ACC accomplishments

Jun 4, 2022, 9:09 AM

The ACC has 13 programs ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in their respective sports. Teams earning a No. 1 or No. 2 ranking in a major poll are:
Boston College women's lacrosse (No. 2 – IL Women/IWLCA)
Clemson men's soccer (No. 1 – United Soccer Coaches)
Florida State women’s soccer (No. 1 – United Soccer Coaches)
Florida State softball (No. 2 – NFCA)
North Carolina men's basketball (No. 2 – USA Today Coaches)
North Carolina women's lacrosse (No. 1 – IL Women/IWLCA)
NC State men's swimming & diving (No. 2 – CSCAA)
NC State women's cross country (No. 1 – USTFCCCA)
Notre Dame men's fencing (No. 1 – USFCA Coaches)
Notre Dame women's fencing (No. 2 – USFCA Coaches)
Virginia men's tennis (No. 1 – ITA, Tennis Channel/USTA)
Virginia women's swimming and diving (No. 1 – CSCAA)
Virginia Tech softball (No. 2 – NFCA, D1Softball)

The ACC has won seven NCAA national championships this year, which is the most of any conference and matches the league record for titles in an academic year set in 2009-10. The ACC brought home NCAA Championships in women's cross country (NC State), women's soccer (Florida State), men's soccer (Clemson), women's swimming & diving (Virginia), fencing (Notre Dame), men's tennis (Virginia) and women's lacrosse (North Carolina). Additionally, ACC student-athletes have won 15 individual national titles this year.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX and as part of ESPN’s Fifty/50 initiative, ACC Network will have 120 hours of programming celebrating women’s sports June 15-June 23, including three original programs premiering on Thursday, June 23.
All Access with Pitt Women's Lacrosse | The Inaugural Season | June 23 | 7 p.m.
Hidden Dynasty: The Story of Carolina Women’s Soccer | June 23 | 8 p.m.
Pushing Forward: Title IX in the ACC | June 23 | 9 p.m.
All Access The ACC Life: Best of Women’s Sports | June 22 | 8 p.m.
Best of ACC Women’s Sports from 2021-22

The ACC, Big Ten, and Pac-12 Alliance announced plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX through a multi-pronged campaign entitled “Celebrating 50 Years of Title IX TogetHER.” The announcement and campaign logo unveiling coincided with National Girls and Women in Sports Day, a national event that inspires girls and women to realize their full power through participation in sports.

The ACC announced its championship dates and sites for the 2022-23 academic year. The ACC currently sponsors 27 sports (14 women, 13 men), soon to be 28 (15 women, 13 men) with the addition of women’s gymnastics in 2023-24. No Autonomy Five conference sponsors more than 28 sports and the league’s 27 for 2022-23 is the second most. The soon-to-be 15 women’s sports will be the most of any peer conference.

Six ACC schools - the most of any league - were recognized for their philanthropic efforts and community service over the past year by Helper Helper, an organization that encourages student-athletes to give back to their communities and tracks their service efforts. Among Helper Helper's Top 25 were No. 9 Pitt, No. 10 Miami, No. 12 Wake Forest, No. 21 Clemson, No. 22 Notre Dame and No. 23 Louisville.

Football
Athlon Sports released its 2022 Preseason All-ACC football team on Thursday. Athlon's team is led by 14 selections from Pitt, while Clemson (13), Miami (12) and NC State (11), North Carolina (10) and Wake Forest (10) all had double digits.

The ACC and its television partners announced the kickoff times and networks for all ACC controlled contests during the early weeks of the 2022 football season. The times and networks for the Thursday and Friday night contests throughout the 2022 season were also announced, along with ESPN's complete bowl schedule, which includes most ACC affiliated bowl games.

The ACC will hold its annual ACC Football Kickoff event July 20-21 in Charlotte, North Carolina at The Westin Charlotte. Atlantic Division head coaches and student-athletes will be available for interviews on Wednesday, July 20. Coastal Division head coaches and student-athletes will be available for interviews on Thursday, July 21. Each institution will be represented by three student-athletes.

Eight ACC football players are included on the 2022 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List – Clemson DT Bryan Bresee and LB Trenton Simpson, Duke LB Shaka Heyward, Miami DL Akheem Mesidor, North Carolina CB Tony Grimes, Pitt DL Calijah Kancey, Virginia LB Nick Jackson and Wake Forest S Nick Andersen. Named after former NFL Hall of Fame star Ronnie Lott, The Lott Trophy annually goes to the Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year, a player who has had the biggest impact on his team both on and off the field.

