2022 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

2022 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	12
Format	See below
Finals site	Truist Field; Charlotte, NC;
Champions	North Carolina (8th title)
Winning coach	Scott Forbes (1st title)
MVP	Vance Honeycutt (North Carolina)
Attendance	49,643
Television	ACC RSN's (Tues-Sat); ACC Network (Semifinals); ESPN2 (Championship)
	← 2021; ACC baseball tournament; 2023 →;

2022 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Atlantic
No. 12 Louisville ^x‍‍‍^y	18	–	11	–	1	.617	42	–	21	–	1	.664
No. 6 Notre Dame ‍‍‍^y	16	–	11	–	0	.593	41	–	17	–	0	.707
Wake Forest ‍‍‍^y	15	–	14	–	1	.517	41	–	19	–	1	.680
Florida State ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	–	0	.500	34	–	25	–	0	.576
NC State ‍‍‍	14	–	15	–	0	.483	36	–	21	–	0	.632
Clemson ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	0	.448	35	–	23	–	0	.603
Boston College ‍‍‍	5	–	25	–	0	.167	19	–	34	–	0	.358
Coastal
No. 11 Virginia Tech ^x‍‍‍^y	19	–	9	–	0	.679	45	–	14	–	0	.763
No. 20 Miami (FL) ‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0	.667	40	–	19	–	0	.678
Virginia ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	–	0	.567	39	–	19	–	0	.672
No. 14 North Carolina ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	15	–	0	.500	42	–	22	–	0	.656
Georgia Tech ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	–	0	.500	36	–	24	–	0	.600
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	0	.448	29	–	27	–	0	.518
Duke ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0	.333	22	–	32	–	0	.407

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 27, 2022^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 29 at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. The tournament champion, the North Carolina Tar Heels, received the league's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

The tournament has been held every year but two since 1973, with Clemson winning ten championships, the most all-time. Georgia Tech has won nine championships, and Florida State has won eight titles since their entry to the league in 1992. 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.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5] 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.

The seeds were announced on May 21, after the final day of conference play.^[6]

Team	W–L	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Atlantic Division
Louisville	18–11–1	.617	1.5	2
Notre Dame	16–11	.593	2.5	4
Wake Forest	15–14–1	.517	4.5	6
Florida State	15–15	.500	5	9
NC State	14–15	.483	5.5	10
Clemson	13–16	.448	6.5	12
Boston College	5–25	.167	15	—

Team	W–L	Pct	GB #1	Seed
Coastal Division
Virginia Tech	19–9	.679	–	1
Miami	20–10	.667	–	3
Virginia	17–13	.567	3	5
Georgia Tech	15–15	.500	5	7
North Carolina	15–15	.500	5	8
Pittsburgh	13–16	.448	6.5	11
Duke	10–20	.333	10	—

Teams	Record	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
Tiebreakers^[5]
(7) Georgia Tech (8) North Carolina (9) Florida State	15–15 15–15 15–15	GT 4–2 UNC 4–2 FSU 1–5	GT 2–1 UNC 1–2 —
(11) Pittsburgh (12) Clemson	13–16 13–16	PITT 2–0 CLEM 0–2

Two-way tie broken by combined head-to-head records.
Three-way tie broken by combined head-to-head records.
If a tie remains after the first tiebreaker, the two-way tiebreaker is used.

Schedule and Results

Schedule

Source:^[7]

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television	Attendance	Reference
Tuesday, May 24
1	11:00 a.m.	No. 11 Pittsburgh vs. No 7 Georgia Tech	12–6	ACCRSN	1,895	^[8]
2	3:00 p.m.	No. 10 NC State vs. No. 6 Wake Forest	11–8		1,895	^[9]
3	7:00 p.m.	No. 12 Clemson vs. No. 8 North Carolina	2–9		3,582	^[10]
Wednesday, May 25
4	11:00 a.m.	No. 2 Louisville vs. No. 11 Pittsburgh	5–6	ACCRSN	2,141	^[11]
5	3:00 p.m.	No. 9 Florida State vs. No. 5 Virginia	13–3⁸		2,141	^[12]
6	7:00 p.m.	No. 3 Miami (FL) vs. No. 10 NC State	6–9		3,579	^[13]
Thursday, May 26
7	11:00 a.m.	No. 7 Georgia Tech vs. No. 2 Louisville	9–4	ACCRSN	1,989	^[14]
8	3:00 p.m.	No. 4 Notre Dame vs. No. 9 Florida State	5–3		1,989	^[15]
9	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Virginia Tech vs. No. 12 Clemson	18–6		3,049	^[16]
Friday, May 27
10	11:00 a.m.	No. 5 Virginia vs. No. 4 Notre Dame	0–3	ACCRSN	2,519	^[17]
11	3:00 p.m.	No. 6 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 Miami (FL)	16–3⁷		2,519	^[18]
12	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 North Carolina vs. No. 1 Virginia Tech	10–0		7,117	^[19]
Saturday, May 28
Semifinal 1	1:00 p.m.	No. 8 North Carolina vs. No. 4 Notre Dame	7–2	ACCN	4,912	^[20]
Semifinal 2	5:00 p.m.	No. 11 Pittsburgh vs. No. 10 NC State	3–8	ACCN	8,360	^[21]
Championship – Sunday, May 29
Championship	12:00 p.m.	No. 10 NC State vs. No. 8 North Carolina	5–9	ESPN2	10,500	^[22]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Pool Play

