When you grow up in the Midlands of South Carolina area most people expect you to be a Gamecock fan.
But Clemson softball’s Ansley Gilstrap grew up pulling for the Tigers even before the school had a softball program because both of her parents, Keith and Kim Gilstrap, are Clemson graduates.
Tonight the two schools will face off for the first time in softball after last year’s contest in Clemson was cancelled in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The 16th-ranked Tigers are excited to start their rivalry in at Beckham Field in Columbia.
“I’m really excited to start off the first Clemson-Carolina game.