2013 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

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The 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 26 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. Top seeded North Carolina won the tournament and received the league’s automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was North Carolina’s sixth ACC Tournament win. This was the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2012–13 academic year.[2] This was the sixth time the ACC hosted its baseball championship in Durham.[3][4]

Prior to this year, the tournament has been held every year but one since 1973, with Clemson winning nine championships, most of any team. Georgia Tech, last year’s winner, has claimed eight tournament wins. Charter league members Duke and Maryland, along with recent entrants Virginia Tech and Boston College have never won the event.

Format and seeding[edit]

The winner of each six team division and the top six other teams based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division, from the conference’s regular season were seeded one through eight. Seeds one and two were awarded to the two division winners. The tournament used the same format adopted in the 2007 event, with the teams divided into two pools of four. Each pool will play a round-robin set of games over the first four days of the event. The teams with the best record in each pool then meet in a single championship game on Sunday, May 26.[3] This was the final season of this format, as the tournament will expand to ten teams beginning in 2014.[5][6]

Durham Bulls Athletic Park – ACC Tournament

Schedule and results[edit]

Division A UNC NCSU CLEM UM Overall
1 North Carolina W 2–1† W 12–7† W 10–0‡ 3–0
4 NC State L 1–2† W 6–3 W 7–1 2–1
5 Clemson L 7–12† L 3–6 L 0–7 0–3
8 Miami L 0–10‡ L 1–7 W 7–0 1–2

Notes
† – Denotes extra innings
‡ – Denotes game shortened due to mercy rule

Results[edit]

All times shown are US EDT.

Championship final[edit]

Sunday, May 26 1:00 p.m.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#6 Virginia Tech 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 4
#1 North Carolina 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 4 6 2
WP: Taylore Cherry   LP: Eddie Campbell   Sv: Trevor Kelley
Home runs:
UNC: None
VT: None
Attendance: 8,697
Notes: North Carolina wins the ACC Championship and receives an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament[8]

All-Tournament Team[edit]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[8]

Position Player School
C Garrett Boulware Clemson
1B Cody Stubbs North Carolina
2B Reed Gragnani Virginia
3B Sam Dove Georgia Tech
SS Chad Pinder Virginia Tech
OF D. J. Stewart Florida State
OF Chaz Frank North Carolina
OF Bryan Adametz NC State
DH/UT Mark Zagunis Virginia Tech
P Carlos Rodon NC State
P Kent Emanuel North Carolina

Most Valuable Player[edit]

Cody Stubbs was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Stubbs was a first baseman for North Carolina.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Baseball standings”. TheACC.com. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  2. ^ “ACC Announces 2012–13 Conference Championships Lineup”. theacc.com. May 16, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  3. ^ a b “Full Tournament Passes For 2013 ACC Baseball Championship On Sale”. theacc.com. November 20, 2012. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  4. ^ “2013 ACC Baseball Championship at the DBAP”. milb.com. November 20, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  5. ^ Casey Richey (October 3, 2012). “ACC Announces Changes to Scheduling, Beginning in 2013”. gobblercountry.com. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  6. ^ “ACC Announces Future Scheduling Formats and Policies”. theacc.com. October 3, 2012. Archived from the original on November 23, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  7. ^ “Single-Game Attendance Record Set At ACC Baseball Championship”. Greensboro, NC: WFMY-TV. May 25, 2013. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  8. ^ a b c “North Carolina Wins 2013 #ACCBase Championship”. theacc.com. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.