Tigers eliminated from NCAA Tournament by Lady Lions |
Regional No. 2 seed Clemson softball was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by third-seeded Southeastern Louisiana late Saturday, 6-2, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Clemson finished with a 35-19 record, while Southeastern Louisiana (46-14) moved onto a regional final versus regional host Alabama. The Tigers had made the Super Regional round for two seasons in a row previously, but the program has not advanced out of a road NCAA Tournament round through four tries now. The Lady Lions put some early runs on Clemson right-handed starter Brooke McCubbin (10-3), with Lexi Johnson’s RBI single and Maddie Watson’s two-run double in the first inning. With Millie Thompson in to pitch, Southeastern’s Ka’Lyn Watson delivered a blow in the second inning with a two-run homer to left field. Audrey Greely’s two-out RBI triple then ended Thompson’s outing in the third inning. Clemson’s McKenzie Clark reached double-digit homers (10) in a third consecutive season with a two-run bomb in the fifth inning. In her final game as a Clemson player, reigning national player of the year Valerie Cagle went 0-for-3 in the game for an 0-11 weekend. The Tigers beat USC Upstate 8-0 earlier in the day to stay alive in the tournament, after a Friday loss to Southeastern Louisiana to get sent to the elimination bracket, 6-2.
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