1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament

The 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, NC. #5 Wake Forest University defeated #1 Florida State University for the title. Wake Forest's John Hendricks was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Florida State University	18-4	Mike Martin
2	Georgia Institute of Technology	14-9	Danny Hall
3	Clemson University	14-9	Jack Leggett
4	North Carolina State University	12-9	Elliott Avent
5	Wake Forest University	13-10	George Greer
6	University of North Carolina	13-10	Mike Roberts
7	Duke University	8-15	Steve Traylor
8	University of Maryland	5-18	Tom Bradley
9	University of Virginia	5-18	Dennis Womack

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
	1	Florida St.	4
	9	Virginia	1
						1	Florida St.	14
						5	Wake Forest	1
	4	NC State	1
	5	Wake Forest	9
											1	Florida St.	13
											6	North Carolina	11
	2	Georgia Tech	0
	7	Duke	4
						7	Duke	0
						6	North Carolina	3
	3	Clemson	1
	6	North Carolina	4
						Loser's bracket
						9	Virginia	1
						4	NC State	4			7	Duke	4
											4	NC State	10
						2	Georgia Tech	10
						3	Clemson	6			5	Wake Forest	2
											2	Georgia Tech	1

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	1	Florida St.	13								1	Florida St.	3
	4	NC State	6								5	Wake Forest	6
						1	Florida St.	1
						5	Wake Forest	2
	6	North Carolina	0
	5	Wake Forest	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 12
Game 1	University of Virginia	9-4	University of Maryland	single elimination, Virginia advances
May 13
Game 2	Wake Forest University	9-1	North Carolina State University
Game 3	Florida State University	4-1	University of Virginia
Game 4	Duke University	4-0	Georgia Institute of Technology
Game 5	University of North Carolina	4-1	Clemson University
May 14
Game 6	North Carolina State University	4-1	University of Virginia	Virginia eliminated
Game 7	Georgia Institute of Technology	10-6	Clemson University	Clemson eliminated
Game 8	Florida State University	14-1	Wake Forest University
Game 9	University of North Carolina	3-0	Duke University
May 15
Game 10	Wake Forest University	2-1	Georgia Institute of Technology	Georgia Tech eliminated
Game 11	North Carolina State University	10-4	Duke University	Duke eliminated
Game 12	Florida State University	13-11 (10)	University of North Carolina
May 16
Game 13	Florida State University	13-6	North Carolina State University	North Carolina State eliminated
Game 14	Wake Forest University	3-0	University of North Carolina	North Carolina eliminated
Game 15	Wake Forest University	2-1	Florida State University
May 17
Game 16	Wake Forest University	6-3	Florida State University	Wake Forest advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Jeremy Salazar, Florida St.
• 1B Jon Palmieri, Wake Forest
• 2B Brian Ward, NC State
• 3B Corey Slavik, Wake Forest
• SS Brian Roberts, North Carolina
• OF Matt Diaz, Florida St.
• OF Scott Daeley, Wake Forest
• OF Brian Cox, Florida St.
• DH Brad Piercy, NC State
• P John Hendricks, Wake Forest
• P Danny Borrell, Wake Forest