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Macchiavello Wins National Championship, NC State Takes 4th in NCAA’s

CLEVELAND, OHIO – 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.
NC State sent a program-best two wrestlers into Saturday night’s NCAA Finals

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.