Clemson To Play in 51st ACC Tournament

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The Tigers travel to the 51st ACC Tournament as the No. 5 seed at Durham (N.C.) Bulls Athletic Park.

TOURNAMENT SETUP
• Who – Virginia Tech (31-24) vs. Clemson (41-15)
• Best Ranking – VAT – NR; CU – No. 12 Perfect Game, USA Today
• When – Wednesday (1 p.m.)
• Where – Durham, N.C. (Durham Bulls Athletic Park)
• Watch – ACC Network
• Video Announcers – Chris Cotter, Devon Travis
• Listen (Radio) – Clemson Athletic Network (locally on WCCP (105.5 FM))
• Listen (Internet) – ClemsonTigers.com
• Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com
• Social Media – ClemsonBaseball

SERIES HISTORY
• Overall Record – Clemson leads 53-26-2 (1902-2023)
• Record at Neutral – Clemson leads 6-3 (1902-2023)
• Record in ACC Tournament – Virginia Tech leads 2-1 (2010-23)

STARTING PITCHERS
• TBA (VAT) vs. TBA (CU)

CLEMSON OVERVIEW
• Clemson, which has a 5-1 neutral record, swept Pittsburgh on the road in three games last weekend.
• The Tigers are averaging 7.2 runs per game and hitting .276 with a .449 slugging percentage, .409 on-base percentage and 73 steals.
• The pitching staff has a 4.91 ERA, .248 opponents’ batting average and 2.50 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .976.

VIRGINIA TECH OVERVIEW
• Virginia Tech, which has a 3-0 neutral record and is averaging 6.8 runs per game, is led by eighth-year Head Coach John Szefc.
• The Hokies defeated Stanford 7-4 in the ACC Tournament on Tuesday. They are hitting .271 and have a 5.20 ERA and .974 fielding percentage.
• Sam Tackett is hitting .317 with 14 homers and 44 RBIs, while Grant Manning has a team-high five saves.

QUICK HITS
• Virginia Tech was one of five ACC teams Clemson did not play in the regular season.
• Clemson’s 41 overall wins are two more than any other ACC team.
• Clemson has a .976 fielding percentage, just behind the school record of .977, set by the 2023 team.

TIGERS TO PLAY IN 51ST ACC TOURNEY
• Clemson (41-15), the No. 5 seed, opens its ACC Tourney by playing No. 12 seed Virginia Tech (31-24) on Wednesday at 1 p.m. on ACC Network.
• The better seed is the designated home team throughout the ACC Tournament, and home team is in the third-base dugout for each game.
• The games are played at Durham (N.C.) Bulls Athletic Park.
• It is the 14th time the ACC Baseball Tournament is held in Durham after last being held there in 2023.
• Clemson won the 2023 ACC Tournament in Durham and also won the 2016 ACC Tournament in Durham.
• All 16 ACC teams are playing in the 2025 ACC Tourney and is in its first year of a single-elimination format.
• Seeds 1-4 receive a double bye and seeds 5-8 receive single byes.
• No. 1 seed Georgia Tech, No. 2 seed Florida State, No. 3 seed North Carolina and No. 4 seed NC State all receive a double bye.
• No. 5 seed Clemson, No. 6 seed Virginia, No. 7 seed Duke and No. 8 seed Wake Forest all receive a single bye.
• The other eight seeds all must win five games to win the tournament title.
• There are four games on both Tuesday and Wednesday, and two games each on Thursday, Friday (quarterfinals) and Saturday (semifinals).
• The ACC Championship Game is Sunday at noon on ESPN2, and the winner of the game receives an automatic bid into the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
• All of Clemson’s ACC Tournament games are broadcast live on the radio by Clemson Athletic Network.
• Live stats are available at ClemsonTigers.com for all Tiger games.

