CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There will be no magical run for Clemson in this year’s ACC Tournament as No. 10 seed Notre Dame hit three home runs and eliminated the No. 15 seed Tigers with a 5-4 win in the first round on Tuesday at Truist Field in Charlotte. Clemson ends the 2026 campaign having dropped six of their final eight games.
With the loss, the Tigers (31-26) are assured to miss the NCAA Tournament for the first time during Erik Bakich’s four-year tenure. After going 10-20 during ACC play in the regular season, Clemson needed to win the conference championship this week and secure the league’s automatic bid. This is now the third time in six years the team will not make a regional, seeing as the program failed to make the field in either of Monte Lee’s final two seasons at the helm.
Notre Dame starter Jake Radel continued to have Clemson’s number. After pitching a complete game shutout against the Tigers back in March, Radel went 6.1 in this one, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out eight in picking up the win (8-3)…