Conference of Quarterbacks:
The ACC has three of the top 12 returning quarterbacks in the country based on last season's passing yards per game. Virginia’s Brennan Armstrong is the top returning player in the country after finishing last season with 404.5 passing yards per game, Wake Forest’s Sam Hartman is eighth (302.0 ypg), Miami’s Tyler Van Dyke is 11th (293.1 ypg) and NC State’s Devin Leary is 12th (286.1 ypg). Hartman is third among returning quarterbacks in TD passes with 39 last season, while Leary is seventh with 35.

Three of the top seven quarterbacks in the country entering the 2022 season are from the ACC, according to USA Today. They are No. 3 Sam Hartman of Wake Forest, No. 4 Tyler Van Dyke of Miami and No. 7 Devin Leary of NC State.

Four ACC players were selected in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft in Las Vegas, headlined by No. 6 pick Ikem Ekwonu (OL) of NC State to the Carolina Panthers. He was joined in the first round by Boston College OL Zion Johnson (17th, Los Angeles Chargers), Pitt QB Kenny Pickett (20th, Pittsburgh Steelers) and Florida State DE Jermaine Johnson II (26th, New York Jets). Clemson cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. was taken in the second round and North Carolina offensive guard Joshua Ezeudu and Virginia tight end Jelani Woods were third round picks. Fourteen ACC players were taken in rounds four through seven.

Ekwonu, the 2021 ACC Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner, is the first ACC offensive lineman taken in the top six picks since Virginia’s D’Brickashaw Ferguson was selected fourth overall in 2006.

Johnson’s selection gives the Seminoles at least one pick in 39 consecutive NFL Drafts, a streak that dates back to 1984 and is the eighth-longest streak in the country. Miami DT Jonathan Ford (seventh round) continues the Hurricanes’ 48-year streak of a player selected in every NFL Draft since 1975 – third-longest in the nation.

A total of 42 ACC student-athletes are part of the 2022 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society. The NFF Hampshire Honor Society is comprised of college football players from all divisions of the NCAA, NAIA and sprint football who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers.

247Sports.com has listed its breakout players for each ACC team this fall and the list includes Boston College DL Kwan Williams, Clemson CB Nate Wiggins, Duke DT DeWayne Carter, Florida State RB Lawrance Toafili, Georgia Tech RB Antonio Martin, Louisville RB Tiyon Evans, Miami DT Leonard Taylor, North Carolina QB Drake Maye, NC State CB Shyheim Battle, Pitt QB Kedon Slovis, Syracuse WR Courtney Jackson, Virginia WR Lavel Davis Jr., Virginia Tech DE Tyjuan Garbutt and Wake Forest WR Taylor Morin.

Florida State, NC State, Louisville and Syracuse all rank among the top 15 in ESPN Bill Connelly’s returning production rankings. FSU returns 82% of its production overall, including 90% on defense, which ranks second nationally.

In ESPN’s Way Too Early Top 25 from April 21, NC State leads the ACC at No. 7, followed by No. 11 Clemson, No. 15 Pitt and No. 17 Wake Forest. Four ACC teams are in The Athletic's Too Early Top 25 – No. 8 Clemson, No. 9 NC State, No. 11 Pitt and No. 15 Wake Forest. In SI.com's Way Too Early Top 25, Clemson is No. 4, followed by No. 8 Wake Forest and No. 19 NC State.

Men's Basketball
Eleven ACC players participated in the recent NBA Draft Combine. That total was the second most of any conference. The 2022 NBA Draft is June 23.

Three former ACC players are competing on teams currently in the NBA Finals: Damion Lee (Louisville) with the Golden State Warriors and Sam Hauser (Virginia) and Jayson Tatum (Duke) with the Boston Celtics.

The ACC's five NCAA Tournament teams finished 14-5 (73.7%) in the 2022 NCAA Tournament – the most wins of any league.

North Carolina finished as the national runner-up after falling 72-69 to Kansas in the NCAA Championship Game in New Orleans. The ACC had a team in the championship game for the fifth time in the last seven tournaments and the 28th time in tournament history. Duke and North Carolina both made the Final Four.

North Carolina finished No. 2 in the final Coaches poll and was followed by Duke (3) and Miami (t16).

