CLEMSON, S.C. – Following their success in the classroom, 14 Tigers have been named to the All-ACC Academic Team for women’s soccer as announced by the conference office on Wednesday. With 14 honorees, this marks the second-highest amount in program history. Last season, Clemson set a new program-record with 15. Minimum academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0-grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. The athletic requirement for student-athletes is to have played in at least 50 percent of competition. Megan Bornkamp, Hal Hershfelt and Caroline Conti all picked up their fourth All-ACC Academic honor as Clemson was the only school in the conference to have three athletes earn the honor for the fourth time in their career. Bornkamp and Conti were also named to the 2023 Academic All-District list. Renee Lyles earned her third All-ACC Academic Honor, while freshman’s Dani Davis an
CLEMSON, S.C. – Megan Bornkamp netted the equalizer in the game’s 88th minute and Halle Mackiewicz recorded a clutch penalty save and No. 1 seed Clemson women’s soccer advanced past Georgia, 1-1 (5-3 PK) to earn a spot in the Elite Eight for the sixth time in school history and first time since 2020.“I think you saw two very good teams today and this is what the NCAA Tournament is all about,” Head Coach Eddie Radwanski said. “We knew Georgia was going to be a formidable opponent and I thought we played really well today. This game is about taking chances, great response from our team with coinciding a goal so late and you just saw what the Clemson Tigers are all about. They dug down, they never gave up, reached deep inside and found a way to make it happen. I’m just impressed with our kids' resiliency and the fact that they wanted to win, they wanted to advance and sometimes you have to do whatever it takes.”Both teams started the match off strong as the Tigers and
CLEMSON, S.C. – Behind two first half goals, No. 1 seed Clemson women’s soccer downed No. 8 seed Columbia, 2-1, on Friday night in front of 1,785 fans at Historic Riggs Field. With the win, the Tigers have earned a spot in the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2020.“We were very dominant in the first half and came away with two goals, we played really well and kept the pressure on Columbia,” Head Coach Eddie Radwanski said. “This the NCAA Tournament, we are not playing weak teams, these are good teams so credit to Columbia for resiliency. We had the lead and we kept our composure. These kinds of things happen when you get in these knock-out competitions and the kids are not invincible to do it so sometimes you have to handle a little bit of adversity and all these games have it. I liked the fact that we passed the test, liked the fact that we dominated statistically and we were, for the most part, in control.”The Tigers started the match off strong
CLEMSON, S.C. – For the first time in school history, two Clemson Tigers have earned weekly honors in the same week as Renee Lyles has been named ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week and Makenna Morris was tabbed Defensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced on Tuesday. This marks the first time in Clemson history that two Tigers have earned both an ACC offensive and defensive weekly honor in the same week. Earning her first weekly honor of her career, Lyles is coming off a successful week as she recorded a brace against Louisville and picked up an assist on the lone-goal of the game against No. 18 Pittsburgh. Against the Cardinals, Lyles netted the first and last goal of the game to open up scoring and ultimately lead the Tigers to a 3-0 win. Lyles has recorded 13 points so far this season, tying her for fourth best on the team in points. The forward has netted five goals and has been credited with three assists in the 2023 campaign. Picking up her second Player o
CLEMSON, S.C. – On an afternoon where Clemson celebrated seniors Halle Mackiewicz, Makenna Morris and Megan Bornkamp, No. 8 Clemson outlasted No. 18 Pitt, 1-0, led by the three seniors. The win moves the Tigers to 13-1-3 on the year, 7-1-1 in ACC play, while the loss drops the Panthers to 12-4-1 and 5-2-1 in ACC play. “To win on Senior Day, it’s just special and we have such a great group of kids, a wonderful group of seniors so the team was really determined to send them out on a winning note on Senior Day,” Head Coach Eddie Radwanski said. “This was a very good game, Pitt is an excellent team and we were fortunate enough to score the goal and get the win.” Morris scored the lone goal of the match, her eighth of the year and fourth game-winner of the season. Mackiewicz was solid in goal, making five saves on the night and recording her 12th shutout of the season. Bornkamp was a steadying force on the field for the Tigers, putting pressure on Pitt early and keeping the Pa