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• The 49th ACC Baseball Championship will be played Tuesday, May 23 through Sunday, May 28 at Durham (N.C.) Bulls Athletic Park. Carolina. The Championship has been held in Durham 12 times previously, including seven of the past 13 tournaments. The tournament single-game attendance record of 11,329 was set in 2013 at DBAP (North Carolina versus NC State) and still stands as the largest crowd ever to view a college baseball game in the state of North Carolina.
• Ranked atop every major poll and sporting the No. 1 spot in the latest NCAA RPI, Wake Forest (45-9 overall, 22-7 ACC) earned the No. 1 overall seed and will head up Pool A. The Deacons will be joined by eighth-seeded Notre Dame (30-22, 15-15) and 12th-seeded Pitt (23-30, 10-18).
• Virginia (44-11, 19-11) prevailed in a tight Coastal Division race and is the top seed in Pool B, along with No. 7 North Carolina (33-21, 14-14) and No. 11 Georgia Tech (30-25, 12-18)
• No. 3 Clemson (39-17, 20-10) is joined in Pool C by No. 6 Boston College (34-17, 16-14) and No. 10 Virginia Tech (30-21, 12-17).
• No. 4 Miami (37-18, 18-12) drew the top seed in Pool D, which also features No. 5 Duke (35-19, 16-13) and No. 9 NC State (34-18, 13-16).
• The four teams with the best records within their respective pools will advance to Saturday’s semifinals, with the winners playing on Sunday in the ACC Championship Game.
• Clemson carries a 12-game winning streak into this week’s tournament, and Virginia has won nine straight.
• ACC Player of the Year Kyle Teel of Virginia is on the Buster Posey Award Watch List and is currently the No. 1 catcher in the country according to D1Baseball.com’s positional power rankings.
• Two-time ACC Pitcher of the Year Rhett Lowder of Wake Forest has keyed the top-ranked Demon Deacons to a record-setting season as the only pitcher in the nation with a perfect 12-0 record in 2023.
• In addition, Clemson’s Cam Cannarella was tabbed the ACC Freshman of the Year, and ACC Defensive Player of the Year accolades went to North Carolina outfielder Vance Honeycutt. Wake Forest’s Tom Walter claimed Coach of the Year honors following the Demon Deacons’ 45-9 regular season.
• Wake Forest third baseman Brock Wilken remains a player to watch in the weeks ahead as he continues to chase the ACC career home run record. The Valrico, Fla., native has 25 home runs this season and has moved to sole possession of No. 3 on the ACC’s all-time list:
1. Anthony Maisano, GaT/WF* (1986-90) - 69
J.D. Drew, Florida State (1995-97) - 69
3. Brock Wilken, Wake Forest (2021-Pres) - 65
4. Pat Clougherty, NC State (1991-94) – 61
The ACC Baseball Championship By The Numbers
11,392 - A record-setting number of fans to watch a college baseball game in the state of North Carolina - UNC’s 2-1, 18-inning win over NC State on the fourth day of the 2013 ACC Championship at Durham, N.C. (The previous record of 10,229 was set in 2012 at Greensboro, N.C, when that number watched North Carolina’s 2-1, 12-inning win over NC State).
10,500 - Total number of fans that saw North Carolina defeat NC State in the 2021 ACC Championship Game at Charlotte, N.C., the most for the final in tournament history.
671 - Number of ACC Baseball Championship games played since the tournament’s inception in 1973.
24 - Number of grand slams hit during the ACC Tournament.
19 - Number of times teams playing in the ACC title game have later advanced to the College World Series.
10 - Lowest seed to advance to the Championship Game (#8 North Carolina d. #10 NC State 9-5, 2022)
8:19 - The total time from first pitch to last out of the 2016 ACC Championship game between Clemson and Florida State. The game featured 31 combined runs and three separate rain delays.
9 - Number of times the title game has been decided by one run.
3 - Number of times the ACC title game has gone into extra innings.
