Atlantic Coast Conference Softball Tournament

Atlantic Coast Conference Softball Tournament
Conference Softball Championship
Sport Softball
Conference ACC
Number of teams 8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current location Chapel Hill, NC
Played 1992–present
Current champion Florida State
Most championships Florida State (13)
Host stadiums
Williams Field at Eugene A. Anderson Stadium (2006, 2012, 2017)
Dail Softball Stadium (2009, 2016)
Tech Softball Park (2010, 2015)
Robert E. Taylor Stadium (2005, 2008, 2014)
JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex (1999–2000, 2002–2004, 2007, 2013)
Shirley Clements Mewborn Field (2011)
Host locations
Chapel Hill, NC (2006, 2012, 2017)
Raleigh, NC (1996, 2001, 2009, 2016)
Blacksburg, VA (2010, 2015)
College Park, MD (2005, 2008, 2014)
Tallahassee, FL (1992–1995, 1998–2000, 2002–2004, 2007, 2013)
Atlanta, GA (2011)
Marietta, GA (1997)

The Atlantic Coast Conference Softball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Atlantic Coast Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament, with seeding based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship each season.[1]

Tournament

The ACC Softball Tournament is a single-elimination tournament held each year at various ACC campus stadiums. Eleven of the fifteen current all-sport members of the conference sponsor softball. Clemson, Duke, Miami (FL), Wake Forest do not sponsor softball teams. Duke is establishing a softball team beginning in the 2018 season. Clemson is replacing Women's Diving with Softball beginning the 2020 season.

Champions

Year-by-year

Year Champion Site MVP
1992 Florida State Tallahassee, FL Susan Buttery, FSU
1993 Florida State Tallahassee, FL Lisa Davidson, FSU
1994 Virginia Tallahassee, FL Michelle Collins, UVA
1995 Florida State Tallahassee, FL Cindy Lawson, FSU
1996 Florida State Raleigh, NC Renee Espinoza, FSU
1997 Florida State
Maryland[lower-alpha 1]		 Marietta, GA Kristy Fuentes, FSU
Kelly Shipman, UMD
1998 Florida State Tallahassee, FL Stacy Venable, FSU
1999 Florida State Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Danielle Cox, FSU
2000 Florida State Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Leslie Malerich, FSU
2001 North Carolina Raleigh, NC Radara McHugh, UNC
2002 Georgia Tech Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Jessica Sallinger, GT
2003 Florida State Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Lesley Palmer, FSU
2004 Florida State Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Casey Hunter, FSU
2005 Georgia Tech Robert E. Taylor Stadium • College Park, MD Jessica Sallinger, GT (2)
2006 NC State Williams Field at Eugene A. Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC Shaine Ervin, NCSU
2007 Virginia Tech JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Angela Tincher, VT
2008 Virginia Tech Robert E. Taylor Stadium • College Park, MD Angela Tincher, VT (2)
2009 Georgia Tech Dail Softball Stadium • Raleigh, NC Kristen Adkins, GT
2010 Georgia Tech Tech Softball Park • Blacksburg, VA Hope Rush, GT
2011 Florida State Shirley Clements Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA Sarah Hamilton, FSU
2012 Georgia Tech Williams Field at Eugene A. Anderson Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC Hope Rush, GT (2)
2013 NC State JoAnne Graf Field at the Seminole Softball Complex • Tallahassee, FL Emily Weiman, NCSU
2014 Florida State Robert E. Taylor Stadium • College Park, MD Celeste Gomez, FSU
2015 Florida State Tech Softball Park • Blacksburg, VA Jessica Burroughs, FSU
2016 Florida State Dail Softball Stadium • Raleigh, NC Jessica Warren, FSU[2]
  1. ↑ Play was suspended due to weather during the championship game. Florida State and Maryland were named co-Champions.

By school

School Championships Years
Florida State 13 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015
Georgia Tech 5 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012
NC State 2 2006, 2013
Virginia Tech 2 2007, 2008
Maryland 1 1997
North Carolina 1 2001
Virginia 1 1994

Italics indicate school no longer sponsors softball in the ACC.

References

  1. ↑ 2015-16 ACC Record Book (PDF). Raycom Sports. p. 272. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ "FLORIDA STATE WINS 2016 ACC SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". The ACC. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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