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Clemson defeated Illinois 3-1 Saturday afternoon on a chilly, windy afternoon. The Clemson Insider was on hand for all of the action, Check out some great pictures from the win in Bart Boatwright’s Photo Gallery.
Clemson defeated Illinois 3-1 Saturday afternoon on a chilly, windy afternoon. The Clemson Insider was on hand for all of the action,
Check out some great pictures from the win in Bart Boatwright’s Photo Gallery.
CLEMSON, S.C. – The No. 14/9 Clemson Tigers and No. 6/6 Virginia Tech Hokies entered into a pitcher’s duel rematch from Friday night with CU’s Valerie Cagle and VT’s Keely Rochard keeping the opposition scoreless through five innings. The Hokies …
CLEMSON, S.C. — The No. 14/9 Clemson Tigers and No. 6/6 Virginia Tech Hokies entered into a pitcher’s duel rematch from Friday night with CU’s Valerie Cagle and VT’s Keely Rochard keeping the opposition scoreless through five innings. The Hokies were able to capitalize on more chances with runners on base to ultimately win the game, 4-2.
“It was a tough weekend but there was a lot we can learn,” said head coach John Rittman. “There were a lot of positives. When you play a schedule as tough as ours and you learn from your losses, it is going to bode well for you. I liked the way we competed and pitched. We made a few defensive mistakes over the course of the three games that hurt us. Without those mistakes, it would have been a very evenly matched series. We are a young program that continues to fight and battle and will learn from these games moving forward.”
The top of the lineup started strong for the Tigers as Sam Russ and McKenzie Clark had first-pitch hits to put two runners on with no outs in the first inning. Both were left stranded to end the inning, and Clemson went on to leave seven runners on base combined between the first three innings.
The Tigers made another push to score in the fifth inning after Clark led off by getting hit by a pitch. She advanced around to third before being stranded as the inning came to a close. Clemson left 10 stranded over the course of the game.
Virginia Tech took the lead in the top of the sixth with a three-run homer out of center. Clemson responded in the bottom half of the inning with Grace Mattimore sparking the offense with a lead-off pinch-hit double into left field.
—Courtesy of Clemson Athletic Communications
The Clemson University Athletic Department and IPTAY value the academic pursuit and achievements of student-athletes. In recognition of this commitment, Clemson and IPTAY have established the Clemson Academic Performance or “CAP” award. Through this …
The Clemson University Athletic Department and IPTAY value the academic pursuit and achievements of student-athletes. In recognition of this commitment, Clemson and IPTAY have established the Clemson Academic Performance or “CAP” award. Through this plan, Clemson student-athletes have the opportunity to earn rewards for their continued achievement in the classroom and progress toward graduation.
A recent Supreme Court ruling in Alston vs. the NCAA case paved the way for student-athletes to receive up to $5,980 per academic year to reward academic progress. The financial awards are on top of the support currently offered by Clemson, such as laptop computers and other educational supplies.
“Our student-athletes compete at the highest levels on and off the field while setting their sights on graduation,” said Director of Athletics Graham Neff. “I am delighted that our student-athletes are now able to earn rewards for academic success at one of the top universities in the nation, and am grateful to IPTAY and our donors for making this possible. Our foundation is built upon the importance of academic success, and this is another way of ensuring we can continue to grow and reward the great work of our students.”
Department-wide, Clemson’s student-athletes have achieved at nearly unprecedented levels in recent years. Clemson’s most recent graduation success rate (GSR) of 95 percent was a program record, the department GPA has finished above 3.0 for seven consecutive semesters, and Clemson routinely earns high marks in Academic Progress.
Beginning in Spring 2022, Clemson’s approximately 450 student-athletes who receive athletic aid will be eligible for the benefit. The CAP will be based on the successful completion of the NCAA’s APR calculation each term – university retention and NCAA eligibility, and the student-athlete must maintain good standing with the University and may not be on disciplinary probation.
–Courtesy of Clemson Athletic Communications
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Clemson kept the winning streak alive Saturday as they won two and took home the title for the Clemson Classic. Check out some great pictures of Clemson softball from Saturday’s play in Bart Boatwright’s Photo Gallery.
