2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 20 through May 25 at NewBridge Bank Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. Georgia Tech won their ninth tournament championship to earn the league's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This is the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2013–14 academic year. With the victory, Georgia Tech tied Clemson for the most tournament championships.[2][3][4]

2014 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
2014 ACC Baseball Tournament
FormatRound-robin tournament
Finals site
ChampionsGeorgia Tech (9th title)
Winning coachDanny Hall (5th title)
MVPDusty Isaacs, Georgia Tech
Attendance57,343
TelevisionRSN, ESPN3, ESPN2
2014 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Atlantic
No. 21 Florida State x‍‍‍y 21–9–0 .700  43–17–0 .717
No. 16 Maryland  ‍‍‍y 15–14–0 .517  40–23–0 .635
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 15–14–0 .517  36–25–0 .590
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .500  30–26–0 .536
NC State  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .433  32–23–0 .582
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .333  22–33–0 .400
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .300  22–31–0 .415
Coastal
No. 22 Miami (FL) x‍‍‍y 24–6–0 .800  44–19–0 .698
No. 2 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 22–8–0 .733  47–14–0 .770
Duke  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .533  33–25–0 .569
North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 15–15–0 .500  35–27–0 .565
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‡‍y 14–16–0 .467  37–27–0 .578
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .367  22–30–0 .423
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .300  21–31–1 .406
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of January 16, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament has been held every year but one since 1973, with Clemson and Georgia Tech now tied for the most number of championships, each winning nine. Charter league members Duke and Maryland, along with recent entrants Virginia Tech and Boston College have never won the event. Pittsburgh and Notre Dame played their first season in the ACC in 2014. [5]

Format and seeding

The winner of each seven team division and the top eight other teams based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division, from the conference's regular season were seeded one through ten. Seeds one and two were awarded to the two division winners. The bottom four seeds played an opening round, with the winners advancing to pool play. The winner of each pool played a single championship.[6][7][8]

The NCAA approved the use of experimental instant replay rules during the event. These rules are generally only in force during the College World Series, and allow umpires to use video to review fair/foul, home run, and spectator interference calls.[9]

Atlantic Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Florida State 21 9 .700 – 2
Clemson 15 14 .517 5.5 5
Maryland 15 14 .517 5.5 6
Wake Forest 15 15 .500 6 8
NC State 13 17 .433 8 10
Boston College 10 20 .333 11 –
Notre Dame 9 21 .300 12 –
Coastal Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Miami (FL) 24 6 .800 – 1
Virginia 22 8 .733 2 3
Duke 16 14 .533 8 4
North Carolina 15 15 .500 9 7
Georgia Tech 14 16 .467 10 9
Pittsburgh 11 19 .367 13 –
Virginia Tech 9 21 .300 15 –
NewBridge Bank Park, the home of the 2014 ACC Baseball Championship.

Schedule and results

All times shown are US EDT.

Pool Play
Division A UM DUKE CLEM GTOverall
1 Miami (FL) W 6-5 L 2–3 L 3–61–2
4 Duke L 5–6 L 3–5 W 6–01–2
5 Clemson W 3–2 W 5–3 L 0–32–11
8 Georgia Tech W 6–3 L 0–6 W 3–0 2–11
Division B FSU UVA UMD UNCOverall
2 Florida State W 6-4 L 3–5 W 7–12–12
3 Virginia L 4-6 L 6–7 W 3–21–2
6 Maryland W 5–3 W 7–6 L 7-132–12
7 North Carolina L 1–7 L 2–3 W 13–7 1–2
Finals
   
A Georgia Tech 9
B Maryland 4

1 - Georgia Tech beat Clemson head-to-head 2 - Maryland beat Florida State head-to-head

Results

Play-In Round

Championship game
Sunday, May 25 1:00 p.m.
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#9 Georgia Tech2001001329130
#6 Maryland010102000491
WP: Jonathan Roberts (1-2)   LP: Kevin Mooney (1-2)
Home runs:
GT: None
UMD: Blake Schmit (1)
Attendance: 4,186
Notes: Game Duration - 3:26
Boxscore

2014 All-ACC Tournament Team

Eleven players were named to the All-ACC Tournament team.[4]

PlayerSchoolPosition
Kevin MartirMarylandC
LaMonte WadeMaryland1B
Mott HydeGeorgia Tech2B
Landon LassiterNorth Carolina3B
Blake SchmitMarylandSS
Ryan DeitrichDukeOF
Daniel SpingolaGeorgia TechOF
Dale CareyMiami (FL)OF
Nick HowardVirginiaUT/DH
Drew Van OrdenDukeP
Dusty IsaacsGeorgia TechP

Most Valuable Player

Dusty Isaacs was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Isaacs was a pitcher for Georgia Tech.[4]

References
  1. "Baseball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  2. "Greensboro to host ACC baseball championship in 2014". Raleigh, NC: WRAL (FM). April 17, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  3. "2014 ACC Baseball Championship". Greensboro Grasshoppers. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  4. "Georgia Tech Wins 2014 #ACCBase Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 25, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  5. "2014 ACC Tournament set for Greensboro baseball park". Times-News. Burlington, NC. April 18, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  6. Casey Richey (October 3, 2012). "ACC Announces Changes to Scheduling, Beginning in 2013". gobblercountry.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  7. "ACC Announces Future Scheduling Formats and Policies". theacc.com. October 3, 2012. Archived from the original on November 23, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  8. "Baseball Bracket" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  9. "NCAA rules ACC can implement experimental instant replay rule". NCAA. December 13, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
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