CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced the pre-seeds and brackets for the upcoming 2025 ACC Wrestling Championship, which will be held this Sunday, March 9, at Cameron Indoor Stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
Five teams had at least one wrestler earn a No. 1 seed, led by Virginia Tech with four top seeds, including 2024 NCAA National Champion and 2023 ACC Champion Caleb Henson at 149 pounds. The other three Hokies to earn a top seed were Eddie Ventresca at 125 pounds, Sam Latona at 141 pounds and Rafael Hipolito at 157 pounds. Latona was the 2021 ACC Champion at 125 pounds.
North Carolina, which shared the 2024 ACC Regular Season Dual Meet Championship with both Virginia Tech and NC State, had two wrestlers seeded No. 1 in Ethan Oakley at 133 pounds and Joshua Ogunsanya at 174 pounds. NC State, the six-time defending ACC Champions, had one No. 1 seed in Isaac Trumble at 285 pounds.
The other three No. 1 seeds came by way of Stanford’s Hunter Garvin at 165 pounds and Pitt’s Reece Heller and Mac Stout at 184 and 197 pounds, respectively.
The two-time defending 133-pound champion Kai Orine of NC State is the No. 4 seed in the weight class this year, while fellow two-time champion (2022 and 2025) Ed Scott of the Wolfpack is the No. 2 seed at 157 pounds for this year’s championship. The 165-pound defending champion and Most Outstanding Wrestler at last year’s championship in Virginia’s Nick Hamilton is the No. 2 seed at that weight this year, while the 184-pound defending champion in Virginia Tech’s Thomas Stewart, Jr. came in at the No. 4 seed in the weight class this year.
ACC pre-seeds for this year’s tournament were generated by WrestleStat.com and a vote of the league’s seven head coaches.
With seven competing teams in the ACC this year with the addition of Stanford, the No. 1 seeds will get a bye into the quarterfinals at all 10 weight classes.
The complete 2025 ACC Wrestling Championship Brackets can be found at https://theacc.co/25wrestbrackets.
Each weight class champion and runner-up at the 2025 ACC Championship will earn All-ACC recognition. In addition to ACC honors, student-athletes will be vying for berths and seeding in the 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, which will be held March 20-22 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ACC has been allotted 38 automatic berths, one fewer than the ACC's previous all-time high of 39 in 2022.
Five teams finished the regular season ranked in the NWCA Division I Men’s Coaches Poll. Virginia Tech led the way at No. 8, one spot in front of NC State at No. 9. The other three ACC schools were in a group, as North Carolina was No. 16, Pitt was No. 17 and Stanford finished at No. 18.
Tickets are on sale now for the 2025 ACC Wrestling Championship, set for Sunday, March 9, at Cameron Indoor Stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Tickets are available for $10 when purchased in advance online by visiting the Duke Tickets page: https://goduke.evenue.net/events/WRE. Tickets will be $15 each when purchased on the day of the championship (March 9).
First-round action kicks off Sunday’s Championship at 10 a.m. ET. The consolation quarterfinals are set for 1 p.m. ET, followed by the semifinals at 2 p.m. ET, the consolation semifinals at 4:30 p.m. ET and the consolation finals at 6 p.m. ET. Championship matches begin at 8 p.m. ET and will be followed by the awards presentation.
ACC Network and ACC Network Extra plan nearly 12 hours of live coverage from 10 a.m. ET through 10 p.m. ET ACC Network Extra will stream the early and consolation rounds from both Mat 1 and Mat 2 on two separate streams. The finals are set for 8 p.m. ET and will air live ACC Network.
ACC wrestling play-by-play veterans Shawn Kenney and Dean Linke will be joined by four-time ACC Champion Trent Hidlay and former Duke wrestler, Dylan “Rhino” Ryan, to call the action on ACC Network and ACC Network Extra. The broadcast crew will also be joined by a special guest, Jacob Kasper. Kasper, the 2018 ACC Heavyweight champion from Duke University, is now a WWE Superstar known as Julius Creed and is one-half of the tag team, The Creed Brothers, who perform on the Raw brand and are members of the stable American Made.
Pre-seeds for the 2025 ACC Wrestling Championship are listed below. Entries are subject to change until noon ET on Saturday.
