# 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 27 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. The tournament champion receives the league's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2017–18 academic year.
The tournament has been held every year but one since 1973, with Clemson winning ten championships, the most all-time. Georgia Tech has won nine championships, and Florida State has won seven titles since their entry to the league in 1992. Charter league member Duke, along with recent entrants Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame have never won the event. Louisville plays their third season in the ACC in 2017, and has also yet to win a title.
Florida State defeated Louisville in the championship game to win the tournament for the eighth time overall, and the third time in four seasons.

## 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 will be seeded one through twelve. Seeds one and two are awarded to the two division winners. Teams are then divided into four pools of three teams each, with the winners advancing to single elimination bracket for the championship.

## Schedule and results
### Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Location | Television | Attendance |
| Tuesday, May 22 ||||||
| 1 | 11:00 a.m. | #12 Pittsburgh vs. #8 Georgia Tech | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | 2,275 |
| 2 | 3:00 p.m. | #10 Virginia vs. #6 Florida State | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | 2,275 |
| 3 | 7:00 p.m. | #11 Notre Dame vs. #7 Miami | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | 2,690 |
| Wednesday, May 23 ||||||
| 4 | 11:00 a.m. | #9 Wake Forest vs. #5 Louisville | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | |
| 5 | 3:00 p.m. | #2 Clemson vs. #11 Notre Dame | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | 2,427 |
| 6 | 7:00 p.m. | #1 North Carolina vs. #12 Pittsburgh | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | 2,948 |
| Thursday, May 24 ||||||
| 7 | 11:00 a.m. | #4 Duke vs. #9 Wake Forest | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | |
| 8 | 3:00 p.m. | #3 NC State vs. #10 Virginia | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | 4,115 |
| 9 | 7:00 p.m. | #7 Miami vs. #2 Clemson | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | 3,154 |
| Friday, May 25 ||||||
| 10 | 11:00 a.m. | #5 Louisville vs. #4 Duke | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | |
| 11 | 3:00 p.m. | #8 Georgia Tech vs. #1 North Carolina | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | 3,499 |
| 12 | 7:00 p.m. | #6 Florida State vs. #3 NC State | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | 7,228 |
| Saturday, May 26 ||||||
| Semifinal 1 | 1:00 p.m. | #12 Pittsburgh vs #5 Louisville | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | 4,233 |
| Semifinal 2 | 5:00 p.m. | #2 Clemson vs #6 Florida State | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ACCRSN | 5,478 |
| Championship – Sunday, May 27 ||||||
| Championship | 12:00 p.m. | #5 Louisville vs #6 Florida State | Durham Bulls Athletic Park | ESPN2 | 5,436 |
| *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. ||||||

## Pool Play
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 1.000 | Advance to Playoff round |
| 2 | North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | .500 | |
| 3 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | .000 | |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Clemson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 1.000 | Advance to Playoff round |
| 2 | Miami | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | .500 | |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 27 | −21 | .000 | |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Florida State | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 1.000 | Advance to Playoff round |
| 2 | Virginia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | .500 | |
| 3 | NC State | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | .000 | |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | Louisville | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 1.000 | Advance to Playoff round |
| 2 | Duke | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | .500 | |
| 3 | Wake Forest | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | −12 | .000 | |

## Final

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Louisville | 5 | | | |
| 5 | Louisville | 5 | 5 | Louisville | 8 |
| | | | 6 | Florida State | 11$^{10}$ |
| 2 | Clemson | 4 | 6 | Florida State | 11$^{10}$ |
| 6 | Florida State | 5 | | | |

### Championship Game

Sunday, May 27 12:00 p.m. :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| #6 Florida State | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| #5 Louisville | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 3 |
| WP: Jonah Scolaro (2–1) LP: Michael McAvene (0–1) Home runs: FSU: None UL: Devin Mann (6), Josh Stowers (9), Zach Britton (2) Attendance: 5,436 Notes: Game Duration - 4:09 Boxscore ||||||||||||||