Staff report

UNC’s baseball team opens play in the ACC Tournament on Thursday.

UNC center fielder Vance Honeycutt racked up several honors recently, with the biggest one being a repeat selection as ACC Defensive Player of the Year.

Honeycutt, who broke UNC’s career home record during his junior season, was first team All-ACC.

He’s one of 25 semifinalists for the Golden Spikes Award and one of 68 semifinalists for the Dick Howser Trophy. Those are national player of the year awards.

Honeycutt projects as a first-round draft pick by MLB in July.

 

ACC Tournament

Truist Field; Charlotte

POOL A – (1) North Carolina,  (8) Wake Forest, (12) Pitt

POOL B – (2) Clemson, (7) Louisville, (11)Miami

POOL C – (3) NC State, (6) Duke, (10) Virginia Tech

POOL D – (4) Virginia, (5) Florida State, (9)Georgia Tech

Tuesday, May 21

(11) Miami 8, (7) Louisville 5

(5) Florida State 12, (9) Georgia Tech 9

No. 10 Virginia Tech vs. No. 6 Duke

Wednesday, May 22

No. 4 Virginia vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)

No. 12 Pitt vs. No. 8 Wake Forest, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)

No. 3 NC State vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)

Thursday, May 23

No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 11 Miami, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)

No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 12 Pitt, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)

No. 6 Duke vs. No. 3 NC State, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)

Friday, May 24

No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 4 Virginia, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)

No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 2 Clemson, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)

No. 8 Wake Forest vs. No. 1 North Carolina, 7 p.m. (ACC Network)

Saturday, May 25

Pool A Winner vs. Pool D Winner, 1 p.m. (ACC Network)

Pool B Winner vs. Pool C Winner, 5 p.m. (ACC Network)

Sunday, May 26

ACC Championship, 12 p.m. (ESPN2)