2022 Clemson Tigers softball team

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2022 Clemson Tigers softball
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Clemson Classic Champions
NCAA tournament, Stillwater Super Regional
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
Record42–17 (14–10 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kyle Jamieson
  • Courtney Breault
Home stadium McWhorter Stadium
Seasons
  2021
2023  
2022 Atlantic Coast Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 10 Virginia Tech  y212 .9134610 .821
No. 12 Duke  y193 .8644411 .800
No. 13 Florida State  y195 .792547 .885
Notre Dame  y165 .7624012 .769
No. 16 Clemson  y1410 .5834217 .712
Virginia  1311 .5422826 .519
Georgia Tech  1113 .4583818 .679
Louisville  1014 .4172725 .519
Syracuse  715 .3182621 .553
NC State  717 .2923323 .589
North Carolina  618 .2502328 .451
Boston College  618 .2502027 .426
Pittsburgh  220 .0911427 .341
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 14, 2022 [1]
Rankings from NFCA

The 2022 Clemson Tigers softball team was the varsity college softball team that represented Clemson University during the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. This was the third season of Clemson's softball program. The Tigers competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and were led by head coach John Rittman. Clemson played its home games at McWhorter Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

Contents

They finished the season 42–17 overall and 14–10 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye into the Quarter finals where they defeated fourth seed Notre Dame. In the Semifinals they defeated first seed Virginia Tech, but fell to third seed Florida State in the Final. This marked the back-to-back appearances in the Final of the ACC Tournament in the program's first two full seasons. The Tigers were selected, via at-large bid, as the tenth overall seed in the NCAA tournament. They hosted a regional and were placed into the Stillwater Super Regional. They defeated UNC Wilmington, Auburn, and Louisiana in their Regional to advance to face Oklahoma State in the Super Regional. Clemson lost both games in Stillwater to end their season.

The team was again led by Valerie Cagle, who finished the season with 16 wins, 13 home runs, and a .308 batting average. Cagle was named First Team All-ACC and to the NFCA All-American First Team. This marked her second year in a row as a First Team All-ACC player and Clemson's first First Team All-American. [2] McKenzie Clark was named Second Team All-ACC, Alia Logoleo and Millie Thompson were named Third Team All-ACC and Aby Vieira was named to the All-Freshman Team. [3]

Previous season

The Tigers finished their first full season as a program 44–8 and 29–5 in ACC play to finish in first place and claim the regular season championship. As the first seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech before losing to Duke in the Final. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were placed into the Tuscaloosa Regional. There they defeated Troy twice, but lost to Alabama twice to end their season.

Personnel

Roster

2022 Clemson Tigers roster [4]

Pitchers

  • 1 – Rachel Gibson – freshman
  • 10 – Emma Whitfield - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 17 – Regan Spencer – sophomore

Utility

  • 2 – Brooke McCubbin (RHP/INF) – freshman
  • 4 – Aby Vieira (C/UTL) – freshman
  • 8 – Grace Hiller (INF/OF) – freshman
  • 9 – Sarah Howell (C/UTL) – sophomore
  • 11 – Haylee Whitesides (RHP/INF) – freshman
  • 12 – Cammy Pereira (INF/OF) - Graduate Student
  • 13 – Abi Stuart (C/UTL) - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 15 – Madison May (INF/OF) - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 16 – Alia Logoleo (INF/OF) - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 19 – Jaden Cheek (INF/UTL) – sophomore
  • 24 – Arielle Oda (INF/OF) - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 25 – Marissa Guimbarda (OF/UTL) - Graduate Student
  • 27 – Grace Mattimore (C/UTL) - Graduate Student
  • 72 – Valerie Cagle (RHP/UTL) - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 87 – Millie Thompson (LHP/INF) - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 23 – JoJo Hyatt - Redshirt.svg Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 – Sam Russ - Graduate Student
  • 6 – Carlee Shannon - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 7 – McKenzie Clark – sophomore
  • 42 – Morgan Johnson - Redshirt.svg Sophomore

Infielders

  • 5 – Ansley Houston – sophomore
  • 18 – Bailey Taylor - Graduate Student
  • 21 – Jadeyn Ruszkowski – freshman
  • 28 – Maddie Moore – freshman
  • 58 – Kyah Keller - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 77 – Hannah Goodwin - Redshirt.svg Freshman

Coaches

2022 Clemson Tigers softball coaching staff [5]
  • John Rittman – Head coach – 3rd season
  • Kyle Jamieson – Assistant coach – 3rd season
  • Courtney Breault – Assistant coach – 3rd season
  • Reese Jacobs – Volunteer assistant coach – 3rd season

Schedule

Legend
 Clemson win
 Clemson loss
 Cancellation
BoldClemson team member
*Non-Conference game
Make-Up Game
2022 Clemson Tigers softball game log [6]
Regular season
Postseason

Note: All rankings shown are from the NFCA/USA Today poll.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
NFCA / USA Today15151414171716181816171818151414*16
Softball America141412111719212119141418171610812
ESPN.com/USA Softball1412991515151617т16171717151313*14
D1Softball141313131718191919171718161616*16*15

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