Regan Spencer started strong in the circle while Valerie Cagle finished it. But offense was hard for Clemson’s softball team to come by against Louisville’s ace Sunday.
It kept the Tigers from pulling off their first ACC sweep of the season.
After dropping series to Virginia Tech and Duke to begin the league portion of its schedule, Clemson, which had dropped three of four entering the weekend, looked primed for a perfect bounceback weekend against Louisville with a two-run lead midway through the teams’ series finale at McWhorter Stadium.
But the Cardinals eventually caught up to send the game to extras, and Camryn Greewood’s two-run home run in the eighth was the decisive blow in a 4-2 loss for Clemson. The Tigers combined for 13 runs in their wins Friday and Saturday but mustered just six hits Sunday against Taylor Roby, who went the distance for the win.
Clemson still had a chance in its final at-bat when Marissa Guimbarda led off with a single and Sam Russ reached on an error, but Roby got Kyah Keller to pop up a bunt attempt for the first out before Aly Vieira grounded into a fielder’s choice. Roby then induced an infield pop-up from Alia Logoleo after a lengthy at-bat to finish off Louisville’s first-ever win over Clemson, which was 6-0 all-time against the Cardinals entering the day.
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