North Carolina State University Athletics
Pairings Set For ACC Baseball Tournament
5/22/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 22, 2011
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference released the times and pairings for this week’s ACC Baseball Championship on Sunday, and NC State will begin play Wednesday at 7 p.m. against second-seeded Florida State.
The tournament, which will be held Wednesday, May 25 through Sunday, May 29 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C., will feature three games each day, Wednesday through Saturday, with a single game for the conference championship set for Sunday at 1 p.m. All eight teams will get a day off during the tournament, and two teams will be off each day.
In addition to playing Florida State on Wednesday, NC State will take on Georgia Tech on Thursday at 7 p.m., and Clemson on Saturday at 11 a.m. Georgia Tech is the three seed, and Clemson is seeded sixth.
The entire tournament will be televised on various sports cable affiliates. Check theacc.com or your local television listings for the correct station in your market. Live stats will be available on Gametracker. Just click the Gametracker icon on the baseball schedule page on GoPack.com.
Tickets for the tournament can be bought on-line at theacc.com. Also, be sure to visit the ACC's championship webpage for up-to-date coverage of the tournament, and as always, please visit GoPack.com regularly for full coverage of all NC State athletics news and events.
Following is the game-by-game schedule for the 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship:
Pool A
#1 - Virginia (45-9, 22-8)
#4 - North Carolina (44-12, 20-10)
#5 - Miami (34-20, 19-10)
#8 - Wake Forest (25-28, 15-15)
Pool B
#2 - Florida State (40-15, 19-11)
#3 - Georgia Tech (39-17, 22-8)
#6 - Clemson (39-17. 17-13)
#7 - NC State (33-23, 15-15)
Wednesday’s Games
11 a.m. – Georgia Tech vs. Clemson
3 p.m. – Virginia vs. Wake Forest
7 p.m. – Florida State vs. NC State
(Watch Florida State vs. NC State live on FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Florida, Comcast Mid-Atlantic)
Thursday’s Games
11 a.m. – North Carolina vs. Miami
3 p.m. – Florida State vs. Clemson
7 p.m. – Georgia Tech vs. NC State
(Watch Georgia Tech vs. NC State live on FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Florida, Comcast Mid-Atlantic)
Friday’s Games
11 a.m. – Virginia vs. Miami
3 p.m. – Florida State vs. Georgia Tech
7 p.m. – North Carolina vs. Wake Forest
Saturday’s games
11 a.m. – Clemson vs. NC State
(Watch Clemson vs. NC State live on FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Florida, Comcast Mid-Atlantic, NESN [join at noon])
3 p.m. – Miami vs. Wake Forest
7 p.m. – Virginia vs. North Carolina
Sunday’s Championship
1 p.m. – Pool A winner vs. Pool B winner
