Baseball Moves Up in Poll, Selected for Regional Site |
CLEMSON - Clemson has been selected to serve as host to one of 16
regional sites for the 2001 NCAA Baseball Championship on May 25-27 the NCAA announced Monday afternoon via teleconference. The Tigers, 37-18 overall and 17-7 in the ACC, will host for the second consecutive year after hosting both the regional and Super Regional rounds last year. Clemson hosted Middle Tennessee, Illinois and Old Dominion in a four-team regional and advanced after defeating Illinois once and Middle Tennessee State twice. The Tigers hosted Mississippi State the following weekend in the Super Regional and earned a trip to the College World Series by defeating the Bulldogs 11-4 and 9-4 in the best-of-three series. Clemson, the second seed in this week's ACC Tournament in Fort Mill, has also played host to the NCAA Tournament in 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2000 and has advanced to the College World Series four of those seven times. Monday's selection as a host assures that Clemson will make its 15th straight NCAA tournament appearance and its 27th appearance overall. However, seeding for the tournament will not be determined until May 21, when the entire field is announced live at 3:00 PM on ESPN. The Tigers are 19-6 in NCAA Tournament games played at Clemson. This is the third year of the 64-team format for the NCAA tournament and the winner will advance to the Super Regional at a site to be determined following the first-round games. The Tigers are 70-55 all-time in NCAA Tournament games and have made nine appearances in the College World Series. Reserved tickets for this year's tournament are available at the Clemson Athletic Ticket Office or by calling 1-800-CLEMSON. An all-session pass costs $50 and is good for all six or seven games that will be played at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The games will be played on Friday at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM; on Saturday at 11:00 AM, 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM; and on Sunday at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM (if necessary). Other regional sites announced Monday were: Fullerton, CA, hosted by Cal State-Fullerton; Wilson, NC, hosted by East Carolina, Tallahassee, FL hosted by Florida State; Athens, GA, hosted by Georgia; Baton Rouge, LA, hosted by Louisiana State; Coral Gables, FL, hosted by Miami; Lincoln, NE, hosted by Nebraska; South Bend, IN, hosted by Notre Dame; Columbus, OH, hosted by Ohio State; Houston, TX, hosted by Rice; Columbia, SC, hosted by South Carolina; Los Angeles, CA hosted by Southern California; Palo Alto, CA, hosted by Stanford; Knoxville, TN, hosted by Tennessee; and, New Orleans, LA, hosted by Tulane. Tigers Move Up in Baseball America Poll Clemson has first undefeated week of the season with wins over Furman and Virginia. CLEMSON - The Clemson baseball team moved up two spots in this week's Baseball America poll announced on Monday The Tigers climbed to 15th in the Baseball America poll, up from 17th a week ago. Clemson remained the 13th in the Collegiate Baseball poll, but fell from 16th to 17th in the Baseball Weekly/ESPN coaches poll. Clemson, 37-18 overall and 17-7 in the ACC, posted its first undefeated week of the season, going 4-0 in games against Furman and Virginia. The Tigers claimed a 9-6 mid-week victory on the road at Furman and then swept Virginia to finish alone in second place in the ACC. Clemson beat the Cavaliers by scores of 8-1, 17-1 and 5-4. Clemson will open the ACC Tournament as the second seed and will play seventh-seeded Virginia on Wednesday at 5:00 PM at Charlotte Knight's Stadium in Fort Mill, SC. All of Clemson's games in the ACC Tournament will be broadcast on the Clemson Tiger Network. Steve Reba and Khalil Greene Share Weekly ACC Honors Sweep of Virginia nets Tiger players ACC Pitcher and Player of the Week. GREENSBORO, NC - Clemson's Steve Reba earns ACC Pitcher of the Week while Clemson's Khalil Greene and Florida State's John-Ford Griffin share ACC Player of the Week honors. Reba, a junior right-hander from Fort Wayne, IN, threw seven innings, allowing just one run and striking out seven of the 26 batters faced. Reba recorded his ACC-leading 10th victory of the year in the 8-1 win over Virginia in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader. Reba had a 1.29 ERA last week and leads the conference with a 2.22 ERA in 89.0 innings pitched. He has 86 strike outs this season and has allowed only 27 runs, 22 of which have been earned. He is holding opponents to a .194 batting average, the best in the league. Greene, a junior shortstop, helped Clemson pick up a win over Furman and sweep the series against Virginia. The Key West, FL, native went 7 for 17 (.412) at the plate with 10 RBI and two home runs. He also recorded a stolen base and had at least one hit in all four contests. He became the 10th Tiger this season to hit at least 10 home runs with two in the series against the Cavaliers. He was perfect in the field last week with three putouts and 15 assists. He is not hitting .311 this season. Griffin, a junior outfielder shares ACC Player of the Week with Greene after leading the Seminoles in the three-game series against Duke. On the week, the Sarasota, FL, native recorded a .583 batting average on seven hits in 12 at-bats. He tallied 10 RBI, six runs scored, three home runs, one double and one stolen base. In the Friday night game against the Blue Devils, Griffin was 5 for 6 with five RBI, two home runs and one double.
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