05-02-2026, 07:45 PM
As of Saturday night, Stanford is alone in third place in the ACC standings!
Of course, Stanford is 18-6 and Va Tech and Louisville are both 17-6 with Sunday's games remaining. So one of the following two things need to happen for Stanford to *not* fall to the 5th seed for the conference tournament:
* Va Tech loses to Syracuse--first pitch 9 am PT on ACCNX
* Louisville loses (again) to NC State--first pitch 10 am PT on ACCNX
Syracuse has been eliminated from the conference tournament, so Sunday will be their final game of the season.
NC State has secured the 12th and final seed for the conference tournament and will play whoever ends up as the 5th seed on Wednesday. But Sunday will be Senior Day, so there's still plenty of motivation for the Wolfpack to do their best.
Of course, Stanford is 18-6 and Va Tech and Louisville are both 17-6 with Sunday's games remaining. So one of the following two things need to happen for Stanford to *not* fall to the 5th seed for the conference tournament:
* Va Tech loses to Syracuse--first pitch 9 am PT on ACCNX
* Louisville loses (again) to NC State--first pitch 10 am PT on ACCNX
Syracuse has been eliminated from the conference tournament, so Sunday will be their final game of the season.
NC State has secured the 12th and final seed for the conference tournament and will play whoever ends up as the 5th seed on Wednesday. But Sunday will be Senior Day, so there's still plenty of motivation for the Wolfpack to do their best.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)