ACC Tournament Linescores 1980
Raleigh, N.C. Doak Field
(Single-elimination) Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 2 9 1 Maryland . . . . . . . . . 9 13 1 Jim Thorsten, Mike Gentry (5) and Danny Watkins; Pete Sinopoli and Steve Jordan. HR-Gary Newsom (GT), John Brisee (M). W-Sinopoli. L-Thorsten. First-round game played at Shipley Field, College Park, Md.
1981
Chapel Hill, N.C. Boshamer Stadium
Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 6 14 3 Clemson . . . . . . . . . . 7 11 3 10 innings Richard O’Brien, Jim Thorsten (7), Alan Walker (8), Chuck Moore (10) and Greg Woodward; Jeff Gilbert, Greg Guin (7) and Coe Brier, David Lemaster (8). WGuin. L-Walker. HR-Guin (C). Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 1 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 5 9 4 Doug Erbaugh, Ken Smither (1), Jeremy Peizer (8) and Mel Barbee; Stu Rogers and Greg Woodward. W-Rogers. LSmither. HR-Rick Lockwood (GT), Tommy Thompson (GT), Danny Watkins (GT). Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 6 9 6 N.C. State . . . . . . . . . . 9 13 3 Jim Thorsten, Mike Gentry (2), Eric Perry (4), Chuck Moore (4), Alan Walker (6), and Greg Woodward; Mike Pesavento, Jim Rivera (5), and Pat Sheehy. W-Rivera. LWalker. HR-David Trapani (GT), Chuckie Canady (NCS).
1982
Chapel Hill, N.C. Boshamer Stadium
Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 5 6 1 N.C. State . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 1 Stu Rogers and Greg Woodward; Joe Plesac, Jim Rivera (5) and Jim Toman. W-Rogers. L-Plesac. HR-Rick Lockwood (GT), Tracy Black (NCS).
Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 6 9 3 Wake Forest . . . . . . . 8 9 2 John Jett, Richard O’Brien (7) and Greg Woodward; Scott Harrison, Frank Warner (8) and David Couch. W-Harrison. L-Jett. SV-Warner. HR-Bill Ruffner (WF) 2, Brian Greif (WF), Bill Merrifield (WF).
Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 7 3 3 N.C. State . . . . . . . . . 10 14 2 Stu Rogers, George Shirilla (8) and Greg Woodward; Dan Plesac, David Hall (9) and Jim Toman. W-Plesac. L-Rogers. HR-Toman (NCS). Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . 8 17 1 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 1 8 7 John Kampschror and Jack Murray; Jeff Distasio, Keith Fleming (7) and Greg Woodward. WKampschror. L-Distasio. HRKevin Clarke (V).
1984
RUNNER-UP
Durham, N.C. Durham Athletic Park
Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 0 3 3 Maryland . . . . . . . . . 4 10 3 Stu Rogers and Jeff Mons; Mike Romanovsky and Tom Weider. W-Romanovsky. L-Rogers. Wake Forest . . . . . . . 3 10 1 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 4 12 2 12 innings Jeff Mnick, Leo Leitner (9) and David Couch; Rob Beistline, Keith Fleming (10) and Jeff Mons. W-Fleming. L-Leitner. HR-Mike Wilcox (WF), Kyle Caddell (WF). Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 8 17 1 Duke. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 1 10 innings John Horn, Keith Fleming (8), Mike Stanford (9) and Jeff Mons; Andrew Penrod, Mark Sikorski (8), Dave Coughenour (10) and Tom Decker. W-Stanford. LSikorski. HR-Chuck Maisano (GT), Ron Bianco (D). N.C. State . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 0 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 5 6 1 Mike Pesavento and Doug Davis; Stu Rogers and Jeff Mons. WRogers. L-Pesavento. HR-Tracy Black (NCS), Scott Jordan (GT). Finals North Carolina . . . . . . 9 12 0 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 4 11 7 Doug Torborg, Bob Mulligan (6), Gordon Douglas (7) and Matt Merullo; Kevin Brown, George Shirilla (4), Mike Stanford (9), Keith Fleming (9) and Jeff Mons. W-Torborg. L-Brown. SV-Douglas. HR-Devy Bell (NC), Scott Johnson (NC), Glenn Liacouras (NC), B.J. Surhoff (NC), Steve Newbern (GT), Scott Jordan (GT).
