1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1998
Teams 9
Format Play-in round followed by eight-team double elimination
Site Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Durham, North Carolina
Champions Wake Forest (2nd title)
Winning coach George Greer (1st title)
MVP John Hendricks (Wake Forest)
Attendance 24,162
Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1997  1999»

The 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, NC from May 12th through May 17th. Wake Forest won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Tournament

Play-In Game

Play-In Game
   
9 Virginia 9*
8 Maryland 4*

Main Bracket

Seeding Procedure

From TheACC.com:

On Saturday (The Semifinals) of the ACC Baseball Tournament, the match-up between the four remaining teams is determined by previous opponents. If teams have played previously in the tournament, every attempt will be made to avoid a repeat match-up between teams, regardless of seed. If it is impossible to avoid a match-up that already occurred, then the determination is based on avoiding the most recent, current tournament match-up, regardless of seed. If no match-ups have occurred, the team left in the winners bracket will play the lowest seeded team from the losers bracket.

Bracket

  1st Round     2nd Round     3rd Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
  9  Virginia 1  
  1  Georgia Tech 4    
      1  Florida State 14  
      5  Wake Forest 1    
  5  Wake Forest 9          
  4  NC State 1        
      1  Florida State 13*
      6  North Carolina 11*
  6  North Carolina 4        
  3  Clemson 1          
      6  North Carolina 3    
      7  Duke 0  
  7  Duke 4    
  2  Georgia Tech 0  
  Loser's Bracket
  4  NC State 4  
  9  Virginia 1     7  Duke 4
    4  NC State 10
  3  Clemson 6  
  2  Georgia Tech 10     2  Georgia Tech 1
    5  Wake Forest 2
  Semifinals     Championship     Championship (if-needed)
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  4  NC State 6       5  Wake Forest 6
  1  Florida State 13           1  Florida State 3
      1  Florida State 1    
      5  Wake Forest 2  
  5  Wake Forest 3    
  6  North Carolina 0  

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Jon Palmieri Wake Forest
2B Brian Ward NC State
3B Corey Slavik Wake Forest
SS Brian Roberts North Carolina
C Jeremy Salazar Florida State
OF Matt Diaz Florida State
OF Scott Daeley Wake Forest
OF Brian Cox Florida State
DH Brad Piercy NC State
P John Hendricks Wake Forest
P Danny Borrell Wake Forest
MVP John Hendricks Wake Forest

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

See also

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