One weekend can make all the difference in the world. Such is the case for the Clemson baseball team.
Coming into the final ACC series of the regular season, the Tigers were reeling, having dropped nine of 12. Erik Bakich’s team had fallen from No. 2 in the D1 Baseball rankings, down to No. 15, and was no longer projected to host a regional.
“We are in a unique spot, a spot we have been in before,” Bakich said after the Tigers lost two out of three to Duke. “Just in terms of how we’ve played the last three weeks, it kind of feels like we are up against the ropes.