NC State, hosts of the ACC wrestling championships at the renovated Reynolds Coliseum, needed to at least place as seeded and probably spring an upset or two to have any hopes of repeating as tournament champions. None of that happened. Virginia Tech claimed five individual titles to run away with the tournament. The Pack placed a distant second with Pitt third.
Things started promisingly for the Pack, with #3 seed Sean Fausz upsetting Virginia’s #2 Jack Mueller to make the final at 125. Jamal Morris did the same 3/2 upset at 133. Neither could bring home a title in the finals, however.