2008 Clemson Tigers baseball team

2008 Clemson Tigers baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Division	Atlantic
Record	31–27–1 (12–20–1 ACC)
Head coach	Jack Leggett
Home stadium	Doug Kingsmore Stadium
Seasons ←  2007 2009  →

2008 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 7 Florida State  x‍‍‍y	24	–	6		.800			54	–	14		.794
No. 15 NC State  ‍‍‍y	18	–	11		.621			42	–	22		.656
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	13	–	16		.448			25	–	31		.446
Clemson  ‍‍‍	11	–	18		.379			31	–	27		.534
Maryland  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			30	–	26		.536
Boston College  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			26	–	27		.491
Coastal
No. 5 Miami (FL)  x‍‍‡‍y	23	–	5		.821			53	–	11		.828
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y	22	–	7		.759			54	–	14		.794
No. 24 Georgia Tech y ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			41	–	21		.661
Virginia  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			39	–	23		.629
Duke  ‍‍‍	10	–	18		.357			37	–	18		.673
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	6	–	24		.200			23	–	32		.418
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 27, 2008 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Clemson Tigers baseball team represented Clemson University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played home games at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, SC.

The team was coached by Jack Leggett in his fifteenth season at Clemson. The Tigers posted a record of 31–27–1, finished in 8th place in the ACC, and failed to advance to NCAA Tournament play, ending a streak of appearances dating back to 1987.

Roster

Coaching staff

Name	Title	First season at CU	Alma mater
Jack Leggett	Head Coach	1994	Maine (1976)
Tom Riginos	Associate Head Coach	2003	Stetson (1990)
Kyle Bunn	Assistant Head Coach	2008	The Citadel (2000)
Toby Bicknell	Volunteer Assistant Coach	2007	Wingate (2002)

Broadcasts

Radio

On Wednesday, February 6, 2008, the Clemson Tigers Sports Network announced that it will broadcast 36 regular-season baseball games, ^[2] while the other 20 regular-season games will be broadcast by WCCP-FM (104.9 FM) out of Clemson. Clemson Tiger Sports Network will broadcast the 30 ACC regular-season games along with the four games against South Carolina and both games against Georgia.

The network will also carry all postseason contests. The other 20 regular-season games will be carried by WCCP.

All games will be available online through WCCPFM.com.

TV

Currently announced TV broadcasts:

Date	Time	Opponent	Location	Television	Webcast
February 29	4:50pm	College of Charleston	Charleston, SC		Inside the Pride
March 1	1:30pm	South Carolina	Columbia, SC		CSTV XXL [ permanent dead link ]
March 2	2:00pm	South Carolina	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com [ permanent dead link ]
March 8	1:00pm	Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, NC		ACCSelect.com
March 9	1:00pm	Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, NC		ACCSelect.com
March 11	4:00pm	UNC Greensboro	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com [ permanent dead link ]
March 15	2:00pm	Boston College	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com [ permanent dead link ]
March 18	7:15pm	Coastal Carolina	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com [ permanent dead link ]
March 21	7:15pm	NC State	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com [ permanent dead link ]
March 22	7:00pm	NC State	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com [ permanent dead link ]
March 25	7:15pm	Elon	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com [ permanent dead link ]
April 1	7:00pm	Georgia	Athens, GA	CSS	georgiadogs.com
April 2	7:05pm	Georgia	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com [ permanent dead link ]
April 4	7:00pm	Miami (FL)	Coral Gables, FL		ACCSelect.com
April 5	7:00pm	Miami (FL)	Coral Gables, FL	CSS
April 6	1:00pm	Miami (FL)	Coral Gables, FL	CSS
April 9	7:00pm	South Carolina	Columbia, SC		CSTV XXL [ permanent dead link ]
April 11	7:15pm	North Carolina	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com
April 12	4:00pm	North Carolina	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com
April 16	7:00pm	South Carolina	Clemson, SC	CSS
April 18	7:00pm	Duke	Durham, NC		ACCSelect.com
April 19	2:00pm	Duke	Durham, NC		ACCSelect.com
April 25	Noon	Virginia Tech	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com [ permanent dead link ]
April 26	7:00pm	Virginia Tech	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com [ permanent dead link ]
April 27	1:00pm	Virginia Tech	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com [ permanent dead link ]
May 3	7:00pm	Florida State	Clemson, SC	Raycom
May 4	7:00pm	Florida State	Clemson, SC	CSS, Sun Sports
May 5	7:00pm	Florida State	Clemson, SC	Sun Sports
May 9	7:00pm	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA		ACCSelect.com
May 10	7:00pm	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	CSS	ACCSelect.com
May 11	1:00pm	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA		ACCSelect.com
May 13	7:15pm	College of Charleston	Clemson, SC		ACCSelect.com [ permanent dead link ]
May 15	6:30pm	Central Florida	Orlando, FL		CSTV [ permanent dead link ]
May 16	6:30pm	Central Florida	Orlando, FL		CSTV [ permanent dead link ]
May 17	6:30pm	Central Florida	Orlando, FL		CSTV [ permanent dead link ]
2008 ACC baseball tournament
May 21	1:00pm	Miami (FL)	Jacksonville, FL	FSN South SUN Sports CSS Mid-Atlantic	ACCSelect.com
May 22	8:00pm	NC State	Jacksonville, FL	FSN South SUN Sports	ACCSelect.com
May 24	10:00am	Georgia Tech	Jacksonville, FL	FSN South SUN Sports CSS Mid-Atlantic	ACCSelect.com