The ACC in the NCAAs
• At least one ACC team has reached the College World Series each of the last 16 years in which the event has been held, and multiple ACC teams reached the CWS 10 times during that span.
• Led by College World Series participant Notre Dame, nine ACC teams were selected to compete in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, tying for the most of any conference.
• The ACC has placed at least six teams in the NCAA tournament for 18 straight years. The 2022 season marked the sixth year since 2010 at least eight ACC teams landed spots in the field.
• The ACC has placed a total of 29 teams in the past 16 College World Series, an average of nearly two per season.
• Ninety-nine ACC teams have earned NCAA bids in the last 13 tournament years. The 14 current ACC teams have a combined 99 College World Series appearances.
• Three ACC teams rank among the top five nationally for most all-time tournament appearances: No. 2 Florida State (59), No. 3 Miami (48), and No. 5 Clemson (44).
Players of the Week
Clemson’s Billy Amick and NC State’s Cannon Peebles have been named the final ACC Baseball Players of the Week of the 2023 season, while the Wolfpack’s Logan Whitaker earned ACC Pitcher of the Week honors.
Amick earned his second consecutive ACC weekly honor as he led Clemson to another 4-0 week by going 8-for-15 (.533) with one homer, two doubles, 10 RBIs, four runs, an .867 slugging percentage and a .556 on-base percentage in four games. He went 2-for-2 with a double and five RBIs against USC Upstate on Tuesday, then went 4-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs in Clemson’s series-opening win over North Carolina on Thursday. He had at least one hit in all four games on the week. Amick and the Tigers will carry a 12-game winning streak into this week’s ACC Championship.
Peebles capped off an incredible first regular season in Raleigh with one of his best weekends in a Wolfpack uniform, going 6-for-8 with two homers, eight RBI, two doubles, six runs scored and five walks in a series sweep of Pitt. Peebles was only put out twice the entire weekend, reaching base safely 11 times in 13 plate appearances. He opened the weekend 4-for-4 with a home run, a double and four RBI. The freshman then smacked a three-run homer for the second straight game in the Pack’s 17-8 win on Friday, which clinched a spot in the ACC Championship field. Peebles reached base all five times in Friday’s win, going 2-for-2 with a home run, double, three walks and three runs scored.
NC State’s Whitaker dominated in his final home start of 2023, pitching seven shutout innings while allowing just one hit with six strikeouts in Thursday night’s series-opening win over Pitt. Whitaker tossed a season-high 113 pitches in the stellar performance, facing the minimum three times and allowing only a bloop single with one out in the fifth inning.
2023 ACC Baseball Championship Schedule
Durham Bulls Athletic Park; Durham, N.C.
POOL A – #1 Wake Forest, #8 Notre Dame, #12 Pitt
POOL B – #2 Virginia, #7 North Carolina, #11 Georgia Tech
POOL C – #3 Clemson, #6 Boston College, #10 Virginia Tech
POOL D – #4 Miami, #5 Duke, #9 NC State
Tuesday, May 23
No. 10 Virginia Tech vs. No. 6 Boston College, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
No. 11 Georgia Tech vs. No. 7 North Carolina, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
No. 9 NC State vs. No. 5 Duke, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
Wednesday, May 24
No. 12 Pitt vs. No. 8 Notre Dame, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 11 Georgia Tech, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
Thursday, May 25
No. 1 Wake Forest vs. No. 12 Pitt, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
No. 7 North Carolina vs. No. 2 Virginia, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
No. 4 Miami vs. No. 9 NC State, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
Friday, May 26
No. 6 Boston College vs. No. 3 Clemson, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
No. 5 Duke vs. No. 4 Miami, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
No. 8 Notre Dame vs. No. 1 Wake Forest, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)
Saturday, May 27
Pool A Winner vs. Pool D Winner, 1 p.m. (ACC Network)
Pool B Winner vs. Pool C Winner, 5 p.m. (ACC Network)
Sunday, May 28
ACC Championship, Noon (ESPN2)