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	North Carolina	2	2	0	19	2	+17	1.000	Advance to Playoff round
2	Virginia Tech	2	1	1	18	16	+2	.500
3	Clemson	2	0	2	8	27	−19	.000

Source: ACC

May 24 7:00 pm Game 3	Clemson	2–9	North Carolina	Truist Field Attendance: 3,582
	LP: Mack Anglin (6–6)	Boxscore	WP: Max Carlson (2–2)
			HR: Mikey Madej (1)

May 26 7:00 pm Game 9	Virginia Tech	18–6	Clemson	Truist Field Attendance: 3,049
	WP: Christian Worley (1–0)	Boxscore	LP: Billy Barlow (2–4)
	HR: Nick Biddison (2); Gavin Cross (1); Tanner Schobel (1); Carson Jones (2)		HR: Max Wagner (1); Blake Wright (1); Camden Troyer (1)

May 27 7:00 pm Game 12	North Carolina	10–0	Virginia Tech	Truist Field Attendance: 7,117
	WP: Brandon Schaeffer (7–2)	Boxscore	LP: Drue Hackenberg (10–2)
	HR: Angel Zarate (1); Danny Serretti (1); Vance Honeycutt (2)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	Pittsburgh	2	2	0	18	11	+7	1.000	Advance to Playoff round
2	Georgia Tech	2	1	1	15	16	−1	.500
3	Louisville	2	0	2	9	15	−6	.000

Source: ACC

May 24 11:00 am Game 1	Pittsburgh	12–6	Georgia Tech	Truist Field Attendance: 1,895
	WP: Matt Gilbertson (9–3) Sv: Jonathan Bautista (1)	Boxscore	LP: Sam Crawford (0–1)
	HR: Ron Washington, Jr. (1); Bryce Hulett (1)		HR: Tim Borden II (1)

May 25 11:00 am Game 4	Louisville	5–6	Pittsburgh	Truist Field Attendance: 2,141
	WP: Baron Stuart (2–4)	Boxscore	LP: Jared Poland (5–4)
	HR: Dalton Rushing (2); Levi Usher (1)		HR: Jeffrey Wehler (2); Tatem Levins (1)

May 26 11:00 am Game 7	Georgia Tech	9–4	Louisville	Truist Field Attendance: 1,989
	WP: Marquis Grissom, Jr. (4–5) Sv: Dawson Brown (5)	Boxscore	LP: Kade Grundy (1–1)

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	NC State	2	2	0	20	14	+6	1.000	Advance to Playoff round
2	Wake Forest	2	1	1	24	14	+10	.500
3	Miami (FL)	2	0	2	9	25	−16	.000

Source: ACC

May 24 3:00 pm Game 2	NC State	11–8	Wake Forest	Truist Field Attendance: 1,895
	WP: Canaan Silver (7–1) Sv: Chris Villaman (10)	Boxscore	LP: Crawford Wade (3–1)
	HR: Devonte Brown (1); Josh Hood (1); Payton Green (1)		HR: Brock Wilken (1)

May 25 7:00 pm Game 6	Miami (FL)	6–9	NC State	Truist Field Attendance: 3,579
	LP: Carson Palmquist (9–4)	Boxscore	WP: Matt Willadsen (5–4) Sv: Chris Villaman (11)
	HR: Yohandy Morales (1); Maxwell Romero, Jr. (1)		HR: Tommy White (3); Noah Soles (1)

May 27 3:00 pm Game 11	Wake Forest	16–3 (F/7)	Miami (FL)	Truist Field Attendance: 2,519
	WP: Rhett Lowder (11–3)	Boxscore	LP: Karson Ligon (6–6)
	HR: Brendan Tinsman (1); Nick Kurtz (1); Brock Wilken (1); Adam Cecere (2); Jake Reinisch (1); Lucas Costello (1)		HR: CJ Kayfus (1)

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	Notre Dame	2	2	0	8	3	+5	1.000	Advance to Playoff round
2	Florida State	2	1	1	16	8	+8	.500
3	Virginia	2	0	2	3	16	−13	.000

