2021 Atlantic Coast Conference softball tournament

The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) softball tournament was held at Ulmer Stadium on the campus of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky from May 12 through May 15, 2021. The event determined the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2021 season. As the winner of the tournament, Duke earned the ACC's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament.^[2][3][4]

2021 Atlantic Coast Conference
softball tournament

Teams	10
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Finals site	Ulmer Stadium Louisville, Kentucky
Champions	Duke (1st title)
Runner-up	Clemson
Winning coach	Marissa Young (1st title)
MVP	Peyton St. George (Duke)
Television	ACCN ESPN2
← 2019 ACC Softball Tournament 2022 →

2021 Atlantic Coast Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 18 Clemson  ‍†‍‍^y	29	–	5	–	0		.853			44	–	8	–	0		.846
No. 2 Florida State  ‍‍‍^y	26	–	5	–	1		.828			49	–	12	–	1		.798
No. 20 Duke  ‍‍‡‍^y	26	–	10	–	0		.722			44	–	12	–	0		.786
No. 14 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍^y	23	–	11	–	0		.676			37	–	15	–	0		.712
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			33	–	15	–	0		.688
Louisville  ‍‍‍	15	–	21	–	1		.419			21	–	28	–	1		.430
NC State  ‍‍‍	15	–	22	–	0		.405			26	–	25	–	0		.510
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	12	–	20	–	0		.375			20	–	24	–	0		.455
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			20	–	26	–	0		.435
North Carolina  ‍‍‍	10	–	19	–	0		.345			14	–	26	–	0		.350
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	12	–	24	–	0		.333			17	–	29	–	0		.370
Virginia  ‍‍‍	10	–	27	–	0		.270			15	–	33	–	0		.313
Boston College  ‍‍‍	8	–	24	–	0		.250			13	–	32	–	0		.289
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 15, 2021^[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

This was the third year of a 10-team tournament. The first round, quarterfinals and semifinals were shown on the ACC Network. The championship game was broadcast by ESPN2.

Format and seeding

The top 10 finishers of the ACC's 13 softball-player members will be seeded based on conference results from the regular season. The bottom four seeds will play in an opening round to determine the quarterfinal matchups.

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Seed
Clemson	29	5	0	.848	—	1
Florida State	26	5	1	.828	1.5	2
Duke	26	10	0	.722	4.5	3
Virginia Tech	23	11	0	.676	6	4
Notre Dame	20	10	0	.667	7	5
Louisville	15	21	1	.419	15	6
NC State	15	22	0	.405	15.5	7
Syracuse	12	20	0	.375	15.5	8
Georgia Tech	11	19	0	.367	16	9
North Carolina	10	19	0	.345	16.5	10
Pittsburgh	12	24	0	.333	18	—
Virginia	10	27	0	.270	20.5	—
Boston College	8	24	0	.250	20.5	—

Tournament

Bracket

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Clemson	2
	8	Syracuse	0			9	Georgia Tech	0
	9	Georgia Tech	6								1	Clemson	2
											4	Virginia Tech	0
						4	Virginia Tech	4
						5	Notre Dame	1
																1	Clemson	0
																3	Duke	1
						2	Florida State	2
	7	NC State	4			7	NC State	0
	10	North Carolina	2								2	Florida State	3
											3	Duke	4
						3	Duke	4
						6	Louisville	3

Game schedule and results

Time	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Television	Reference
First Round - Wednesday, May 12
1:00 p.m.	Game 1	(9) Georgia Tech	6–0	(8) Syracuse	ACCN	^[5]
3:30 p.m.	Game 2	(7) NC State	4–2	(10) North Carolina	ACCN	^[6]
Quarterfinals - Thursday, May 13
11:00 a.m.	Game 3	(1) Clemson	2–0	(9) Georgia Tech	ACCN	^[7]
1:30 p.m.	Game 4	(4) Virginia Tech	4–1	(5) Notre Dame	ACCN	^[8]
5:00 p.m.	Game 5	(2) Florida State	2–0	(7) NC State	ACCN	^[9]
7:30 p.m.	Game 6	(3) Duke	4–3	(6) Louisville	ACCN	^[10]
Semifinals - Friday, May 14
1:00 p.m.	Game 7	(1) Clemson	2–0	(4) Virginia Tech	ACCN	^[11]
3:30 p.m.	Game 8	(3) Duke	4–3	(2) Florida State	ACCN	^[12]
Final - Saturday, May 15
Noon	Game 9	(3) Duke	1–0	(1) Clemson	ESPN	^[13]

Championship game

ACC Championship
(3) Duke Blue Devils	vs.	(1) Clemson Tigers

May 15, 2021, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Ulmer Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
(3) Duke	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2
(1) Clemson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
WP: Walters (17–3)   LP: Cagle (26–5)   Sv: St. George (4) Home runs: DUKE: None CLEM: None Attendance: 485 Boxscore

All Tournament Team

Player	Team
Cammy Pereira	Clemson
Valerie Cagle
Kristina Foreman	Duke
Peyton St. George
Gisele Tapia
Shelby Walters
Sydney Sherrill	Florida State
Blake Neleman	Georgia Tech
Celene Funke	Louisville
Taty Forbes	NC State
Keely Rochard	Virginia Tech

MVP in bold
Source:^[13]

References

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