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Virginia Tech softball earns No. 4 seed for ACC Tournament

ROANOKE, Va. โ€“ The ACC announced the pairings for the upcoming ACC Softball Tournament to be held in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Virginia Tech Hokies earned the No. 4 seed in the field and will open up against No. 5 Notre Dame. The Hokies will enter the postseason on a 4 game win streak, while the Fighting Irish will enter as winners of their last 14 games-- including a 4-game series sweep over the Hokies in late April.

Virginia Tech head coach Pete Dโ€™Amour described the season as being a long one, but a promising one considering thereโ€™s still business to be handled.

โ€œI think we could have played a little better this year overall but at the end of the year, when youโ€™re sitting kind of comfortably in the postseason, it speaks volumes to where the program is,โ€ said Dโ€™Amour.

In regards to lessons learned from the Notre Dame series just a few weeks ago, coach Dโ€™Amour said it made the team take a look at its approach.

โ€œWhen you play a team four times you can get complacent. So, you know, โ€˜This kid got me out first game of the weekend. Now weโ€™re facing her fourth game and oh man here she comes.โ€™ When it should be, โ€˜Itโ€™s my time.โ€™ So itโ€™s just been a slight switch in the approach and how we do things,โ€ Dโ€™Amour said.

Virginia Tech and Notre Dame will play at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday in the quarterfinals round of the ACC Tournament. For a complete look at the bracket and field, click here.


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