Photos by Patrick Boling, Clemson Athletics
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – In the program’s 69th game, the Clemson Softball team (38-4, 27-4 ACC) secured its 18th consecutive victory, setting the Clemson record for the longest winning streak by any women’s program in school history, after defeating Syracuse (19-21, 11-18 ACC) by a final score of 4-2 at Skytop Softball Stadium in Syracuse, New York on Friday afternoon.
Offensively, the Tigers were led by Cammy Pereira, who went 3-for-3 at the plate with one RBI and one run scored, and McKenzie Clark, who ripped a two-run homer to give Clemson its first lead of the game in the bottom of the third.
Syracuse concedes 1st no-hitter since 2013 to No. 20 Virginia Tech
Gavin Liddell | Staff Photographer
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Gabby Teran went up to bat in the bottom of the seventh inning and Syracuse trailed 8-0. There were two outs and no one on base, but the graduate student’s at bat had a lot on her plate. The Orange were on the verge of conceding a no-hitter.
Teran went down 0-2 on two swinging strikes, and then took two balls with help from the home plate umpire who called Virginia Tech pitcher Keely Rochard’s outside corner pitch to Teran’s liking. Teran then crushed a ball down the left field line mere feet left of the foul pole for Syracuse’s best contact of the game. But a pitch later, Teran was called out on strikes on Rochard’s changeup to secure Virginia Tech’s no-hitter.