# 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference softball tournament

The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) softball tournament was held at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, from May 10 through May 13, 2023. The event determines the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2022 season. As the tournament winner, Florida State earned the ACC's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
This was the fifth year of a 10-team tournament. The 1st round, quarterfinals and semifinals were broadcast on the ACC Network. The championship game was 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.
| Team | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | Seed |
| Florida State | 22 | 2 | 0 | .917 | – | 1 |
| Duke | 19 | 5 | 0 | .792 | 3 | 2 |
| Clemson | 18 | 6 | 0 | .750 | 4 | 3 |
| Louisville | 16 | 7 | 0 | .696 | 5.5 | 4 |
| Virginia Tech | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 8 | 5 |
| North Carolina | 13 | 10 | 0 | .565 | 8.5 | 6 |
| Notre Dame | 11 | 12 | 1 | .479 | 10.5 | 7 |
| Virginia | 8 | 16 | 0 | .333 | 14 | 8 |
| Syracuse | 7 | 15 | 1 | .326 | 14 | 9 |
| Georgia Tech | 7 | 17 | 0 | .292 | 15 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh | 6 | 17 | 0 | .261 | 15.5 | — |
| Boston College | 6 | 18 | 0 | .250 | 16 | — |
| NC State | 6 | 18 | 0 | .250 | 16 | — |

## Tournament
### Bracket

Source:
| First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 1 | Florida State | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Virginia | 2 | 9 | Syracuse | 1 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Syracuse | 8 | | | | 1 | Florida State | 9 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Virginia Tech | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Louisville | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Virginia Tech | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Florida State | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Duke | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Duke | 7 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 1 | 10 | Georgia Tech | 1 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Georgia Tech | 8 | | | | 2 | Duke | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Clemson | 0 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Clemson | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | North Carolina | 1 | | | | | | |

### Game schedule and results

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Score | Television |
| First Round – Wednesday, May 10 ||||||
| 1 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 9 Syracuse vs. No. 8 Virginia | 8–2 | ACCN |
| 2 | 4:30 p.m. | No. 10 Georgia Tech vs. No. 7 Notre Dame | 8–1 | ACCN |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 11 ||||||
| 3 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 9 Syracuse | 4–1 | ACCN |
| 4 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 5 Virginia Tech vs. No. 4 Louisville | 10–8 | ACCN |
| 5 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 2 Duke vs. No. 10 Georgia Tech | 7–1 | ACCN |
| 6 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 6 North Carolina | 2–1 | ACCN |
| Semifinals – Friday, May 12 ||||||
| 7 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 5 Virginia Tech | 9–1 | ACCN |
| 8 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 Clemson | 2–0 | ACCN |
| Championship – Saturday, May 13 ||||||
| 9 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Duke | 2–1 | ESPN2 |

### Championship game

2023 ACC tournament championship :
| No. 2 Duke | 1–2 | No. 1 Florida State |
May 13, 2023 – 1:00 p.m. (EDT) at Melissa Cook Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| No. 2 Duke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| No. 1 Florida State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Kathryn Sandercock (23–3) LP: Lillie Walker (7–2) Attendance: 957 |||||||||||

## All Tournament Team

| Player | Team |
| Valerie Cagle | Clemson |
| Cassidy Curd | Duke |
| Deja Davis | Duke |
| Aminah Vega | Duke |
| Kalei Harding | Florida State |
| Mack Leonard | Florida State |
| Josie Muffley | Florida State |
| Kathryn Sandercock | Florida State |
| Lili Backes | North Carolina |
| Emma Kauf | Georgia Tech |
| Addy Greene | Virginia Tech |
MVP in bold Source: