In a matter of 17 hours, the Clemson baseball team went from the euphoria of winning a game in extra innings to having their season canceled. That is how fast the coronavirus killed the 2020 spring sports season in college athletics.
“It was really tough,” Clemson head coach Monte Lee said via a teleconference with the media on Wednesday.
Lee made sure he was up front and honest with his ballclub through the entire process, as he gave them all the information and updates, he had, whenever he could. A day after the NCAA announced it had canceled the College World Series, the Clemson coach informed his players the season was likely going to be canceled and they needed to go home and get themselves set up for e-learning so they could take care of their academics.