2024 Clemson Tigers baseball team

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2024 Clemson Tigers baseball
Clemson Baseball cap logo.svg
Atlantic Division Regular Season Champions
Clemson Regional champions
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
Record44–16 (20–10 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nick Schnabel (2nd season)
  • Jimmy Belanger (2nd season)
  • Griffin Mazur (2nd season)
Home stadium Doug Kingsmore Stadium
Seasons
  2023
2025  
2024 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 9 Clemson  xy2010 .6674416 .733
No. 6 NC State  y1811 .6213823 .623
No. 4 Florida State  y1712 .5864917 .742
Louisville  1614 .5333224 .571
No. 19 Wake Forest  y1515 .5003822 .633
Notre Dame  921 .3002725 .519
Boston College  822 .2672231 .415
Coastal
No. 5 North Carolina  xy228 .7334816 .750
No. 7 Virginia  y1812 .6004617 .730
No. 24 Duke  y1614 .5334020 .667
Georgia Tech  y1515 .5003325 .569
Virginia Tech  1416 .4673222 .593
Miami (FL)  1119 .3672630 .464
Pittsburgh  1020 .3332628 .481
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 26, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Clemson Tigers baseball team were the varsity intercollegiate baseball team that represented Clemson University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and were led by second-year head coach Erik Bakich. Clemson played its home games at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

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The Tigers started the season strongly, only losing one game in February, with their only loss coming in a 2–1 series win over Kennesaw State. The Tigers then went on an eleven-game winning streak, which extended from February 24 to March 13. The streak included two rivalry wins over number 19 South Carolina and a sweep of UNC Greensboro. The streak was ended with a loss at number 6 Duke, but the Tigers came back and won the series two games to one. The next big test for the Tigers was a series against number 12 Florida State. The Tigers swept the series, including a mercy-rule 15–5 win in the opener. They finished March 17–2. The team slowed down in April, finishing 10–6. They started with a sweep of Notre Dame before losing their first back-to-back games of the season on April 9 and 12. They lost their first series of the season on April 12–14, losing one game to two against NC State. The Tigers finished May 6–4. They won a series against Georgia Tech before getting swept by number 12 Wake Forest. They finished the regular season with a sweep of Boston College to end the season.

The Tigers finished the ACC regular season 40–13 and 20–10 in ACC play to finish as Atlantic Division champions. They were the second overall seed in the ACC tournament and were placed in pool B with Louisville and Miami. They lost to Miami 7–8 and defeated Louisville 8–7, but that was not enough to advance from the pool. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the sixth overall seed. They were selected as hosts of a Super Regional for the first time since 2010. They defeated High Point and Coastal Carolina twice to advance to the Super Regional. They lost twice to Florida and were unable to advance to the College World Series.

Previous season

The Tigers started the season sluggishly going 4–4 in February and losing their first three ACC Series. They were 17–14 overall and 2–8 in the ACC as of April 6, after the first game of their series against Florida State. The Tigers won their next two games in the series and their season turned around. The Tigers only lost three more games during the regular season, and finished 39–17 overall and 20–10 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Atlantic Division. They went into the ACC tournament on a twelve-game winning streak and were the third seed. The Tigers were placed in a pool with sixth seed Boston College and tenth seed Virginia Tech. After going 2–0 in pool play, the Tigers defeated North Carolina in the Semifinals and Miami (FL) in the Final to win their eleventh ACC tournament title. [2] The Tigers earned the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and were selected as the fourth overall seed. They won the opening game of the regional against Lipscomb to extend their winning streak to seventeen games. [3] Their streak ended there as they lost to Tennessee in fourteen innings. The Tigers could not overcome Charlotte in the elimination game of the regional and their season ended.

