UPCOMING EVENTS(home events BOLD)
Tuesday, Sept. 30Men’s Golf at Wake Forest Invitational (Meadows of Dan, Va. – Primland Resort)Men’s Tennis at St. Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships (Tulsa, Okla.)Women’s Tennis at Riviera All-American (Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
Wednesday, Oct. 1Men’s Tennis at St. Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships (Tulsa, Okla.)Women’s Tennis at Riviera All-American (Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
Thursday, Oct. 2Men’s Tennis at St. Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships (Tulsa, Okla.)Women’s Tennis at Riviera All-American (Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
Friday, Oct. 37 p.m. – Volleyball at Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.)7 p.m. – Men’s Soccer at North Carolina (Chapel Hill, N.C.)Men’s Tennis at St. Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships (Tulsa, Okla.)Women’s Tennis at Riviera All-American (Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
Saturday, Oct. 48:30 a.m. – Cross Country at Greater Louisville Classic (Louisville, Ky.)3:30 p.m. – Football vs. NC State – IPTAY Day (ESPNU)7 p.m. – Women’s Soccer at Wake Forest (Winston-Salem, N.C.)Women’s Golf at Schooner Fall Classic (Norman, Okla.)Men’s Tennis at St. Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships (Tulsa, Okla.)Women’s Tennis at Riviera All-American (Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
Sunday, Oct. 51 p.m. – Volleyball vs. North Carolina (ESPN3)Women’s Golf at Schooner Fall Classic (Norman, Okla.)Men’s Tennis at St. Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships (Tulsa, Okla.)Women’s Tennis at Riviera All-American (Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
Monday, Oct. 6Women’s Golf at Schooner Fall Classic (Norman, Okla.)Men’s Tennis at St. Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships (Tulsa, Okla.)Women’s Tennis at Riviera All-American (Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
SPORT UPDATES
Cross Country (@ClemsonTrackXC)The Tigers competed at the Panorama Farms Invitational, hosted by the University of Virginia, over the weekend. The women’s team finished eighth overall, led by Evie Tate in 31st place. The men’s team, who was without its top performer Aaron Ramirez, placed 12th. Both teams are back in action Saturday at the Greater Louisville Classic in Kentucky.
Football (@ClemsonFB)Record: 2-2, 1-1 ACC
True freshman Deshaun Watson established numerous records in leading Clemson to a 50-35 win over North Carolina last Saturday. Watson, who enrolled at Clemson in January, completed 27-of-36 passes for 435 yards and six touchdowns. The six touchdown passes set a Clemson record, tied an ACC mark and were the most ever by an ACC quarterback in his first start. His passing yardage figure was the second most by an ACC quarterback in his first start and the most by a Clemson quarterback in any game in Memorial Stadium.Vic Beasley led the defense with a pair of sacks and now has 27 for his career, third in Clemson history, and needs just two sacks to become Clemson’s career leader. The Tigers face NC State on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in a game that will be televised by ESPNU.
Men’s Golf (@ClemsonMGolf)
The Clemson men’s golf team returns to action this week at the Primland Collegiate Invitational in Meadows of Dan, Va. Wake Forest hosts this inaugural nine-school event as teams play 36 holes Monday and 18 Tuesday on the par 72 course in the mountains of Virginia.Cody Proveaux will be Clemson’s top player in this the third tournament of the year. The junior has a 70.33 stroke average and has already had a pair of top 11 finishes. Miller Capps, who has finished in the top 16 of each event this year, will be the number-two player. Other Tigers in the lineup include Billy Kennerly, Stephen Behr and Joshua Fickes.Clemson is ranked 24th in the latest Sagarin Computer ratings that were released on September 23, and Clemson’s strength of schedule is 18th best in the nation.
Men’s Soccer (@ClemsonMSoccer)Record: 5-4-0, 2-1-0 ACC
The Clemson men’s soccer team defeated Wake Forest by a score of 3-1 on Friday night at Historic Riggs Field in a game for which many members of the Tigers’ 1984 National Championship team returned to Tigertown to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the school’s first soccer national title. The Tigers fought back from an early 1-0 deficit to score three unanswered goals (by Thales Moreno, Kyle Fisher and T.J. Casner). Fisher’s goal, a header from inside the box off of a free kick by senior Paul Clowes, proved to be the gamewinner. The team travels to Chapel Hill, N.C. this week to face North Carolina, ranked 8th nationally in last week’s NSCAA poll, Friday at 7 p.m.
Women’s Soccer (@ClemsonWSoccer)Record: 8-2-1, 1-2-0 ACC
The 16th-ranked Clemson women’s soccer team was 1-1 last week in two games. On Thursday, the Tigers fell to eighth-ranked North Carolina 2-1 at Historic Riggs Field. Freshman Salma Anastasio netted the Tigers’ lone goal in the contest. On Sunday, Clemson defeated Boston College 1-0 in a game played at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. Freshman Shannon Horgan’s header was the difference in the game, and was double-assisted by sophomore Gabby Byorth and junior Allie Kington. The win was Clemson’s first ACC victory of the season. The Tigers hit the road this week to face Wake Forest on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. in Winston-Salem.
Volleyball (@ClemsonVB)Record: 11-3, 0-1 ACC
The Clemson volleyball team fell to Virginia 3-1 (23-25, 19-25, 25-19, 22-25) in its ACC opener in Charlottesville, Va., last Friday. The Tigers tallied 14 blocks in the match, including eight by senior Beta Dumancic and five by graduate Haleigh Hampton, who also added nine kills. Sophomores Leah Perri and Irem Bayramoglu posted 12 and 10 kills, respectively, to lead the team offensively, while rookie setter Kate Federico had a strong all-around effort, with 38 assists, eight digs and seven kills. The Tigers travel Coral Gables, Fla. on Friday, Oct. 3 to take on Miami at 7 p.m., before returning home to host North Carolina on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. in Jervey Gym. Sunday’s contest against the Tar Heels will be the team’s Dig Pink match, and fans will be able to contribute to the cause by purchasing Dig Pink t-shirts and bidding on silent auction items. In addition, donations can be made at: https://www.side-out.org/cb/campaigns/campaign/9004
April 23, 2024
