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Five Pitt Wrestlers Learn Seeding and Brackets for NCAA Championships
3/10/2021 6:30:00 PM | Wrestling
PITTSBURGH—Wednesday evening, five members of the University of Pittsburgh wrestling team learned their seeding and brackets for next week's 2021 NCAA Championships set to be held in St. Louis.
Pitt's four automatic qualifiers – Micky Phillippi (133 pounds), Cole Matthews (141), Jake Wentzel (165) and Nino Bonaccorsi (197) – booked their trips to nationals thanks to top-three finishes in the ACC, while the NCAA also awarded Pitt senior Gregg Harvey (184) an at-large bid to St. Louis on Tuesday.
The two-time defending ACC champion at 165 pounds, Wentzel (9-1) earned the highest seed among Pitt's NCAA qualifiers, garnering the No. 3 seed and an opening match with Drexel's Evan Barczak (6-3).
Pitt's other ACC champion, Bonaccorsi (9-1) received the No. 6 seed at 197 pounds and will meet Stanford's Nick Stemmet (7-2) in the opening round next Thursday.
A three-time NCAA qualifier, Phillippi (8-1) also holds strong hopes of placing on the NCAA podium and will begin his run at nationals as the No. 5 seed against Ty Smith (8-5) of Utah Valley.
Matthews (6-5) and Harvey (6-6) both performed impressively at the ACC Championship and could also contend for All-America places at 141 and 184 pounds, respectively. The No. 16 seed, Matthews will meet Rider's McKenzie Bell (7-3) in the first round, while No. 30-seed Harvey opens his tournament against No. 3 Lou Deprez (7-0) of Binghamton.
Pitt head coach Keith Gavin saw at least half of his starting lineup qualify for nationals for the third consecutive season. Now he will hope at least one Pitt wrestler can stand on the All-American podium at the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2015 after four Panthers received NWCA All-America status last season following the cancellation of nationals due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coverage of the 2021 NCAA Wrestling Championships will be broadcast by the ESPN family of networks, with live scenes from every mat available on ESPN3 and via the WatchESPN app.
The early sessions on Thursday and Friday will begin at 11 a.m. on ESPNU. Thursday's second round coverage starts at 6 p.m. on ESPN, while Friday evening's semifinals are set for 8 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2.
Saturday's NCAA Championships television coverage begins with placements at 11 a.m. on ESPN2 before the championship finals of all 10 weight classes air live on ESPN at 7 p.m. on Saturday night in St. Louis.
Follow @Pitt_WRES on Twitter and Instagram for updates and coverage throughout next week's event.
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Pitt's four automatic qualifiers – Micky Phillippi (133 pounds), Cole Matthews (141), Jake Wentzel (165) and Nino Bonaccorsi (197) – booked their trips to nationals thanks to top-three finishes in the ACC, while the NCAA also awarded Pitt senior Gregg Harvey (184) an at-large bid to St. Louis on Tuesday.
The two-time defending ACC champion at 165 pounds, Wentzel (9-1) earned the highest seed among Pitt's NCAA qualifiers, garnering the No. 3 seed and an opening match with Drexel's Evan Barczak (6-3).
Pitt's other ACC champion, Bonaccorsi (9-1) received the No. 6 seed at 197 pounds and will meet Stanford's Nick Stemmet (7-2) in the opening round next Thursday.
A three-time NCAA qualifier, Phillippi (8-1) also holds strong hopes of placing on the NCAA podium and will begin his run at nationals as the No. 5 seed against Ty Smith (8-5) of Utah Valley.
Matthews (6-5) and Harvey (6-6) both performed impressively at the ACC Championship and could also contend for All-America places at 141 and 184 pounds, respectively. The No. 16 seed, Matthews will meet Rider's McKenzie Bell (7-3) in the first round, while No. 30-seed Harvey opens his tournament against No. 3 Lou Deprez (7-0) of Binghamton.
Pitt head coach Keith Gavin saw at least half of his starting lineup qualify for nationals for the third consecutive season. Now he will hope at least one Pitt wrestler can stand on the All-American podium at the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2015 after four Panthers received NWCA All-America status last season following the cancellation of nationals due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coverage of the 2021 NCAA Wrestling Championships will be broadcast by the ESPN family of networks, with live scenes from every mat available on ESPN3 and via the WatchESPN app.
The early sessions on Thursday and Friday will begin at 11 a.m. on ESPNU. Thursday's second round coverage starts at 6 p.m. on ESPN, while Friday evening's semifinals are set for 8 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2.
Saturday's NCAA Championships television coverage begins with placements at 11 a.m. on ESPN2 before the championship finals of all 10 weight classes air live on ESPN at 7 p.m. on Saturday night in St. Louis.
Follow @Pitt_WRES on Twitter and Instagram for updates and coverage throughout next week's event.
#pinzburgh | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
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