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Virginia Softball Seeded Sixth in ACC Championship
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May 8, 2006
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The University of Virginia softball team is the sixth seed in the 15th annual Atlantic Coast Conference Softball Championship, which will be held May 11-14 at Anderson Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Cavaliers (28-24, 7-13 ACC) begin play in the eight-team double elimination tournament on Thursday (May 11) at 10:00 a.m. when they play third-seeded Virginia Tech (37-17, 12-8 ACC) in the first game of the tourney.
NC State (44-18, 14-6 ACC) is the top seed, while North Carolina (46-15, 13-7 ACC) is the second seed. Virginia Tech is seeded third and Georgia Tech (43-18, 12-9 ACC) is the fourth seed. Florida State (38-25, 10-10 ACC) captured the fifth seed, while UVa is seeded sixth. Maryland (32-25, 7-13 ACC) and Boston College (22-24, 6-15 ACC) are the seventh and eighth seeds, respectively.
The winner of the Virginia-Virginia Tech game moves on to play the winner of the North Carolina-Maryland matchup at 12:30 p.m. Friday (May 12). The loser of the UVa-Virginia Tech game will play at 8:00 p.m. Thursday against either North Carolina or Maryland.
The Cavaliers have advanced to the championship game of the ACC Tournament four times in the last eight years (1998, 1999, 2000 and 2003). UVa has played in the championship game of the ACC Tournament seven times in the tourney’s 14-year history. Virginia won the 1994 ACC Tournament by defeating Florida State 3-0 in the title game.
The 2006 ACC Softball Championship can be followed live via Gametracker on the ACC’s website at www.theacc.com. Links will be available once game matchups are determined. Friday and Saturday’s games will be Webcast on www.theacc.com. Sunday’s championship game will be televised by FSN South, Comcast Sportsnet, Fox Sports Florida and New England Sports Network.
Below is the entire 2006 ACC Softball Championship schedule.
Thursday, May 11Game 1 #3 Virginia Tech vs. #6 Virginia 10:00 a.m.Game 2 #2 North Carolina vs. #7 Maryland 12:30 p.m.Game 3 #1 NC State vs. #8 Boston College 3:00 p.m.Game 4 #4 Georgia Tech vs. #5 Florida State 5:30 p.m.Game 5 Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 8:00 p.m.Friday, May 12Game 6 Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 10:00 a.m.Game 7 Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 12:30 p.m.Game 8 Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 3:00 p.m.Game 9 Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7 5:30 p.m.Game 10 Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 8 8:00 p.m.Saturday, May 13Game 11 Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 10 11:00 a.m.Game 12 Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9 1:30 p.m.Game 13*Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 10 5:00 p.m.Game 14*Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9 7:30 p.m.Sunday, May 14Game 12 Game 11 Winner vs. Game 12 Winner 12:00 p.m.
*- If Necessary