Quincy Nieporte’s solo home run in the bottom of the eighth broke a 2-2 tie as top-seeded Florida State (43-19) held on to defeat second-seeded College of Charleston (44-14) 3-2 to advance to Sunday’s championship final of the 2015 NCAA Tallahassee Regional.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney cancelled an appearance at the Palmetto Family Council next month after a state lawmaker criticized him because the group opposes same-sex marriage.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Bill Foster, the only Clemson basketball coach to reach the NCAA tournament’s Elite Eight, has died after long bout with Parkinson’s disease. He was 79.
Andrew Beckwith’s strong start helped Coastal Carolina keep its season going with a 4-1 win over Texas Southern in an NCAA Tournament elimination game at the College Station, TX regional.
Joey Bielek’s two-run homer in the seventh inning gave No. 18 Arizona State the lead for good in its 7-4 win over Clemson in the opening game of the Fullerton Regional at Goodwin Field on Friday afternoon. The Sun Devils, who moved into the winners’ bracket, improved to 35-21 on the season. The Tigers, who fell into the losers’ bracket, dropped to 32-28 in 2015.
The sixth-ranked South Carolina men’s golf team posted a 301 (+13) on Friday at The Concession Golf Club to wrap up the opening round of the NCAA Championship in a tie for 20th.
Clemson sophomore Austin Langdale fired an even par 72 to lead Clemson to a 306 team score during the first round of the NCAA National Tournament at the Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla. Clemson is in 27th place out of 30 teams after the first day with the 18 over team score.
Erven Roper hit a two-out homer in the bottom of the 11th inning Friday, leading second-seeded College of Charleston past Auburn 7-6 in first-round NCAA regional play.
Thanks to the successful debut of the SEC Network, the conference generated an NCAA-record $455.8 million in revenue in 2014-15. The league’s revenue was $309.6 million last year.
The Southeastern Conference has adopted a rule prohibiting its schools from enrolling student-athletes with “serious misconduct” issues at previous colleges.
The league defined serious misconduct as “sexual assault, domestic violence or other forms of sexual violence.”
