The weekend delivered ACC titles in tennis and golf, an NCAA championship in gymnastics, set up the bracket for the women’s lacrosse championship, locked in the future for college athletes turning pro in lacrosse and basketball, locked down the top spot in baseball, solidified the top 5 in softball, raised questions about coaching spots, delivered some commitments and left one guy hanging at Lane Stadium who dropped in for some Hokies spring football.
An extremely busy weekend across the ACC and we’ll start with tennis championships. No. 3 seed NC State stepped up in a big way to win the women’s conference title with a decisive 4-0 win over No. 1 seed Virginia. It’s the Pack’s second ACC title – 2023, 2026. The men’s No. 1 seed Wake Forest who shared the regular season title with No. 2 seed Virginia came away with their fourth conference championship, 4-2.
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No. 1 seed Stanford won the 2026 ACC Women’s Golf Championship defeating No. 2 seed SMU, 3-0 in match play. What teams/individuals will move on in the NCAA Championship rounds? The selection show is slated for Wednesday, April 29 at 1:00pm ET on the Golf Channel.
Weekend
Though it isn’t an ACC sport it’s worth noting that Stanford won the 2026 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championship. It’s their 10th national title.
Limited ACC men’s lacrosse action this weekend, but exciting. North Carolina and Virginia battled it out and found themselves in OT before the Tar Heels came away with a 16-15 win. Notre Dame and Duke went toe-to-toe with the Irish finishing off the Blue Devils, 7-6. And, Syracuse took a decisive win over Colgate, 14-7.
The top 5 teams in conference standings are – Notre Dame, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia and Duke.
Weekend Recap – Women’s LAX Bracket
Charlotte will host the 2026 ACC Women’s Lacrosse Championship beginning on Wednesday, April 22. The Quarterfinals schedule –
- 11:00am ET – No. 1 North Carolina vs No. 8 Duke
- 2:00pm ET – No. 4 Syracuse vs No. 5 Virginia
- 5:00pm ET – No. 2 Stanford vs No. 7 Boston College
- 8:00pm ET – No. 3 Clemson vs No. 6 Notre Dame
Speaking of women’s lacrosse 8 ACC players were selected in the 2026 Women’s Lacrosse League Draft. On the men’s side 9 players from the conference were selected in the 2026 Premier Lacrosse League Draft.
That’s not the only draft action as 4 ACC women’s basketball players were chosen in the WNBA Draft. The top pick out of the conference stirred some controversy among talking heads. At pick 14 in Round 1, the Seattle Storm selected Taina Mair, a guard out of Duke.
Weekend Recap – ACC Baseball & Softball Series
It was a weekend full of baseball action. Virginia and Clemson kicked things off on Thursday as the Cavaliers went on to win the series 2-1.
- Boston College took their series with Duke, 3-0
- North Carolina had strong showing against Georgia Tech winning their series, 2-1
- Virginia Tech’s series with Pitt finished with the Hokies having a 2-1 advantage
- Florida State swept Notre Dame, 3-0
- Wake Forest blasted out 45 runs against NC State and took the series, 2-1
- Miami shut down Stanford and swept the series, 3-0
- Cal had a good showing against Louisville sweeping the weekend series, 3-0
Coming out of the weekend Georgia Tech sits atop the ACC Baseball standings followed by North Carolina, Boston College, Florida State and Miami.
ACC softball teams were cranking out the offensive magic and notching conference wins. The top 5 teams in the conference standings are: Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Stanford and Virginia Tech.
- Notre Dame came away with a 2-1 margin in their series with Syracuse
- Duke won their series with Boston College, 2-0
- Louisville swept Pitt, 3-0
- Georgia Tech took the Tech Tussle winning their series with Virginia Tech, 2-1
- Florida State swept North Carolina, 3-0
- Stanford swept NC State, 3-0
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Weekend Recap – Basketball & Football
Just when you thought everything was hunky-dory another kink in the plan steps forward. New North Carolina men’s basketball coach Michael Malone now has two assistant spots to fill as Kim English informed the school he wouldn’t be coming aboard after all.
A few notable commitments in men’s and women’s basketball. 6’11” forward Sebastian Rancik commits to the Noles. On the women’s side, 6’3″ junior Aga Makurat comes to FSU from Vanderbilt.
Boston College men’s basketball gets two commits. Brandon Benjamin and Colby Duggan join the Eagles.
So, spring football is all about the hype, the excitement of what’s to come. It’s not supposed to include a distraction like they had in Lane Stadium in Blacksburg. As part of the pre-game ceremonies a skydiver (video) toting the flag slammed into the scoreboard and was left hanging for a short period of time before first responders answered the call. The individual in question was seen walking on his own though with an arm in a sling. No word on the scoreboard.