Since the NCAA began allowing an unlimited number of at-large teams from any conference in 1980 (including this season), the ACC has had winning record in the tournament 40 times (42 total tournaments), most of any league.

All 15 league members own 1,000 or more all-time wins, including eight schools with 1,500 or more victories. With 657 wins among its 15 current members, the ACC is the all-time winningest conference in the NCAA Tournament.

Women's Basketball
For the 17th consecutive year, the ACC had at least one student-athlete selected in the first round of the WNBA Draft, as the 2022 edition was held April 11. That streak is the most of any conference and the next closest is eight. The ACC had seven student-athletes selected in the WNBA Draft, which tied for the most of any conference. Louisville forward Emily Engstler was the first ACC player taken in the draft when she was selected by the Indiana Fever with the fourth pick in the first round.

Louisville advanced to its fourth all-time Final Four, all under the direction of head coach Jeff Walz. ACC teams have made four trips to the Final Four in the last four NCAA Tournaments - tied for the most of any conference.

The ACC’s 12 wins in this year’s NCAA Tournament were the most of any conference. The ACC also owns the most NCAA Tournament wins (105) of any conference since 2014. The next closest conference has 88.

ACC member institutions have won three NCAA Championships and made 22 trips to the Final Four. Eight different institutions have represented the ACC in the Women’s Final Four.

In the final USA TODAY/Coaches Poll five ACC teams were ranked - Louisville is No. 4, followed by No. 5 NC State, No. 16 North Carolina, No. 17 Notre Dame and No. 25 Virginia Tech. Georgia Tech received a vote.

Baseball
Nine Atlantic Coast Conference teams will be among the 64-team field when the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship gets underway Friday. ACC champion North Carolina is a regional host, along with Coastal Division winner Virginia Tech, Atlantic Division winner Louisville and Miami. Florida State, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Virginia, and Wake Forest also earned berths in this year’s tournament.

The ACC’s nine teams in this year’s tournament are tied for most of any conference. No. 4 Virginia Tech owns the ACC’s highest national overall seed, followed by No. 6 Miami, No. 10 North Carolina and No. 12 Louisville. Each of those teams is seeded first in its respective regional.

The ACC has placed at least six teams in the NCAA tournament for 18 straight years. This is the sixth year since 2010 that at least eight ACC teams have landed spots in the field. This year’s nine teams are the second most in league history, trailing only the ACC’s 10 selections in 2016.

Two of the ACC teams selected this year rank among the top five nationally for all-time NCAA tournament appearances: No. 2 Florida State (59) and No. 3 Miami (48).

Led by tournament MVP Vance Honeycutt, North Carolina claimed the 2022 ACC Baseball Championship, defeating NC State 9-5 in the title game at Charlotte’s Truist Field on May 29. The ACC title is the eighth for the Tar Heels since the conference began determining its champion by tournament format in 1973 and the program’s 12th ACC baseball title overall.

Sunday’s sell-out crowd 10,500 set an attendance record for an ACC Baseball Championship title game. It stands as the second-largest crowd ever to watch a college baseball game in the state of North Carolina, topped only by the 11,392 that watched UNC’s 2-1, 18-inning win over NC State on the fourth day of the 2013 ACC Championship at Durham, North Carolina. The previous high attendance for an ACC Championship title game prior to Sunday was the 9,759 that watched Florida State defeat NC State in 2015 at Durham. The total attendance of 58,837 for this year’s ACC Championship is the fifth highest in tournament history.

There were 54 home runs hit in the 15 games played at this year’s ACC Baseball Championship, topping the previous tournament record of 51 set in 2010 (in 13 games) at Greensboro, North Carolina.• With his four home runs during the ACC Baseball Championship giving him 27 for the year, NC State’s Tommy White set the NCAA Division I single-season freshman home run record. White broke the previous mark of 26 by Georgia Southern’s Todd Greene that had stood since 1990.

Men's Golf
Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Wake Forest advanced to the NCAA Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, earlier this week. North Carolina tied for first in the stroke play competition. The Tar Heels advanced to match play as the No. 3 seed before falling to No. 6 seed Pepperdine, 3-2.
Nineteen ACC student-athletes were named to the PING All-Region team by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Georgia Tech led the way with four honorees, followed by three from North Carolina and two each from Florida State and Wake Forest.

