The Pitt wrestling team concluded the NCAA wrestling championships with an 11th place finish. That mark was the team’s best result in decades — their best championship appearance since 1970 when the team finished 8th. Pitt scored a total of 40.5 points.
Typically, that would be cause for celebration. But the focus, of course, was that both of the Panthers’ finalists still standing, Jake Wentzel and Nino Bonaccorsi, were both defeated. Wentzel was upended by Stanford’s Shane Griffith, 7-2, at 165 pounds. Bonaccorsi, meanwhile, lost 4-2, to true freshman A.J. Ferrari at 197 pounds.
Many folks wanted stalling called on Ferrari, who was repeatedly booed during the match.