The No. 4 Clemson Tigers and No. 6 Florida State Seminoles engaged in a mammoth college softball tussle this week. On Friday night, things got epic, but not in a positive way for the Tigers.
Clemson batter McKenzie Clark stood in with two outs in the bottom of the seventh with her Tigers trailing by a run. Clark laced a single to left field that skipped by FSU third baseman Kalei Harding. Left fielder Kaley Mudge went to field it, but the ball popped out of her glove.
Clark saw that and thought she could make a play on it and hustle into second base. But she was denied by Mudge, who fired the throw in to infielder Avery Weisbrook. Weisbrook tagged Clark… and the game was over!
OH MY GOODNESS NOLES WIN NOLES WIN NOLES WIN‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ pic.twitter.com/Op6eDPtiU1
— Florida State Softball 🥎 (@FSU_Softball) April 8, 2023
Clark could be seen hanging her head in shame while the Seminoles rowdily celebrated the road victory.
FSU boasted all week and collected a sweep of their ACC rivals. In doing so, they made history. They swept Clemson in their first-ever trip there, they remain perfect against them, 7-0 all-time, and it’s the first road series win versus a TOp 5 opponent in the program’s history.
This @FSU_Softball squad just made history on the road 😤 pic.twitter.com/GFsOzvJnJk
— ACC Network (@accnetwork) April 8, 2023
FSU is 32-7 after the big victory on Friday night.
The college softball world reacted to the epic and simultaneously horrible blunder that ended the thrilling affair.
Bust out the brooms, @FSU_Softball 🧹
The No. 6 Seminoles go into McWhorter stadium and defeat No. 4 Clemson 3-2 to complete the series sweep.#NCAASoftball x 🎥 ACCNXpic.twitter.com/CssfB9qU3G
— NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball) April 8, 2023
this series taught me Clemson does not have the IQ to compete with the top programs in softball https://t.co/nU5lFZzICc
— ⭕️ℂ𝖊𝖊𝕯𝖊𝖊 𝔾𝕆𝔸𝕋🧬 (@CeeDeesGOAT) April 8, 2023
The Cowgirls’ series win over Florida State just keeps looking better and better. https://t.co/YIpFFyZUR3
— The Ten12 Network (@Ten12Network) April 8, 2023
GET OUT THOSE BROOMS. THAT'S A TOP 5 SWEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPPP🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹 pic.twitter.com/S1w0Y9Y9dL
— Florida State Softball 🥎 (@FSU_Softball) April 8, 2023
Awesome play to end the game…this was a nailbiter to the end… #GONOLES https://t.co/tSEpEyJfKc
— The FL Can Man (@FL850LEO) April 8, 2023
How amazing for the 🧹 🧹 🧹 #FSUSoftball 🍢🍢🍢🍢🍢🍢 https://t.co/8esp7hIRdr
— 🎙SPEARATICS BY SSN 🏉 (@SPEARATICS) April 8, 2023
What a way to end the game 😬 with Valerie Cagle up next.. yikes https://t.co/UyejKNlON7
— candice (@candice_fowler1) April 8, 2023