Personnel

Roster

2024 Clemson Tigers roster [4]
 

Pitchers

  • 00 - Drew Titsworth - Freshman
  • 13 - B.J. Bailey - Senior
  • 15 - Reed Garris - Junior
  • 18 - Tristan Smith - Sophomore
  • 19 - Aidan Knaak - Freshman
  • 20 - Nick Clayton - Graduate Student
  • 25 - Luke Brown - Freshman
  • 26 - Casey Tallent - Junior
  • 29 - Joe Allen - Sophomore
  • 30 - Billy Barlow - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 31 - Jacob McGovern - Freshman
  • 33 - Justin LeGuernic - Freshman
  • 35 - Noah Samol - Sophomore
  • 36 - Matthew Marchal - Graduate Student
  • 37 - Jackson Cole - Freshman
  • 39 - Ethan Darden - Sophomore
  • 41 - Nathan Dvorsky - Sophomore
  • 47 - Lucas Mahlstedt - Junior
  • 48 - Rob Hughes - Graduate Student
  • 49 - Chance Fitzgerald - Freshman
  • 51 - Rocco Reid - Junior
  • 53 - Josh Davis - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 56 - Austin Gordon - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 9 - Jacob Jarrell - Sophomore
  • 12 - Hideki Prather - Freshman
  • 44 - Ty Marshall - Freshman

Infielders

  • 2 - Nolan Nawrocki - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 4 - Cooper Blauser - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 5 - Andrew Ciufo - Graduate Student
  • 6 - Jacob Hinderleider - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 8 - Blake Wright - Senior
  • 21 - Jay Dillard - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 23 - Jarren Purify - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 1 - Lleyton Lackey - Sophomore
  • 3 - Jack Crighton - Sophomore
  • 10 - Cam Cannarella - Sophomore
  • 16 - Will Taylor - Junior
  • 17 - Alden Mathes - Graduate Student
  • 22 - Nathan Hall - Sophomore
  • 27 - Tristan Bissetta - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 42 – Devin Parks – Freshman

Utility

  • 11 - Jimmy Obertop - Graduate Student
  • 24 - Ty Olenchuk - Senior
  • 32 - Nick Couch - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 40 - Brodey Conn - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 55 – Tryston McCladdie – Freshman

Coaching Staff

2024 Clemson Tigers coaching staff [4]
NamePositionSeasons at
Clemson
Erik Bakich Head Coach2
Nick SchnabelAssistant Coach2
Jimmy BelangerAssistant Coach2
Griffin MazurAssistant Coach2

Schedule

Legend
 Clemson win
 Clemson loss
 Cancellation
BoldClemson team member
*Non-Conference game
Make-Up Game
2024 Clemson Tigers baseball game log [5]
Regular season
Postseason
NCAA Tournament Clemson Super Regional (0–2)
DateTimeOpponentSeed/RankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSuper Regional record
June 82:00 p.m. Florida (6) No. 3Doug Kingsmore StadiumL 7–10Jameson (5–0)Smith (2–1)Neely (4)6,49244–150–1
June 92:30 p.m.Florida(6) No. 3Doug Kingsmore StadiumL 10–11 (13)McNeillie (4–6)Darden (5–5)None6,42344–160–2

Note: All rankings shown are from D1Baseball Poll.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches' [9] 99*119953 (1)2264447569
Baseball America [10] 99101093222444410101011
NCBWA [11] 1281198332264437469
D1Baseball [12] 1010101010432265424339
Perfect Game [13] 211816121042225443966*9

NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  2. Rapp, Timothy (May 28, 2023). "ACC Baseball Championship 2023: Clemson vs. Miami Score, Reaction". Bleacher Report . Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  3. "Clemson baseball loses marathon game, moves to brink of elimination in NCAA tournament". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo! News. June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "2023-24 Baseball Roster". Clemson Tigers. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  5. "2023-24 Baseball Schedule". clemsontigers.com. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  6. Hennessy, Brian (March 1, 2024). "Friday's Game At South Carolina Postponed". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  7. "Tuesday's Baseball & Softball Games Canceled". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  8. "Coastal Carolina Game Canceled". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  9. Baseball Coaches Poll
  10. Baseball America College: Top 25
  11. NCBWA Division I poll
  12. Division 1 Baseball Rankings
  13. Perfect Game Preseason Top 25 Rankings