2010 ACC Baseball Tournament
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The 2010 ACC Baseball Tournament was held at NewBridge Bank Park in Greensboro, NC from May 26 through May 30. The #5 seeded Florida State Seminoles
Florida State Seminoles
The Florida State Seminoles are the men's and women's sports teams of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State participates in the NCAA's Division I . FSU joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1991, and competes in the Atlantic Division in any sports split into a...

 won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, June 4, 2010 as part of the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2010 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.-National seeds:...

. It was Florida State's fifth ACC tournament win and first since 2004
2004 ACC Baseball Tournament
The 2004 ACC Baseball Tournament was held at the Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium in Salem, VA from May 25th through May 30th. Florida State won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.-Play-In Game:The two teams with...

. A record 6,247 were in attendance for the championship game.

2010 was the fourth year in which the conference used a round-robin tournament
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

format, with the team with the best record in each group at the end of the three-game round robin advancing to a one-game championship.

Seeding Procedure

From TheACC.com:

The top two teams from both the Atlantic and Coastal divisions, as determined by conference winning percentage, in addition to the four teams with the next best conference winning percentage, regardless of division, will be selected to participate in the ACC Baseball Championship. The two division champions will automatically be seeded number one and two based on winning percentage in overall conference competition. The remaining teams will be seeded (three through eight) based on winning percentage in overall conference competition without regard to division. All ties will be broken using the tie-breaking provisions.

Atlantic Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Clemson 18 12 .600
2
Florida State 18 12 .600
5
NC State 15 15 .500
3
7
Boston College 14 16 .467
4
8
Wake Forest 8 22 .267
10
Maryland 5 25 .200
13
Coastal Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Virginia 23 7 .767
1
Georgia Tech 21 9 .700
2
3
Miami 20 10 .667
3
4
Virginia Tech 16 14 .533
7
6
North Carolina 14 16 .467
9
Duke 8 22 .267
15

Tournament

Notes

- Denotes extra innings

- Denotes game shortened due to mercy rule

1 - Florida State beat Virginia head-to-head

2 - NC State beat Virginia Tech head-to-head

Division A

1 - Game ended in the bottom of the seventh inning due to the Mercy Rule.

Division B

1 - Game ended after the bottom of the seventh inning due to the Mercy Rule.

Championship Final

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Harold Riggins NC State
2B Dallas Poulk NC State
3B Harold Martinez Miami
SS Stephen Cardullo Florida State
C Steve Domecus Virginia Tech
OF Kyle Wilson NC State
Tyler Holt Florida State
Austin Wates Virginia Tech
DH/UT Michael Broad Miami
P Justin Wright Virginia Tech
Jake Buchanan NC State
MVP Harold Riggins NC State

Source: theacc.com
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