2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22 through May 27 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. The tournament champion receives the league's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2017–18 academic year.[2]

2018 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC
Champions	Florida State (8th title)
MVP	Cal Raleigh, Florida State
Television	RSN (pool play)/ ESPN2 (championship)

2018 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 17 Clemson  ^x‍‍‍^y	22	–	8		.733			47	–	16		.746
No. 22 NC State ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11		.633			42	–	18		.700
No. 23 Louisville ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			45	–	19		.703
Florida State ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	13		.552			43	–	19		.694
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			25	–	32		.439
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			24	–	30		.444
Boston College  ‍‍‍	7	–	22		.241			17	–	32		.347
Coastal
No. 3 North Carolina ^x‍‍‍^y	22	–	8		.733			44	–	18		.710
No. 11 Duke ‍‍‍^y	18	–	11		.621			45	–	18		.714
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	16	–	13		.552			28	–	26		.519
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			31	–	27		.534
Virginia  ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			29	–	25		.537
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			29	–	26		.527
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			21	–	33		.389
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 17, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament has been held every year but one since 1973, with Clemson winning ten championships, the most all-time. Georgia Tech has won nine championships, and Florida State has won seven titles since their entry to the league in 1992. Charter league member Duke, along with recent entrants Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame have never won the event. Louisville plays their third season in the ACC in 2017, and has also yet to win a title.

Florida State defeated Louisville in the championship game to win the tournament for the eighth time overall, and the third time in four seasons.

Format and seeding

The winner of each seven team division and the top ten other teams based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division, from the conference's regular season will be seeded one through twelve. Seeds one and two are awarded to the two division winners. Teams are then divided into four pools of three teams each, with the winners advancing to single elimination bracket for the championship.[3][4]

Schedule and results

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Location	Television	Attendance
Tuesday, May 22
1	11:00 a.m.	#12 Pittsburgh vs. #8 Georgia Tech	Durham Bulls Athletic Park	Regional Sports Network	2,275[5]
2	3:00 p.m.	#10 Virginia vs. #6 Florida State			2,275[6]
3	7:00 p.m.	#11 Notre Dame vs. #7 Miami			2,690[7]
Wednesday, May 23
4	11:00 a.m.	#9 Wake Forest vs. #5 Louisville	Durham Bulls Athletic Park	Regional Sports Network
5	3:00 p.m.	#2 Clemson vs. #11 Notre Dame			2,427[8]
6	7:00 p.m.	#1 North Carolina vs. #12 Pittsburgh			2,948[9]
Thursday, May 24
7	11:00 a.m.	#4 Duke vs. #9 Wake Forest	Durham Bulls Athletic Park	Regional Sports Network
8	3:00 p.m.	#3 NC State vs. #10 Virginia			4,115[10]
9	7:00 p.m.	#7 Miami vs. #2 Clemson			3,154[11]
Friday, May 25
10	11:00 a.m.	#5 Louisville vs. #4 Duke	Durham Bulls Athletic Park	Regional Sports Network
11	3:00 p.m.	#8 Georgia Tech vs. #1 North Carolina			3,499[12]
12	7:00 p.m.	#6 Florida State vs. #3 NC State			7,228[13]
Saturday, May 26
Semifinal 1	1:00 p.m.	#12 Pittsburgh vs #5 Louisville	Durham Bulls Athletic Park	Regional Sports Network	4,233[14]
Semifinal 2	5:00 p.m.	#2 Clemson vs #6 Florida State			5,478[15]
Championship – Sunday, May 27
Championship	12:00 p.m.	#5 Louisville vs #6 Florida State	Durham Bulls Athletic Park	ESPN2	5,436[16]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Pool play

Pool A UNC GT PITT 1 North Carolina W 9–0 L 4–5 8 Georgia Tech L 0–9 L 1–2 12 Pittsburgh W 5–4 W 2–1

Pool B CU MIA ND 2 Clemson W 7–1 W 21–4 7 Miami L 1–7 W 6–2 11 Notre Dame L 4–21 L 2–6

Pool C NCSU FSU UVA 3 NC State L 2–5 L 2–4 6 Florida State W 5–2 W 3–2 10 Virginia W 4–2 L 2–3

Pool D DUKE UL WF 4 Duke L 2-9 W 6–2 5 Louisville W 9-2 W 10–2 9 Wake Forest L 2–6 L 2–10

Final

	Semifinals					Finals
	12	Pittsburgh	2
	5	Louisville	5
						5	Louisville	8
						6	Florida State	11^10
	2	Clemson	4
	6	Florida State	5

Championship Game

Sunday, May 27 12:00 p.m.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
#6 Florida State	2	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	11	11	0
#5 Louisville	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	11	3
WP: Jonah Scolaro (2–1)   LP: Michael McAvene (0–1) Home runs: FSU: None UL: Devin Mann (6), Josh Stowers (9), Zach Britton (2) Attendance: 5,436 Notes: Game Duration - 4:09 Boxscore

References

1. "Conference Standings". TheACC. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
2. "ACC Championships Central" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
3. "ACC Announces Baseball Championship Expansion, Format Change". Atlantic Coast Conference. October 6, 2016. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
4. Peter Burke (October 7, 2016). "ACC baseball tournament changes format, increases number of teams". WPLG. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
5. Game 1 Box Score
6. Game 2 Box Score
7. Game 3 Box Score
8. Game 5 Box Score
9. Game 6 Box Score
10. Game 8 Box Score
11. Game 9 Box Score
12. Game 11 Box Score
13. Game 12 Box Score
14. Game 13 Box Score
15. Game 14 Box Score
16. Game 15 Box Score