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Clemson To Play in 52nd ACC Tournament

Truist Field

Written by: Brian Hennessy

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The Tigers travel to the 52nd ACC Tournament as the No. 15 seed and face No. 10 seed Notre Dame on Tuesday at Truist Field in Charlotte.


TOURNAMENT SETUP
Who - Clemson (31-25) vs. Notre Dame (30-21)
Best Ranking - CU - NR; UND - NR
When - Tuesday (5 p.m.)
Where - Charlotte, N.C. (Truist Field)
Watch - ACC Network
Video Announcers - Mike Ferrin, 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 20-18 (1994-26)
Record at Neutral - Clemson leads 1-0 (2018)
Record in ACC Tournament - Clemson leads 1-0 (2018)


STARTING PITCHERS
• LHP Michael Sharman (CU) vs. RHP Jack Radel (UND)


CLEMSON OVERVIEW
• Clemson, which has a 2-2 neutral record, won one of three games at Virginia Tech last weekend.
• The Tigers are averaging 6.3 runs per game and hitting .283 with a .447 slugging percentage, .389 on-base percentage and 65 steals.
• The pitching staff has a 4.54 ERA, .245 opponents’ batting average and 2.90 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .966.


NOTRE DAME OVERVIEW
• Notre Dame, which has a 4-2 neutral record and is averaging 8.0 runs per game, is led by fourth-year Head Coach Shawn Stiffler.
• The Fighting Irish won two of three games at Pittsburgh last week. They are hitting .306 and have a 6.01 ERA and .974 fielding percentage.
• Mark Quatrani is hitting .373 with 14 homers, Bino Watters is batting .368, Drew Berkland has 15 homers and Noah Rooney has five saves.


QUICK HITS
• The Fighting Irish swept Clemson in three games by a combined score of 21-11 at Frank Eck Stadium from March 20-22.
• Clemson is hitting .314 with a .414 on-base percentage in its 31 day games.
• Clemson (.373) had a higher on-base percentage in ACC games than its opponents (.370).


TIGERS TO PLAY IN 52ND ACC TOURNEY
• Clemson (31-25), the No. 15 seed, opens its ACC Tourney by playing No. 10 seed Notre Dame (30-21) on Tuesday at 5 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 Truist Field in Charlotte, N.C.
• It is the fourth time the ACC Baseball Tournament is held in Charlotte after last being held there in 2024.
• All 16 ACC teams are participating in the 2026 ACC Tournament and is in its second 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 North Carolina, No. 3 seed Florida State and No. 4 seed Boston College all receive a double bye.
• No. 5 seed Miami (Fla.), No. 6 seed Wake Forest, No. 7 seed Virginia Tech and No. 8 seed Virginia all receive a single bye.
• The other eight seeds all must win five games in six days 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 2026 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 52nd ACC Tournament, and Clemson has been to the finals in 24 of the previous 51 tournaments, nine 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 122-77 record (.613) in ACC Tournament games. The Tigers have the most All-ACC Tournament selections (71) in history.
• Clemson’s 122 ACC Tournament wins are 27 more than any other team (North Carolina (95)).
• Only California (66.7) and Florida State (65.9) have a better winning percentage than Clemson (61.3) in ACC Tournament play.
• Clemson is one of only two teams to play in all 52 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.
• Clemson is 8-2 (.800) in the ACC Tournament under Head Coach Erik Bakich.


TWO TIGERS NAMED ALL-ACC
Jacob Jarrell (DH/UT) was named Second-Team All-ACC and Nate Savoie (OF) earned Third-Team All-ACC honors.
• Lefthander Brendon Bennett and righthander Danny Nelson were named All-ACC Freshman.
• The two All-ACC Freshman selections tied for the most in program history, as the 2021 team had two selections (Mack Anglin, Caden Grice).
• The conference first named an All-ACC Freshman team in 2015.