Clemson softball makes NCAA tournament for 6th straight season & will open in Athens Regional
· Yahoo Sports
CLEMSON (Clemson SID) – For the sixth-straight year, the Clemson Softball team has made an NCAA postseason appearance with the latest selection to the Athens Regional hosted by the No. 3 seeded Georgia. The Tigers were named the No. 6 seed in the NCAA’s first year of seeding teams 1-8 in each quad.
Clemson (32-20) will open the double-elimination regional on Friday against UNC Greensboro (42-17). First pitch is currently slated for 4:30 p.m. ET on ACC Network. Earning the No. 10 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and No. 3 seed in the quadrant, Georgia (38-18) hosts Charleston (30-28) at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.
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The winner of the Athens Regional will advance to a best-of-three NCAA Super Regional against the winner of the Knoxville Regional.
In only the seventh season, the Tigers have been selected to the NCAA Tournament every year eligible making its first appearance in 2021 at the Tuscaloosa Regional before returning to Tuscaloosa in 2024. Clemson has been a top 16 seed the other three years and hosted in 2022, 2023 and 2025.
Clemson is one of eight ACC schools selected to the NCAA Tournament, joining No. 3 Florida State, No. 3 Duke, No. 5 Virginia Tech, No. 5 Stanford, No. 7 Virginia, No. 8 Louisville and Georgia Tech.
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