Source: ACC

May 25 3:00 pm Game 5	Florida State	13–3 (F/8)	Virginia	Truist Field Attendance: 2,141
	WP: Wyatt Crowell (6–1)	Boxscore	LP: Brian Gursky (7–2)
	HR: Reese Albert (1); Alex Toral (1)

May 26 3:00 pm Game 8	Notre Dame	5–3	Florida State	Truist Field Attendance: 1,989
	WP: John M Bertrand (8–2) Sv: Alex Rao (3)	Boxscore	LP: Parker Messick (6–5)
	HR: Brooks Coetzee (1); Jack Zyska (1); Zack Prajzner (1)

May 27 11:00 am Game 10	Virginia	0–3	Notre Dame	Truist Field Attendance: 2,519
	LP: Savino, N. (5–6)	Boxscore	WP: Liam Simon (2–0) Sv: Aidan Tyrell (1)

Playoffs

Semifinals			Finals

8	North Carolina	7

4	Notre Dame	2
			8	North Carolina	9

			10	NC State	5
11	Pittsburgh	3

10	NC State	8

Semifinals

May 28 1:00 pm	North Carolina	7–2	Notre Dame	Truist Field Attendance: 4,912
	WP: Shawn Rapp (4–0) Sv: Davis Palermo (5)	Boxscore	LP: Aidan Tyrell (5–1)
			HR: Carter Putz (1); Jack Brannigan (1)

May 28 5:00 pm	Pittsburgh	3–8	NC State	Truist Field Attendance: 8,360
	LP: Logan Evans (4–8)	Boxscore	WP: Silver (8–1)
	HR: Ron Washington, Jr. (1)		HR: Brown, D. (1); T. White (1); Pilolli (1)

Championship Game

ACC Championship
(10) NC State Wolfpack	vs.	(8) North Carolina Tar Heels

May 29, 2022 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
North Carolina State	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	11	1
North Carolina	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	x	9	8	1
WP: M.Carlson(3–2) LP: L.Whitaker(2–4) Home runs: NCST: None UNC: V.Honeycutt(2) Attendance: 10,500

All–Tournament Team

Source:^[23]

Position	Player	Team
C	Brendan Tinsman	Wake Forest
1B	LuJames Groover	NC State
2B	Jeff Wehler	Pittsburgh
3B	Brock Wilken	Wake Forest
SS	Danny Serretti	North Carolina
OF	Vance Honeycutt (MVP)	North Carolina
OF	Devonte Brown	NC State
OF	Angel Zarate	North Carolina
DH	Tommy White	NC State
P	Brandon Schaeffer	North Carolina
P	John Michael Bertrand	Notre Dame

References

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^ "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.
^ Peter Burke (October 7, 2016). "ACC baseball tournament changes format, increases number of teams". WPLG. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
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[1] "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved June 27, 2022.

[2] "2022 ACC Baseball Championship Returns to Charlotte". Atlantic Coast Conference. September 22, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2022.

[3] "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.

[4] Peter Burke (October 7, 2016). "ACC baseball tournament changes format, increases number of teams". WPLG. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

[tie-5] "ACC Baseball Championship Tiebreakers". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2022.

[6] "Seeds, Pools Set for 2022 ACC Baseball Championship". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 21, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.

[7] "Schedule Set for 2022 ACC Baseball Championship". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. May 22, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.

[8] "Big Sixth Inning Carries Pitt Past Georgia Tech". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.

[9] "Wolfpack Outslugs Demon Deacons for 11–8 Win". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

[10] "Tar Heels Continue Hot Streak With 9–2 Win Over Tigers". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

[11] "Eleventh-seeded Panthers Snare Spot in ACC Semifinals". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.

[12] "Seminoles Hammer Cavaliers, 13-3". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.

[13] "White's Record Night Carries Wolfpack to Semifinals". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.

[14] "Yellow Jackets Finish Strong in Thursday's Opener". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.

[15] "Bertrand Pitches Notre Dame Into ACC Semis". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.

[16] "Hokies Outslug Tigers, Face Heels For Semifinal Berth". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.

[17] "Fighting Irish Blank Virginia in Friday Opener". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.

[18] "Hot-hitting Deacons Power Past Miami". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.

[19] "UNC Stuns Virginia Tech to Snare Final Semifinal Spot". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.

[20] "Tar Heels Strike Late to Top Irish, Reach ACC Finals". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 28, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.

[21] "Pack Takes Down Pitt, Eyes Tar Heels Next". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 28, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.

[22] "Honeycutt Leads Tar Heels Past Pack for ACC Baseball Championship". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 29, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

[23] @ACCBaseball (May 29, 2022). "All-Tourney Team. 🏆 MVP: Vance Honeycutt!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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