2009 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
2009 ACC baseball tournament logo
Teams8
Format2 division round robin and
championship game
Finals site
ChampionsVirginia Cavaliers (2nd title)
Winning coachBrian O'Connor (1st title)
MVPDan Grovatt (Virginia Cavaliers)
TelevisionRSN
2009 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 10 Florida State  x‍‍‍y 19–9 .67945–18 .714
No. 15 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 19–11 .63344–22 .667
Boston College  ‍‍‍y 13–15 .46434–26 .567
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 10–20 .33327–27 .500
NC State  ‍‍‍ 10–20 .33325–31 .446
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 6–24 .20022–30 .423
Coastal
No. 5 North Carolina  x‍‍‍y 19–10 .65548–18 .727
No. 18 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 17–10 .63038–19 .667
No. 20 Miami  ‍‍‍y 18–12 .60038–22 .633
No. 6 Virginia  ‍‍‡‍y 16–11 .59349–15 .766
Duke  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50035–24 .593
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 12–17 .41432–21 .604
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2009[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
Original 2009 ACC Baseball Championship logo

The 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina, from May 20 through 24. It was the first time the tournament has been played at the ballpark since 1999 and fourth time overall since the ballpark opened in 1995. The #6 seeded Virginia Cavaliers won the tournament with a perfect 4–0 record, earning the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Virginia's first conference championship in baseball since 1996, and their second tournament championship ever.

The tournament was originally scheduled to be contested at Fenway Park in Boston, home of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox. But on August 14, 2008, it was announced by Fenway Sports Group, along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, that the location of the tournament would have to be changed due to a scheduling error. The ACC chose the Bulls' ballpark as Fenway's replacement.

2009 was the third 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

From TheACC.com:

The top two teams from both the Atlantic and Coastal divisions, as determined by conference winning percentage, in addition to the four teams with the next best conference winning percentage, regardless of division, will be selected to participate in the ACC Baseball Championship. The two division champions will automatically be seeded number one and two based on winning percentage in overall conference competition. The remaining teams will be seeded (three through eight) based on winning percentage in overall conference competition without regard to division. All ties will be broken using the tie-breaking provisions.[2]

Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Atlantic Division
Florida State 19 9 .679 1
Clemson 19 11 .633 1 3
Boston College 13 15 .464 6 8
Maryland 10 20 .333 10
NC State 10 20 .333 10
Wake Forest 6 24 .200 14
Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Coastal Division
North Carolina 19 10 .655 2
Georgia Tech 17 10 1 .625 1.5 4
Miami 18 12 .600 1.5 5
Virginia 16 11 1 .589 2.5 6
Duke 15 15 .500 4.5 7
Virginia Tech 12 17 .414 7

Tournament

Division A FSU GT MIA BCOverall
1 Florida State (19–9) L 2–9 W 4–2 W 7–22–11
4 Georgia Tech (17–10–1) W 9–2 L 6–8 L 3–71–2
5 Miami (17–12) L 1–4 W 8–6 L 1–101–2
8 Boston College (13–15) L 2–7 W 7–3 W 10–1 2–11
Division B UNC CLEM UVA DUKEOverall
2 North Carolina (19–10) L 3–4† L 1–11‡ W 8–31–2
3 Clemson (19–11) W 4–3† L 5–6 L 4–101–2
6 Virginia (16–11–1) W11–1‡ W 6–5 W 11–73–0
7 Duke (15–15) L 3–8 W 10–4 L 7–11 1–2
Finals
   
A #1 Florida State 3
B #6 Virginia 6

Notes
† - Denotes extra innings
‡ - Denotes game shortened due to Mercy Rule
1 - Florida State beat Boston College head-to-head

Results

Championship final

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All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Dustin Ackley North Carolina
2B Jason Stidham Florida State
3B Mickey Wiswall Boston College
SS Jake Lemmerman Duke
C Franco Valdes Virginia
OF Dan Grovatt Virginia
Wilson Boyd Clemson
Mike McGee Florida State
DH/UT Danny Hultzen Virginia
P Pat Dean Boston College
Casey Harman Clemson
MVP Dan Grovatt Virginia

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

See also

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2009". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Baseball Championship Seeding Procedure" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com/. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
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