Clemson kept the winning streak alive Saturday as they won two and took home the title for the Clemson Classic.
Check out some great pictures of Clemson softball from Saturday’s play in Bart Boatwright’s Photo Gallery.
Clemson softball finished off the Clemson Classic and its weekend slate with a pair of wins Saturday at McWhorter Stadium. After taking care of Akron in a 10-5 victory earlier this afternoon, Clemson (11-3) returned Saturday night to cap off the …
Clemson softball finished off the Clemson Classic and its weekend slate with a pair of wins Saturday at McWhorter Stadium.
After taking care of Akron in a 10-5 victory earlier this afternoon, Clemson (11-3) returned Saturday night to cap off the classic with a 7-3 win over Boston University (5-8).
This weekend, Clemson outscored its opponents 27-7 and in doing so, managed to rifle off four-straight victories. The ninth-ranked Tigers were able to extend their winning streak to six and have now won 20 straight home games dating back to last season.
In the Tigers’ latest victory, right-fielder Marissa Guimbarda (2-4) led the way. She drove in another three runs and now is tied for the team lead in RBIs with 12 on the season.
That was all the run support that Millie Thompson (2-0) would need, as she mowed down Boston with another solid outing
Thompson — a left-hander out of Bedford (Va.) — surrendered a leadoff double, but didn’t allow any runs to pass in the top half of the first. She settled down and allowed two runs on seven hits with four strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings.
She was replaced by Brooke McCubbin (2-1) with two outs in the top of the six.
McCubbin pitched four scoreless in a winning effort against Akron, earlier Saturday. She came out of the bullpen and recorded four outs — despite giving up a run — to help notch the 11th win of the season for Clemson.
The Tigers were able to jump out to a 6-0 lead thanks to a five-run third inning. Guimbarda drove in a pair of runs, while true freshman shortstop Maddie Moore (1-3) deposited a two-run home run into the left-field corner, the first of her career.
Sophomore third-baseman Alia Logoleo (3-3) also batted in a run in the home half of the third inning. She was the only Tiger to record three hits on the night.
Valerie Cagle (1-3) later added her lone hit of the evening with an RBI double.
Clemson will look to continue its winning streak Tuesday, as the Tigers will play host to Gardner Webb before the start of ACC play.
This story will be updated
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Prior to this evening’s Championship Game against Boston University, Clemson softball took care of business against Akron at McWhorter Stadium in the third game of the Clemson Classic. Led by McKenzie Clark’s four-hit day, Clemson (10-3) hung onto a …
Prior to this evening’s Championship Game against Boston University, Clemson softball took care of business against Akron at McWhorter Stadium in the third game of the Clemson Classic.
Led by McKenzie Clark’s four-hit day, Clemson (10-3) hung onto a 10-5 victory over Akron. The Tigers, who were once up 6-0, had the Zips on the rope early, but a fifth-inning rally kept the game within reach for Akron.
Clemson jumped out to an early 5-0 lead thanks to Aby Vieira’s first career home run. After the Tigers loaded the bases with one out in the bottom half of the first, the true freshman catcher out of Mission Viejo (Calif.) unloaded on a 1-1 pitch for a grand slam to right-center field.
In the following inning, McKenzie Clark (4-4) made history. For her second hit of the day, the Tigers’ center fielder recorded the first inside-the-park home run in program history.
It wasn’t all smooth sailing, though. The Zips eventually clawed back after starter Brooke McCubbin (2-1) was pulled following four scoreless innings. The right-hander out of Locust Grove (Ga.) allowed just three hits and struck out two, improving her earned run average to 1.13 on the year.
Rachel Gibson came in relief of McCubbin in the top of the fifth inning and was taken out of the contest before she could record an out. Clemson manager John Rittman came to get Gibson when it was 6-2.
By the time the inning was over, Akron had cut the deficit to just one run. In her short relief stint — Gibson was charged with four runs (three earned) —that was after Emma Whitfield gave up a two-run triple to Akron outfielder Angela Cirone.
Valerie Cagle, who pitched five scoreless innings and earned the win in the opening game of the classic, came in relief for the Tigers in the top of the sixth inning. Cagle (5-2) came in and gave the Tigers a couple of much-needed clean innings, striking out three batters in the process.
