# 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference softball tournament

The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) softball tournament was held at Ulmer Stadium on the campus of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky from May 12 through May 15, 2021. The event determined the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2021 season. As the winner of the tournament, Duke earned the ACC's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
This was the third year of a 10-team tournament. The first round, quarterfinals and semifinals were shown on the ACC Network. The championship game was broadcast by ESPN2.

## Format and seeding

The top 10 finishers of the ACC's 13 softball-player members will be 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 |
| Clemson | 29 | 5 | 0 | .848 | — | 1 |
| Florida State | 26 | 5 | 1 | .828 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Duke | 26 | 10 | 0 | .722 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Virginia Tech | 23 | 11 | 0 | .676 | 6 | 4 |
| Notre Dame | 20 | 10 | 0 | .667 | 7 | 5 |
| Louisville | 15 | 21 | 1 | .419 | 15 | 6 |
| NC State | 15 | 22 | 0 | .405 | 15.5 | 7 |
| Syracuse | 12 | 20 | 0 | .375 | 15.5 | 8 |
| Georgia Tech | 11 | 19 | 0 | .367 | 16 | 9 |
| North Carolina | 10 | 19 | 0 | .345 | 16.5 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh | 12 | 24 | 0 | .333 | 18 | — |
| Virginia | 10 | 27 | 0 | .270 | 20.5 | — |
| Boston College | 8 | 24 | 0 | .250 | 20.5 | — |

## Tournament
### Bracket

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

### Game schedule and results

| Time | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Television |
| First Round - Wednesday, May 12 |||||||
| 1:00 p.m. | Game 1 | (9) Georgia Tech | 6–0 | (8) Syracuse | ACCN |
| 3:30 p.m. | Game 2 | (7) NC State | 4–2 | (10) North Carolina | ACCN |
| Quarterfinals - Thursday, May 13 |||||||
| 11:00 a.m. | Game 3 | (1) Clemson | 2–0 | (9) Georgia Tech | ACCN |
| 1:30 p.m. | Game 4 | (4) Virginia Tech | 4–1 | (5) Notre Dame | ACCN |
| 5:00 p.m. | Game 5 | (2) Florida State | 2–0 | (7) NC State | ACCN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Game 6 | (3) Duke | 4–3 | (6) Louisville | ACCN |
| Semifinals - Friday, May 14 |||||||
| 1:00 p.m. | Game 7 | (1) Clemson | 2–0 | (4) Virginia Tech | ACCN |
| 3:30 p.m. | Game 8 | (3) Duke | 4–3 | (2) Florida State | ACCN |
| Final - Saturday, May 15 |||||||
| Noon | Game 9 | (3) Duke | 1–0 | (1) Clemson | ESPN |

### Championship game

ACC Championship :
| (3) Duke Blue Devils | vs. | (1) Clemson Tigers |
May 15, 2021, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Ulmer Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| (3) Duke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| (1) Clemson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| WP: Walters (17–3) LP: Cagle (26–5) Sv: St. George (4) Home runs: DUKE: None CLEM: None Attendance: 485 Boxscore |||||||||||

## All Tournament Team

| Player | Team |
| Cammy Pereira | Clemson |
| Valerie Cagle | Clemson |
| Kristina Foreman | Duke |
| Peyton St. George | Duke |
| Gisele Tapia | Duke |
| Shelby Walters | Duke |
| Sydney Sherrill | Florida State |
| Blake Neleman | Georgia Tech |
| Celene Funke | Louisville |
| Taty Forbes | NC State |
| Keely Rochard | Virginia Tech |
MVP in bold Source: