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35TH ACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY
Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Fla.
FORMAT: In the pairings announced by the ACC on Sunday, the eight teams are divided into the A Division (Miami, N.C. State, Georgia Tech and Clemson) and the B Division (North Carolina, Florida State, Virginia and Wake Forest). The teams teams will compete in round-robin format within their respective pools and the winners in each pool will meet for the championship.
ON THE RADIO: All 13 games will be carried on XM Radio and ISP Sports' network of affiliates.
ON THE INTERNET: Live stats will be available at the www.theacc.com.
WEDNESDAY
GAME 1: No. 4 N.C. State vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech, 10 a.m. (FSN)
GAME 2: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 8 Clemson, 1 p.m. (FSN)
GAME 3: No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 7 Wake Forest, 5 p.m.
GAME 4: No. 3 North Carolina vs. No. 6 Virginia, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY
GAME 5: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech, 5 p.m. (FSN)
GAME 6: No. 4 N.C. State vs. No. 8 Clemson, 8 p.m. (FSN)
FRIDAY
GAME 7: No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 6 Virginia, 5 p.m.
GAME 8: No. 3 North Carolina vs. No. 7 Wake Forest, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY
GAME 9: No. 5 Georgia Tech vs. No. 8 Clemson, 10 a.m.
GAME 10: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 4 N.C. State, 1 p.m.
GAME 11: No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 3 North Carolina, 5 p.m.
GAME 12: No. 6 Virginia vs. No. 7 Wake Forest, 8 p.m.
SUNDAY
CHAMPIONSHIP: A Division winner vs. B Division winner, 1 p.m. (FSN)
SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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Two league schools from the Sunshine State highlight the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball championship field, as No. 1 seed Miami and No. 2 seed Florida State prepare to battle six other schools for the title at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla., this week.Florida State and defending ACC champion North Carolina head the Division B bracket this season.The pressure to defend their league title will be on the Tar Heels. UNC picked up the No. 3 seed after taking two of three games from top-ranked Miami this past weekend and finishing 22-7 in the Coastal Division. UNC takes on No. 6 seed Virginia at 8 p.m. on Wednesday.No. 4 seed N.C. State will open the tournament against No. 5 seed Georgia Tech at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.PIRATES FIFTH SEED IN C-USA: No. 5 seed East Carolina will open the Conference USA tournament at 10 a.m. Wednesday against fourth-seeded Houston.The complete schedule is in Scoreboard, Page 2D.MOUNT OLIVE CLOSING IN ON WORLD SERIES BERTH: The championship game of the NCAA Division II Baseball South Atlantic Regional was suspended Sunday and will resume today at 11 a.m. at Mount Olive. The top-seeded Trojans were leading No. 3 seed USC-Aiken 4-2 and batting in the top of the eighth when play was halted because of heavy wind and rain.Mount Olive (53-6) forced a winner-take-all game with a 13-2 victory in Sunday's first game. Making his first collegiate start, Kyle Jones took a perfect game into the fifth inning and pitched a complete-game four-hitter. Erik Lovett belted his third home run of the regional.
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