1977 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament

From BR Bullpen

The 1977 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at Beautiful Tiger Field in Clemson, SC. #3 Wake Forest University defeated #1 Clemson University for the title.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Clemson University 9-1 Bill Wilhelm
2 University of Maryland 7-4-1 Elton "Jack" Jackson
3 Wake Forest University 7-5 Marvin Crater
4 University of North Carolina 6-6 Walt Rabb
5 North Carolina State University 5-5 Sam Esposito
6 Duke University 1-7 Enos Slaughter
7 University of Virginia 1-8-1 James West

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round   Second Round   Final
                             
  1 Clemson 10  
  5 NC State 3    
      1 Clemson 4  
      3 Wake Forest 5    
  2 Maryland 7          
  3 Wake Forest 10        
      3 Wake Forest 22 x
        1 Clemson 9 x
       
    1 Clemson 14    
  5 NC State 6     5 NC State 6  
  2 Maryland 2  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
April 21
Game 1 University of Maryland 4-1 University of Virginia single elimination, Maryland advances
Game 2 Wake Forest University 2-1 Duke University single elimination, Wake Forest advances
Game 3 North Carolina State University 6-5 University of North Carolina single elimination, North Carolina State advances
April 22
Game 4 Clemson University 10-3 North Carolina State University
Game 5 Wake Forest University 10-7 University of Maryland
April 23
Game 6 Wake Forest University 5-4 Clemson University
Game 7 North Carolina State University 6-2 University of Maryland Maryland eliminated
April 24
Game 8 Clemson University 14-6 North Carolina State University North Carolina State eliminated
Game 9 Wake Forest University 22-9 Clemson University Wake Forest advances to NCAA tournament