2024 Atlantic Coast Conference softball tournament

2024 Atlantic Coast Conference
softball tournament

Teams	10
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Finals site	Duke Softball Stadium Durham, North Carolina
Champions	Duke  (2nd title)
Runner-up	Florida State
Winning coach	Marissa Young  (2nd title)
MVP	Jala Wright (Duke)
Attendance	7,314
Television	ACCN ESPN2
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2024 Atlantic Coast Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 Duke  ‍†‍‡‍y	20	–	4	–	0		.833			52	–	9	–	0		.852
No. 13 Florida State  ‍‍‍y	19	–	5	–	0		.792			46	–	16	–	0		.742
No. 17 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y	18	–	6	–	0		.750			40	–	13	–	1		.750
Clemson  ‍‍‍y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			35	–	19	–	0		.648
Virginia  ‍‍‍y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			34	–	20	–	0		.630
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			32	–	23	–	0		.582
North Carolina  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			30	–	20	–	0		.600
Boston College  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			30	–	24	–	0		.556
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			28	–	23	–	0		.549
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			27	–	23	–	0		.540
Louisville  ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0		.333			27	–	25	–	0		.519
NC State  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			30	–	23	–	0		.566
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			17	–	32	–	0		.347
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 11, 2024 [1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) softball tournament was held at Duke Softball Stadium on the campus of the Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, from May 8 through May 11, 2024. ^[2] The event determines the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2024 season. As the tournament winner, Duke earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament. ^[3]

This was the sixth year of a 10-team tournament. The 1st round, quarterfinals and semifinals will be broadcast on the ACC Network. The championship game will be broadcast by ESPN2.

Format and seeding

The top 10 finishers of the ACC's 13 softball-playing members were seeded based on conference results from the regular season. The bottom four seeds will play in an opening round to determine the quarterfinal matchups. Clemson and Virginia finished tied with 15–9 regular season records. Virginia earned the fourth seed by virtue of winning the two team's regular season series 2–1. Boston College, Notre Dame, and Syracuse finished in a three way tie with 9–15 records. Syracuse was the eighth-seed, Boston College was the ninth-seed, and Notre Dame was the tenth-seed after the tiebreaker procedure. ^{[4] [5]}

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Duke	20	4	.833	—	1
Florida State	19	5	.792	1	2
Virginia Tech	18	6	.750	2	3
Virginia	15	9	.625	5	4
Clemson	15	9	.625	5	5
Georgia Tech	12	12	.500	8	6
North Carolina	10	14	.417	10	7
Syracuse	9	15	.375	11	8
Boston College	9	15	.375	11	9
Notre Dame	9	15	.375	11	10
Louisville	8	16	.333	12	—
NC State	6	18	.250	14	—
Pittsburgh	6	18	.250	14	—

Tournament

Bracket

Source: ^[6]

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Duke	1
	8	Syracuse	0			9	Boston College	0
	9	Boston College	1								1	Duke	4
											5	Clemson	3
						4	Virginia	1
						5	Clemson	8
																1	Duke	6
																2	Florida State	3
						2	Florida State	2
	7	North Carolina	4			10	Notre Dame	0
	10	Notre Dame	7								2	Florida State	10(5)
											6	Georgia Tech	2
						3	Virginia Tech	2
						6	Georgia Tech	6

Schedule and Results

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, May 8
1	1:00 p.m.	No. 9 Boston College vs. No. 8 Syracuse	1–0	ACCN	602
2	3:30 p.m.	No. 10 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 North Carolina	7–0
Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 9
3	11:00 a.m.	No. 9 Boston College vs. No. 1 Duke	0–1	ACCN	473
4	1:30 p.m.	No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 4 Virginia	8–1		327
5	5:00 p.m.	No. 10 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Florida State	0–2		1,744
6	7:30 p.m.	No. 6 Georgia Tech vs. No. 3 Virginia Tech	6–2
Semifinals – Friday, May 10
7	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Duke vs. No. 5 Clemson	4–3	ACCN	726
8	3:30 p.m.	No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 6 Georgia Tech	10–2(5)		1,168
Championship – Saturday, May 11
7	1:00 p.m.	No. 1 Duke vs. No. 2 Florida State	6–3	ESPN2	2,274

