The Tigers are playing in the NCAA Tournament for the 47th time and hosting a regional for the third year in a row.
REGIONAL SETUP
• Who – USC Upstate (36-23) vs. Clemson (44-16)
• Best Ranking – SCU – NR; CU – No. 11 NCBWA
• When – Friday (6 p.m.)
• Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)
• Watch – ACC Network
• Video Announcers – Lance Cormier, Eric Frede
• Listen (Radio) – Clemson Athletic Network (locally on WCCP (105.5 FM))
• Listen (Internet) – ClemsonTigers.com
• Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com
• Social Media – ClemsonBaseball
• Tickets – ClemsonTigers.com, 1-800-CLEMSON
SERIES HISTORY
• Overall Record – Clemson leads 10-3 (2009-25)
• Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 7-2 (2009-24)
• Record in NCAA Tournament – 0-0
STARTING PITCHERS
• RHP Amp Phillips (SCU) vs. RHP Drew Titsworth (CU)
CLEMSON OVERVIEW
|• Clemson, which has a 26-7 home record, had a 3-1 record in the ACC Tournament last week, advancing to the championship game.
• The Tigers are averaging 7.2 runs per game and hitting .279 with a .452 slugging percentage, .408 on-base percentage and 79 steals.
• The pitching staff has a 4.95 ERA, .249 opponents’ batting average and 2.48 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .975.
USC UPSTATE OVERVIEW
• USC Upstate, which has a 14-9 road record and is averaging 9.7 runs per game, is led by first-year Head Coach Kane Sweeney.
• The Spartans won the Big South Conference Tourney with a 3-0 record. They are hitting .319 and have a 5.40 ERA and .963 fielding percentage.
• Scott Campbell is hitting .400 with 11 homers, 54 RBIs and 21 steals and Johnny Sweeney has 17 homers and 81 RBIs.
TIGERS IN THE CLEMSON REGIONAL
• Clemson (44-16), the No. 1 seed, opens its Clemson Regional by playing No. 4 seed USC Upstate (36-23) on Friday at 6 p.m. on ACC Network.
• The Tigers are the designated home team on Friday.
• The winner of Clemson’s game plays the winner of the game between No. 2 seed West Virginia (41-14) and No. 3 seed Kentucky (29-24).
• The Tigers occupy the first-base dugout for all their games in the Clemson Regional.
• Clemson is the No. 11 national seed.
• The winner of the Clemson Regional plays the winner of the Baton Rouge (La.) Regional from June 6-9.
• Clemson is 11-2 against West Virginia, with the last meetings occurring in a three-game series at Clemson from Feb. 13-15, 2015.
• The Mountaineers won two of the three games after the Tigers won the first 10…