Schedule/Results

2008 Clemson Tigers baseball Game Log
Regular Season Date Opponent# Rank# Location Win Loss Save Result Record (ACC) Feb. 22 Mercer* Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for February 23 Feb. 23 Mercer* #16 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Hinson (1–0) Webster (0–1) W 12–5 1–0 Feb. 23 Mercer* #16 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Mitchell (1–0) Boyette (0–1) Vaughn (1) W 6–5 2–0 Feb. 24 Mercer* #16 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Stoneburner (1–0) Hoelzer (0–1) W 10–3 3–0 Feb. 27 High Point* #16 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Gullickson (1–0) Scott (0–1) W 12–3 4–0 Feb. 29 @ #45 College of Charleston* #16 Patriot's Point Athletics Complex Martin (1–0) Simpson (2–1) Vaughn (2) W 7–6 5–0 Mar. 1 @ #3 South Carolina* #16 Sarge Frye Field Cisco (2–0) Hinson (1–1) L 1–10 5–1 Mar. 2 #3 South Carolina* #16 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Cooper (1–1) Mitchell (1–1) Johnson (1) L 1–5 5–2 Mar. 5 Wofford* #17 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Zoltak (1–0) Summers (2–1) Vaughn (3) W 9–7 6–2 Mar. 7 @ Wake Forest Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for March 8 Mar. 8 @ Wake Forest #17 Gene Hooks Stadium Negus (2–0) Hinson (1–2) Kledzik (1) L 11–13 6–3 (0–1) Mar. 9 @ Wake Forest #17 Gene Hooks Stadium Bullock (2–0) Mitchell (1–2) Kledzik (2) L 3–5 6–4 (0–2) Mar. 9 @ Wake Forest #17 Gene Hooks Stadium Rothlin (1–0) Kledzik (0–1) Vaughn (4) W 12–11 7–4 (1–2) Mar. 11 UNC Greensboro* #24 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Stoneburner (2–0) Slack (0–1) Vaughn (5) W 11–10 8–4 Mar. 12 UNC Greensboro* #24 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Zoltak (2–0) Gilliam (1–3) W 6–5 9–4 Mar. 14 Boston College #24 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Doyle (2–1) Hinson (1–3) Hayer (1) L 4–6 9–5 (1–3) Mar. 15 Boston College #24 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Dean (1–1) Harman (0–1) Kowalski (1) L 6–7 9–6 (1–4) Mar. 16 Boston College #24 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Stoneburner (3–0) MacDonald (2–2) W 16–2 10–6 (2–4) Mar. 18 #21 Coastal Carolina* #31 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Sarratt (1–0) Anderson (3–1) W 9–6 11–6 Mar. 19 Furman* Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for March 20 Mar. 20 Furman* #31 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Gullickson (2–0) Holloway (1–2) W 14–2 12–6 Mar. 21 #37 NC State #31 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Cutler (3–0) Harman (0–2) Gillheeney (4) L 4–5 12–7 (2–5) Mar. 22 #37 NC State #31 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Mitchell (2–2) Shunick (2–2) Vaughn (6) W 3–2 13–7 (3–5) Mar. 23 #37 NC State #31 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Stoneburner (4–0) McConnell (2–1) W 2–0 14–7 (4–5) Mar. 25 #44 Elon* #28 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Zoltak (3–0) Harrilchak (2–1) Vaughn (7) W 5–4 15–7 Mar. 26 #44 Elon* #28 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Gullickson (3–0) Porter (1–1) Hinson (1) W 2–1 16–7 Mar. 28 @ Maryland #28 Shipley Field Mitchell (3–2) Swinson (3–3) Vaughn (8) W 2–1 17–7 (5–5) Mar. 29 @ Maryland #28 Shipley Field Kolarek (1–0) Sarratt (1–1) Quinn (4) L 3–5 17–8 (5–6) Mar. 30 @ Maryland #28 Shipley Field Hinson (2–3) Kearney (0–1) W 6–2 18–8 (6–6) April 1 @ #36 Georgia* #26 Foley Field McRee (4–1) Gullickson (1–1) L 3–11 18–9 April 2 #36 Georgia* #26 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Esmonde (1–0) Harman (0–3) Fields (7) L 4–6 18–10 April 4 @ #2 Miami (FL) #26 Mark Light Field Bellamy (4–0) Vaughn (0–1) L 4–6 18–11 (6–7) April 5 @ #2 Miami (FL) #26 Mark Light Field Bellamy (5–0) Harman (0–4) Gutierrez (7) L 5–15 18–12 (6–8) April 6 @ #2 Miami (FL) #26 Mark Light Field Guerra (1–0) Hinson (2–4) Gutierrez (8) L 6–7 18–13 (6–9) April 9 @ #14 South Carolina* #37 Sarge Frye Field Godwin (3–2) Gullickson (3–2) L 1–7 18–14 April 11 #4 North Carolina #37 Doug Kingsmore Stadium White (6–2) Mitchell (3–3) L 2–8 18–15 (6–10) April 12 #4 North Carolina #37 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Catapano (2–0) Stoneburner (4–1) Moran (1) L 3–4 18–16 (6–11) April 13 #4 North Carolina #37 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Catapano (3-) Hinson (2–5) Trice (1) L 2–8 18–17 (6–12) April 15 Western Carolina* Doug Kingsmore Stadium Saberhagen (3–3) Vaughn (0–2) Sexton (2) L 2–6 18–18 April 16 #10 South Carolina* Doug Kingsmore Stadium Godwin (4–2) Sarratt (1–2) L 0–6 18–19 April 18 @ Duke Jack Coombs Field Mitchell (4–3) Wolcott (3–3) Vaughn (9) W 7–4 19–19 (7–12) April 19 @ Duke Jack Coombs Field Manno (4–0) Stoneburner (4–2) Hassan (5) L 1–10 19–20 (7–13) April 20 @ Duke Jack Coombs Field T 6–6 19–20–1 (7–13–1) April 22 @ Western Carolina* Hennon Stadium Delk (1–0) Ottone (1–2) W 6–0 20–20–1 April 23 vs. Presbyterian* Fluor Field at the West End Gullickson (4–2) Dollar (2–3) W 12–7 21–20–1 April 25 Virginia Tech Doug Kingsmore Stadium Stoneburner (5–2) Ballard (2–5 W 13–5 22–20–1 (8–13–1) April 26 Virginia Tech Doug Kingsmore Stadium Vaughn (1–2) Wymer (5–5) W 8–7 23–20–1 (9–13–1) April 27 Virginia Tech Doug Kingsmore Stadium Mitchell (5–3) Hahn (2–5) W 10–2 24–20–1 (10–13–1) May 3 #3 Florida State Doug Kingsmore Stadium Strauss (7–0) Harman (0–5) Posey (5) L 8–9 24–21–1 (10–14–1) May 4 #3 Florida State Doug Kingsmore Stadium Villanueva (5–2) Stoneburner (5–3) L 4–13 24–22–1 (10–15–1) May 5 #3 Florida State Doug Kingsmore Stadium Parker (5–1) Delk (1–1) Marshall (2) L 2–4 24–23–1 (10–16–1) May 7 vs. Furman* Fluor Field at the West End Zoltak (4–0) Hale (1–1) W 11–5 25–23–1 May 9 @ Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium Duncan (7–2) Mitchell (5–4) L 1–5 25–24–1 (10–17–1) May 10 @ Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium Burns (6–4) Stoneburner (5–4) L 1–7 25–25–1 (10–18–1) May 11 @ Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium Delk (2–1) Von Tersch W 16–6 26–25–1 (11–18–1) May 13 College of Charleston* Doug Kingsmore Stadium Harman (1–5) Caulfield (4–3) W 12–6 27–25–1 May 15 @ Central Florida* Jay Bergman Field Mitchell (6–4) Sweat (5–4) W 9–1 28–25–1 May 16 @ Central Florida* Jay Bergman Field Stoneburner (6–4) Herold (4–4) Vaughn (10) W 7–3 29–25–1 May 17 @ Central Florida* Jay Bergman Field Sarratt (2–2) Griggs (1–4) Vaughn (11) W 8–5 30–25–1 *Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. [3]
2008 ACC Baseball Tournament Date Opponent# Seed# Location Win Loss Save Result Record May 21 vs. #1 Miami (FL) #8 Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville Hernandez (11–0) Mitchell (6–5) L 1–7 30–26–1 May 22 vs. #4 N.C. State #8 Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville Shunick (6–5) Stoneburner (6–5) L 0–10 30–27–1 May 24 vs. #5 Georgia Tech #8 Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville Hinson (3–5) Von Tersch (7–5) W 10–4 31–27–1 #Rankings indicate tournament seeds. [4]

Rankings

Ranking Movement	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
USA Today/ESPN Coaches [5]	16	16	17	24	31	28	26	34	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Baseball America [6]	23	19	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Collegiate Baseball [7]	13	13	17	26	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
NCBWA [8]	16	13	14	18	21	19	17	27	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Rivals.com [9]	NR	23	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
2. Clemson Announces Radio Broadcast Schedule, Crew
3. USA TODAY/ESPN preseason baseball coaches' poll
4. "2008 ACC Baseball Championship Site". Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
5. USA TODAY/ESPN baseball coaches' poll
6. Baseball America's College Homepage
7. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Poll
8. National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America Homepage
9. Rival's Collegiate Baseball Poll