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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 games of the series. The two have never met at West Virginia.• Clemson is 3-0 against West Virginia in the NCAA Tournament, wins in 1967 (5-0), 1987 (8-0) and 1996 (6-3 at Clemson).• The first meeting between Clemson and West Virginia took place at Greensboro, N.C., a 6-2 Tiger win on May 18, 1951.• Clemson is 6-3 against Kentucky, with the last meetings occurring in the Tigers’ three-game sweep at Clemson on Feb. 22,23, 1997.• Kentucky is 2-0 against Clemson in the NCAA Tournament, wins in 1950 (4-2 at Kannapolis, N.C.) and 1988 (8-7 at New Britain, Conn.).• The first meeting between Clemson and Kentucky took place in the aforementioned game in 1950. The two teams have never met at Kentucky.• Clemson is 10-3 against USC Upstate, with the Tigers winning 7-0 at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C. on March 4, 2025.• Five Tigers combined on a nine-hit shutout and Jacob Jarrell, Josh Paino, Tristan Bissetta and Andrew Ciufo all hit homers in the 2025 win.• Nine of the 13 meetings have taken place at Clemson, while the other four were played at Fluor Field.• The first meeting between Clemson and USC Upstate took place at Clemson on March 18, 2009, a 14-0 Tiger win in a combined no-hitter.
NCAA TOURNAMENT CONNECTIONS• Four former Clemson assistant coaches are serving as head coaches of a 2025 NCAA Tournament team.• Texas 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.• Florida Head Coach Kevin O’Sullivan was an assistant coach at Clemson from 1999-07.• Clemson Head Coach Erik Bakich was an assistant coach at Clemson in 2002.• West Virginia junior catcher Logan Sauve is the son of Jeff Sauve, a standout righthander and placekicker at Clemson from 1991-95.
TIGERS HOST REGIONAL FOR 19TH TIME• Clemson is hosting an NCAA regional for the 19th time in history in 2025.• Clemson last hosted a regional in 2024. From 1994 to 2011 (18 years), the Tigers hosted a regional 11 times.• Clemson joins Arkansas as the only two schools to host a regional in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
CLEMSON’S NCAA TOURNEY HISTORY• The Tigers play in their 47th all-time NCAA regional when they compete in the 2025 Clemson Regional.• The 47 appearances are fifth most in NCAA history, trailing only Texas (64), Florida State (61), Miami (Fla.) (50) and Oklahoma State (50).• Clemson has made 10 super regional appearances, with its last in 2024 by winning the Clemson Regional.• The Tigers have made 12 trips to the College World Series, with their last in 2010.• Clemson has a 125-99 record (.558) in NCAA Tournament games.
QUICK HITS• Of Clemson’s 60 games in 2025, 28 (47 percent) have been against teams in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.• Clemson’s highest-scoring inning is the first inning, when it has scored 76 runs, 22 more than any other inning.• A total of 11 different Tigers have started a game on the mound in 2025.
ACC TOURNAMENT RECAP• Clemson had a 3-1 record in the ACC Tournament at Durham, N.C., advanced to the championship game and finished in second place.• Clemson was the only team to play four games in the ACC Tournament and tied the champion, North Carolina, for the most wins.• Clemson trailed in all three of its wins.• The Tigers defeated Virginia Tech 6-1 behind Dominic Listi’s homer and four RBIs on May 21.• Clemson totaled 16 hits in its 7-6 win over No. 20 NC State in the quarterfinal round on May 22.• The Tigers rallied from a 3-0 deficit, keyed by Jacob Jarrell’s grand slam, to top No. 16 Georgia Tech 9-4 in the semifinal round on May 24.• No. 2 North Carolina downed Clemson 14-4 thanks in large part to an eight-run fifth inning to capture the tournament title on May 25.• Clemson hit .309 with seven doubles, a triple, five homers, a .482 slugging percentage, .399 on-base percentage and six steals.• Dominic Listi earned All-ACC Tournament honors by going 6-for-12 with a homer, double, five RBIs, four runs and a .667 on-base percentage.• Cam Cannarella earned All-ACC Tournament honors by going 7-for-16 (.438) with a homer, double, four RBIs and three runs.• Andrew Ciufo was 6-for-13 (.462) with two doubles, two RBIs, four runs, a .563 on-base percentage and two steals.• Jacob McGovern had one save and allowed one hit, no runs and one walk with six strikeouts in 6.0 innings pitched over two relief outings.
McGOVERN STEALTHY FROM LEFT SIDE• Sophomore lefthander Jacob McGovern does not have overpowering “stuff,” but has been effective at recording outs.• He is 3-1 with two saves, a 3.48 ERA, .157 opponents’ batting average and 37 strikeouts against 11 walks in 18 outings (two starts) in 2025.• In his 16 relief outings, he has a 2.39 ERA, .144 opponents’ batting average and 30 strikeouts against seven walks in 26.1 innings pitched.• In his nine appearances away from home, he has an 0.93 ERA, .123 opponents’ batting average and 22 strikeouts in 19.1 innings pitched.• In nine ACC regular-season relief outings, he was 1-1 with one save, a 2.84 ERA and .143 opponents’ batting average in 12.2 innings pitched.• He missed nearly a month during the middle of the season due to injury.• Since returning from injury, he has an 0.47 ERA, .097 opponents’ batting average and 18 strikeouts in 19.1 innings pitched over 11 outings.• He has allowed only one of 13 inherited baserunners to score.• He pitched 3.0 perfect innings with three strikeouts to record his first career save at Pittsburgh on May 16.• He pitched 4.0 innings, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks to record the save against No. 16 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tourney on May 24.• In 6.0 innings pitched over two relief appearances in the ACC Tournament, he allowed one hit, no runs and one walk with six strikeouts.• In his career, he is 6-1 with two saves, a 2.92 ERA, .171 opponents’ batting average and 57 strikeouts in 49.1 innings pitched.• He has made 49 appearances (two starts) in his career.
