Virginia Tech finished completed competition in the 2016 NCAA Championships in fourth place, the program’s best at the event. Only Penn State, Oklahoma State, and Ohio State finished higher.

The Hokies set multiple program records – and a new conference record – in the process. Virginia Tech had six All-Americans, a new program record, and also topped their previous best finish of eighth, set in 2014. The Hokies also set a new mark with the best finish by an Atlantic Coast Conference team at the NCAA Championships. This was the fourth year in a row that Virginia Tech finished in the top 10.

The Hokies finished with a combined team score of 82.0, their highest point total ever at the event. Virginia Tech’s previous high was 49 combined points, obtained in the 2014 NCAA Championships. The 2015-16 season was also the first time the Hokies went undefeated on the road, winning all nine road matches.

The Hokies were tied with Penn State, Iowa, and Oklahoma State with six All-Americans, a major achievement for Virginia Tech. As a conference, the ACC had record 11 All-Americans, with the Hokies claiming over half of them.

Redshirt senior Nick Brascetta earned All-American honors for the third time during his campaign with the Hokies and became the second Virginia Tech player to reach that milestone. Brascetta defeated Army’s Russell Parsons 9-4 and Rutgers’ Richie Lewis 7-3 before falling to Isaiah Martinez, of Illinois, 6-3.

Redshirt junior heavyweight Ty Walz topped Illinois’ Brooks Black 4-1 to become an All-American for the second straight year. In his semifinal match, Brooks lost to Ohio State’s Kyle Snyder 10-6.

Freshman Solomon Chishko, the seventh seed in the 141 weight class, lost in the quarterfinals to Stanford’s Joey McKenna. Before losing to McKenna, he beat Mike Pongracz, of Chattanooga, 9-3 and also claimed victory over Logan Everett, of Army. Chishko reached All-American status when he won his consolation match 10-3 over South Dakota State’s Seth Gross.

Three Hokies had harder routes to becoming All-Americans.

David McFadden, also a freshman, also became an All-American. McFadden won all of his consolation matches to join Brascetta, Walz, and Chishko as All-Americans. McFadden beat Casey Fuller 3-1, had a major decision over Geno Morelli 14-3, Tanner Weatherman 6-2, and had another major decision Anthony Perrotti 10-2.

Similar to McFadden, sophomore Jared Haught had a difficult route to All-American status. Haught also went 4-0 in his consolation matches to claim All-American for the first time in his career. Haught won his first match against Sam Wheeler 6-2 before falling to Patrick Downey. In the wrestlebacks, Haught defeated ACC rivals Chip Ness 5-1 and Zachary Nye 2-1, of North Carolina and Virginia, respectively. He also beat Aaron Studebaker 5-4 and claimed victory over another ACC rival, Conner Hartman, of Duke, 5-2.

Zach Epperly, a redshirt sophomore, won all five of his consolation matches Friday to become an All-American for the second straight season. Epperly defeated Rustin Narrick on a technical fall, Michael Ottinger in a major decision 17-6, Brian Harvey in a major decision 14-4, Jadaen Bernstein in a medical forfeit, and Alex Meyer in another major decision 10-2.

Virginia Tech could’ve had more All-Americans had fifth seed Zack Zavasty, a freshman, and second seed Joey Dance, a junior, had better showings at the championships.

Zavasty lost his matchup to ACC rival Pete Renda of NC State, while Dance fell 4-3 to unseeded Brandon Jeske of Old Dominion.

This was the second consecutive disappointing showing for Dance after reaching All-American status as a freshman with the Hokies. Dance had an 8-2 decision over Alfredo Rodriquez before falling to David Terao and Jeske.