With finals taking place this week, the Clemson baseball team has a chance to reset.

With finals being held this week, the Tigers were set to have a few days off before they get back on the practice field in preparation for a weekend trip to Tallahassee for a Top 5 matchup with Florida State.

“It’s finals week, so we will probably have about three days off,” head coach Erik Bakich said. “Just let them focus on their academics. I don’t think we will even practice or we will even see them until maybe Wednesday with the exam schedule.”

After getting swept in Raleigh by NC State last weekend, the first series the Tigers have dropped all season, Bakich believes his team could benefit from some time away from the game. From both a mental and physical standpoint.

“I think the time away from baseball will actually be a good thing for them,” Bakich added. “We got a lot of guys banged up, bruised, nicked, scraped or whatever. It will be good for a lot of guys to get in the weight room, get some treatment, and get their bodies healed. Try to get back to feeling pretty good.”

After having been swept by the Wolfpack, Clemson has now lost four of its past five games, and the Tigers struggled mightily during the three-game set in Raleigh. The offense mustered just eight total runs in the series against NC State and was just 1-for-21 with runners in scoring position.

After the sweep, Clemson currently sits in fifth place in the ACC, two games back of both NC State and Florida State in the loss column, the two teams at the top of the standings. Finishing in the top four means a double-bye in the newly formatted conference tournament.

However, the Tigers have their sights set on not only securing that double-bye but also snagging one of those ever-important top eight seeds in the NCAA Tournament, making the upcoming series against the Seminoles as important as any they’ve played all season.

And Bakich is confident that after a few days away from the field, his team will return re-energized and fully focused on getting the offense back on track.

“We will use this as a learning opportunity,” Bakich said. “We will figure it out. We will get our offense back and get back to that style of play that everyone is used to and we are used to.”