Game Summaries

First Round

May 8 1:00 p.m. ET Game 1	(9) Boston College	1−0	(8) Syracuse	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 602 Umpires: HP: Aaron Golden, 1B: Emerus Addison, 2B: Tatem Stoelting, 3B: Alex Leap
	WP: Abby Dunning (14−13)	Box Score	LP: Lindsey Hendrix (13−4)
	HR: none		HR: none

May 8 3:30 p.m. ET Game 2	(10) Notre Dame	7−4	(7) North Carolina	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 602 Umpires: HP: David Erwin, 1B: Craig Hyde, 2B: Jim Cooper, 3B: Scott Mair
	WP: Micaela Kastor (10−9)	Box Score	LP: Kenna Raye Dark (8−7)
			HR: Kronenberger (1) , Holloway (1)

Quarterfinals

May 9 11:00 a.m. ET Game 3	(9) Boston College	0−2	(1) Duke	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 473 Umpires: HP: Emerus Addison, 1B: Tatem Stoelting, 2B: Alex Leap, 3B: Aaron Golden
	LP: Abby Dunning (14−14)	Box Score	WP: Jala Wright (17−1)
			HR: Vega (1)

May 9 1:30 p.m. ET Game 4	(5) Clemson	8−1	(4) Virginia	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 327 Umpires: HP: Craig Hyde, 1B: Jim Cooper, 2B: Scott Mair, 3B: David Erwin
	WP: Regan Spencer (10−3)	Box Score	LP: Courtney Layne (3−2)
	HR: none		HR: none

May 9 5:00 p.m. ET Game 5	(10) Notre Dame	0−2	(2) Florida State	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 1,744 Umpires: HP: Tatem Stoelting, 1B: Alex Leap, 2B: Aaron Golden, 3B: Emerus Addison
	LP: Alexis Laudenslager (9−8)	Box Score	WP: Allison Royalty (7−5) Sv: Ashtyn Danley (2)
	HR: none		HR: Harding (2), Harp (1)

May 9 7:30 p.m. ET Game 4	(6) Georgia Tech	6−2	(3) Virginia Tech	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 1,744 Umpires: HP: Jim Cooper, 1B: Scott Mair, 2B: David Erwin, 3B: Craig Hyde
	WP: Sophia Voyles (9−3) Sv: Makayla Coffield (2)	Box Score	LP: Lyndsey Grein (12-4)
	HR: Gailey (1), Connelly (1), Domingue (1)		HR: Ritter (1)

Semifinals

May 10 1:00 p.m. ET Game 7	(1) Duke	4−3 (F/10)	(5) Clemson	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 726 Umpires: HP: Alex Leap, 1B: Aaron Golden, 2B: Emerus Addison, 3B: Tatem Stoelting
	WP: Lillie Walker (12−2)	Box Score	LP: Regan Spencer (10−4)
	HR: none		HR: Moore (1), Garcia (1)

May 10 4:30 p.m. ET Game 8	(6) Georgia Tech	2–10 (F/5)	(2) Florida State	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Attendance: 1,618 Umpires: HP: Scott Mair 1B: David Erwin 2B: Craig Hyde 3B: Jim Cooper
	LP: Kinsey Norton (9–7)	Box Score	WP: Ashtyn Danley (16–4)
	HR: none		HR: Michaela Edenfield (1), Isa Torres (1)

Championship game

2024 ACC tournament championship
No. 1 Duke	6–3	No. 2 Florida State

May 11, 2024 – 2:30 p.m. (EDT) at Duke Softball Stadium in Durham, North Carolina

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
No. 2 Florida State	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	4	1
No. 1 Duke	0	0	0	2	0	4	X	6	6	0
WP: Cassidy Curd (10–3)   LP: Ashtyn Danley (16–5) Home runs: FSU: None DUKE: Kalei Harding (14) Attendance: 2,274 Boxscore

All Tournament Team

Player	Team
Abby Dunning	Boston College
Valerie Cagle	Clemson
Claire Davidson	Duke
Ana Gold
Aminah Vega
Jala Wright
Michaela Edenfield	Florida State
Kalei Harding
Kaley Mudge
Isa Torres
Addison Amaral	Notre Dame

MVP in bold
Source: ^[7]

References

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