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Hard Work pays off, Johnson Brings Clemson First ACC Championship

When she hit the ball, Kylee Johnson did not think she got all of it. As it turned out, she was wrong.

Johnson got all of the softball and then some, as she carried it out of Harrington Village with ease. As a result, the two-run dinger to centerfield was all Clemson needed to win its first ACC Tournament Championship.

Johnson’s home run in the top of the seventh inning, gave the 10th-ranked Tigers a 2-1 victory over No. 3 Florida State in the championship game in Brighton, Mass.

“I really did not think it was going out to be honest.