125 Pounds
1. Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech
2. Vince Robinson, NC State
3. Spencer Moore, North Carolina
4. Nick Babin, Pitt
5. Keyveon Roller, Virginia
6. No entry
7. No entry
133 Pounds
1. Ethan Oakley, North Carolina
2. Connor McGonagle, Virginia Tech
3. Tyler Knox, Stanford
4. Kai Orine, NC State *
5. Gable Porter, Virginia
6. Tyler Chappell, Pitt
7. Raymond Adams, Duke
141 Pounds
1. Sam Latona, Virginia Tech
2. Dylan Cedeno, Virginia
3. Jason Miranda, Stanford
4. Troy Hohman, NC State
5. Jayden Scott, North Carolina
6. Briar Pries, Pitt
7. Christian Colman, Duke
149 Pounds
1. Caleb Henson, Virginia Tech
2. Lachlan McNeil, North Carolina
3. Jaden Abas, Stanford
4. Koy Buesgens, NC State
5. Jack Gioffre, Virginia
6. Finn Solomon, Pitt
7. SP O’Donnell, Duke
157 Pounds
1. Rafael Hipolito, Virginia Tech
2. Ed Scott, NC State
3. Dylan Evans, Pitt
4. Sonny Santiago, North Carolina
5. Grigor Cholakyan, Stanford
6. Michael Gioffre, Virginia
7. Nick Tattini, Pitt
165 Pounds
1. Hunter Garvin, Stanford
2. Nick Hamilton, Virginia *
3. Derek Fields, NC State
4. Jared Keslar, Pitt
5. Mac Church, Virginia Tech
6. Aidan Wallace, Duke
7. Charlie Darracott, North Carolina
174 Pounds
1. Joshua Ogunsanya, North Carolina
2. Lorenzo Norman, Stanford
3. Luca Augustine, Pitt
4. Matty Singleton, NC State
5. Lennox Wolak, Virginia Tech
6. Rocco Contino, Virginia
7. Gaetano Console, Duke
184 Pounds
1. Reece Heller, Pitt
2. Dylan Fishback, NC State
3. Gavin Kane, North Carolina
4. Thomas Stewart, Jr., Virginia Tech *
5. Tye Monteiro, Stanford
6. Justin Phillips, Virginia
7. David Hussey, Duke
197 Pounds
1. Mac Stout, Pitt
2. Nick Stemmet, Stanford
3. Andy Smith, Virginia Tech
4. Cade Lautt, North Carolina
5. Christian Knop, NC State
6. Steven Burrell Jr., Virginia
7. Kwasi Bonsu, Duke
285 Pounds
1. Isaac Trumble, NC State
2. Jimmy Mullen, Virginia Tech
3. Nolan Neves, North Carolina
4. Dayton Pitzer, Pitt
5. Peter Ming, Stanford
6. Connor Barket, Duke
7. Gabe Christenson, Virginia
* - Defending ACC champion at that weight class
ACC Brackets
https://theacc.co/25wrestbrackets
Live Results
https://theacc.co/25wrestlivestats
Watch Links
ACC Network Extra – beginning at 10 a.m. ET
(First round, Consolation Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolation Semifinals, Consolation Finals)
10 a.m. ET
Mat 1: ACC Wrestling Championship (First Round - Mat 1) | ACCNX
Mat 2: ACC Wrestling Championship (First Round - Mat 2) | ACCNX
1 p.m. ET
Mat 1: ACC Wrestling Championship (Consolation Quarterfinals - Mat 1) | ACCNX
Mat 2: ACC Wrestling Championship (Consolation Quarterfinals - Mat 2) | ACCNX
2 p.m. ET
Mat 1: ACC Wrestling Championships (Semifinals - Mat 1) | ACCNX
Mat 2: ACC Wrestling Championships (Semifinals - Mat 2) | ACCNX
4:30 p.m. ET
Mat 1: ACC Wrestling Championship (Consolation Semifinals - Mat 1) | ACCNX
Mat 2: ACC Wrestling Championship (Consolation Semifinals - Mat 2) | ACCNX
6 p.m. ET
Mat 1: ACC Wrestling Championships (Consolation Finals - Mat 1) | ACCNX
Mat 2: ACC Wrestling Championships (Consolation Finals - Mat 2) | ACCNX
ACC Network – 8 p.m. ET
Championship
ACC Wrestling Championship | ACC Network and ACCNX
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