Clemson\u2019s NCAA Regional Notes<\/p>\n
Clemson Athletic Communications – 2015-05-27 10:46:46.0<\/p>\n
Clemson will face Arizona St. (34-21) on Friday at 6 p.m. on ESPN3.<\/p>\n
CLEMSON, S.C. – 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.
\nREGIONAL SETUP\u2022 Who – Clemson (32-27) vs. Arizona State (34-21)\u2022 Rankings – CU – NR; ASU – No. 19 BA, No. 18 CB, No. 20 USA\u2022 When – Friday (6 p.m.)\u2022 Where – Fullerton, Calif. (Goodwin Field)\u2022 Watch – ESPN3\u2022 TV Announcers – Roxy Bernstein, Randy Flores\u2022 Listen – TigerCast, Clemson Tiger Sports Network\u2022 CTSN Affiliates – Clemson (WCCP), Newberry (WKDK), Union (WBCU)\u2022 Live Stats – ClemsonTigers.com\u2022 Social Media – Twitter\/Instagram (@ClemsonBaseball)\u2022 Tickets – FullertonTitans.com
\nSERIES HISTORY\u2022 Overall Record – Arizona State leads 3-1 (1977-10)\u2022 Record at Neutral – Tied 1-1 (1977-10)\u2022 Record in NCAA Tournament – Arizona State leads 3-1 (1977-10)
\nSTARTING PITCHERS\u2022 LHP Matthew CrownoverMatthew CrownoverJr. LH Pitcher#44 6-0, 210Ringgold, GAView Full Profile (CU) vs. TBA (ASU)
\nCLEMSON OVERVIEW\u2022 Clemson won one of three games in the ACC Tournament at Durham, N.C. The Tigers downed No. 3 Louisville 7-2.\u2022 The Tigers are averaging 6.3 runs per game and hitting .287 with a .376 on-base percentage and 61 steals.\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.
\nARIZONA STATE OVERVIEW\u2022 Arizona State is led by first-year head coach Tracy Smith.\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.\u2022 Johnny Sewald is hitting .328 with 20 steals, while Colby Woodmansee is batting .314 with 43 RBIs.
\nTIGERS IN THE FULLERTON REGIONAL\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.\u2022 The Tigers will be the designated visiting team and occupy the first-base dugout Friday.\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).\u2022 The winner of the Fullerton Regional plays the winner of the Louisville (Ky.) Regional from June 5-8.\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.\u2022 The Tigers\u2019 only game against Cal State Fullerton was in the 2006 College World Series (7-6 Titan win).\u2022 The Tigers have never faced Pepperdine.
\nFULLERTON REGIONAL STRONG\u2022 The four teams in the Fullerton Regional have combined for 143 NCAA Tourney appearances (including 2015).\u2022 Clemson is making its 40th appearance, followed by 38 by Arizona State, 37 by Cal State Fullerton and 28 by Pepperdine.\u2022 The Fullerton Regional\u2019s 143 combined NCAA Tourney appearances is the most of any regional, ahead of second-place Stillwater Regional (129).
\nCLEMSON\u2019S NCAA TOURNEY HISTORY\u2022 Clemson plays in its 40th all-time NCAA regional when it competes in the Fullerton Regional.\u2022 The 40 appearances are fifth-most in NCAA history, trailing only Texas (57), Florida State (53), Miami (Fla.) (44) and Oklahoma State (41).\u2022 Clemson has been to the NCAA Tournament every year since 1987 except one (2008).\u2022 The Tigers have been to the NCAA Tournament 28 of the last 29 years (including 2015).\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).\u2022 The others are Arkansas, Cal State Fullerton, Florida, Florida State, Miami (Fla.), Oregon State, Rice, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt and Virginia.\u2022 Clemson has made nine super regional appearances, with its last in 2010.\u2022 The Tigers have made 12 trips to the College World Series, with its last in 2010.\u2022 Clemson has a 113-85 record (.571) in NCAA Tournament games.\u2022 Clemson is 68-45 (.602) under head coach Jack Leggett in NCAA Tournament play, including a 40-9 record (.816) in home NCAA Tournament games.\u2022 Leggett has taken the Tigers to a regional 21 times in the 22 years he has been Clemson\u2019s head coach.
\nCALIFORNIA NOTES\u2022 Clemson has made just two trips to California in its history.\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.\u2022 The other trip was in a tournament in Fresno in 1988, when Clemson also went 3-3.\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.\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.\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.\u2022 Clemson has never faced Pepperdine.\u2022 Tyler KriegerTyler KriegerJr. Infielder#3 6-1, 170Johns Creek, GAView Full Profile was born in Laguna Hills, Calif. and played for Santa Barbara in the California Collegiate League during the summer of 2013.
\nQUICK HITS\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.\u2022 Clemson, Louisville and Miami (Fla.) were the only ACC schools that did not suffer a three-game sweep during the 2015 regular season.\u2022 Clemson is 28-7 when outhitting the opponent and 2-18 when getting outhit.
\nACC TOURNAMENT RECAP\u2022 Clemson had a 1-2 record in the ACC Tournament at Durham, N.C. The Tigers beat No. 1 seed Louisville 7-2.\u2022 Clemson hit .245 with four doubles and two steals. Reed RohlmanReed RohlmanRS Fr. Outfielder#26 6-0, 210Moore, SCView Full Profile (6-for-12) and Tyler Krieger (4-for-10) led Clemson at the plate.\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.
\nTOP-25 & TOP-10 WINS\u2022 Clemson has an 8-4 record against top-25 teams and a 7-4 record against top-10 teams in 2015.\u2022 Clemson is 4-0 against top-10 teams on opponents\u2019 home fields (Florida State 3, South Carolina 1).\u2022 Only four of the 11 games against top-10 teams have been played at Clemson.\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.\u2022 Clemson is hitting .287 with a .975 fielding percentage against top-25 teams. Reed Rohlman is batting .400 and 17 RBIs against top-25 teams.\u2022 The Tigers have a 2.97 ERA and .229 opponents\u2019 batting average against top-25 teams.
\nCROWNOVER, ROHLMAN ALL-AMERICANS\u2022 Junior lefthander Matthew Crownover and freshman outfielder Reed Rohlman were named All-Americans by College Sports Madness.\u2022 Crownover was named a first-team All-American, becoming the first Tiger pitcher to earn first-team honors since 1996 (Kris Benson).\u2022 Rohlman was a third-team All-American, becoming the second Tiger freshman ever and first since 2005 (Taylor Harbin) to be an All-American.<\/p>\n