Six ACC teams – second-most of any conference – are ranked in the Golfstat Top 25 rankings – No. 5 North Carolina, No. 11 Georgia Tech, No. 15 Notre Dame, No. 17 Wake Forest, No. 22 Florida State and No. 23 Clemson. Six ACC teams are ranked in the current Golfweek/Sagarin rankings - No. 7 North Carolina, No. 10 Georgia Tech, No. 16 Wake Forest, No. 17 Notre Dame, No. 19 Florida State and No. 24 Clemson.

In the final PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Rankings, Clemson's Jacob Bridgeman ranked second and Wake Forest's Alex Fitzpatrick was sixth. Players finishing 1-5 earn membership on Korn Ferry Tour and players finishing 6-15 will earn membership on a PGA TOUR international tour.

Four ACC men’s golf student-athletes were named to the Arnold Palmer Cup Teams, including Wake Forest’s Michael Brennan and Notre Dame’s Palmer Jackson on the U.S. team and Florida State’s Frederik Kjettrup and Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht on the international team. The event is a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring the top men’s and women’s university/college golfers matching the United States against a team of International players.

Women's Golf
Florida State's Beatrice Wallin and Wake Forest's Rachel Kuehn were named first-team All-Americans by the Women's Golf Coaches Association. FSU's Amelia Williamson and Wake's Carolina Lopez-Chacarra were second-team honorees. Duke's Erica Shepherd, Florida State's Charlotte Heath, Virginia's Amanda Sambach and Virginia Tech's Emily Mahar were honorable-mention.

Wake Forest women's golf associate head coach Ryan Potter was named the Assistant Coach of the Year by the WGCA.

Four ACC teams are ranked in the final Golfstat rankings - No. 5 Wake Forest, No. 7 Florida State, No. 9 Virginia and No. 21 Duke. Four ACC teams are ranked in the current Golfweek/Sagarin rankings – No. 4 Wake Forest, No. 9 Florida State, No. 13 Virginia and No. 21 Duke.

Four ACC women’s golf student-athletes were named to the Arnold Palmer Cup Teams, including Wake Forest’s Rachel Kuehn and Duke’s Erica Shepherd on the U.S. team and Wake Forest’s Carolina Chacarra and Florida State’s Amelia Williamson on the international team. The event is a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring the top men’s and women’s university/college golfers matching the United States against a team of International players.

Men's Lacrosse
The ACC men’s lacrosse season came to an end last Sunday as Virginia was knocked out of the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.

Virginia attackman Matt Moore has been selected as the 2022 Senior CLASS Award winner in NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse. The award, chosen by a vote of Division I men’s lacrosse coaches, national lacrosse media and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior or graduate-level student-athlete in Division I men’s lacrosse. Moore is the third student-athlete from Virginia to win the Senior CLASS Award and the second (Ryan Conrad, 2019) to win the men’s lacrosse award.

Seventeen ACC players earned spots on the Inside Lacrosse All-America Team. North Carolina attackman Chris Gray was a first-team selection. All five ACC programs are represented on the All-America team.

Two ACC players are among the five finalists for the 2022 Tewaaraton Award: UNC's Chris Gray and Virginia's Connor Shellenberger. The award is presented to the nation's most outstanding player.

North Carolina graduate attackman Chris Gray was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season. Virginia sophomore defenseman Cole Kastner was voted ACC Defensive Player of the Year, while UVa goalie Matthew Nunes was selected ACC Freshman of the Year. Virginia head coach Lars Tiffany was voted ACC Coach of the Year for the second time in his career (2019).

Notre Dame and Virginia shared the 2022 ACC championship, with both teams posting 5-1 league records. The Fighting Irish earned a shared of the title with a 16-14 comeback win over Duke on May 7.

Eight ACC players were chosen in the 2022 Premier Lacrosse League Draft on May 10. UNC's Chris Gray (second overall), Notre Dame's Arden Cohen (third), Virginia's Matt Moore (fourth) and Syracuse's Brett Kennedy (sixth) comprised half of the draft's first-round picks.

Gray set the NCAA career points record on May 1 at Duke and finished with 401 career points. He also is the NCAA’s active career leader in goals (204) and is second among active players in assists (197).

Duke (7), Virginia (9) and Notre Dame (11) ranked among the top 15 in the NCAA’s final RPI.

Four ACC coaches rank among the top 10 in career wins among active coaches, most of any conference: Duke's John Danowski (first, 443), ND's Kevin Corrigan (fourth, 333), UNC's Joe Breschi (sixth, 236) and Virginia's Lars Tiffany (10th, 180).

