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CLEMSON, S.C. - Despite a strong offensive effort from the Clemson women’s soccer team that saw 22 shots, the Tigers battled to a 1-1 tie against Louisville (7-6-2, 3-5-1 ACC) on Sunday afternoon at Historic Riggs Field. The match concluded the home regular season for Clemson (10-5-1, 5-3-1 ACC), who picked up a point in the ACC with the draw. The Clemson offense controlled the ball for the majority of the first half, and Maliah Morris once again came through to get the Tigers on the board in the 30th minute. Forward Caroline Conti played a ball across, before Morris ripped a shot into the bottom left corner of the net for her third straight game with a goal. Morris’ younger sister, Makenna, also received an assist on the score. The Tigers went into the halftime break leading 1-0 and outshooting the Cardinals 9-2, with three shots on goal to Louisville’s zero. Clemson also generated five corner-kick opportunities. However, the Cardinals responded in the 45th minute with an eq
CLEMSON, S.C. - Behind five first-half goals, the Tigers defeated Syracuse (4-10-1, 0-8 ACC) 8-0 on Thursday night at Historic Riggs Field for two consecutive ACC wins and three straight victories over the Orange. Clemson remains undefeated (7-0-1) in matches against Syracuse. Clemson (10-5, 5-3 ACC) maintained possession for much of the early going, and the offense generated an array of opportunities. The floodgates finally opened in the 23rd minute with a pair of quick goals. The first was yet another sister-to-sister score, as sophomore Makenna Morris found her older sister, Maliah, on the right side of the penalty area who fired it past the Orange keeper. Then, just 42 seconds later, forward Caroline Conti played in a dazzling cross to midfielder Hal Hershfelt, who went into a slide and used her left foot to slot it home. Hershfelt found the back of the net again in the 36th minute, when freshman Layne St. George played in a brilliant corner for a header goal. It was St. George