr. Isacc Trumble came away with a second place finish in his first trip to the ACC Championship. The top seed fell to 2021 NCAA Finalist Bonaccorsi of Pitt in the final at 197 pounds, 5-2.

285 pounds • Jr. Tyrie Houghton

In his first ACC Championship up at heavyweight, Jr. Tyrie Houghton came away with a second place finish. Houghton fell in the final to top-seed Traxler of VT 9-6 in the final, after a comeback vs. UNC's Whitman in the semifinals (he was down 5-1 in the third).

141 pounds • Fr. Ryan Jack

After a top-10 win in the semifinals over UNC's #8 Clarke, Fr. Ryan Jack fell short in his second top-10 matchup of the day and lost to #5 Matthews of Pitt in the final, 3-2. Matthews scored the bout's lone takedown in the first period.

Third Place Finishes

133 pounds • R-Fr. Kai Orine

R-Fr. Kai Orine avenged a loss in the dual, and scored a 5-3 decision over second-seed Heillman of UNC at 133 pounds. Orine posted a takedown in the second and had 2:09 of ride time and went 3-1 at his first ACC Championship.

165 pounds • Gr. Thomas Bullard

Gr. Thomas Bullard used an escape in the second period for the bout's lone point, and scored a top-three ACC placement for the fourth straight year with a 1-0 decision over VT's Ulrey.

174 pounds • Gr. Hayden Hidlay

Gr. Hayden Hidlay was down 4-3 in the third vs. Duke's Finesilver but put together a reversal-two-point near fall combo for the 7-6 decision at 174 pounds. He finished his ACC career as a four-time ACC Championship, five-time podium placer.