ACC NOTEBOOK ACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Athletic Success Tories, While 10 Skippers Have Reached the 500-Win Milestone
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Monday, May 21 ACC Overall ATLANTIC W L T Pct. Hm Rd w/in Div. W L T Pct. Hm Rd Nu Top 25 Streak Clemson 22 8 0 .733 9-6 13-2 12-6 43 13 0 .768 26-7 15-5 2-1 8-8 W6 NC State 19 11 0 .633 9-6 10-5 13-5 40 14 0 .741 27-9 12-5 1-0 9-7 W1 Louisville 18 12 0 .600 8-7 10-5 9-9 40 16 0 .714 23-9 15-7 2-0 8-9 W3 Florida State 16 13 0 .552 8-6 8-7 11-7 39 17 0 .696 30-7 9-9 0-1 9-10 L1 Wake Forest 13 17 0 .433 8-7 5-10 8-10 25 30 0 .455 17-13 8-17 0-0 6-13 W1 Notre Dame 12 18 0 .400 9-6 3-12 7-11 24 28 0 .462 13-10 7-13 4-5 5-14 L3 Boston College 7 22 0 .241 4-11 3-11 3-15 17 32 0 .347 8-15 7-12 2-5 2-11 L2 COASTAL W L T Pct. Hm Rd w/in Div. W L T Pct. Hm Rd Nu Top 25 Streak North Carolina 22 8 0 .733 13-2 9-6 14-4 37 17 0 .685 23-6 12-10 2-1 6-8 W3 Duke 18 11 0 .621 10-5 8-6 11-7 39 14 0 .736 27-6 12-8 0-0 8-7 W1 Miami 16 13 0 .552 9-5 7-8 9-9 27 25 0 .519 19-14 8-11 0-0 10-9 W10 Georgia Tech 14 16 0 .467 11-4 3-12 9-9 31 25 0 .554 25-10 6-14 0-1 6-14 L1 Virginia 12 18 0 .400 7-8 5-10 7-11 28 24 0 .538 21-12 5-12 2-0 1-6 L1 Pitt 11 19 0 .367 5-10 6-9 8-10 27 25 0 .519 8-11 10-12 9-2 1-11 L6 Virginia Tech 8 22 0 .267 4-11 4-11 5-13 21 33 0 .389 10-12 6-17 5-4 3-8 L3 ACC NOTEBOOK ACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Athletic Success tories, while 10 skippers have reached the 500-win milestone. • The ACC is the only conference to win National Cham- No other conference has more than two 1-000-win coaches. pionships in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball • The four winningest coaches by percentage in the nation and baseball over the last four years. are in the ACC: No. 1 Mike Martin (Florida State), No. 2 Mike • The ACC has won four combined football and MBB Fox (North Carolina), No. 3 Brian O’Connor (Virginia), and national titles over the last five years, twice as many as any No. 4 Dan McDonnell (Louisville). With the addition of No. other conference. 7 Jim Morris (Miami) and No. 11 Monte Lee (Clemson), the • This academic year, the ACC led all conferences with 10 ACC has six of the top 11 winningest coaches. No other bowl teams, nine NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament teams conference has more than one coach in the top 11 spots. and eight NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament teams. NCAA Tournament Tuesday, May 22 Academic Success • The ACC has had at least seven teams in the tournament No. 12 Pitt vs. No. 8 Georgia Tech ............ 11 a.m. ..(RSN) • The ACC’s member institutions continue to lead our peer for nine consecutive years. No. 10 Virginia vs. No. 6 Florida State ...... 3 p.m. ....(RSN) conferences by any academic measure – US News & World • Florida State made its 40th straight appearance in the No. 11 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Miami .......... 7 p.m. ....(RSN) Report, GSR, APR, etc. tournament last year, the longest active streak in the country. • The ACC leads the way among Football Bowl Subdivi- • FSU’s 55 all-time appearances is the second most nation- Wednesday, May 23 sion (FBS) conferences in the “Best Colleges” rankings ally, while Miami’s 45 is third and Clemson’s 42 is fifth. No. 9 Wake Forest vs. No. 5 Louisville ...... 11 a.m. ..(RSN) released by U.S. News & World Report. The ACC placed • At least two league teams have earned national seeds for No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 11 Notre Dame ..... 3 p.m. ....(RSN) eight institutions among the 50 – three more than any peer eight consecutive years. conference. With an average rank of 54.2, the ACC has led No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 12 Pitt .......... 7 p.m. ....(RSN) the FBS conferences in each of the last 11 years. College World Series • Florida State advanced to the College World Series last Thursday, May 24 ACC in the National Polls year for the 22nd time in program history and 16th under No. 4 Duke vs. No. 9 Wake Forest ............ 11 a.m. ..(RSN) • Ten different ACC teams were ranked this year, including Coach Mike Martin. No. 3 NC State vs. No. 10 Virginia ............ 3 p.m. ....(RSN) seven that have made appearances in the top 10. • Louisville made its fourth College World Series appearance No. 7 Miami vs. No. 2 Clemson ................. 7 p.m. ....(RSN) • This week, six ACC teams are ranked, including five that last year and third in the last five seasons. hold spots in the top 10. • Over the last 12 years, the ACC has made 23 appear- • In the latest NCAA RPI, five ACC teams rank in the top 17 ances in the College World Series, or 24 percent of the Friday, May 25 spots and nine rank in the top 65. cumulative field. No. 5 Louisville vs. No. 4 Duke .................. 