CLEMSON – All eyes are certainly on the Clemson football team as they prepare for Saturday’s ACC Championship against Pittsburgh, but there is a team right across the moat that’s also playing for its postseason lives.
The Clemson volleyball team (17-14 overall, 8-10 ACC) opens play in the National Women’s Invitational Volleyball Championship Thursday night at 7 p.m. against Alabama A&M, marking its first postseason appearance since 2009 when the Tigers received a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Under second-year head coach Michaela Franklin, the Tigers were voted to finish 12th in the ACC, but ended the season in ninth place, it highest ACC finish since 2012 and the 17 wins were the most for the program since 2012.