Inside HokieSports: ACC Champs!

Wrestling claimed its fifth ACC Championship on Sunday!

March 10, 2025

Good morning! The bracket for the 2025 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament has been released — check it out here!

What else are we covering into today’s edition, Hokies?

🤼 Champions of the ACC
🥎 Smithfield Commonwealth Clash win
🦃 And much, much more!

🔼 ACC Champs! For the fifth time in program history, Virginia Tech wrestling has won the ACC Championship! The Hokies sent eight wrestlers to the podium and scored 91.5 team points to claim the title, while crowning four individual conference champions — Rafael Hipolito Jr. (157 pounds), Eddie Ventresca (125 pounds), Connor McGonagle (133 pounds) and Caleb Henson (149 pounds).

🔼 Top 25 Matchup. No. 17 softball picked up a pair of ranked rivalry wins over No. 23 Virginia over the weekend, taking the first two games of the Smithfield Commonwealth Clash series at Tech Softball Park. The Hokies won 8-4 on Friday and 6-1 on Saturday to clinch the series win, hitting four home runs during Saturday’s win.

🔼 ACC Action. Baseball kicked off ACC play this weekend with a three-game series against Georgia Tech at English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park, picking up an 8-5 win over the Yellow Jackets in Game 2 of the series. Sam Tackett and Jackson Cherry both drove in two runs and scored twice — Tackett with a pair of home runs and Cherry with one round-tripper.

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🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA

Machine On The Mound. Jake Marciano has already earned three wins on the mound this season for Virginia Tech baseball. Through four appearances, what is Marciano’s ERA?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom and find out!

🟠 ONE BIG THING

Instant Impact. Lacrosse’s Maeve Obrist made her first career start in net on Saturday against Louisville and helped lead the Hokies to a 16-7 win over the Cardinals. Virginia Tech dominated in the fourth period against Louisville, turning a two-goal lead at the end of the third quarter into a blowout win to improve to 7-2 overall and 2-1 in ACC action.

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Monday, March 10

⛳️ Women’s Golf Yale Invitational
⛳️ Men’s Golf Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate
🏊 Swim and Dive NCAA Zone A Diving Championships

Tuesday, March 11

⛳️ Women’s Golf Yale Invitational
⛳️ Men’s Golf Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate
🏊 Swim and Dive NCAA Zone A Diving Championships
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Cal @ 4:30 p.m. ET — ACC Tournament First Round in Charlotte, NC | Get Tickets
⚾️ Baseball at James Madison @ 4pm ET

Wednesday, March 12

🏊 Swim and Dive NCAA Zone A Diving Championships
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Coastal Carolina @ 11am ET
🥎 Softball at Kentucky @ 5pm ET

Friday, March 14

👟 Track & Field NCAA Championship
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Radford @ 1pm ET
🎾 Men’s Tennis at SMU @ 1pm ET
🥍 Lacrosse at Stanford @ 6pm ET
🥎 Softball at Louisville @ 6pm ET
⚾️ Baseball at NC State @ 6pm ET

Saturday, March 15

👟 Track & Field NCAA Championship
🥎 Softball at Louisville @ 1pm ET
⚾️ Baseball at NC State @ 3pm ET

Sunday, March 16

🎾 Men’s Tennis at Boston College @ 10am ET
🥎 Softball at Louisville @ 12pm ET
⚾️ Baseball at NC State @ 1pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 2.45!

🦃 Have a great Monday!