1985
**CHAMPIONS**
Atlanta, Ga. Russ Chandler Stadium
Georgia Tech. . . . . . 23 27 1 N.C. State . . . . . . . . . 11 22 4 Kevin Brown, Rob Beistline (6), Roger Roddy (9) and Jeff Mons, Pete Stephens (8); Paul Grossman, Mike Schopp (2), Greg Solomon (3), Joe Maciejewski (3), Mark Sigmon (7), Brian Wagoner (9) and Jim McNamara. W-Brown. L-Grossman. HR-Scott Jordan (GT) 2, Pete Geist (GT), Andrew Fava (NCS), Mick Billmeyer (NCS), Turtle Zaun (NCS). Georgia Tech. . . . . . 15 14 1 Wake Forest . . . . . . 11 17 2 Keith Fleming, Rob Beistline (7) and Jeff Mons; Jeff Mnick, Mike Featherstone(4), Keith Ksansnak (8) and Emmett Walsh. W-Fleming. L-Mnick. HR-Scott Jordan (GT), Nick Chmil (WF). Clemson . . . . . . . . . . 9 12 6 Georgia Tech. . . . . . 12 11 2 John Pawlowski, John Burnett (7), Steve Currier (8), Jeff Fisher (8), Bill Steele (8) and Bert Heffernan; Roger Kinard, Roger Roddy (6), George Shirilla(6), John Stewart (9) and Jeff Mons, Pete Stephens (7). W-Shirilla. LFisher. HR-Heffernan (C). Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 8 11 0 Maryland . . . . . . . . . 2 8 2 John Horn and Jeff Mons; Erik Weisskopf, Thom Tryon (6) and Charlie Laird. W-Horn. L-Weisskopf. HR-Jamie Sims (GT), Mons (GT), Rick Wilson (M). Finals Clemson . . . . . . . . . . 5 11 0 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 7 13 1 Oliver Whitaker, Jeff Fisher (8) and Bert Heffernan; Kevin Brown and Jeff Mons, Pete Stephens (9). W-Brown. L-Whitaker. HR-Scott Dillon (C), K.G. White (GT).
1986
**CHAMPIONS**
Durham, N.C. Durham Athletic Park
Head coach JIM MORRIS accepts the trophy for Georgia Tech’s first ACC Baseball Championship in 1985 from director of athletics Homer Rice while the Yellow Jackets celebrate at Russ Chandler Stadium. Clemson . . . . . . . . . . 5 11 3 Georgia Tech. . . . . . 16 17 3 Oliver Whitaker, Scott Welch (3), John Burnette (6) and Bert Heffernan, Joey Rowland (7); Kevin Brown, Jim Poole (7), John Stewart (9) and Jeff Mons. W-Brown. L-Whitaker. HR-Steve Baucom (C) 2, Mike Fowler (GT), Jeff Distasio (GT) 2, Pat McGuire (GT). Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 7 11 1 N.C. State . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 2 Roger Kinard, Jim Poole (7), Keith Fleming (8) and Jeff Mons; Jeff Hartsock and Jim McNamara. W-Kinard. L-Hartsock. SV-Fleming. HR-Riccardo Ingram (GT), Frank Bolick (GT). Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 9 9 3 North Carolina . . . . . . 7 11 2 Todd Shiver, Jim Poole (8) and Jeff Mons; Doug Torborg, Todd Kopczynski (4), Tim Kirk (4) and Matt Merullo. W-Shiver. L-Kopczynski. SV-Poole. HR-Ty Griffin (GT), Jeff Distasio (GT), Mike Fowler (GT), Frank Bolick (GT), Howard Freiling (NC), Matt Merullo (NC). Finals N.C. State . . . . . . . . . . 6 8 3 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 9 11 1 Brad Rhodes, Eddie McClendon (1), Larry Price (5) and Jim McNamara; Scott Erwin, John Stewart (3), Keith Fleming (7) and Jeff Mons. W-Stewart. L-Price. SV-Fleming. HR-Bill Klenoshek (NCS), Andrew Fava (NCS), K.G. White (GT), Jeff Distasio (GT), Riccardo Ingram (GT).