After Cagle settled things down, the Tigers tacked on four more runs to take a 10-5 advantage. She pitched two scoreless innings and earned the save, giving Clemson some momentum before tonight’s championship game against Boston.
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Clemson softball won both of their games Friday as they opened the Clemson Classic. The Tigers defeated Boston and Saint Francis in front of a capacity crowd. Check out some great pictures of Friday’s games in TCI’s Photo Gallery. Photo’s courtesy …
Clemson softball won both of their games Friday as they opened the Clemson Classic. The Tigers defeated Boston and Saint Francis in front of a capacity crowd.
Check out some great pictures of Friday’s games in TCI’s Photo Gallery.
Photo’s courtesy Dawson Powers.
Graduate Marissa Guimbarda blasted her second home run of the 2022 season in the fourth inning to spark the No. 15/9 Clemson softball offense past the No. RV/- Charlotte 49ers, 5-2. With the win on Wednesday, the Tigers improve to 7-3 on the year …
Graduate Marissa Guimbarda blasted her second home run of the 2022 season in the fourth inning to spark the No. 15/9 Clemson softball offense past the No. RV/– Charlotte 49ers, 5-2. With the win on Wednesday, the Tigers improve to 7-3 on the year and handed Charlotte its second loss.
Clemson finished with a season-high 13 hits led by Cammy Pereira and Valerie Cagle each going 3-for-4 from the plate, Guimbarda and Logoleo added two hits each, and Guimbarda led the team with three RBIs.
The Tigers struck first in the fourth inning with Cagle hitting a leadoff single. Guimbarda stepped to the plate and with a 1-1 count, sent a bomb out of left field to give Clemson the 2-0 lead. After that, the Tigers offense exploded as Pereira, Logoleo and Madison May each followed with a double to bring in another two runs.
The Niners cut Clemson’s lead in half in the bottom of the inning scoring two runs off starting pitcher Mille Thompson before freshman Brooke McCubbin would enter the circle.
Clemson added to its lead in the sixth that started with freshman Maddie Moore hitting a double into center field. Clemson went on to load the bases with two outs as Guimbarda stepped back to the plate. On the first pitch, Guimbarda was hit by a pitch to walk in Moore from home, giving Clemson the 5-2 victory.
Thompson earned her first win of the season in the circle pitching 3.2 innings with three strikeouts. McCubbin pitched 1.1 innings of relief without giving up a hit before Cagle pitched the final two innings with two strikeouts en route to her first save of 2022.
Up Next
Clemson will open its 2022 home slate when it hosts the Clemson Classic against Boston University, St. Francis and Akron. Games are scheduled to begin on Friday, Feb. 25.
The Clemson softball team (5-3) dropped two games on the third day of competition at the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational in Clearwater, Fla. The Tigers opened the day with a loss to No. RV/23 Northwestern in seven innings before dropping the …
The Clemson softball team (5-3) dropped two games on the third day of competition at the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational in Clearwater, Fla. The Tigers opened the day with a loss to No. RV/23 Northwestern in seven innings before dropping the night cap to Wisconsin in extras.
Game 1 vs. No. RV/23 Northwestern
The Tigers dropped the morning game to No. RV/23 Northwestern, 7-0, after committing some costly errors on the defensive side.
The game started with both team’s trading outs in the first and second innings. The Wildcats scored first in the top of the third after a fielding error by Clemson. The Tigers attempted to respond in the bottom of the inning after getting McKenzie Clark and Sam Russ aboard with two outs, but Russ was ruled out after leaving the base early on the next pitch.
Northwestern scored again in the fifth off a two-run homer. NU tacked on their final three runs in the sixth after Clemson made back-to-back errors that allowed runners to score.
The Tigers made one final push in the bottom of the sixth after getting two runners on with two outs, but a ground ball hit to Northwestern’s third baseman was fielded cleanly to end the inning.
Freshman Brooke McCubbin started in the circle for the Tigers. She pitched 5.1 innings and faced 29 batters as she fell to 1-1 on the year. Sophomore Regan Spencer pitched the final 1.2 innings. She faced six batters and struck out three without giving up a hit.
