As athletic director Dan Radakovich said in his letter to IPTAY Donors and fans Thursday morning, Clemson celebrated the addition of women’s lacrosse and women’s gymnastics to Clemson Athletics.
“We had a lot of sports that expressed interest, but at the end of the day, the two sports that lined us best with the ACC were established sports that allow us to compete at a very, very high level here in the Southeastern part of the country and obviously within the ACC,” Radakovich said on the ACC Network’s Packer & Durham Show.
Lacrosse has been a sponsored sport in the ACC since 1997 and with North Carolina, NC State and Pitt already competing in gymnastics, the addition of Clemson allows the conference to recognize the sport and gives those four schools the opportunity to compete for ACC Championships.