CLEMSON (34-17) VS. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (45-13)
GAME SETUPS
- 🆚 Opponent: vs. Southeastern Louisiana
- 🗓 Date/Time: Friday, May 17 • 2 p.m. ET
- 📍 Venue: John and Ann Rhoads Softball Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Ala.
- 📺 Watch: ACC Network
- 📊 Stats: Live Stats
- 📻 Radio: ClemsonTigers App & 105.5 TheROAR
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PREVIEW
- Clemson is in its fifth season of competition and has made a postseason appearance in each year eligible
- The Tigers hold a .297 batting average. Clemson also has a .477 slugging percentage and .389 on-base percentage
- Clemson’s pitching staff maintains a 2.22 ERA through 349.2 innings of work and has 271 strikeouts
- The only opponent in the Tuscaloosa Regional that Clemson has faced before is Alabama. Clemson has yet to face Southeastern Louisiana or USC Upstate in program history
QUICK HITS
- Clemson has outscored opponents 307-151 this season
- Clemson had 419 hits through 51 games, including posting 63 doubles, 54 home runs and 14 triples
- The Tigers have 279 RBIs this season with Valerie Cagle (42), McKenzie Clark (39), Alia Logoleo (36) and Maddie Moore (36) leading the charge. A total of 15 batters have tallied at least one RBI this season, including 10 in double digits
- 11 Tigers combined for 104 multi-hit games led by Alex Brown (20), McKenzie Clark (17), Maddie Moore (15), Valerie Cagle (15) and Alia Logoleo (11).
NCAA TOURNAMENT
- Clemson has made an NCAA Regional appearance every year the Tigers have been postseason eligible (no postseason occurred in the Tigers’ inaugural season due to COVID)
- The Tigers have advanced to Super Regionals in both 2022 and 2023 (2022 – Stillwater Super Regional; 2023 – Norman Super Regional) after hosting as the No. 10 and No. 16 national seeds, respectively
- Clemson made its first postseason appearance in 2021 traveling to the Tuscaloosa Regional as the two seed at that regional
- The Tigers are 8-7 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including 8-3 in regional games
BUFORD PIPELINE
- Redshirt seniors JoJo Hyatt and Arielle Oda are in their sixth year with the Clemson Softball program in 2024
- The duo both attended Buford HS in Buford, Ga., and signed with the Tigers during their senior year
- The two joined the program in the fall of 2018 as two of the first-ever members of the softball program and participated in practice during Team 0’s initial year
- Members of the inaugural season in 2020, these two have been a part of every…
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