CLEMSON’S ACC TOURNEY HISTORY
• This is the 51st ACC Tournament, and Clemson has been to the finals in 23 of the previous 50 tournaments, eight more than any other school.
• Clemson has won an ACC-high 11 ACC Tournament titles in history, including 2023, when it beat Miami (Fla.) 11-5 in the title game.
• Clemson’s 11 ACC Tournament titles came in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2006, 2016, 2023.
• Clemson has a 119-76 record (.610) in ACC Tournament games. The Tigers have the most All-ACC Tournament selections (69) in history.
• Clemson’s 119 ACC Tournament wins are 27 more than any other team (NC State (92), North Carolina (92)).
• Only Florida State (66.2) has a better winning percentage than Clemson (61.0) in ACC Tournament play.
• Clemson is one of only two teams to play in all 51 ACC Tournaments. The Tigers join Virginia as the only teams to play in every ACC Tourney.
• The ACC Tournament began in 1973 and has been held every year but two (1979, 2020) since then.

NO-HITTER
• Three Tigers, Aidan Knaak, Joe Allen and Lucas Mahlstedt, combined on a no-hitter in Clemson’s 6-1 win at Pittsburgh on May 15, 2025.
• Aidan Knaak pitched 7.1 innings and had 12 strikeouts, then Joe Allen pitched 1.1 innings and Lucas Mahlstedt retired the last batter.
• It was Clemson’s 15th no-hitter in history, third in an ACC game and first in an ACC road game.
• It was Clemson’s first no-hitter since March 18, 2009, when the Tigers no-hit USC Upstate in a 14-0 win at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
• It was Clemson’s first no-hitter in an ACC game since April 17, 1976, when Clemson no-hit Virginia in a 9-0 win at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

SERIES SUCCESS
• Clemson won 11 of its 14 weekend series (including tournaments) in 2025.
• Clemson won its first 10 weekend series (including tournaments) in 2025, including the first six ACC series.
• In each of those 10 weekend series wins, Clemson won the weekend opener all 10 times.
• Clemson won seven of its 10 ACC series, tied for the most ACC series wins with Georgia Tech and North Carolina.

FOUR TIGERS NAMED ALL-ACC
• Aidan Knaak (SP) and Lucas Mahlstedt (RP) earned First-Team All-ACC honors.
• Cam Cannarella (OF) earned Second-Team All-ACC honors, while Collin Priest (DH/UT) earned Third-Team All-ACC accolades.
• It marked the third time in Clemson history and first time since 1995 that two Tiger pitchers were named First-Team All-ACC.
• Knaak became the first Tiger pitcher in history to earn First-Team All-ACC honors in each of his first two seasons.
• Knaak became the fourth Tiger pitcher and first since Steve Reba (2001,02) to be a multiple First-Team All-ACC selection.
• Knaak became the 14th Tiger pitcher and first since Pat Krall (2016,17) to earn multiple All-ACC selections.
• Mahlstedt became the first Tiger reliever to earn First-Team All-ACC honors since 2018 (Ryley Gilliam).
• Mahlstedt became the first Tiger reliever to earn All-ACC accolades since 2019 (Carson Spiers).
• Cannarella became the first Tiger to be a three-time All-ACC selection since Seth Beer (2016-18).
• Cannarella was a First-Team All-ACC selection in 2023 and Third-Team All-ACC pick in 2024.

CRIGHTON STRONG LATE IN SEASON
• Junior outfielder and infielder Jack Crighton has had a penchant for his hot bat late in each of his three seasons at Clemson.
• He is hitting .302 with a homer, triple, five doubles, 17 RBIs, a .390 on-base percentage and five steals in 41 games (30 starts) in 2025.
• He hit .317 in ACC regular-season games.
• He was 9-for-13 (.692) with six runs, a walk and hit-by-pitch in three games at Pittsburgh from May 15-17.
• In the series at Pittsburgh, he reached base in 10 consecutive plate appearances and had a hit in eight consecutive at-bats.
• He hit a triple and three doubles at Pittsburgh on May 17 to tie a school record for doubles in a game.
• He entered that game with three extra-base hits on the season.