Notes (PDF)
The Tigers are playing in the NCAA Tourney for the 46th time and hosting a regional for the second year in a row.
REGIONAL SETUP• Who – High Point (34-25) vs. Clemson (41-14)• Best Ranking – HPU – NR; CU – No. 3 D1Baseball• When – Friday (7 p.m.)• Where – Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)• Watch – ACC Network• Video Announcers – Dave Neal, Devon Travis• 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 10-0 (1976-14)• Record at Clemson – Clemson leads 9-0 (1976-14)• Record in NCAA Tournament – 0-0
STARTING PITCHERS• RHP Gus Hughes (HBP) vs. LHP Tristan Smith (CU)
CLEMSON OVERVIEW• Clemson, which has a 27-6 home record, went 1-1 in the ACC Tournament last week.• The Tigers are averaging 8.1 runs per game and hitting .298 with a .516 slugging percentage, .401 on-base percentage and 57 steals.• The pitching staff has a 4.53 ERA, .244 opponents’ batting average and 2.33 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .968.
HIGH POINT OVERVIEW• High Point, which has a 11-11 road record and is averaging 7.3 runs per game, is led by third-year Head Coach Joey Hammond.• The Panthers won the Big South Conference Tourney with a 3-0 record. They are hitting .294 and have a 5.85 ERA and .976 fielding percentage.• Peyton Carr is hitting .422 with 13 homers in only 24 games and Cael Chatham has 17 homers and 55 RBIs along with a team-high seven saves.
TIGERS IN THE CLEMSON REGIONAL• Clemson (41-14), the No. 1 seed, opens its Clemson Regional by playing No. 4 seed High Point (34-25) on Friday at 7 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 Vanderbilt (38-21) and No. 3 seed Coastal Carolina (34-23).• The Tigers occupy the first-base dugout for all their games in the Clemson Regional.• Clemson is the No. 6 national seed, its second top-eight national seed in a row and sixth overall (2000,02,06,16,23,24).• The winner of the Clemson Regional plays the winner of the Stillwater (Okla.) Regional from June 7-10.• Clemson is 3-5 against Vanderbilt, with the last meeting in the 2018 Clemson Regional. The last seven games have been played at Clemson.• The first meeting between Clemson and Vanderbilt took place at Vanderbilt, an 11-5 Tiger win on April 28, 1984.• Vanderbilt won both meetings in the 2018 Clemson Regional and won two of three matchups in the 2017 Clemson Regional.• Clemson is 1-4 against Vanderbilt in the NCAA Tourney, all games in the Clemson Regional in 2017 and 2018.• Tiger Head Coach Erik Bakich was an assistant coach alongside Vanderbilt Head Coach Tim Corbin at Clemson in 2002.• Bakich was an assistant coach under Corbin at Vanderbilt from 2003-09, which included five NCAA Tournament appearances.• Corbin was an assistant coach at Clemson from 1994 to 2002.• Clemson is 49-12 against Coastal Carolina, including 35-7 at Clemson and 5-0 in NCAA Tournament games.• The two teams first met in 1986, as the two teams split two games at Coastal Carolina.• Clemson won both games in a home-and-home series in 2023 in the most-recent meetings.• Clemson won both matchups in the 2007 Myrtle Beach Regional, then the Tigers won 12-7 in the 2011 Clemson Regional.• The Tigers won both meetings in the 2012 Columbia (S.C.) Regional.• The two teams were scheduled to play a home-and-home series this season, but both games were rained out.• Clemson has won all 10 meetings, including nine at Doug Kingsmore Stadium, with High Point in a series that started in 1976.• The Tigers defeated the Panthers by a score of 1-0 in the most-recent meeting on May 7, 2014 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.• High Point’s Brett Ahalt was a member of the 2021 Tiger team and redshirted.
