2019 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21 through May 26 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. The tournament champion, North Carolina, received the league's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2018–19 academic year.[3]

2019 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC
Champions	North Carolina (7th title)
Winning coach	Mike Fox (3rd title)
MVP	Michael Busch, (North Carolina)
Television	RSN's (Tues-Sat) ESPN2 (Championship)

2019 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Louisville  ^x‍‍‍^y	21	–	9		.700			51	–	18		.739
NC State  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			42	–	19		.689
No. 8 Florida State  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13		.567			42	–	23		.646
Clemson  ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15		.500			35	–	26		.574
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			31	–	26		.544
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			24	–	30		.444
Boston College  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			31	–	27		.534
Coastal
No. 17 Georgia Tech  ^x‍‍‍^y	19	–	11		.633			43	–	19		.694
No. 19 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			41	–	20		.672
No. 15 North Carolina  ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	13		.567			46	–	19		.708
No. 16 Duke  ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15		.500			35	–	27		.565
Virginia  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			32	–	24		.571
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			26	–	27		.491
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			21	–	34		.382
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 27, 2019[1][2]; Rankings from D1Baseball

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 defending champion Florida State has won eight titles since their entry to the league in 1992. Charter league member Duke, along with recent entrants Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Louisville have never won the event.

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 were seeded one through twelve. Seeds one and two were awarded to the two division winners. Teams were then divided into four pools of three teams each, with the winners advancing to single elimination bracket for the championship.[4][5]

If a 1-1 tie were to occur among all three teams in a pool, the highest seeded team would have advanced to the semifinals.[6] Because of this, seeds 5-12 must win both pool play games to advance to the single-elimination bracket, and seeds 1-4 must only win the game against the winner of the game between the other two teams in the pool to advance. For example, if the 12 seed beats the 8 seed in the first game, then the winner of the 12 seed versus 1 seed advances, and the 8 seed versus 1 seed game has no effect on which team advances.

Schedule and results

Schedule

Source:[7][8]

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Location	Television	Attendance	Reference
Tuesday, May 21
1	11:00 a.m.	No. 12 Boston College vs. No. 8 Clemson	Durham Bulls Athletic Park	RSN / ACCN Extra	2,490	[9]
2	3:00 p.m.	No. 10 Wake Forest vs. No. 6 Florida State				[10]
3	7:00 p.m.	No. 11 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Duke			2,560	[11]
Wednesday, May 22
4	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 Louisville vs. No. 12 Boston College	Durham Bulls Athletic Park	RSN / ACCN Extra	2,420	[12]
5	3:00 p.m.	No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. No. 11 Notre Dame				[13]
6	7:00 p.m.	No. 9 Virginia vs. No. 5 North Carolina			3,190	[14]
Thursday, May 23
7	11:00 a.m.	No. 8 Clemson vs. No. 1 Louisville	Durham Bulls Athletic Park	RSN / ACCN Extra	2,577	[15]
8	3:00 p.m.	No. 4 Miami vs. No. 9 Virginia				[16]
9	7:00 p.m.	No. 3 NC State vs. No. 10 Wake Forest			4,318	[17]
Friday, May 24
10	11:00 a.m.	No. 7 Duke vs. No. 2 Georgia Tech	Durham Bulls Athletic Park	RSN / ACCN Extra	4,067	[18]
11	3:00 p.m.	No. 5 North Carolina vs. No. 4 Miami				[19]
12	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 Florida State vs. No. 3 NC State			5,419	[20]
Saturday, May 25
Semifinal 1	1:00 p.m.	No. 12 Boston College vs. No. 5 North Carolina	Durham Bulls Athletic Park	RSN / ACCN Extra	4,260	[21]
Semifinal 2	5:00 p.m.	No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. No. 3 NC State			5,846	[22]
Championship – Sunday, May 26
Championship	12:00 p.m.	No. 5 North Carolina vs. No. 2 Georgia Tech	Durham Bulls Athletic Park	ESPN2	5,627	[23]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Pool play

Pool A LOU CLEM BC 1 Louisville L 1–7 L 1–5 8 Clemson W 7–1 L 5–7 (11) 12 Boston College W 5–1 W 7–5 (11)

Pool B GT DUKE ND 2 Georgia Tech W 5–4 W 12–6 7 Duke L 4–5 W 10–6 11 Notre Dame L 6–12 L 6–10

Pool C NCSU FSU WF 3 NC State L 0–11 (7) W 6–5 6 Florida State W 11–0 (7) L 4–7 10 Wake Forest L 5–6 W 7–4

Pool D MIA UNC UVA 4 Miami L 5–7 (11) W 10–3 5 North Carolina W 7–5 (11) W 3–2 (10) 9 Virginia L 3–10 L 3–2 (10)

Final

	Semifinals					Finals
	12	Boston College	5
	5	North Carolina	13
						5	North Carolina	10
						2	Georgia Tech	2
	2	Georgia Tech	9
	3	NC State	2

Championship Game

ACC Championship
(5) North Carolina Tar Heels	vs.	(2) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

May 26, 2019, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(5) North Carolina	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	4	10	12	1
(2) Georgia Tech	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0
WP: Hansen Butler (4–0)   LP: Luke Bartnicki (2–2) Home runs: UNC: Aaron Sabato; Ashton McGee; Michael Busch; Brandon Martorano GT: None Attendance: 5,627

All–Tournament Team

Source:[24]

Position	Player	Team
C	Michael Rothenberg	Duke
1B	Micahel Busch (MVP)	North Carolina
2B	Cody Morissette	Boston College
3B	Ike Freeman	North Carolina
SS	Danny Serretti	North Carolina
OF	Joe Suozzi	Boston College
OF	Nick Wilhite	Georgia Tech
OF	J.C. Flowers	Florida State
DH	Michael Guldberg	Georgia Tech
P	Dan Metzdorf	Boston College
P	Mat Clark	Clemson

References

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4. "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.
5. Peter Burke (October 7, 2016). "ACC baseball tournament changes format, increases number of teams". WPLG. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
6. "#ACCBASE Seeding and Tiebreaker Information". Atlantic Coast Conference. April 30, 2017. Archived from the original on October 13, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
7. "2019 ACC Baseball Championship Schedule Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 19, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
8. "When will NC State, UNC, Duke play in the ACC baseball tournament? Here's the schedule". newsobserver.com. Raleigh News & Observer. May 19, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
9. Game 1 Box Score
10. Game 2 Box Score
11. Game 3 Box Score
12. Game 4 Box Score
13. Game 5 Box Score
14. Game 6 Box Score
15. Game 7 Box Score
16. Game 8 Box Score
17. Game 9 Box Score
18. Game 10 Box Score
19. Game 11 Box Score
20. Game 12 Box Score
21. Game 13 Box Score
22. Game 14 Box Score
23. "North Carolina vs Georgia Tech". ncaa.com. NCAA. May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
24. "Tar Heels Take Home ACC Title". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019.