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ACC Softball Tournament: Notre Dame falls to Clemson

Tough day for the Irish as Clemson’s bats weren’t messing around.

Notre Dame’s stay in the 2022 ACC Softball Tournament wasn’t for long as the fourth seeded Irish fell to fifth seeded Clemson 7-3 in Thursday’s quarterfinal round.

ACC player of the year Karina Gaskins started the scoring with a two-run home run in the bottom of the first for Notre Dame but Alia Logoleo’s two-run home run in the top of the second quickly evened things back up.

Clemson’s bats wear too much for Notre Dame as the Tigers would hit four home runs total on the day.  Amy Pereira and Aby Viera both went yard in the fifth inning to give Clemson a 5-2 lead before Valerie Cagle joined the party in the seventh inning.

Alexis Holloway fell to 14-3 on the year for Notre Dame, allowing five runs in 4.2 innings pitched while Millie Thompson went the distance for Clemson, who now advances to take on top-seeded Virginia Tech in the tournament’s semi-finals.

Holloway named ACC pitcher of the week

Big weekend lands a big honor

The following release is from the University of Notre Dame athletic department:

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Notre Dame senior pitcher Alexis Holloway has been named ACC Pitcher of the Week for the second time in her career after two complete-game performances in the sweep of #15/13 Virginia Tech. On the weekend, Holloway allowed just two earned runs through 16.0 innings for a 0.88 ERA, while throwing 11 strikeouts.

Holloway, an aerospace engineering major, pitched the series-opening 2-1 complete game at Virginia Tech, returning the next day, just 19 hours later to pitch the full 9.0 innings of the 4-3 win over the Hokies. Holloway was dominant in the circle, outdueling one of the top-ranked pitching staffs in the ACC along with fellow Irish pitcher Payton Tidd.

Holloway also made a difference in the batter’s box, as she scored the tying run in the 4-3, nine-inning game on April 24, sending a solo home run off one of the ACC’s top-ranked pitchers, Keely Rochard, in the seventh inning to force extras. Holloway held the Hokies off the board in two extra innings, while the deciding run came on a solo home run in the top of the ninth from senior Sarah Genz.

The senior also earned ACC Pitcher of the Week honors as a freshman in March of 2018.

Holloway and the Irish will next take the field Saturday, May 1, hosting Charlotte for a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. ET.