CLEMSON – Football is officially over, and familiar sounds greeted visitors to Doug Kingsmore Stadium Tuesday afternoon as Clemson ramped up preparation for Friday’s season opener. Spikes scraped on concrete, balls pinged off of bats, and the sound of the popping leather are all harbingers of the spring to come.
The 127th edition of Clemson Baseball is coming off the program’s 16th ACC title in 2023, but it has bigger aspirations to play deep into June in 2024. Second-year Head Coach Erik Bakich, who led the Tigers to a 44-19 record and 17-game winning streak late in the season, which culminated in an ACC Tournament title, has the Tigers’ sights set on their first College World Series appearance since 2010.