2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

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2015 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
FormatRound-robin tournament
Finals site
Champions Florida State  (6th title)
Winning coach Mike Martin  (6th title)
MVP Boomer Biegalski (Florida State)
Television RSN (round robin)/ ESPN2 (championship)
2015 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Atlantic
No. 10 Louisville  xy255 .833  4718 .723
No. 26 Notre Dame  y1713 .567  3723 .617
No. 12 Florida State  y1713 .567  4421 .677
Clemson  y1613 .552  3229 .525
NC State  y1514 .517  3623 .610
Wake Forest  1218 .400  2726 .509
Boston College  1019 .345  2727 .500
Coastal
No. 6 Miami (FL)  xy228 .733  5016 .758
No. 1 Virginia  y1515 .500  4424 .647
North Carolina  1316 .448  3424 .586
Virginia Tech  1316 .448  2727 .500
Georgia Tech  1317 .433  3223 .582
Duke  1019 .345  3122 .585
Pittsburgh  921 .300  2032 .385
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2015 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 19 through May 24 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. Florida State won their sixth tournament championship and received the league's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2014–15 academic year. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

The tournament has been held every year but one since 1973, with Clemson and Georgia Tech each winning nine championships, the most all-time. Charter league member Duke, along with recent entrants Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame have never won the event. In Louisville's first season in the ACC in 2015, Louisville had the best regular season record and secured the #1 seed in the conference tournament.

Format and seeding

The winner of each seven team division and the top eight other teams based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division, from the conference's regular season were seeded one through ten. Seeds one and two were awarded to the two division winners. The bottom four seeds played an opening round, with the winners advancing to pool play. The winner of each pool played a single championship game. [5] [6] [7]

Formats and seeding
DivisionTeamWLPctGBSeed
Atlantic Louisville 255.8331
Notre Dame 1713.56783
Florida State 1713.56784
Clemson 1613.5528.55
NC State 1613.5528.56
Wake Forest 1218.40013
Boston College 1019.34514.5
Coastal Miami (FL) 228.7332
Virginia 1515.50077
North Carolina 1316.4488.58
Virginia Tech 1316.4488.59
Georgia Tech 1317.433910
Duke 1019.34511.5
Pittsburgh 921.30013

Schedule and Results

Play-In Round

Tuesday, May 19
Team R
#10 Georgia Tech 0
#7 Virginia 11
Notes: 7 innings due to 10-run rule.
Tuesday, May 19
Team R
#9 Virginia Tech 3
#8 North Carolina 5

Pool Play

Division AULFSUCLEMUNCOverall
1 Louisville L 0–6L 2–7W 7–41–2
4 Florida State W 6–0W 3–1W 8–43–0
5 Clemson W 7–2L 1–3L 3–61–2
8 North Carolina L 4–7L 4–8W 6–31–2
Division BUMNDNCSUUVAOverall
2 Miami (FL) W 6–5L 4–5W 9–52–1
3 Notre Dame L 5–6L 0–3W 8–21–2
6 NC State W 5–4W 3–0W 10–23–0
7 Virginia L 5–9L 2–8L 2–100–3
Finals
   
A Florida State 6
B NC State 2

Results

Championship

Sunday, May 24 1:00 p.m.
Team123456789 R H E
#6 NC State 000200000250
#4 Florida State 00320010X680
WP: Boomer Biegalski (7–4)   LP: Johnny Piedmonte (1–1)
Home runs:
NCSU: None
FSU: John Sansone (8)
Attendance: 9,759
Notes: Game Duration - 2:49
Boxscore

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