Women's Lacrosse
North Carolina finished off an undefeated season with a 22-0 record and claimed the ACC’s 17th women’s lacrosse NCAA championship, including the second straight, with a 12-11 win over league rival Boston College on Sunday in Baltimore.

The title was the third in UNC program history (2013, 2016, 2022).

Boston College made its fifth consecutive trip to the NCAA championship game.

The Sunday contest marked the sixth time that ACC teams matched up in the national championship game, including the second straight. The ACC placed at least one team in the national title game for the 12th time in the last 13 tournaments.

Boston College’s Charlotte North on Thursday won her second consecutive Tewaaraton Trophy, presented to the nation’s top player. She is one of just seven players – male or female – to win the award twice.

North is the 10th women’s Tewaaraton recipient from an ACC program. She joins Sam Apuzzo (2018) as Boston College’s Tewaaraton honorees.

North (358 career goals) finished her career as the NCAA’s all-time leader in career goals.

Four ACC players were among the five Tewaaraton finalists – North, UNC’s Ally Mastroianni and Jamie Ortega and Syracuse’s Meaghan Tyrrell.

Ortega finished her career with an ACC-record 466 career points. Ortega ranks second in career points in NCAA history.

ACC teams finished with a 72-20 (.783) record against non-conference foes this season, the most wins and best win percentage of all leagues nationally.

33 ACC student-athletes were named to the Inside Lacrosse All-America Team. ACC players made up nine of the 13 First-Team All-Americans

Rowing
For the fourth consecutive year, ACC Champion Virginia finished among the top 10 at the NCAA Rowing Championship, as the squad garnered a ninth-place finish with 82 points. Duke and Syracuse placed 16th and 17th with 45 and 41 points, respectively.

Virginia won four of the five Grand Finals and tallied 98 total points to claim the 2022 ACC Rowing Championship at Lake Hartwell in Clemson, South Carolina. It marks the Cavaliers’ 12th consecutive ACC rowing title and 21st overall in the 22 years of the regatta’s existence.

Four ACC teams are ranked among the latest Pocock/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Poll with Virginia headlining the group at No. 9, followed by No. 13 Syracuse, No. 14 Duke and No. 20 Miami. The ranking marks the first time the Hurricanes have been ranked in program history. Additionally, Clemson and Louisville are receiving votes.

Softball
Headlined by four teams among the top 16 national seeds for the first time in conference history, six ACC teams were selected to compete in the 2022 NCAA Division I Softball Championship. The ACC was the only conference with two teams among the top five seeds (No. 2 Florida State and No. 3 Virginia Tech). The Seminoles' No. 2 seed was the highest in conference history.

A league-record three ACC teams advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals, as third-seeded Virginia Tech, 10th-seeded Clemson and No. 12 seed Duke each won their home regionals.

Clemson, Duke, Florida State and Virginia Tech hosted regionals, while Georgia Tech and Notre Dame were on the road for NCAA Tournament action. The Tigers, Blue Devils and Hokies hosted for the first time in program history.

Nine ACC softball student-athletes have been named NFCA All-Americans, including first team selection Clemson’s Valerie Cagle and Virginia Tech’s Keely Rochard. Florida State’s Kathryn Sandercock and Sydney Sherrill were second team honorees, while Duke’s Jameson Kavel and Peyton St. George, Louisville’s Carmyn Greenwood, Notre Dame’s Karina Gaskins and Virginia Tech’s Emma Ritter claimed third team honors.

Florida State’s Sherrill, third base, is one of nine recipients of the inaugural Rawlings Gold Glove Award presented to the best defensive players at their respective positions.

Virginia Tech’s Keely Rochard was named ACC Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive season, while teammate Emma Lemley was selected Freshman of the Year and Pete D’Amour is the Coach of the Year. Notre Dame’s Karina Gaskins was voted the Player of the Year and for the third straight season, Florida State’s Sydney Sherrill was tabbed Defensive Player of the Year. All four players also earned a spot on the All-ACC First Team.

Five ACC teams are ranked in the latest D1Softball Top 25 Poll, including three among the nation’s top 10 - the most of any conference. Virginia Tech headlines the group at No. 2, followed by No. 3 Florida State, No. 7 Duke, No. 16 Clemson and No. 18 Notre Dame.

