Clemson Tigers News: A busy Saturday for Clemson sports

Good morning Tiger Nation! Here is today’s Clemson Tigers News.

Scoreboard

Clemson Volleyball defeats Sacramento State Hornets 3-2 (25-19, 16-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-13): Tigers come back to defeat the Hornets in their first five-set match of the 2023 season.

Katie Hurta led the Tigers with 19 kills, followed by Kennedy Wagner with 13 kills. Mckenna Slavik contributed 44 assists.

Clemson finishes the Gator Invitational at 2-1, and now stands at 6-3 overall.

Clemson Football 66, Charleston Southern Buccaneers 17: The Tigers overcome first half blunders to win by 49 points over the Buccaneers. Read the recap here.

We have more on this game below.

Clemson Men’s Soccer 2, Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3: Clemson United played hard, but came up one goal short in South Bend against the Irish.

Notre Dame jumped out to a two-goal lead in the first half before Clemson’s Gael Gibert scored in the 43rd minute with an assist by Ousmane Sylla.

Just a few seconds later, Brandon Parrish scored off an assist by Joran Gerbet to tie the game before halftime.

The Irish scored quickly in the second half to take the lead 3-2, and the Tigers were unable to find the equalizer. Clemson’s record is now 2-2-1. They return to action Tuesday against USF in Tampa.

Today’s Games

Clemson Women’s Soccer at Georgia Bulldogs: 6:00 PM in Athens, Georgia

First Tiger Walk of 2023

Before the game began, Clemson Football had their first Tiger Walk of the new season on their new pathway built behind Death Valley. The concrete walkway has plaques dedicated to every Clemson Football captain in the team’s history.

Jon Blau of the Charleston Post & Courier also shared this view of the new hype video featuring Clemson legend Brian Dawkins.

Coach Swinney gives us another quote we will have a hard time forgetting

Dabo Swinney met with the press following the game and had another memorable quote when discussing the frustrations that fans have expressed about him over the past week.

"‘I am like a hair in a biscuit, ain’t going nowhere.’"

On Beaux Collins premature touchdown celebration:

"“That will be a great coaching lesson on Monday. . but big game for him.”"

On Troy Stellato’s play Saturday:

"“He got in kind of a bad spot last fall. But to his credit, he hung in there…Endurance creates toughness and you have to have toughness to survive and thrive in this world.”"