GAMEDAY CENTRAL: Softball at Pittsburgh

No. 18/17 Clemson (27-10, 6-6 ACC) at Pittsburgh (13-16, 1-9 ACC)

GAME SETUPS

• 🆚 Opponent: Pitt
• 🗓 Date/Time: Friday, April 8 • 5 p.m.
• 📍 Venue: Vatabedian Field • Pittsburgh, Pa.
• 📺 Watch: ACCN Network
• 📊 Stats: Live Stats 

• 🆚 Opponent: Pitt
• 🗓 Date/Time: Saturday, April 9 • 1 p.m.
• 📍 Venue: Vatabedian Field • Pittsburgh, Pa.
• 📺 Watch: ACCNX
• 📊 Stats: Live Stat 

• 🆚 Opponent: Pitt
• 🗓 Date/Time: Sunday, April 10 • 12 p.m.
• 📍 Venue: Vatabedian Field • Pittsburgh, Pa.
• 📺 Watch: ACCNX
• 📊 Stats: Live Stats

Clemson: Roster | Schedule | Game Notes (PDF)

PREVIEW

• Clemson takes an 27-10 overall record and 6-6 ACC record into the three-games series at Pittsburgh.
• The Tigers will face the Panthers for the second time in program history, the first being right before the pandemic hit.
• The Tigers have outscored opponents 187-80 in games this season, including run-ruling 10 opponents.
• Clemson has 259 hits through 37 games, including posting 39 doubles and 42 home runs.
• The Tigers have the seventh strongest schedule in the country entering week nine and sit with at No. 12 on the RPI list.

GUIMBARDA GREATNESS

• Graduate Marissa Guimbarda has been a key contributor to Clemson’s offense over the past three seasons.
• Prior to her time in the Orange and Regalia, Guimbarda played two seasons at Furman.
• Most recently, she hit a walk off two-run homer against her former team to give Clemson the 3-2 win. The homer brings her career total to 58.
• Guimbarda hit four home runs against North Carolina. She is currently ranked fifth among action players in the NCAA for most home runs in her career.
• She hit 24 homers while at Furman and has 34 at Clemson.
• Guimbarda is the 196th player in NCAA Division I history to hit 50 homers during her collegiate career.

MILLIE ROCKED

• Sophomore left-handed pitcher Millie Thompson has come into her own in her second season with the program.
• She maintains a 1.26 ERA through 15 appearances and 61 innings pitched. She has 3 solo shutouts, the first three of her career, and has combined for five.
• She is second on the team with eight wins and has struck out 65 batters while only allowing 44 hits and giving up only nine walks limiting opponents to a .196 average.
• Thompson started the season throwing a combined no-hitter with teammate Regan Spencer.
• She followed that performance with her first solo career no-no against Furman in the second game of the doubleheader. She was one error away from throwing a perfect game that was committed during the first batter of the game.
• Other notable performances from Thompson include:
  • A 5.0 IP run-rule victory over No. 13 Duke with eight strikeouts and no walks
  • A nine-strikeout performance vs. Louisville
  • A career-high 11 strikeouts in shutout victory over Illinois.

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