Game 2 vs. Wisconsin
The second game of the day began as a pitcher’s duel as the two teams traded outs until the Tigers got on the board first in the bottom of the fourth inning.
In the fourth, Madison May singled up the middle. The Tigers brought in pinch runner, Carlee Shannon, in May’s place and Shannon quickly stole second. Shannon advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a throwing error by the catcher to give Clemson the 1-0 lead.
Sophomore pitcher Millie Thompson put in six innings of work in the circle for the Tigers amassing a season-high nine strikeouts, one shy from tying her career-best. She faced 24 batters, and Clemson’s defense made some incredible plays behind her to keep the Badgers from scoring in those first six innings.
Going into the seventh inning, Clemson made a pitching change to Valerie Cagle. After batters got on base early, Wisconsin went on to tie the game, 1-1, in the top of the seventh inning when Peyton Bannon scored on a wild pitch.
Wisconsin scored what would be the game-winning run in the top of the eighth inning when the international tie-breaker rule placed Molly Schlosser on second base with Kayla Konwent at the plate. A single up the middle by Konwent scored Schlosser to give the Badgers the 2-1 lead over the Tigers.
Up Next
Clemson concludes action at the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational tomorrow morning against No. 6/5 Washington at 9:30 a.m.
The No. 15/12 Clemson Tigers scored a run in the bottom of the ninth inning to seal the walk-off victory over the No. 18/15 Tennessee Lady Vols in the Tiger’s second game of the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational. With the 4-3 win, Clemson …
The No. 15/12 Clemson Tigers scored a run in the bottom of the ninth inning to seal the walk-off victory over the No. 18/15 Tennessee Lady Vols in the Tiger’s second game of the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational. With the 4-3 win, Clemson improves to 5-1 on the season.
“Any way you can win a close game like that, you take it,” said head coach John Rittman. “There were a lot of players leaving their heart out on the field tonight. It’s early in the season so it wasn’t a perfect game, but we found a way to win a close game. Sometimes you need a little luck, and we certainly took advantage of their mistakes late in that game.
Valerie (Cagle) tested her endurance and was able to fight through some adversity to showcase how tremendous she is for us in the circle. JoJo (Hyatt) and Marissa (Guimbarda) came up with big hits for us when we needed them, and then you get in the tiebreaker where anything can happen. Our team did a good job defensively in the extra innings to not allow Tennessee to get a runner to third. We were able to take that into the bottom of the ninth in the crazy play that ended it as Maddie (Moore) had a great heads up play with solid base running and reading the ball.”
The Lady Vols got on the board first in the top of the first inning with a solo home run by Kiki Milloy to give Tennessee the early 1-0 lead.
Redshirt sophomore JoJo Hyatt came up with her second clutch performance of the weekend when she drove in two runs in the bottom half of the second inning on a single through the right side that scored Cammy Pereira and Alia Logoleo to give the Tigers the 2-1 lead.
Tennessee would add a run in the top half of the third inning to tie the game at 2-2 when a triple by McKenna Gibson scored Ivy Davis. Clemson reclaimed the lead in the bottom half of the inning on a solo blast from Marissa Guimbarda over the left-field wall.
The Lady Vols tied the game at 3-3 following another solo home run from Milloy in the top half of the seventh inning to send the game into extra innings.
The Tigers went on to close things out in the ninth inning as sophomore McKenzie Clark stepped to the plate with runners on first and second with two outs. Clark would reach on a fielder’s choice as Tennessee looked to turn second. Due to a fielding error, Clemson was ruled safe at second, and Maddie Moore rounded third and headed home to score the game-winning run following an additional throwing error by UT’s pitcher to give the Tigers the 4-3 win.
Valerie Cagle pitched the full nine innings clocking 143 pitches en route to earning her third win of the season. She struck out a season-high 13 batters, one shy of her career-best 14.
Up Next:
The Tigers are back in action tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. against No. RV/23 Northwestern and then Clemson will play an afternoon game at 5:30 p.m. against Wisconsin as play continues at the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational in Clearwater, Fla.
