By Trey McCurry.
In part four of our season preview, we take a brief look at the 2015 Clemson baseball schedule. Stay tuned to TCI throughout the preseason as we continue breakdown the 2015 roster and 2015 opponents as we lead up to Opening Day on February 13th.
The Tigers will again play a top schedule in 2015, with 19 games coming against teams that played in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Of the 19 games, 13 of the final 14 regular-season games will come against NCAA Tournament teams. Clemson will play 34 games in the friendly confines of Doug Kingsmore Stadium while also playing three games at Fluor Field in Greenville.
Clemson will host ACC series against Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, Notre Dame, and Wake Forest while traveling for series against Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, NC State, and Virginia Tech. The Tigers will not face Miami (FL), Pittsburgh, or Virginia in regular-season ACC play.
In addition to the 30 ACC games, Clemson will face familiar foes South Carolina, Georgia, and Western Carolina along with games against in-state foes Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Furman, Presbyterian College, Winthrop, and Wofford.
The ACC Tournament returns to Durham in 2015 as the top ten teams in ACC play face off at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Each regular-season division winner gets the top-two seeds while the remaining teams are comprised of the eight next best ACC regular-season winning percentages. Seeds 7-10 will face off in play-in games on Tuesday before the familiar round-robin play runs from Wednesday to Saturday with the two pool winners facing off in the Championship Game on Sunday.
Schedule Tidbits
West Virginia
Coached by former Tiger player and assistant Randy Mazey
Charleston Southern
The Tigers are 17-0 all-time against the Buccaneers
Maine
Head Coach Jack Leggett’s alma mater returns to Clemson for the 2nd straight year
Wofford
Leggett has never lost to Wofford as Clemson’s head coach
South Carolina
The February 27th contest at Clemson is the earliest calendar date in rivalry history
Winthrop
Coached by former Clemson assistant Tom Riginos
NC State
The teams met every season since 1953, Clemson’s longest streak against an ACC opponent
Michigan State
Tigers face the Spartans at Fluor Field for the fourth time
Notre Dame
Returns to Clemson for the first time since the 1994 NCAA East Regional
Coastal Carolina
Teams will meet in Conway for the first time since 1994
Virginia Tech
Tigers return to Blacksburg for the first time since 2011
Western Carolina
Teams will play the familiar home-and-home series for 16th time under Leggett
Wake Forest
Tigers and Demon Deacons have met every season since 1954
Furman
Teams will face off at Fluor Field for the 9th time
Presbyterian College
On Clemson’s schedule for 8th straight year following a 57-year break in the series
North Carolina
Teams meet in Tigertown for the first time since 2012
Georgia
Scheduled to play a home-and-home for 17th straight season
Boston College
Teams have played a doubleheader in 3 of 4 series meetings at Chestnut Hill
Gardner-Webb
Clemson leads the all-time series 9-0 with 8 meetings taking place at Clemson
Duke
Last three-game series between the teams was also at Clemson in 2013
Georgia Tech
Returns to regular-season schedule after not facing off in 2014
Louisville
All six previous meetings took place as two-game series at Clemson from 1970-72
College of Charleston
Returns to schedule for first time since three-game series at Clemson in 2012
Georgia Southern
Teams will play a multi-game series for 3rd straight year
Florida State
Clemson and FSU are only teams to win Atlantic Division since divisional play began in 2006