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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.
