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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia wrestling team returns to action on Sunday (March 10) as 10 wrestlers hit the mat to compete for a team title, individual championships and NCAA bids at the ACC Championships hosted by North Carolina.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
All bouts of the ACC Wrestling Championships will be streamed on ACCNX and the ACC Network through ESPN app and at WatchESPN.com with live streams available of both competition mats. Links to the live streams and live stats are available at VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also get updates by following the program’s official account (@UVAWrestling) on X. 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11 a.m. – First round
1 p.m. – Semifinals
3:30 p.m. – Consolation semifinals
5 p.m. – Consolation finals
7 p.m. – Finals

VIRGINA SEEDS AT ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS (ACC Automatic NCAA Qualifiers)
125: No. 4 seed Kyle Montaperto (2)
133: No. 2 seed Marlon Yarbrough (3)
141: No. 5 seed Jack Gioffre (3)
149: No. 5 seed Michael Gioffre (2)
157: No. 5 seed Nick Sanko (2)
165: No. 4 seed Nick Hamilton (2)
174: No. 2 seed Justin McCoy (4)
184: No. 5 seed Ethan Weatherspoon (4)
197: No. 5 seed Krystian Kinsey (4)
HWT: No. 3 seed Ryan Catka (2)

QUICK SHOTS

  • The Hoos are in new territory at the 2024 ACC Championships with only one wrestler in the lineup looking to earn a return trip to the NCAA Championships.
  • Justin McCoy is looking for his fifth consecutive bid after he became the program’s 14th four-time qualifier a year ago after winning the ACC Championship at 165 pounds.
  • The remaining nine Virginia wrestlers all seek their first bid as eight make their first appearance at an ACC Championship. Marlon Yarbrough is the only other wrestler to have competed at ACCs.
  • Virginia has been no stranger to wrestling on the road this year with only two home competitions on the schedule. UVA went 7-2 to start the year with the first nine duals on the road or at neutral sites.
  • The Hoos have three competing wrestlers ranked in the InterMat rankings as Marlon Yarbrough checks in at No. 27 at 133. Justin McCoy (No. 16 at 174 pounds) and Ryan Catka (No. 33 at 285) are also ranked.
  • Dylan Cedeno is ranked No 27 at 157 but has been battling injury since the Hoos dual against Virginia Tech and will not see action at the ACC Championships. He was replaced in the lineup by Nick Sanko.
  • Sanko started the season at 165 but has filled in at 157 since Cedeno’s injury at Midlands.
  • Justin McCoy is 16-4 on the season with all four defeats coming at the hands of nationally-ranked opponents. He went 10-3 in dual action with a 2-1 overtime loss to No. 18 Max Maylor and a 2-0 loss to No. 2 Mekhi Lewis and a 4-2 loss to No. 18 Luca Augustine.

AUTOMATIC BERTHS ON THE LINE FOR NCAAS

  • The championships serve as the automatic qualifier to the NCAA Championships.
  • The ACC has been allotted 28 automatic qualifiers; the breakdown by weight class is: 125: 2, 133: 3, 141: 3, 149: 2, 157: 2, 165: 2, 174: 4, 184: 4, 197: 4, 285: 2.
  • To earn the automatic qualifying slot, each wrestler must finish a certain place or higher at the conference championships (e.g., place in top two at 125 pounds).

VIRGINIA IN THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS

  • UVA has won five ACC Championships – 1974, 1975, 1977, 2010 and 2015.
  • Virginia finished second at the 2012 and 2013 ACC Championships.
  • The five ACC Championships is third most of all current ACC members behind UNC and NC State.
  • Virginia has finished as runner-up 22 times, giving UVA 27 finishes in the top two all-time.

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