Hi all! We’re live again from Littlejohn Coliseum on this fine Friday evening. We have another ACC matchup this week, the Tigers are hosting the NC State Wolfpack for their National Women and Girls in Sports Day celebration. It’s a cool night to have this matchup as both teams have female head coaches. This celebration is huge for the Tigers as Clemson University has also recently added women’s rowing and lacrosse, in addition to the gymnastics program.
The Wolfpack had a fantastic outing last week at home. Standout performances from Chloe Negrete, Ashley Knight, Alexis Ortega, and Emily Shepard helped lead the Wolfpack to a season-high 196.500 and a home victory. Some highlights include multiple 9.925s from Negrete and Shepard and an all-around win from Shepard. NC State has always been one of those fun-to-watch bubble teams and I can only imagine the introduction of ACC gymnastics will make the Wolfpack an even stronger and hungrier team this year.
The Tigers have had an incredible start to their inaugural season and brought home their first road win against UNC last week. The Tigers also posted a season-high last week with the help of NC State transfer Lauren Rutherford’s 9.925, a series of 9.9s on beam from Kielyn McCright and Brie Clark, and Clark’s…
