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2025 Clemson Tigers softball team

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2025 Clemson Tigers softball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
Record37–12 (16–5 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kyle Jamieson (6th season)
  • Katie Repole (1st season)
  • Ryan Wieligman (1st season)
Home stadiumMcWhorter Stadium
Seasons
← 2024
2026 →
2025 Atlantic Coast Conference softball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 10 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 11 – 1 – 0   .917 32 – 5 – 0   .865
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 1 – 0   .917 36 – 6 – 0   .857
No. 20 Clemson  ‍‍‍ 11 – 4 – 0   .733 30 – 11 – 0   .732
No. 19 Duke  ‍‍‍ 10 – 5 – 0   .667 29 – 12 – 0   .707
No. 15 Stanford  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600 26 – 8 – 0   .765
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 9 – 6 – 0   .600 24 – 15 – 0   .615
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7 – 0   .533 29 – 12 – 0   .707
No. 25 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 8 – 7 – 0   .533 27 – 12 – 0   .692
California  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6 – 0   .500 26 – 10 – 0   .722
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 6 – 9 – 0   .400 18 – 21 – 1   .463
NC State  ‍‍‍ 4 – 11 – 0   .267 21 – 19 – 0   .525
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9 – 0   .250 20 – 16 – 0   .556
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 3 – 9 – 0   .250 17 – 18 – 0   .486
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 3 – 12 – 0   .200 22 – 15 – 0   .595
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 – 12 – 0   .200 13 – 23 – 0   .361
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of April 7, 2025[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2025 Clemson Tigers softball team is the varsity college softball team that represents Clemson University during the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season. This is the sixth season of Clemson's softball program. The Tigers compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and are led by head coach John Rittman. Clemson plays its home games at McWhorter Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

Previous Season

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Main article: 2024 Clemson Tigers softball team

The Tigers finished the season 35–19 and 15–9 in ACC to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated Virginia, before losing to Duke in the Semifinals. The Tigers received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were placed in the Tuscaloosa regional. They lost to Southeastern Louisiana before defeating USC Upstate. They could not overcome a second elimination game and lost again to Southeastern Louisiana to end their season.

Offseason moves

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Departures

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Departures
Name B/T Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Marena Knowles L/L 00 1B/OF 6'10" Sophomore Hawkinsville, Georgia —
Lindsey Garcia R/R 5 INF/OF 5'5" Graduate Student Coral Springs, Florida Graduated
Julia Bomhardt L/R 6 OF 5'8" Graduate Student Dagsboro, Delaware Graduated
McKenzie Clark R/R 7 OF 5'5" Graduate Student Myakka City, Florida Graduated
Grace Hiller R/R 8 INF/OF 5'9" Redshirt Sophomore Macon, Georgia Graduated[2]
Alia Logoleo R/R 16 INF/OF 5'8" Redshirt Senior Nashville, Tennessee Graduated
Regan Spencer R/R 19 RHP 5'11" Senior Lexington, North Carolina Graduated
JoJo Hyatt R/R 23 C 5'8" Redshirt Senior Buford, Georgia Graduated
Arielle Oda L/R 24 INF/OF 5'4" Redshirt Senior Buford, Georgia Graduated
Valerie Cagle L/R 72 RHP/UTIL 5'9" Redshirt Senior Yorktown, Virginia Graduated
Millie Thompson L/L 87 LHP 5'7" Senior Bedford, Virginia Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Incoming Transfers[3]
Name B/T Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Reese Basinger L/R 7 RHP 5'11" Senior Evans, Georgia Winthrop
Jamison Brockenbrough L/R 9 OF 5'8" Junior Locust Grove, Georgia Tennessee
Brook Melnychuk R/R 19 RHP 5'5" Graduate Student Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan Louisiana Tech

Incoming recruits

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Incoming Recruits
Name B/T Number Pos. Height Hometown High School
Marian Collins L/R 5 INF 5'11" Marietta, Georgia Mount Paran
Madi Lardizabal R/R 8 INF 5'8" Murrieta, California Murrieta Mesa
Macey Cintron R/R 16 RHP/1B 5'11" Cumming, Georgia Wesleyan School
Ava Wilson L/R 17 OF 5'9" Acworth, Georgia North Paulding
Sam Minish L/L 20 OF 5'6" Hull, Georgia Madison County
Taylor Pipkins R/R 22 INF 5'6" Cumming, Georgia North Forsyth
Riley Fennell R/R 27 OF 5'8" Oviedo, Florida Oviedo

