DURHAM, N.C. – No. 3 seed North Carolina (42-12) claimed the 2025 ACC Baseball Championship with a dominant 14-4 win over No. 5 seed Clemson (44-16), powered by an explosive eight-run fifth inning.
The victory marks the Tar Heels' ninth ACC baseball title (1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 2007, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2025).
Catcher Luke Stevenson was named Tournament MVP and led the 11-player All-Tournament Team.
North Carolina's offense and pitching were key, as the team scored 14 runs on 13 hits—including six extra-base hits. Starter Ryan Lynch threw 4.0 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts.
Seven Tar Heels had at least one hit, with four recording multi-hit games.
Gavin Gallaher: 3-for-4, 2B, BB, RBI, run
Alex Madera: 3-for-5, 2B, RBI, 2 runs, SB
Jackson Van De Brake: 2-for-6, HR, 5 RBI, run
Hunter Stokely and Tyson Bass also homered, combining for 4 RBIs and 4 runs
Olin Johnson (2-0) earned the win in relief, allowing two runs over 2.2 innings. Clemson’s B.J. Bailey (2-5) took the loss, surrendering three runs in 1.1 innings.
North Carolina jumped out early, capitalizing on a Clemson error to take a 1-0 lead in the first. They added two more in the second and another in the third to go up 4-0. Lynch kept the Tigers scoreless despite a bases-loaded jam in the fourth.
The game broke open in the fifth as UNC hit three home runs:
Stokely’s two-run blast
Bass’s two-run shot
Van De Brake’s three-run homer
An RBI single capped off the eight-run inning, pushing the lead to 12-0. The Heels added two more in the sixth.
Clemson got on the board in the seventh with a Cam Cannarella two-run homer and scored single runs in the eighth and ninth.
