Atlantic Coast Conference softball tournament

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Atlantic Coast Conference softball tournament
Conference softball championship
Sport Softball
Conference ACC
Number of teams12
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Vartabedian Field
Current location Pittsburgh, PA
Played1992–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Florida State
Most championships Florida State (19)
Host stadiums
Shirley Clements Mewborn Field (2011, 2018)
Williams Field at Eugene A. Anderson Stadium (2006, 2012, 2017)
Dail Softball Stadium (2009, 2016)
Tech Softball Park (2010, 2015)
Robert E. Taylor Stadium (2005, 2008, 2014)
JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex (1999–2000, 2002–2004, 2007, 2013)
Ulmer Stadium (2021)
Vartabedian Field (2022)
Melissa Cook Stadium (2023)
Host locations
Atlanta, GA (2011, 2018)
Chapel Hill, NC (2006, 2012, 2017)
Raleigh, NC (1996, 2001, 2009, 2016)
Blacksburg, VA (2010, 2015)
College Park, MD (2005, 2008, 2014)
Tallahassee, FL (1992–1995, 1998–2000, 2002–2004, 2007, 2013)
Marietta, GA (1997)
Louisville, KY (2020)
Pittsburgh, PA (2022)
Notre Dame, IN (2023)

The Atlantic Coast Conference softball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Atlantic Coast Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament, with seeding based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship each season. [1]

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Tournament

The ACC softball tournament is a single-elimination tournament held each year at various ACC campus stadiums. Thirteen of the fifteen current all-sport members of the conference sponsor softball. Miami (FL) and Wake Forest do not sponsor softball teams. Duke softball began competing in the 2018 season. Clemson is replacing Women's Diving with Softball beginning the 2020 season. The 2018 tournament features a first round in addition to quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship. It is assumed that all 12 teams make the tournament, but no online source has been found specifying how many teams are in the first round.

Champions

Year-by-year

YearChampionSiteMVP
1992 Florida State Tallahassee, FL Susan Buttery, Florida State
1993 Florida State Tallahassee, FLLisa Davidson, Florida State
1994 Virginia Tallahassee, FLMichelle Collins, Virginia
1995 Florida State Tallahassee, FLCindy Lawson, Florida State
1996 Florida State Raleigh, NC Renee Espinoza, Florida State
1997 Florida State
Maryland [lower-alpha 1] 		Marietta, GA Kristy Fuentes, Florida State
Kelly Shipman, Maryland
1998 Florida State Tallahassee, FLStacy Venable, Florida State
1999 Florida State Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FLDanielle Cox, Florida State
2000 Florida State Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FLLeslie Malerich, Florida State
2001 North Carolina Raleigh, NCRadara McHugh, North Carolina
2002 Georgia Tech Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FLJessica Sallinger, Georgia Tech
2003 Florida State Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FLLesley Palmer, Florida State
2004 Florida State Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FLCasey Hunter, Florida State
2005 Georgia Tech Robert E. Taylor Stadium • College Park, MD Jessica Sallinger, Georgia Tech
2006 NC State Williams Field at Eugene A. Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC Shaine Ervin, NC State
2007 Virginia Tech JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FLAngela Tincher, Virginia Tech
2008 Virginia Tech Robert E. Taylor Stadium • College Park, MDAngela Tincher, Virginia Tech
2009 Georgia Tech Dail Softball Stadium • Raleigh, NCKristen Adkins, Georgia Tech
2010 Georgia Tech Tech Softball Park • Blacksburg, VA Hope Rush, Georgia Tech
2011 Florida State Shirley Clements Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA Sarah Hamilton, Florida State
2012 Georgia Tech Williams Field at Eugene A. Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NCHope Rush, Georgia Tech
2013 NC State JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FLEmily Weiman, NC State
2014 Florida State Robert E. Taylor Stadium • College Park, MDCeleste Gomez, Florida State
2015 Florida State Tech Softball Park • Blacksburg, VAJessica Burroughs, Florida State
2016 Florida State Dail Softball Stadium • Raleigh, NCJessica Warren, Florida State [2]
2017 Florida State Williams Field at Eugene A. Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NCDani Morgan, Florida State
2018 Florida State Shirley Clements Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GASydney Sherrill, Florida State
2019 Florida State JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Duke Ulmer Stadium • Louisville, KY Peyton St. George, Duke
2022 Florida State Vartabedian Field • Pittsburgh, PA Kalei Harding, Florida State
2023 Florida State Melissa Cook Stadium • Notre Dame, IN Kathryn Sandercock, Florida State
2024 Duke Softball Stadium • Durham, NC
  1. ↑ Play was suspended due to weather during the championship game. Florida State and Maryland were named co-champions.

By school

SchoolChampionshipsYears
Florida State 19 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Georgia Tech 5 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012
NC State 2 2006, 2013
Virginia Tech 2 2007, 2008
Duke 1 2021
Maryland 1 1997
North Carolina 1 2001
Virginia 1 1994

Italics indicate school no longer sponsors softball in the ACC.

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References

  1. ↑ 2015-16 ACC record Book (PDF). Raycom Sports. p. 272. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ "FLORIDA STATE WINS 2016 ACC SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". The ACC. 14 May 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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