Maryland . . . . . . . . 5 8 2 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 7 8 4 Bruce Ford, Rich Smith (9) and Preston Warner; Jeff Distasio, Roger Roddy (4), Jim Poole (4), Keith Fleming (6) and Jeff Mons. HR-Distasio (GT). W-Fleming. L-Ford.
K.G. WHITE and BILLY PARHAM give coach JIM MORRIS a bath after Georgia Tech defeated NC State for the 1987 ACC Championship in Greenville.
1987
**CHAMPIONS**
Greenville, S.C. Municipal Stadium
Duke. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 3 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 3 9 1 Don Fowler and Rich Beviglia; Todd Shiver and Brian Fleury. W-Shiver. L-D. Fowler. HR-Mike Fowler (GT). Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 4 11 0 N.C. State . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 1 Roger Kinard, John Davis (9) and Brian Fleury, David Ivester (6); Preston Woods, Mark Wendel (3), Larry Price (9) and Bobby Russell. W-Price. L-Kinard. HRTurtle Zaun (NCS). Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 5 8 1 Wake Forest . . . . . . . 3 6 4 Sam Drake, Jim Poole (9) and David Ivester; Craig Gourlay and Anthony Maisano. W-Drake. LGourlay. HR-Carl Sitler (GT). Clemson . . . . . . . . . . 1 11 1 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 7 8 1 Bill Steele, Doug Marchal (5), Mike Huggins (6), Scott Welch (7) and Bert Heffernan; Todd Shiver, Jim Poole (8) and David Ivester. W-Shiver. L-Steele. HRCarl Sitler (GT). Finals N.C. State . . . . . . . . . . 0 5 2 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 6 9 0 Brad Rhodes, Eddie McClendon (4), Mark Wendel (6) and Bill Klenoshek; Roger Kinard and David Ivester. W-Kinard. LRhodes.
1988
**CHAMPIONS**
Greenville, S.C. Municipal Stadium
Wake Forest . . . . . . . 3 6 2 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 4 8 1 Buddy Jenkins, Frank Humber (8) and Greg Cox; Scott Erwin, Jim Poole (8) and David Ivester. W-Poole. L-Jenkins. HR-Sean Gallaher (WF). Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 8 13 1 N.C. State . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 4 John Davis, Joe Wise (5), Jim Poole (9) and David Ivester; Brad Rhodes, Don Clawson (3), Larry Price (6) and Bill Klenoshek. W-Wise. L-Rhodes. HRMarty Durkin (GT), Ty Griffin (GT), Bryn Kosco (NCS). Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 3 7 2 North Carolina . . . . . . 5 9 2 Sam Drake, Jon George (5) and David Ivester; Jim Dougherty, Rich Fernandez (9) and Jesse Levis. W-Dougherty. L-Drake. SV-Fernandez. Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 4 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 5 11 1 Doug Johns, Mike Brennan (5), Todd Vick (6), Mark McMillan (7) and Mike Marrale; Doug Creek, Joe Wise (7), Jim Poole and David Ivester (9). W-Creek. L-Johns. SV-Poole. HR-Chris Kughn (V). Finals North Carolina . . . . . . 2 6 1 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 6 12 2 Michael Hoog, Scott Lodgek (4), Kreg Gresham (4), Dave Arendas (7) and Jesse Levis; Scott Erwin, Jim Poole (9) and David Ivester. W-Erwin. L-Hoog. SV-Poole. HRTy Griffin (GT), Billy Parham (GT).
Catcher DAVID IVESTER helped the Yellow Jackets to their fourth consecutive ACC title in 1988 with a 6-2 win over North Carolina in the championship game.
YEAR IN REVIEW & RECORDS
Clemson . . . . . . . . . 16 16 0 Georgia Tech. . . . . . . 2 4 4 Jimmy Key, Bill Wolff (9) and Coe Brier, Steve Van Dyke (5); Alan Walker, Richard O’Brien (8), Brad Stuart (8), Jeff Waller (9), Joe Todd (9), Mike Stanford (9) and Greg Woodward. W-Key. L-Walker. HR-Craig Roberson (C).
1983
Chapel Hill, N.C. Boshamer Stadium
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