{"id":1410,"date":"2015-05-27T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2015-05-27T11:23:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T15:23:00","slug":"clemsons-ncaa-regional-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/2015\/05\/27\/clemsons-ncaa-regional-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemson&#039;s NCAA Regional Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The Tigers head to the Fullerton (Calif.) Regional with No. 1 seed Cal State Fullerton, No. 2 seed Arizona State and No. 4 seed Pepperdine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">REGIONAL SETUP<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Who &#8211;<\/strong> Clemson (32-27) vs. Arizona State (34-21)<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Rankings &#8211;<\/strong> CU &#8211; NR; ASU &#8211; No. 19 BA, No. 18 CB, No. 20 USA<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>When &#8211;<\/strong> Friday (6 p.m.)<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Where &#8211;<\/strong> Fullerton, Calif. (Goodwin Field)<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Watch &#8211;<\/strong> ESPN3<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>TV Announcers &#8211;<\/strong> Roxy Bernstein, Randy Flores<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Listen &#8211;<\/strong> TigerCast, Clemson Tiger Sports Network<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Live Stats &#8211;<\/strong> ClemsonTigers.com<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Social Media &#8211;<\/strong> Twitter\/Instagram (@ClemsonBaseball)<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Tickets &#8211;<\/strong> FullertonTitans.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">SERIES HISTORY<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Overall Record &#8211;<\/strong> Arizona State leads 3-1 (1977-10)<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Record at Neutral &#8211;<\/strong> Tied 1-1 (1977-10)<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Record in NCAA Tournament &#8211;<\/strong> Arizona State leads 3-1 (1977-10)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">STARTING PITCHERS<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022 LHP <a class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp;ATCLID=205875117&amp;DB_OEM_ID=28500\">Matthew Crownover<\/a> (CU) vs. TBA (ASU)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">CLEMSON OVERVIEW<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Clemson won one of three games in the ACC Tournament at Durham, N.C. The Tigers downed No. 3 Louisville 7-2.<br \/>\u2022 The Tigers are averaging 6.3 runs per game and hitting .287 with a .376 on-base percentage and 61 steals.<br \/>\u2022 The pitching staff has a 3.91 ERA, .249 opponents\u2019 batting average and 2.51 strikeout-to-walk ratio and Clemson is fielding .960.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">ARIZONA STATE OVERVIEW<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Arizona State is led by first-year head coach Tracy Smith.<br \/>\u2022 The Sun Devils won one game at Southern California last weekend. They are hitting .297 and have a 4.02 ERA and .974 fielding percentage.<br \/>\u2022 Johnny Sewald is hitting .328 with 20 steals, while Colby Woodmansee is batting .314 with 43 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">TIGERS IN THE FULLERTON REGIONAL<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Clemson (32-27), the No. 3 seed, opens the Fullerton Regional by playing No. 2 seed Arizona State (34-21) on Friday at 6 p.m. on ESPN3.<br \/>\u2022 The Tigers will be the designated visiting team and occupy the first-base dugout Friday.<br \/>\u2022 The winner of Clemson\u2019s game plays the winner of the game between No. 1 seed Cal State Fullerton (34-22) and No. 4 seed Pepperdine (30-27).<br \/>\u2022 The winner of the Fullerton Regional plays the winner of the Louisville (Ky.) Regional from June 5-8.<br \/>\u2022 All four games against Arizona State have taken place in the NCAA Tourney. Clemson beat the Sun Devils 6-3 in the 2010 College World Series.<br \/>\u2022 The Tigers\u2019 only game against Cal State Fullerton was in the 2006 College World Series (7-6 Titan win).<br \/>\u2022 The Tigers have never faced Pepperdine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">FULLERTON REGIONAL STRONG<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022 The four teams in the Fullerton Regional have combined for 143 NCAA Tourney appearances (including 2015).<br \/>\u2022 Clemson is making its 40th appearance, followed by 38 by Arizona State, 37 by Cal State Fullerton and 28 by Pepperdine.<br \/>\u2022 The Fullerton Regional\u2019s 143 combined NCAA Tourney appearances is the most of any regional, ahead of second-place Stillwater Regional (129).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">CLEMSON\u2019S NCAA TOURNEY HISTORY<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Clemson plays in its 40th all-time NCAA regional when it competes in the Fullerton Regional.<br \/>\u2022 The 40 appearances are fifth-most in NCAA history, trailing only Texas (57), Florida State (53), Miami (Fla.) (44) and Oklahoma State (41).<br \/>\u2022 Clemson has been to the NCAA Tournament every year since 1987 except one (2008).<br \/>\u2022 The Tigers have been to the NCAA Tournament 28 of the last 29 years (including 2015).<br \/>\u2022 Clemson is one of only 11 schools in the country to play in the NCAA Tournament each of the last seven seasons (including 2015).<br \/>\u2022 The others are Arkansas, Cal State Fullerton, Florida, Florida State, Miami (Fla.), Oregon State, Rice, Texas A&amp;M, Vanderbilt and Virginia.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson has made nine super regional appearances, with its last in 2010.<br \/>\u2022 The Tigers have made 12 trips to the College World Series, with its last in 2010.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson has a 113-85 record (.571) in NCAA Tournament games.