The Commodores went to Clemson, South Carolina, and they left with a victory to start the NCAA Tournament. Coach Ambrose was suspended for the match due to his understandably angry reaction to the penalty kick Alabama was awarded with 38 seconds to play in the SEC Tournament semifinal. Associate Head Coach Ken Masuhr took the helm for the day. Masuhr has coached under Ambrose since joining him at Penn in 2011. The AHC, then just an assistant coach, followed his head coach from Penn to Vanderbilt when Ambrose took the head spot with Commodores in 2015. This match was his second as acting head coach and was Masuhr’s second win in the role, after topping Missouri 5-3 in 2017.