The 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) softball tournament was held at Boston College Softball Field on the campus of the Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, from May 7 through May 10, 2025. The event determines the champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2025 season.
This was the first year of a 12-team tournament. The 1st round, quarterfinals and semifinals will be broadcast on the ACC Network. The championship game was broadcast by ESPN.
Duke entered as the defending tournament champions. They finished tied for fourth after the regular season and were the fourth seed in the tournament. They were unable to defend their title as they were defeated 3–2 by top seed Florida State in the Semifinals. Second-seed Clemson went on to defeat Florida State in the Final 2–1. The tournament title was the first in program history for Clemson, and the first for head coach John Rittman. As tournament champions, Clemson earned the ACC's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
Seeding The top 12 finishers of the ACC's 15 softball-playing members were seeded based on conference results from the regular season. The top four seeds earned a bye into the quarterfinals.
Team W L Pct. GB Seed Florida State 18 3 — 1 Clemson 19 5 2 18 6 3 16 8 4 16 8 5 15 9 6 14 10 7 10 11 8 11 13 9 9 15 10 7 17 11 7 17 12 6 18 DNQ 6 18 DNQ 5 19 DNQ
Tournament
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Schedule and results Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, May 7 1 11:00a.m. No. 9 vs. No. 8 0–8 ACCN 341 2 1:30p.m. No. 12 vs. No. 5 2–9 389 3 5:00p.m. No. 10 vs. No. 7 2–3 310 4 7:30p.m. No. 11 vs. No. 6 0–2 309 Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 8 5 11:00a.m. No. 8 Georgia Tech vs. No. 1 Florida State 0–8 ACCN 350 6 1:30p.m. No. 5 Stanford vs. No. 4 0–7 375 7 5:00p.m. No. 7 Virginia vs. No. 2 Clemson 4–7 783 8 7:30p.m. No. 6 North Carolina vs. No. 3 0–4 533 Semifinals – Friday, May 9 9 10:00a.m. No. 4 Duke vs. No. 1 Florida State 2–3 ACCN 653 10 12:30p.m. No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 2 Clemson 9–10 612 Championship – Saturday, May 10 11 2:30p.m. No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 1 Florida State 2–1 ESPN 1,200
Game summaries First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship game 2025 ACC tournament championship Clemson 2–1 Florida State
All Tournament Team Position Player Team P P P Florida State P Clemson C Florida State C Clemson INF Clemson INF Clemson INF Florida State OF Florida State OF MVP in boldSource:
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