2009 ACC Baseball Tournament

The 2009 ACC Baseball Tournament was held at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, NC from May 20 through May 24. It was the first time the tournament has been played at the ballpark since 1999 and fourth time overall since the ballpark opened in 1995. The #6 seeded Virginia Cavaliers won the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record, earning the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Virginia's first conference championship in baseball since 1996, and their second tournament championship ever.

The tournament was originally scheduled to be contested at Fenway Park in Boston, home of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox. But on August 14, 2008 it was announced by Fenway Sports Group, along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, that the location of the tournament would have to be changed due to a scheduling error. The ACC chose the Bulls' ballpark as Fenway's replacement.

2009 was the third year in which the conference used a round robin tournament format, with the team with the best record in each group at the end of the three-game round robin advancing to a one-game championship.

Contents 1 Seeding 2 Tournament 3 Results 3.1 Division A 3.2 Division B 3.3 Championship Final 4 All-Tournament Team 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Seeding

From TheACC.com:

The top two teams from both the Atlantic and Coastal divisions, as determined by conference winning percentage, in addition to the four teams with the next best conference winning percentage, regardless of division, will be selected to participate in the ACC Baseball Championship. The two division champions will automatically be seeded number one and two based on winning percentage in overall conference competition. The remaining teams will be seeded (three through eight) based on winning percentage in overall conference competition without regard to division. All ties will be broken using the tie-breaking provisions.

Team W L T Pct GB Seed Atlantic Division Florida State 19 9 .679 1 Clemson 19 11 .633 1 3 Boston College 13 15 .464 6 8 Maryland 10 20 .333 10 NC State 10 20 .333 10 Wake Forest 6 24 .200 14

Team W L T Pct GB Seed Coastal Division North Carolina 19 10 .655 2 Georgia Tech 17 10 1 .625 1.5 4 Miami 18 12 .600 1.5 5 Virginia 16 11 1 .589 2.5 6 Duke 15 15 .500 4.5 7 Virginia Tech 12 17 .414 7

Tournament

Division A FSU GT MIA BC Overall 1 Florida State (19-9) L 2-9 W 4-2 W 7-2 2-11 4 Georgia Tech (17-10-1) W 9-2 L 6-8 L 3-7 1-2 5 Miami (17-12) L 1-4 W 8-6 L 1-10 1-2 8 Boston College (13-15) L 2-7 W 7-3 W 10-1 2-11

Division B UNC CLEM UVA DUKE Overall 2 North Carolina (19-10) L 3-4† L 1-11‡ W 8-3 1-2 3 Clemson (19-11) W 4-3† L 5-6 L 4-10 1-2 6 Virginia (16-11-1) W11-1‡ W 6-5 W 11-7 3-0 7 Duke (15-15) L 3-8 W 10-4 L 7-11 1-2

	Finals
	A	#1 Florida State	3
	B	#6 Virginia	6

Notes
† - Denotes extra innings
‡ - Denotes game shortened due to Mercy Rule
1 - Florida State beat Boston College head-to-head

Results

Division A Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #5 Miami 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 8 9 1 #4 Georgia Tech 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 6 12 1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #8 Boston College 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 9 1 #1 Florida State 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 X 7 7 0 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #4 Georgia Tech 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 1 #8 Boston College 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 X 7 9 0 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #1 Florida State 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 #5 Miami 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 2 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #8 Boston College 0 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 10 12 1 #5 Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #4 Georgia Tech 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 9 10 0 #1 Florida State 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 1

Division B Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #7 Duke 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 7 0 #2 North Carolina 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 X 8 13 1 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #6 Virginia 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 6 10 1 #3 Clemson 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 2 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #3 Clemson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 11 3 #7 Duke 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 0 X 10 11 3 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #2 North Carolina 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 #6 Virginia 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 11 - 11 14 0 1 - Game ended in the bottom of the eighth inning due to the Mercy Rule. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E #2 North Carolina 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11 2 #3 Clemson 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13 3 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E #6 Virginia 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 1 1 11 11 2 #7 Duke 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 10 1

Championship Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#6 Virginia	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	6	8	0
#1 Florida State	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	3

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Dustin Ackley	North Carolina
2B	Jason Stidham	Florida State
3B	Mickey Wiswall	Boston College
SS	Jake Lemmerman	Duke
C	Franco Valdes	Virginia
OF	Dan Grovatt	Virginia
	Wilson Boyd	Clemson
	Mike McGee	Florida State
DH/UT	Danny Hultzen	Virginia
P	Pat Dean	Boston College
	Casey Harman	Clemson
MVP	Dan Grovatt	Virginia

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

See also

• 2009 College World Series
• 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
• News & Record - Aug 14 2008 - Fenway Out, Greensboro Seeks Event

References

External links

• 2009 ACC Baseball Championship Central - Official Site

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