Valerie Cagle and the Tigers will host their first regional next weekend. (Clemson softball twitter photo)
The Clemson softball team will host its first-ever NCAA Regional next weekend.
No. 10 national seed Clemson (39-15) is set to welcome regional 2-seed Auburn (39-15), 3-seed Louisiana (44-11) and 4-seed UNC-Wilmington (32-13). The Tigers will open with UNC-Wilmington on Friday in a noon start.
Clemson reached the ACC Softball Championship final this weekend and finished with wins in six of the final seven games, earning a top-10 RPI (8).
John Rittman’s Tigers went 22-5 at McWhorter Stadium this season and won 17-of-19 at home since an early-season sweep at the hands of a highly-ranked Virginia Tech team.
Clemson softball made its first NCAA Tournament last year in its first full season as a program, going to No. 3 overall seed Alabama and falling in the regional finals.
Friday, May 20
Game 1: Clemson vs. UNC-Willmington – 12pm
Game 2: Auburn vs. Louisiana – 2:30pm
Saturday, May 21
Game 3: TBD vs. TBD
Game 4: TBD vs. TBD
Game 5: TBD vs. TBD
Sunday, May 22
Game 6: TBD vs. TBD
Game 7: TBD vs. TBD (if necessary)
Tickets
IPTAY members can now purchase general admission tickets
General Public will be able to buy tickets starting Tuesday morning, if still available
The 2022 bracket! ??
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#RoadToWCWS pic.twitter.com/MaPAPwmvCq— NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball)
May 15, 2022
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#RoadToWCWS pic.twitter.com/VfdnLbRlcQ— NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball)
May 15, 2022
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— NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball)
May 15, 2022
What an accomplishment for @rittmanjohn and #Team3!
The atmosphere at McWhorter Stadium is always ??… Can’t wait to see it kicked up a notch!
For the first time EVER, the #RoadToWCWS starts in Clemson, SC! https://t.co/qPuri5gSsY
— Graham Neff (@GrahamNeff)
May 15, 2022
That moment when you hear you’re hosting a Regional ??#Team3 X @ClemsonTigers pic.twitter.com/9IJSSxJaNx
— Clemson Softball ?? (@clemsonsoftball)
May 16, 2022
If we had to rate today, we’d give it a 10/10 ??#Team3 X @ClemsonTigers pic.twitter.com/189ZLsdTU0
— Clemson Softball ?? (@clemsonsoftball)
May 16, 2022
