Clemson begins a five-game road trip with two midweek games down in the Lowcountry.
The No. 19 Tigers will travel down to Mount Pleasant on Tuesday to take on College of Charleston before a Wednesday night matchup against The Citadel in Charleston. This weekend the team will travel to South Bend for a three-game ACC series against Notre Dame.
GAMES SETUP
• Who (Tuesday) – Clemson (16-4) vs. College of Charleston (9-10)
• Who (Wednesday) – Clemson (16-4) vs. The Citadel (8-9)
• When – Tuesday (6 p.m.), Wednesday (7 p.m.)
• Where (Tuesday) – Mount Pleasant, S.C. (Patriots Point)
• Where (Wednesday) – Charleston, S.C. (Riley Park)
• Watch – FloCollege (Tuesday), ESPN+ (Wednesday)
• Listen (Radio) – Clemson Athletic Network (locally on WCCP (105.5 FM))
• Listen (Internet) – ClemsonTigers.com
The Tigers come in having lost three of their last four contests. After losing on the road at Georgia Southern in midweek action last week, No. 3 Georgia Tech came into Doug Kingsmore and took two out of three from Clemson over the weekend.
SERIES HISTORY (COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON)
• Overall Record – Clemson leads 32-5 (1899-2023)
• Record at College of Charleston – Clemson leads 8-0 (1899-2017)
SERIES HISTORY (THE CITADEL)
• Overall Record – Clemson leads 88-18 (1900-2025)
• Record at The Citadel – Clemson leads 32-11 (1902-2016)
Dylan Harrison gets the nod for Clemson against CofC on Tuesday. The true freshman will be making his third start of the season. The right-hander comes in with an ERA of 1.59, having allowed just two earned runs across 11.1 innings of work. He has nine strikeouts to just two walks.
No starter has been announced for Wednesday’s game against The Citadel.
STARTING PITCHERS
• Tuesday – RHP Dylan Harrison (CU) vs. RHP Carson Bryant (COC)
• Wednesday – TBA (CU) vs. TBA (CIT)
CLEMSON OVERVIEW
• Clemson, which has an 0-1 road record, won one of three home games over No. 3 Georgia Tech last weekend.
• The Tigers are averaging 7.5 runs per game and hitting .311 with a .512 slugging percentage, .426 on-base percentage and 24 steals.
• The pitching staff has a 2.98 ERA, .193 opponents’ batting average and 3.69 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and Clemson is fielding .961.
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON OVERVIEW
• College of Charleston, which has a 5-6 home record and is averaging 4.5 runs per game, is led by ninth-year Head Coach Chad Holbrook.
• The Cougars won two of three games over Stony Brook last weekend. They are hitting .252 and have a 5.49 ERA and .965 fielding percentage.
• Jacob Amman is hitting .361, Dylan Johnson is batting .333 and Alex Lyon and Kurt Rogers have one save apiece.
THE CITADEL OVERVIEW
• The Citadel, which has a 6-2 home record and is averaging 6.2 runs per game, is led by second-year Head Coach Russell Triplett.
• The Bulldogs won two of three games at UT Martin last weekend. They are hitting .256 and have a 4.71 ERA and .968 fielding percentage.
• Miles Barbrey is hitting .367 with nine steals, Phillips Daniels is batting .364 and Michael Gibson has all three of the team’s saves.
QUICK HITS
• Seventeen of Clemson’s next 25 games are away from home.
• The Citadel Head Coach Russell Triplett was a Tiger infielder who hit .312 with 11 homers, 98 RBIs and 17 steals in 222 games from 2001-04.
• Russell Triplett was also the Clemson volunteer assistant coach in 2006.
LeGUERNIC LEAPING FORWARD
• Junior lefthander Justin LeGuernic is having his best season as a Tiger in 2026.
• He is 1-0 with one save, a 1.23 ERA and 20 strikeouts against six walks in 14.2 innings pitched over five relief appearances in 2026.
• He has held opponents to a .161 batting average and no home runs.
• He is holding lefthanded batters to an .056 batting average.
• He pitched 5.0 scoreless innings with six strikeouts to earn the win in the second game of a doubleheader versus Army West Point on Feb. 14.
• He pitched 3.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts against no walks to record his first career save against La Salle on March 6.
• In his career, he is 1-4 with one save, 6.26 ERA, .247 opponents’ batting average and 63 strikeouts in 46.0 innings pitched over 26 outings.
Clemson Athletics Communications contributed to this story