Richie Shaffer tied a school record with three doubles and Phil Pohl, Jon McGibbon, and Dominic Attanasio all set career highs for RBIs in #19 Clemson’s 16-4 win over Holy Cross at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Wednesday. The Tigers improved to 6-4 on the season, while the Crusaders dropped to 3-5. It was the first meeting between the two since the 1958 College World Series.
Noah Dixon’s job is to make Dutch Fork athletes stronger and faster. For his efforts on and off the field, he is this week’s ABC Columbia MVP. Rob Brennan has the story on the Wednesday ABC Columbia News at Six.
South Carolina State had three players in double figures but was unable to overcome 19 turnovers and a poor-shooting opening half in dropping a 62-53 decision to Bethune-Cookman Tuesday in the opening round action of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament at the Joel Coliseum.
South Carolina sophomore forward Damontre Harris was named to the SEC All-Defensive Team on Tuesday.
USC and Clemson baseball remain relatively steady in this week’s new college baseball polls. The Gamecocks (9-1), who took two out of three against the Tigers over the weekend, stay at #2 and #3 in the three major polls. Clemson (5-4) is ranked between #15 and #20.
Senior guard Andre Young was one of five players named to the ACC’s All-Defensive Team on Monday, as announced by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA). Young also earned honorable mention in the voting for the All-ACC teams. He was joined on the All-Defensive Team by John Henson (North Carolina), Bernard James (Florida State), Jontel Evans (Virginia) and Michael Snaer (Florida State).
The SEC has announced its official seedings for its conference tournament. All game can be seen on ABC Columbia.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ACC) – Clemson infielder Richie Shaffer has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Week, while Wake Forest‘s Brian Holmes earned Pitcher of the Week honors. Shaffer stood out offensively in the Tigers‘ weekend series against second-ranked South Carolina, while Holmes threw a no-hitter in Sunday‘s win over Marshall. Considering the level of competition, Shaffer…
The ACC Tournament field is set. Clemson will be the 7 seed and face 10 seed Virginia Tech on Thursday night at 7pm in Atlanta. Clemson lost its regular season finale Sunday at Florida State 80-72.
Steve Wilkerson’s single to center in the ninth inning brought home Jon McGibbon with the game-winning run as Clemson avoided a sweep of rival South Carolina with a 6-5 victory on Sunday.
