There was a touching moment in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Sunday for Valerie Cagle despite Clemson’s stellar season coming to an end.
The Tigers fell 5-0 to No. 3 overall seed Alabama in the Tuscaloosa Regional Finals of the NCAA Softball Tournament. The Crimson Tide jumped on Cagle early with four runs in the first two innings, including a three-run homer by Taylor Clark.
And though Cagle did not have her best stuff on Sunday, the Crimson Tide fans in attendance know a talented ballplayer when they see one.
That is why, when the ACC Player of the Year left the game with two outs in the top of the seventh inning for a curtain call, she received a standing ovation from not just the Clemson fans, but from the Alabama fans too that packed out Rhoads Stadium.