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.
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 — 1 Florida State 26 5 1 1.5 2 26 10 0 4.5 3 23 11 0 6 4 20 10 0 7 5 15 21 1 15 6 15 22 0 15.5 7 12 20 0 15.5 8 11 19 0 16 9 10 19 0 16.5 10 12 24 0 18 — 10 27 0 20.5 — 8 24 0 20.5 —
Tournament
Bracket
Game schedule and results Time Game Winner Score Loser Television Reference First Round - Wednesday, May 12 1:00 p.m. Game 1 (9) 6–0 (8) ACCN 3:30 p.m. Game 2 (7) 4–2 (10) ACCN Quarterfinals - Thursday, May 13 11:00 a.m. Game 3 (1) Clemson 2–0 (9) Georgia Tech ACCN 1:30 p.m. Game 4 (4) 4–1 (5) ACCN 5:00 p.m. Game 5 (2) Florida State 2–0 (7) NC State ACCN 7:30 p.m. Game 6 (3) 4–3 (6) ACCN Semifinals - Friday, May 14 1:00 p.m. Game 7 (1) Clemson 2–0 (4) Virginia Tech ACCN 3:30 p.m. Game 8 (3) Duke 4–3 (2) Florida State ACCN Final - Saturday, May 15 Noon Game 9 (3) Duke 1–0 (1) Clemson ESPN
Championship game ACC Championship(3) Duke Blue Devilsvs.(1) Clemson Tigers
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 boldSource:
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