The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) softball tournament was held at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, from May 10 through May 13, 2023. The event determines the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2022 season. As the tournament winner, Florida State earned the ACC's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
This was the fifth year of a 10-team tournament. The 1st round, quarterfinals and semifinals were broadcast on the ACC Network. The championship game was broadcast by ESPN2.
Format and seeding The top 10 finishers of the ACC's 13 softball-playing members were 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 Florida State 22 2 0 – 1 19 5 0 2 Clemson 18 6 0 3 16 7 0 4 14 10 0 5 13 10 0 6 11 12 1 7 8 16 0 8 7 15 1 9 7 17 0 10 6 17 0 — 6 18 0 — 6 18 0 —
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Game schedule and results GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionNotes First Round – Wednesday, May 10 1 1:00 p.m. No. 9 Syracuse vs. No. 8 Virginia 8–2 ACCN 2 4:30 p.m. No. 10 Georgia Tech vs. No. 7 Notre Dame 8–1 Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 11 3 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 9 Syracuse 4–1 ACCN 4 2:00 p.m. No. 5 Virginia Tech vs. No. 4 Louisville 10–8 5 5:00 p.m. No. 2 Duke vs. No. 10 Georgia Tech 7–1 6 7:30 p.m. No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 6 North Carolina 2–1 Semifinals – Friday, May 12 7 1:00 p.m. No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 5 Virginia Tech 9–1 ACCN 8 3:30 p.m. No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 Clemson 2–0 Championship – Saturday, May 13 9 1:00 p.m. No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Duke 2–1 ESPN2
Championship game 2023 ACC tournament championshipNo. 2 Duke 1–2No. 1 Florida State
All Tournament Team Player Team Valerie Cagle Clemson Cassidy Curd Duke Deja Davis Aminah Vega Kalei Harding Florida State Mack Leonard Josie Muffley Kathryn Sandercock Lili Backes North Carolina Emma Kauf Georgia Tech Addy Greene Virginia Tech MVP in boldSource:
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