11 a.m. ..(RSN) • The 14 current ACC programs have a combined 93 College No. 8 Georgia Tech vs. No. 1 North Carolina . 3 p.m. ....(RSN) National Awards World Series appearances. No. 6 Florida State vs. No. 3 NC State ...... 7 p.m. ....(RSN) • NC State’s Brett Kinneman, Clemson’s Seth Beer, and • At least two ACC teams have reached the College World Georgia Tech’s Connor Thomas all collected NCBWA Na- Series in eight of the last 12 years, and at least one ACC team Saturday, May 26 tional Player of the Month honors this season. has advanced to the College World Series in 12 straight years. Pool A Winner vs. Pool D Winner .............. 1 p.m. ....(RSN) • ACC players were named Collegiate Baseball National Pool B Winner vs. Pool C Winner .............. 5 p.m. ....(RSN) Players of the Week on 18 different occasions this season. Major League Baseball Draft • Georgia Tech’s Joey Bart and NC State’s Brian Brown were • The 75 ACC players selected in the 2017 MLB Draft were named semifinalists for the Golden Spikes Award. tied for the most from any conference and topped the previous Sunday, May 27 ACC record of 65 in 2014. ACC Championship ................................... Noon ..(ESPN2) ACC Coaches • Six ACC players were picked in the first round and first • Florida State’s win over Clemson in May was the 1,976th competitive balance round, extending a streak of 26 straight career victory for Mike Martin, passing the late Augie Garrido years with at least one first round pick from the conference. for the most wins in NCAA history. • All 14 ACC programs had at least one player drafted. • Five current ACC coaches have at least 1,000 career vic- 2018 ACC BASEBALL LEAGUE DIRECTORY VS. NONCONFERENCE ACC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Boston College Brendan Flynn Conferences 2018 Beer had one of the best weeks of his career in leading 617-552-2004 [email protected] America East ..................................................................6-2 Clemson to a 4-0 record in four road games by going 9-for- Press Box 617-552-0530 American Athletic ............................................................8-8 12 (.750) with three home runs, one double, eight RBI, eight ASUN ............................................................................11-3 runs scored, a 1.583 slugging percentage, six walks and Clemson Brian Hennessy Atlantic 10 .....................................................................16-7 two hit-by-pitches against only one strikeout and an .850 864-656-1921 [email protected] Press Box 864-656-7731 Big 12 .............................................................................4-4 on-base percentage. The junior outfielder and first baseman Big East ..........................................................................9-3 from Suwanee, Georgia, reached base in 17 of his 20 plate Duke Ashley Wolf Big South ......................................................................36-7 appearances. He also hit a home run in all three games at 919-668-4393 [email protected] Big Ten .........................................................................10-9 Pittsburgh and had at least one hit, one run, one RBI and Big West .........................................................................0-0 one walk in all four games. Florida State Steven McCartney Colonial ..........................................................................0-0 850-644-3920 [email protected] Conference USA .............................................................9-6 Bargfeldt delivered the best performance of his career in his Press Box 850-644-1553 Horizon .........................................................................11-1 final regular season start as a Miami Hurricane, tossing a Georgia Tech Kevin Davis Independent....................................................................0-0 complete game shutout in the series opener against Boston 404-894-5445 [email protected] Ivy .................................................................................11-2 College in a 3-0 win. The senior lefthander from Owasso, Press Box 404-894-3167 MAAC .............................................................................3-1 Oklahoma, struck out seven and allowed just two singles, MEAC ...........................................................................10-0 needing just 118 pitches to get through his second complete Louisville Garett Wall Mid-American .................................................................7-4 game of the year. He did not walk a batter and faced just four 502-852-3088 [email protected] Missouri Valley ...............................................................4-1 over the minimum.