DURHAM – Thanks to another historic weekend that saw the Blue Devil baseball team claim the program's fourth ACC title, Duke will finish 2020-21 with seven conference championships -- tying the school record for most in an academic year and leading all ACC programs this year.
In addition to baseball, Duke's seven team titles in 2020-21 also include softball, women's outdoor track and field, men's and women's fencing, women's golf and men's lacrosse. The Blue Devils finish the year as the ACC leader in team titles, three clear of North Carolina and Florida State which each captured four.
The Blue Devils seven titles also match the school record for most in an academic year that was originally set in 2000-01. That year, Duke earned conference championships in men's cross country, men's basketball, women's basketball, women's golf, men's lacrosse, men's tennis and women's tennis.
Duke becomes just the third ACC program to sweep the baseball and softball championships in the same season, joining Florida State (1995, 1997, 2004, 2015, 2017, 2018) and Georgia Tech (2005, 2012). The only Power 5 conference institution to sweep the baseball and softball titles this season, Duke joins McNeese State (Southland Conference) as the only Division-I schools to sweep the baseball and softball conference titles this season.
The championships for softball and women's outdoor track and field marked the first in those programs' histories, while the baseball title is the school's fourth, but first in the tournament format. Earlier this season, Duke swept the fencing titles as the men's program won its second conference championship (2018) and the women's program its first. The ACC title for women's golf was the program's 22nd all-time, which now leads all Duke programs, just ahead of men's basketball (21). The league championship for men's lacrosse marked the program's ninth.
With 139 ACC titles all-time, Duke is now tied for third among active programs, trailing only North Carolina (285) and Virginia (144). NC State (139), Clemson (135) and Florida State (101) are the only other current ACC programs with 100 or more.
DUKE'S ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Baseball -- 4 -- 1956, 1957, 1961, 2021
Men's Basketball -- 21 -- 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2019
Women's Basketball -- 8 -- 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013
Men's Cross Country -- 7 -- 1958, 1959, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 2000
Women's Cross Country -- 2 -- 2004, 2005
Men's Fencing -- 2 -- 2018, 2021
Women's Fencing -- 1 -- 2021
Football -- 7 -- 1953, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1989
Men's Golf -- 8 -- 1954, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966, 2005, 2013, 2017
Women's Golf -- 22 -- 1984, 1985, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021
Men's Lacrosse -- 9 -- 1954, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2021
Women's Lacrosse -- 1 -- 2005
Men's Soccer -- 5 -- 1980, 1982, 1999, 2005, 2006
Softball -- 1 -- 2021
Men's Tennis -- 12 -- 1982, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006
Women's Tennis -- 17 -- 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2012
Women's Track & Field, Outdoor -- 1 -- 2021
Volleyball -- 11 -- 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013
MOST ACC TITLES (as of 5/30/2021)
North Carolina -- 285
Virginia -- 144
Duke -- 139
NC State -- 139
Clemson -- 135
Florida State -- 101
Wake Forest -- 53
Georgia Tech -- 46
Virginia Tech -- 29
Notre Dame -- 20
Miami -- 11
Syracuse -- 11
Louisville -- 6
Pittsburgh -- 3
Boston College -- 1
Maryland – 200
South Carolina – 4