The ACC is one of the strongest baseball conferences this year, with a total of seven teams ranked in the top 25.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship has come to an end as Duke takes the ACC title after defeating Florida State during Sunday's championship game.
The ACC is one of the strongest baseball conferences this year, with a total of seven teams ranked in the top 25.
-No. 6 seed Duke won 16-4 over fifth-seeded Florida State in the championship game of the ACC Tournament, earning the Blue Devils a regional berth.
-Duke previously won regional titles in 2018, 2019, and 2023 but has not been to the College World Series since 1961.
-The regional field will be announced on Monday.
-Alex Stone hit a two-run home run to left-center field in the bottom of the eighth Saturday night giving Duke an 8-2 win over Miami in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament.
-The win sends sixth-seeded Duke to Sunday's conference championship game against No. 5-seed Florida State on Sunday.
-Max Williams batted 3 for 5, drove in four runs, and his two-run homer in the sixth inning.
-The win sends Florida State to its first ACC championship game since 2018.
-The Seminoles will face the winner of the second semifinal between No. 6-seed Duke and 11th-seed Miami on Sunday.
- Down four runs, UNC shows fight with Vance Honeycutt ripping a leadoff double off Michael Massey to start the bottom of the 12th.
- Honeycutt steals third but Casey Cook strikes out swinging.
- Parks Harber goes down on strikes as he chases a Massey slider. UNC is down to its last out.
- Anthony Donofrio is at the plate, trying to keep it alive for UNC.
- Full count for Donofrio. He swings and misses and the game is over.
- Wake Forest wins 9-5 and advances to play Florida State at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