Five ACC teams are ranked among the top 25 of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Poll with No. 2 Florida State, No. 3 Virginia Tech, No. 9 Duke, No. 14 Clemson and No. 21 Notre Dame.

ACC teams have compiled a 274-8-7 overall non-conference record this season, the second-best winning percentage (.759) of any conference.

Three ACC softball student-athletes were among the 25 finalists for the 2022 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award. Florida State catcher Michaela Edenfield, Notre Dame infielder Jane Kronenberger and Virginia Tech pitcher Emma Lemley earned the recognition. The ACC’s three student-athletes were the second most of any conference.

Five ACC student-athletes are among the 25 finalists for the 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, including Clemson's Valerie Cagle, Duke's Jameson Kavel, Florida State's Kathryn Sandercock, Notre Dame's Karina Gaskins and Virginia Tech's Keely Rochard. That total is the second most of any conference.

Men's Tennis
Virginia defeated Kentucky 4-0 to win the 2022 NCAA Men’s Tennis Team Championship on Sunday, May 22, at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Center in Champaign, Ill.

Six ACC teams – which ties for the most of any conference – are ranked in the final ITA Collegiate Tennis Top 25 Coaches Poll – No. 1 Virginia, No. 9 Wake Forest, No. 14 North Carolina, No. 20 NC State, No. 21 Duke and No. 23 Louisville.

Six ACC teams – which ties for the most of any conference – are ranked in the final Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Top 25 poll – No. 1 Virginia, No. 9 Wake Forest, No. 14 North Carolina, No. 18 NC State, No. 21 Duke and No. 22 Florida State.

Nineteen ACC players were ranked in the final ITA rankings released Thursday led by No. 12 Inaki Montes de la Torre of Virginia. The Cavaliers led the way with five players in the singles rankings, followed by Wake Forest with four.

Thirteen ACC doubles teams were listed in the final ITA rankings released Thursday led by No. 16 Siddhant Banthia and Jakob Schnaitter of Wake Forest.

Women's Tennis
NC State's Jaeda Daniel and Nell Miller became the first national champions in NC State women's tennis' 45-year history after claiming the 2022 NCAA Doubles Championships crown. The top-seeded Wolfpack duo defeated 13th-ranked Daevenia Achong and Eden Richardson of Miami by a 6-2, 7-5 score.

Six ACC teams – most of any conference – are ranked in the final ITA Collegiate Tennis Top 25 Coaches Poll – No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 Duke, No. 5 Virginia, No. 6 NC State, No. 9 Miami and No. 23 Wake Forest.

Five ACC teams – which ties for the most of any conference – are ranked in the final Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Top 25 poll – No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 Duke, No. 6 Virginia, No. 7 NC State and No. 10 Miami. Wake Forest also received votes.
Twenty-six ACC players were ranked in the final ITA rankings released Thursday, including four in the top 10. No. 2 Emma Navarro of Virginia was one of three Cavaliers in the rankings. North Carolina and NC State led the way with five players each among the top 125.
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National champions Daniel and Miller ranked No. 1 in the final ITA doubles rankings. They were one of 28 ACC doubles teams in the rankings. Virginia had five teams in the rankings, followed by four from North Carolina.

Track & Field
More than 130 ACC student-athletes have qualified for the 2022 NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships, which are scheduled June 8-11 at Eugene, Oregon.

Florida State’s Trey Cunningham reclaimed the current fastest time in the world in the men’s 110-meter hurdles at last week’s NCAA East Preliminary at Bloomington, Indiana. Cunningham posted a new personal best time of 13.07 into a 1.5m/s headwind. According to the USTFCCCA, only five athletes in world history have run the 110m hurdles faster into a headwind, and Cunningham’s time was the third-fastest in world history into a headwind of 1.5m/s or stronger. Cunningham now owns the fifth-fastest time in NCAA history.

Standout efforts in Bloomington also included a throw of 70.07 meters (229’10”) by North Carolina’s Jill Shippee in the women’s hammer, which broke her own ACC record.

The Florida State men’s track and field team is listed third in this week’s USTFCCCA Ranking Index. This is the Seminoles’ highest outdoor ranking since May 7, 2013, and is their first appearance in the top five during the outdoor season since 2014. FSU is joined among the top 25 by No. 24 Virginia and No. 25 Clemson.

NC State leads all ACC women's teams with a No. 12 ranking in the USTFCCCA index. Duke is at No. 16, and Virginia Tech checks in at No. 25.

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