2011 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

The 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina, from May 25 through 29. All of the games were shown live on Fox Sports South with select games being shown on Fox Sports Florida, Comcast Mid-Atlantic, Sun Sports, and New England Sports Network. Top seeded Virginia won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Virginia's third ACC tournament win and second in three years.

2011 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
2011 ACC baseball tournament logo
Teams8
Format2 division round robin and
championship game
Finals site
ChampionsVirginia Cavaliers (3rd title)
Winning coachBrian O'Connor (2nd title)
MVPSteven Proscia (Virginia Cavaliers)
TelevisionACCRSN
2011 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Atlantic
No. 9 Florida State  x‍‍‍y 19 11   .633 46 19   .708
No. 21 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 43 20   .683
NC State  ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 35 27   .565
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 25 31   .446
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 7 22   .241 17 33   .340
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 25   .167 31 25   .554
Coastal
No. 3 Virginia  x‍‍y 22 8   .733 56 12   .824
No. 19 Georgia Tech  x‍‍‍y 22 8   .733 42 21   .667
No. 5 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 51 16   .761
No. 22 Miami  ‍‍‍y 19 10   .655 38 23   .623
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 30 25   .545
Duke  ‍‍‍ 7 23   .233 26 30   .464
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 24, 2011[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2011 was the fifth 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.

Seeding

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Atlantic Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Florida State 19 11 .633 2
Clemson 17 13 .567 2 6
NC State 15 15 .500 4 7
Wake Forest 15 15 .500 4 8
Boston College 7 22 .241 12
Maryland 5 25 .167 14
Coastal Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Virginia 22 8 .733 1
Georgia Tech 22 8 .733 3
North Carolina 20 10 .667 2 4
Miami 19 10 .655 3 5
Virginia Tech 11 19 .367 11
Duke 7 23 .233 15

Tournament

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Division A UVA UNC MIA WF Overall
1 Virginia (22–8) W 3–2 W 6–4 W 13–1 3–0
4 North Carolina (20–10) L 2–3 L 5–7 W 9–0 1–2
5 Miami (19–10) L 4–6 W 7–5 W 4–2 2–1
8 Wake Forest (15–15) L 1–13 L 0–9 L 2–4 0–3
Division B FSU GT CLEM NCSU Overall
2 Florida State (19–11) W 4–2 W 6–3 L 0–7 2–1
3 Georgia Tech (22–8) L 2–4 L 0–9 W 6–5 1–2
6 Clemson (17–13) L 3–6 W 9–0 W 6–3 2–1
7 NC State (15–15) W 7–0 L 5–6 L 3–6 1–2
Finals
   
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Notes
- Denotes extra innings
- Denotes game shortened due to mercy rule

Results

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Championship final

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Sunday, May 29 1:00 pm
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#2 Florida State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 0
#1 Virginia 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 X 7 6 2
WP: Danny Hultzen   LP: Hunter Scantling
Home runs:
FSU: Justin Gonzalez
UVA: Chris Taylor, John Hicks, Steven Proscia
Attendance: 5,834
Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

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Position Player School
C Rafael Lopez Florida State
1B Jesse Wierzbicki North Carolina
2B Zeke DeVoss Miami
3B Steven Proscia Virginia
SS Chris Taylor Virginia
OF Kenny Swab Virginia
OF James Ramsey Florida State
OF Chris Epps Clemson
DH/UT Mike McGee Florida State
P Cory Mazzoni NC State
P Patrick Johnson North Carolina
MVP Steven Proscia Virginia

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved July 6, 2011.