2025 Clemson Tigers softball team
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- John Rittman (6th season)
| 2025 Clemson Tigers softball | |
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ACC tournament champion | |
NCAA Tournament, Austin Super Regional | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 11 |
| Record | 48–14 (19–5 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | McWhorter Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Florida State †y | 18 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .857 | 49 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .803 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Clemson ‡y | 19 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .792 | 48 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Virginia Tech y | 18 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .750 | 43 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .768 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Stanford y | 16 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .667 | 42 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .792 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Duke y | 16 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .667 | 41 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .695 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina y | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 40 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .702 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Virginia y | 14 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .583 | 38 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech y | 10 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .476 | 27 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California y | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 37 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .638 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 9 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .375 | 26 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 7 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .292 | 23 | – | 31 | – | 1 | .427 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 7 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .292 | 20 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 6 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .250 | 27 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .551 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 6 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .250 | 25 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .463 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 5 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .208 | 22 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .431 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 24, 2025[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Clemson Tigers softball team was the varsity college softball team that represented Clemson University during the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season. This was the sixth season of Clemson's softball program. The Tigers competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and were led by head coach John Rittman. Clemson played its home games at McWhorter Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.
The Tigers started the season by travelling to the FAU Softball Tournament and then the Shriners Children's Clearwater Invitational. The start of the season proved difficult for the Tigers as they went 3–2 at the FAU Tournament, and 1–4 at the Clearwater invitational. They began the season ranked twenty-fifth, but dropped out after the FAU Touranmament. They only played two ranked teams during the tournaments, losing to both sixteenth ranked Missouri and twenty-third ranked Kentucky. They followed their travels with two home tournaments in the Clemson Classic and Tiger Invitational. The Tigers went a combined 9–0 during these tournaments, but did not face a ranked team ein either. They recorded a 5–3 mid-week victory over tenth ranked Georgia on February 26. They finished February 12–6 overall. They opened the ACC season against fourteenth ranked Duke. They dropped the series despite winning the first game by mercy rule. They bounced back to win their next ACC series against North Carolina. Their only other loss in March was against rivals and tenth ranked South Carolina. They finished March with a 15–4 record. April started with a road test at fifteenth ranked Stanford. The Tigers took the series two games to one, winning the deciding game 7–6. The victory saw them return to the rankings at number twenty-four. A sweep of NC State and a victory over thirteenth-ranked South Carolina saw them rise to nineteenth in the rankings for the final week fo the season. They finished the season with four wins, including a mid-week, extra inning victory over fourth-ranked Tennessee and a sweep of Georgia Tech. The Tigers finished April with a 14–2 record and rose to fifteenth in the rankings prior to the postseason.
The Tigers finished the regular season 41–12 and 19–6 in ACC play to finish in second place, just a half game behind Florida State for first place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated twenty-fifth ranked and seventh seed Virginia 7–4. In the semifinals they defeated third seed and thirteenth ranked Virginia Tech 10–9. They met first seed and sixth ranked Florida State in the Final, which Clemson won 2–1. This was the first ACC tournament title in Clemson program history.[2] As tournament champions, the Tigers earned an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament. They were the eleventh overall seed and paired with sixth overall seed Texas in the Austin Super Regional. Clemson went 3–0 in their regional, defeating USC Upstate by mercy rule, Northwestern in extra innings, and Kentucky 5–1 in the final game. They advanced to face Texas in Austin. The Tigers won the opening game 7–4 but lost the next game 7–5 in ten innings to set up a deciding game three. The Tigers lost a close deciding game 6–5 to end their season. Texas would go on to win the National Championship. The Tigers finished 48–13 overall, which was just one win shy of their program record set in 2023.
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
Departures
| Name | B/T | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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| 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" |  Sophomore | Macon, Georgia | Graduated[3] |
| Alia Logoleo | R/R | 16 | INF/OF | 5'8" | 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" | Senior | Buford, Georgia | Graduated |
| Arielle Oda | L/R | 24 | INF/OF | 5'4" | Senior | Buford, Georgia | Graduated |
| Valerie Cagle | L/R | 72 | RHP/UTIL | 5'9" | Senior | Yorktown, Virginia | Graduated |
| Millie Thompson | L/L | 87 | LHP | 5'7" | Senior | Bedford, Virginia | Graduated |
Incoming transfers
| Name | B/T | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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| 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
| Name | B/T | Number | Pos. | Height | Hometown | High School |
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| 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
Roster
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