SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame softball team will head to the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, hosted by Duke University in Durham, North Carolina this week. The Fighting Irish earned the 10-seed in the league’s postseason tournament and will take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in the opening round Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
The ACC tournament is a 10-team single elimination tournament, with each game being broadcasted live on the ACC Network. Mark Neely and Carol Bruggeman will broadcast the first four games of the tournament, as Pam Ward and Jenny Dalton-Hill will take over for the final five games.
Notre Dame concluded the regular season with a 26-22 record, going 9-15 in the ACC. The Irish took on the Tar Heels for three games in Chapel Hill, taking one of the three games. In the ACC Tournament, the Irish have reached the championship game twice, in 2014 and 2016. The Irish have won seven games in the postseason tournament, defeating Boston College three times, Virginia Tech twice, Louisville and Duke once each. The Irish have never matched up with the Tar Heels in the tournament, but own a 21-14 overall record.