Duke Opens ACC Tournament with NC State Tuesday

DURHAM – Duke opens the 2023 ACC Championship on Tuesday evening at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, hosting NC State for the first of two pool play games. The Blue Devils are scheduled to play NC State and Miami this week, with the best record of the three advancing to the weekend.

Duke enters play with a 35-19, 16-13 ACC mark, after dropping the final two games in Coral Gables, Fla., to the Hurricanes last weekend. The Wolfpack are coming into the tournament on a high note, sweeping Pittsburgh on the final weekend of play. NC State sits at 34-18 with a 13-16 ACC ledger.

TUESDAY (5/23)
Duke vs. NC State
7 p.m. (ET) – Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham, N.C.) – ACC Tournament
RADIO – Blue Devils Sports Network from LEARFIELD
VIDEO – ACCN
Duke – TBA – TBA
NC State – TBA – TBA

QUICK HITS

Duke baseball has recorded 273 of its 425 runs this season from the fourth to eighth innings. That number accounts for 64.2% of the Blue Devils' runs.
Three Blue Devils were named to All-ACC teams on Monday afternoon, as announced by the league office. Sophomore Alex Mooney and freshman James Tallon and Andrew Fischer were tabbed to All-ACC teams. Mooney was tabbed the first team shortstop, while Tallon and Fischer were tabbed with All-Freshman team honors. Tallon was also tabbed as the second team relief pitcher.
Duke baseball tied the single season home run record on Friday evening, as junior Jay Beshears hit a three-run home run to left field for No. 90 on the season. The mark tied the 1998 team for the most in a single season.
Junior Alex Stone continues to pound the baseball around the yard this season, collecting a 28-game hitting streak. The backstop is batting .369 during that stretch, driving in 32 runs and collecting eight home runs. He has gathered 45 hits during that streak with nine doubles and is posting an OBP of .417.
Duke pitching is having one of the best historical seasons under head coach Chris Pollard, producing 595 strikeouts. The mark is now second all-time in a single season, behind the 2019 squad with 598.

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