Personnel

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Roster

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2025 Clemson Tigers softball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Year Home town
1 OF Kennedy Ariail R/R 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Cumming, GA
2 RHP Brooke McCubbin R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Locust Grove, GA
3 OF Kylee Johnson R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Wesley Chapel, FL
4 C Aby Vieira L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Mission Viejo, CA
5 INF Marian Collins L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Marietta, GA
7 RHP Reese Basinger L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) GS Evans, GA
8 INF Madi Lardizabal R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Murrieta, CA
9 OF Jamison Brockenbrough L/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Locust Grove, GA
10 C Riley Burton R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Lancaster, SC
11 INF Haylee Whitesides R/R 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS So Duncan, SC
12 INF Julia Knowler L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Fort Myers, FL
13 C Abi Stuart R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Snow Camp, NC
16 RHP Macey Cintron R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Cumming, GA
17 OF Ava Wilson L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Acworth, GA
19 RHP Brook Melnychuk R/R 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) GS Hudson Bay, Canada
20 OF Sam Minish L/L 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Hull, GA
21 OF Jadeyn Ruszkowski L/L 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr Lithia, FL
22 INF Taylor Pipkins R/R 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Fr Cumming, GA
25 INF Alex Brown L/R 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Savannah, GA
27 OF Riley Fennell R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Ovideo, FL
28 INF Maddie Moore R/R 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Loomis, CA
44 LHP Olivia Duncan R/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Buford, GA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 20, 2025

Schedule

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Legend
  Clemson win
  Clemson loss
  Cancellation
Bold Clemson team member
* Non-Conference game
† Make-Up Game
2025 Clemson Tigers softball game log[4]
Regular Season (37–12)
April (10–2)
Date Time (ET) Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record 		ACC
Record
Apr 1 6:00 p.m. Gardner–Webb* McWhorter Stadium • Clemson, SC W 11–3 (5) Duncan (2–0) Hornbaker (5–4) None 1,502 28–10 –
Apr 4 9:00 p.m. at No. 15 Stanford Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA W 7–5 Basinger (12–4) Prystajko (8–3) McCubbin (3) 915 29–10 10–3
Apr 5 5:00 p.m. at No. 15 Stanford Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA L 1–11 (5) Houston (8–1) McCubbin (7–5) None 945 29–11 10–4
Apr 6 3:00 p.m. at No. 15 Stanford Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA W 7–6 McCubbin (8–5) Chung (10–4) None 1,174 30–11 11–4
Apr 9 6:00 p.m. Winthrop* No. 24 McWhorter Stadium • Clemson, SC W 4–1 Cintron (7–2) Powell (12–10) None 1,504 31–11 –
Apr 11 7:00 p.m. at NC State No. 24 Dail Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 17–3 (5) Basinger (13–4) Maxton (9–6) None 547 32–11 12–4
Apr 12 5:00 p.m. at NC State No. 24 Dail Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 8–7 McCubbin (9–5) Maxton (9–7) None 630 33–11 13–4
Apr 13 1:00 p.m. at NC State No. 24 Dail Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 8–3 Basinger (14–4) Maxton (9–8) None 630 34–11 14–4
Apr 15 6:00 p.m. No. 13 South Carolina* No. 20 McWhorter Stadium • Clemson, SC
Rivalry		 W 2–1 (9) McCubbin (10–5) Gress (8–7) None 2,003 35–11 –
Apr 17 6:00 p.m. Boston College No. 20 McWhorter Stadium • Clemson, SC W 6–2 Basinger (15–4) Colleran (10–11) Cintron (2) 1,445 36–11 15–4
Apr 18 6:00 p.m. Boston College No. 20 McWhorter Stadium • Clemson, SC W 8–4 Cintron (8–2) Kendziorski (6–10) None 1,572 37–11 16–4
Apr 19 12:00 p.m. Boston College No. 20 McWhorter Stadium • Clemson, SC L 2–5 Colleran (11–11) Basinger (15–5) None 1,589 37–12 16–5
Apr 22 6:00 p.m. at Tennessee Sherri Parker Lee Stadium • Knoxville, TN
Apr 25 6:00 p.m. at Georgia Tech Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA
Apr 26 4:00 p.m. at Georgia Tech Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA
Apr 27 1:00 p.m. at Georgia Tech Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA

Note: All rankings shown are from the NFCA/USA Today poll.

  1. ^ Originally scheduled for February 11, but delayed due to inclement weather

Rankings

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Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I softball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
NFCA / USA Today25RVRV————RVRV2420
Softball America————25——25211615
ESPN.com/USA SoftballRV———RVRVRVRV252119
D1Softball————22—RV23201615
  • Various polls did not release during the NCAA tournament.
    * indicates that the ranking is from pre-tournament for comparison purposes.

References

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  1. ^ "2025 ACC Softball Standings". TheACC.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  2. ^ Hood, David (May 20, 2024). "Saying goodbye is never easy". tigernet.com. TigerNet. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  3. ^ "Softball Completes 2024-25 Roster". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. July 17, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  4. ^ "2024-25 Softball Schedule". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  5. ^ "Tuesday's Game vs. Furman Postponed". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. February 10, 2025. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
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