South Carolina softball opened the 2021 Southeastern Conference Tournament with a 3-1 victory over Auburn on Tuesday afternoon at Rhoads Stadium on the campus of Alabama.
Clemson Softball utility ace Valerie Cagle (Yorktown, Va.) has been named the 2021 ACC Player and Freshman of the Year, while Head Coach John Rittman has been tabbed the league’s Coach of the Year as was announced on ACC Network’s Packer And Durham Tuesday morning.
As a result of Sunday’s victory, the Tigers became the first team in Clemson history to secure a conference regular-season title in its first year of having the opportunity to do so.
The Yellow Jackets, who took a 2-0 lead in the series, improved to 23-18 overall and 17-12 in the ACC. The Tigers dropped to 22-20 overall and 15-14 in ACC play.
Eight of the nine doubles and singles matches were hotly contested with the Gamecocks delivering in the big moments to reach the round of 16 for the first time since 2005.
The win is the team's nineteenth consecutive victory, which tied the Clemson record for the sixth-longest winning streak by any team in school history.
Tiger starter Mack Anglin (2-3) suffered the loss, as he yielded four hits, six runs (three earned) and eight walks with four strikeouts in 4.0 innings pitched.
Among the early finishers Friday, former U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland (69), Matt Wallace (67) and Patrick Rodgers (68) shared the lead at 6-under 136.
Kelley approaches the game of football in a different way, as documented by many media outlets such as ESPN, HBO Real Sports, and Fox Business News, along with having a unique ability on the offensive side of the ball.
There will be no restrictions on the number of fans allowed to take in the action from the grandstands for the famed Cook Out Southern 500® NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race on Sunday, Sept. 5 at 6:00 p.m. and Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday, Sept. 4 at 3:30 p.m.
Marshall made seven of eight penalty kick attempts, while Clemson made six to end the Tigers’ 2021 NCAA Tournament run after a 1-1 draw. The Tigers’ season ends at 14-3-3.