Clemson Tigers News: Tobia’s Olimpico, David Eziomume and Taisun Phommachanh
By John Chancey
Happy Tuesday, Tiger Nation! Here is today’s Clemson Tigers News.
Jenna Tobia’s Olimpico makes SportsCenter Top 10
Clemson Women’s Soccer player Jenna Tobia had a big game Sunday against Gardner-Webb when the Tigers won 9-0.
She had two assists on the evening, but her biggest moment was when she scored a goal directly off a corner kick, a rare play known as an Olimpico.
NCAA Women’s Soccer doesn’t land on SportCenter’s Top 10 Plays very often, but when it’s an Olimpico, such plays get attention.
Tobia’s strike landed at No. 6 to register Clemson’s first appearance in the Top 10 for the 2023-24 athletic calendar. Cheers, Jenna!
https://twitter.com/clemsonwsoccer/status/1693660113163431980?s=20
David Eziomume leads North Oconee in losing effort
Clemson Football Class of 2024 commit David Eziomume had several highlights in North Oconee’s loss on Friday night. Here is another outstanding play by the star running back.
Excuse the video quality, but four-star North Cobb RB is single-handedly keeping the Warriors in the game.
— Russell Johnson (@RivalsJohnson) August 19, 2023
This long TD run is the second of the game for the #Clemson commit.
Westlake leads, 27-15, with 4 minutes left in the half pic.twitter.com/lZflzWHdyJ
Eziomume is giving Clemson fans plenty of reasons to be excited for when he arrives in 2024.
Former Tiger gets starting job
Former Clemson Football player Taisun Phommachanh has won the starting job for the UMass Minutemen.
UMass HC Don Brown has announced that Clemson/Georgia Tech transfer Taisun Phommachanh (@TPhommachanh_7) will be QB1 for Saturday's opener against NMSU
— Fight Massachusetts (@FightMA247) August 21, 2023
Clemson Men’s Soccer has been ranked as the No. 4 team in the Top Drawer Soccer preseason poll.
On our way up 📈#ClemsonUnited pic.twitter.com/DtIr5SEL0p
— Clemson Men's Soccer (@ClemsonMSoccer) August 21, 2023
Clemson United starts their regular season schedule tomorrow by hosting UCF.
Happy Birthday Sister Jean!: Off-topic shout-out for Loyola Chicago’s biggest fan, Sister Jean, just celebrated her 104th birthday. She is an institution and Rubbing The Rock hopes she has many more!
Today I celebrate my 104th birthday! It’s true, when I born the petrified forest was only mildly intimidated. pic.twitter.com/IUJyrsPPfv
— Sister Jean Schmidt (@SisterSchmidt) August 21, 2023
Joey Skinner makes the highlight reel: Clemson Men’s Soccer alum Joey Skinner had this fantastic strike for pro side Huntsville City FC.
One of our #TigersInThePros doing his thing 😮💨 https://t.co/caMvq5T52b
— Clemson Men's Soccer (@ClemsonMSoccer) August 22, 2023
Clemson Football announced last week that Jalyn Phillips and Jeremiah Trotter were their P.A.T. Athletes of the Month for June and July.
Exemplary citizens, scholars and athletes.
— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) August 17, 2023
Congratulations to our P.A.T. Man of the Month for June and July, @Jalyn_Phillips and @TrotterJr54!#PAWJourney pic.twitter.com/Gg4ziWkbxw
Congratulations to both these young men for all the hard work they are putting into themselves and the program!
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