No. 8/7 Clemson to Face Queens for First Road Matchup of 2026

🐾 No. 8/7 Clemson vs. Queens
🗓️ Date: Feb. 17, 2026
⏰ Time: 1 p.m.
📍 Venue: Queens Sports Complex | Charlotte, N.C.
📺 Watch: ESPN+
📊 Live Stats: StatBroadcast
📙 Game Notes: Clemson
🥍 Rosters: Clemson | Queens

CLEMSON, S.C. – No. 8/7 Clemson (2-1, 0-1 ACC) will face Queens (0-2, 0-0 ASUN) for its first road matchup of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. at the Queens Sports Complex in Charlotte, N.C. The game will be available on ESPN+ with live stats also accessible HERE.

The Tigers are 2-0 all-time against Queens, outscoring the Royals 46-9, scoring 21 or more goals in each matchup. The first matchup took place in 2024 at the Clemson Lacrosse Complex when Clemson won 21-4. Last year, the teams faced off again in Clemson with the Tigers claiming another victory, this time 25-5. This marks the first time that Clemson will play Queens on the road.

STATS CENTRAL

Top 10 National / ACC Rankings

• 11.67 assists per game (No. 1 NCAA / No. 1 ACC)
• 13.00 caused turnovers per game (No. 6 NCAA / No. 1 ACC)
• 0.676 draw control win rate (No. 7 NCAA / No. 1 ACC)
• 27.33 points per game (No. 3 NCAA / No. 1 ACC)
• 5.33 scoring defense (No. 8 NCAA / No. 1 ACC)
• 10.33 scoring margin (No. 6 NCAA / No. 1 ACC)

LAST TIME OUT

• Clemson suffered its first loss of the season, falling 10-9 in a nailbiter against No. 4/5 Stanford.
• Brooke Goldstein led the offensive charge with two goals.
• Teagan Scott was a force on defense, setting a new single-game school record of 10 caused turnovers.
• Alexa Spallina had a five-point performance, scoring one goal and turning in four assists.
• Spallina’s performance brought her season point total to 22, becoming the only player in Clemson history to reach 20 points in the first three games of a season.
• Emma Penczek contributed on offense as well with two goals.
• Natalie Shurtleff scored her 60^th career goal while also recording five draw controls to surpass 80 in her career (83).
• Kayla MacLeod’s scored her third goal of the season which was also her 80^th career goal. MacLeod remains at the top of Clemson’s all-time leaderboard with 13 more goals than the next closest athlete.

MILESTONE WATCH

• Clemson will seek its 40^th win in program history against Queens.
• Penczek is two points away from having 10 on the season.
• Spallina needs three more points to reach 25, two more assists to reach 15 and one more goal to reach 10, all for the season.
• Paris Masaracchia is two ground balls away from reaching 100 in her career. She currently owns the school record and has 26 more than the next closest athlete.
• Jasmine “Jazzy” Stanton is one appearance away from playing in her 35^th career game.
• Goldstein is one appearance away from 25 career games played. She also is two points away from 75 and three assists away from 50 in her career.
• Regan Byrne sits at 39 career games played, needs two goals to reach 65 in her career and is one career point away from 70.
• MacLeod is five points away from reaching 100 in her career. She trails only Shurtleff (104 career points) in the record book and is on pace to become the second Tiger in program history to break 100 career points.
• Kira Ballis needs 17 more draw controls to break the school record of 183.
• Jane Hilsabeck needs one appearance and one ground ball to reach 25 in each career category.
• Shurtleff is only one assist away from 45 in her career.
• Scott is only three caused turnovers away from breaking into Clemson’s all-time top 10 list. She has already set the freshman record for CTOs in a season, passing up Shurtleff (12, 2024).

TICKETS

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