Clemson, S.C. The Clemson women's tennis team (6-8, 0-5 ACC) is set to host a pair of top-ten opponents this weekend in No. 1 North Carolina and No. 6 Duke. The Tigers first take on the Tar Heels on Friday at 5 p.m. and then will face the Blue Devils on Sunday at noon. For complete coverage of the Clemson women's tennis team, follow @ClemsonWTennis on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. MATCH NOTES
Penley Wins 80th Tournament of Career
Clemson, S.C. Jacob Bridgeman won his second tournament of the year and Colby Patton tied for the round of the day with a 67, leading Larry Penley and the Clemson golf team to the championship of the 15-team Palmetto Intercollegiate at the Palmetto Club in Aiken, S.C.
The victory was the 80
th of Penley’s career, just two short of the ACC record of 82 wins by former Wake Forest coach Jesse Haddock. It marked the fifth time in the last eight appearances and the 10
th time overall, Penley’s Tigers have won the Palmetto Intercollegiate.
The Journey to Fayetteville: Giano Roberts
Ahead of the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., we’ll highlight each of Clemson’s six entries by recapping their spectacular indoor seasons thus far!
Giano Roberts’ 2021 season can best be described as performing when it mattered most. Roberts arrived in Clemson this past summer as no stranger to the spotlight, as the junior transferred to Clemson as a decorated hurdler from his two years competing with Monroe College in Bronx, N.Y.
Roberts’ first action as a Tiger came during the team’s Orange & Purple Elite on Jan. 9. It wasn’t until Clemson’s second meet, the Clemson Invitational, that Roberts’ true talent started to show. During the meet, Roberts ran 6.90 seconds in the 60 meters and 34.32 in the 300m, a sign of promising form from the native of Maplewood, N.J.
The Journey to Fayetteville: Terryon Conwell
Ahead of the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., we’ll highlight each of Clemson’s six entries by recapping their spectacular indoor seasons thus far!
At the Orange & Purple Elite on Jan. 9, Terryon Conwell burst onto the scene for the Clemson Tigers by running a school record in the men’s 300 meters. By running 32.97 seconds to break the previous record by .23 and become the first Tiger to go sub-33, Conwell asserted himself as one of the top sprinters in the NCAA.
Conwell rode the momentum from his school-record performance into the Bob Pollock Invitational, Clemson’s fourth meet of the season. Conwell was only slated to contest one individual event at the meet, the 200m, and all indicators on the day pointed towards him recording an NCAA-qualifying time. The senior from Decatur, Ga., didn’t disappoint once the gun was fired, crossing the line in 20.75 to become the No. 7 performer al