CLEMSON REGIONAL STRONG• The four teams in the Clemson Regional have combined for 89 NCAA Tournament appearances (including 2024).• Clemson is making its 46th appearance, followed by 22nd by Vanderbilt, 20th by Coastal Carolina and first by High Point.• In both 2015 and 2016, Clemson played in a regional with the most combined appearances by the teams (2015 Fullerton, 2016 Clemson).• The 2017 Clemson Regional featured the third-most combined appearances, while the 2018 Clemson Regional was tied for third most.
TIGERS HOST REGIONAL FOR 18TH TIME• Clemson is hosting an NCAA regional for the 18th time in history in 2024.• Clemson last hosted a regional in 2023. From 1994 to 2011 (18 years), the Tigers hosted a regional 11 times.• Clemson joins Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State and Virginia as the five schools to host a regional in 2023 and 2024.
CLEMSON’S NCAA TOURNEY HISTORY• The Tigers play in their 46th all-time NCAA regional when they compete in the 2024 Clemson Regional.• The 46 appearances are fifth most in NCAA history, trailing only Texas (63), Florida State (60), Miami (Fla.) (49) and Oklahoma State (49).• Clemson has made nine super regional appearances, with its last in 2010 by winning the Auburn Regional.• The Tigers have made 12 trips to the College World Series, with their last in 2010.• Clemson has a 122-97 record (.557) in NCAA Tournament games.
NCAA TOURNAMENT CONNECTIONS• Seven former Clemson assistant coaches, three of which were also Tiger players, are serving as head coaches of a 2024 NCAA Tournament team.• West Virginia Head Coach Randy Mazey was an assistant coach (1990-93) and player (1985-88) at Clemson.• Texas A&M Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle was an assistant coach at Clemson in 1993.• Vanderbilt Head Coach Tim Corbin was an assistant coach at Clemson from 1994-02.• St. John’s Head Coach Mike Hampton was an assistant coach (1999) and player (1993-94) at Clemson.• Florida Head Coach Kevin O’Sullivan was an asssitant coach at Clemson from 1999-07.• Clemson Head Coach Erik Bakich was an assistant coach at Clemson in 2002.• VCU Head Coach Bradley LeCroy was an assistant coach (2011-22) and player (1997-00) at Clemson.
QUICK HITS• Of Clemson’s 55 games in 2024, 19 have been against teams in the 2024 NCAA Tournament (11-8 record).• Clemson has scored double-digit runs 19 times (18-1 record), while the Tigers are 5-4 when their opponent scores double-digit runs.• Clemson’s bullpen has a 28-7 record, 14 saves, a 4.71 ERA, .227 opponents’ batting average and 260 strikeouts in 248.2 innings pitched.
ACC TOURNAMENT RECAP• Clemson had a 1-1 record in the ACC Tournament at Charlotte, N.C., with games on May 23 and May 24.• Miami (Fla.) defeated the Tigers 8-7 before Clemson rallied from a 6-0 deficit to down Louisville 8-7.• Clemson hit .333 with five doubles, two triples, three homers, a .573 slugging percentage, .398 on-base percentage and two steals.• Cam Cannarella was 5-for-8 with a triple, four runs, two walks and a .700 on-base percentage in two games.• Jimmy Obertop was 4-for-8 with two doubles, a homer, five RBIs, three runs, a .600 on-base percentage and a steal in two games.• Tristan Bissetta was 4-for-8 with a double, triple, three RBIs and two runs in two games.
McGOVERN SHINING AS FRESHMAN• Freshman lefthander Jacob McGovern has emerged late in the season to be one of the team’s top relievers.• He is 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA, .192 opponents’ batting average and 15 strikeouts against five walks in 14.0 innings pitched over nine outings.• He has allowed just two extra-base hits.• He is holding opponents to .167 with runners on base and .125 with two outs.• Of his 14.0 innings pitched, 11.0 have come against ACC teams.• In 7.1 innings pitched over five relief appearances at home, he has allowed five hits, no runs and two walks with nine strikeouts.• He allowed one hit, no earned runs and one walk with two strikeouts in 3.1 innings pitched against Louisville in the ACC Tourney on May 24.