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson is 68-45 (.602) under head coach <a class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp;ATCLID=205530255&amp;DB_OEM_ID=28500\">Jack Leggett<\/a> in NCAA Tournament play, including a 40-9 record (.816) in home NCAA Tournament games.<br \/>\u2022 Leggett has taken the Tigers to a regional 21 times in the 22 years he has been Clemson\u2019s head coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">CALIFORNIA NOTES<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Clemson has made just two trips to California in its history.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson\u2019s last game in the state of California was versus Missouri State in 1993 in a tournament in Fresno. Clemson was 3-3 in that tourney.<br \/>\u2022 The other trip was in a tournament in Fresno in 1988, when Clemson also went 3-3.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson has played 12 teams from the state of California and has a 12-16 record, incuding a 2-9 record in NCAA Tournament games.<br \/>\u2022 The Tigers\u2019 most recent games against a team from the state of California happened in a three-game sweep over Pacific at Clemson in 2007.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson\u2019s only meeting with Cal State Fullerton took place on June 20, 2006 in the College World Series. The Titans won 7-6.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson has never faced Pepperdine.<br \/>\u2022 <a class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp;ATCLID=205875275&amp;DB_OEM_ID=28500\">Tyler Krieger<\/a> was born in Laguna Hills, Calif. and played for Santa Barbara in the California Collegiate League during the summer of 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">QUICK HITS<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Clemson is 8-3 in its last 11 games, as five of the eight wins have been against top-25 ranked teams and four against top-10 ranked teams.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson, Louisville and Miami (Fla.) were the only ACC schools that did not suffer a three-game sweep during the 2015 regular season.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson is 28-7 when outhitting the opponent and 2-18 when getting outhit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">ACC TOURNAMENT RECAP<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Clemson had a 1-2 record in the ACC Tournament at Durham, N.C. The Tigers beat No. 1 seed Louisville 7-2.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson hit .245 with four doubles and two steals. <a class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp;ATCLID=209290064&amp;DB_OEM_ID=28500\">Reed Rohlman<\/a> (6-for-12) and <a class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp;ATCLID=205875275&amp;DB_OEM_ID=28500\">Tyler Krieger<\/a> (4-for-10) led Clemson at the plate.<br \/>\u2022 The pitching staff had a 2.16 ERA, .163 opponents\u2019 batting average and 30 strikeouts against 12 walks in 25.0 innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">TOP-25 &amp; TOP-10 WINS<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Clemson has an 8-4 record against top-25 teams and a 7-4 record against top-10 teams in 2015.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson is 4-0 against top-10 teams on opponents\u2019 home fields (Florida State 3, South Carolina 1).<br \/>\u2022 Only four of the 11 games against top-10 teams have been played at Clemson.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson swept No. 8 Florida State in three games in Tallahassee from May 14-16. It was the Seminoles\u2019 first series sweep at home since 2006.<br \/>\u2022 Clemson is hitting .287 with a .975 fielding percentage against top-25 teams. <a class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp;ATCLID=209290064&amp;DB_OEM_ID=28500\">Reed Rohlman<\/a> is batting .400 and 17 RBIs against top-25 teams.<br \/>\u2022 The Tigers have a 2.97 ERA and .229 opponents\u2019 batting average against top-25 teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong><span class=\"c13\">CROWNOVER, ROHLMAN ALL-AMERICANS<\/span><br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Junior lefthander <a class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp;ATCLID=205875117&amp;DB_OEM_ID=28500\">Matthew Crownover<\/a> and freshman outfielder <a class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp;ATCLID=209290064&amp;DB_OEM_ID=28500\">Reed Rohlman<\/a> were named All-Americans by College Sports Madness.<br \/>\u2022 Crownover was named a first-team All-American, becoming the first Tiger pitcher to earn first-team honors since 1996 (Kris Benson).<br \/>\u2022 Rohlman was a third-team All-American, becoming the second Tiger freshman ever and first since 2005 (<a class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp;ATCLID=209728534&amp;DB_OEM_ID=28500\">Taylor Harbin<\/a>) to be an All-American.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Back_Article_Link\"><a class=\"purple\" title=\"Back\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/SportSelect.dbml?ATCLID=210108388&amp;DB_LANG=C&amp;DB_OEM_ID=28500&amp;SPID=103712&amp;SPSID=657829\">More from Clemson Baseball<\/a><\/div>\n<hr class=\"orange\" \/>\n<div class=\"cubeAdRightColumn\">\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Click below for the full article<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clemsontigers.com\/\/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28500&#038;ATCLID=210108388\" target=\"_blank\">Clemson&#039;s NCAA Regional Notes<\/a><br \/>\nSource: Clemson Football<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tigers head to the Fullerton (Calif.) Regional with No. 1 seed Cal State Fullerton, No. 2 seed Arizona State and No. 4 seed Pepperdine. \u00a0 REGIONAL SETUP\u2022\u00a0Who &#8211; Clemson (32-27) vs. Arizona State (34-21)\u2022\u00a0Rankings &#8211; CU &#8211; NR; ASU &#8211; No. 19 BA, No. 18 CB, No. 20 USA\u2022\u00a0When &#8211; Friday (6 p.m.)\u2022\u00a0Where &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[21],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetigerfanforum.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}