GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Four Atlantic Coast Conference wrestlers landed No. 2 seeds Wednesday as the bracket was unveiled for the 2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, which will be held March 18-20 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis

The ACC’s 39-wrestler contingent is led by No. 2 seeds Sam Latona of Virginia Tech (125 pounds), Austin O’Connor of North Carolina (149), Hayden Hidlay (157) of NC State and Trent Hidlay of NC State (184).
This marks the second consecutive year that O’Connor and Hayden Hidlay have landed No. 2 NCAA seeds.

A total of 17 ACC wrestlers are ranked among the top 10 in their respective weight classes. That group includes Virginia Tech redshirt sophomore Mekhi Lewis, the 2019 NCAA champion who did not wrestle in this year’s ACC Championship due to injury but is seeded No. 4 at 165, just behind No. 3 Jake Wentzel of Pitt.  

Complete brackets may be found here. The complete list to the final coaches rankings of 2021 can be found here. 

The ACC received 33 automatic berths to this year’s NCAA Championship, and six at-large selections pushed the league’s overall representation to 39 wrestlers.

This marks the third year in which all 33 wrestlers in each of the 10 NCAA weight classes are seeded. The 2020 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship will run as a double-elimination tournament, and the top eight finishers in each weight class will earn All-America honors. Wrestlers will also score team points for every win. 
 
Each match will last seven minutes unless ended early by a fall or a tech fall. The tournament will run across six sessions. All individual championship matches will be held during Session 6 on Saturday, March 20. 

 ACC Seeds at 2021 NCAA Wrestling Championship

125 Pounds 
2. Sam Latona, Virginia Tech
6. Jakob Camacho, NC State
32. Patrick McCormick, Virginia
 
133 Pounds
3. Korbin Myers, Virginia Tech
5. Micky Phillippi, Pitt
10. Louie Hayes, Virginia
12. Jarrett Trombley, NC State
 
141 Pounds
4. Tariq Wilson, NC State
10. Zach Sherman, North Carolina
16. Cole Matthews, Pitt
20. Brian Courtney, Virginia
 
149 Pounds
2. Austin O’Connor, North Carolina
6. Bryce Andonian, Virginia Tech
27. Josh Finesilver, Duke
 
157 Pounds
2. Hayden Hidlay, NC State
16. Justin McCoy, Virginia
20. Connor Brady, Virginia Tech
30. Josh McClure, North Carolina
 
165 Pounds
3. Jake Wentzel, Pitt
4. Mekhi Lewis, Virginia Tech
12. Jake Keating, Virginia
17. Thomas Bullard, NC State
22. Kennedy Monday, North Carolina
 
174 Pounds
6. Daniel Bullard, NC State
16. Clay Lautt, North Carolina
27. Dakota Howard, Virginia Tech
30. Victor Marcelli, Virginia
 
184 Pounds
2. Trent Hidlay, NC State
5. Hunter Bolen, Virginia Tech
22. Devin Kane, North Carolina
30. Gregg Harvey, Pitt

197 Pounds
6. Nino Bonaccorsi, Pitt
11. Jay Aiello, Virginia
20. Max Shaw, North Carolina
28. Nick Reenan, NC State
 
285 Pounds
10. Deonte Wilson, NC State
18. Hunter Catka, Virginia Tech
20. Quinn Miller, Virginia
32. Andrew Gunning, North Carolina