Atlantic Coast Conference softball tournament

Atlantic Coast Conference softball tournament
Conference softball championship
SportSoftball
ConferenceACC
Number of teams12
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumVartabedian Field
Current locationPittsburgh, PA
Played1992–present
Last contest2024
Current championDuke
Most championshipsFlorida 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, 2019)
Ulmer Stadium (2021)
Vartabedian Field (2022)
Melissa Cook Stadium (2023)
Duke Softball Stadium (2024)
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, 2019)
Marietta, GA (1997)
Louisville, KY (2021)
Pittsburgh, PA (2022)
Notre Dame, IN (2023)
Durham, NC (2024)

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]

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

Year Champion Site MVP
1992 Florida State Tallahassee, FL Susan Buttery, Florida State
1993 Florida State Tallahassee, FL Lisa Davidson, Florida State
1994 Virginia Tallahassee, FL Michelle Collins, Virginia
1995 Florida State Tallahassee, FL Cindy Lawson, Florida State
1996 Florida State Raleigh, NC Renee Espinoza, Florida State
1997 Florida State
Maryland[a] 		Marietta, GA Kristy Fuentes, Florida State
Kelly Shipman, Maryland
1998 Florida State Tallahassee, FL Stacy Venable, Florida State
1999 Florida State Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Danielle Cox, Florida State
2000 Florida State Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Leslie Malerich, Florida State
2001 North Carolina Raleigh, NC Radara McHugh, North Carolina
2002 Georgia Tech Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Jessica Sallinger, Georgia Tech
2003 Florida State Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Lesley Palmer, Florida State
2004 Florida State Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Casey 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, FL Angela Tincher, Virginia Tech
2008 Virginia Tech Robert E. Taylor Stadium • College Park, MD Angela Tincher, Virginia Tech
2009 Georgia Tech Dail Softball Stadium • Raleigh, NC Kristen 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, NC Hope Rush, Georgia Tech
2013 NC State JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Emily Weiman, NC State
2014 Florida State Robert E. Taylor Stadium • College Park, MD Celeste Gomez, Florida State
2015 Florida State Tech Softball Park • Blacksburg, VA Jessica Burroughs, Florida State
2016 Florida State Dail Softball Stadium • Raleigh, NC Jessica Warren, Florida State[2]
2017 Florida State Williams Field at Eugene A. Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC Dani Morgan, Florida State
2018 Florida State Shirley Clements Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA Sydney Sherrill, Florida State
2019 Florida State JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL
2020 Cancelled 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 Duke Softball Stadium • Durham, NC Jala Wright, Duke
  1. ^ Play was suspended due to weather during the championship game. Florida State and Maryland were named co-champions.

By school

School Championships Years
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
Duke 2 2021, 2024
NC State 2 2006, 2013
Virginia Tech 2 2007, 2008
Maryland 1 1997
North Carolina 1 2001
Virginia 1 1994

Italics indicate school no longer sponsors softball in the ACC.

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.