[Image deleted]August 28th: Get named ACC Men’s Soccer Player of the Week for a 2 goal performance which lead to a 4-3 victory over #24 USCe a few days earlier.

August 29th: Score two more goals but this time in an offensive explosion against Georgia State en route to an 8-1 victory.

Clemson and Dane Richards, you are having one helluva good start to the season.

Georgia State, on the other hand, you got just got a paddlin’. And yes you may have another.

The men’s soccer team got off to a good start beating USuCk in Columbia, 4-3 on Friday night. The womens team got off to a good start as well, going 2-0 in the opening weekend. The women look to keep their momentum going Friday @ Colorado while the men take on Ga State in Clemson tomorrow night. Tiger volleyballers hit the road for the Mortar Board Invitational, going 1-2 and taking third place out of 5. One of the losses came to a top 20 Purdue squad on their home floor. They look to get back on track against USuCk Thursday night in Tiger Town as part of the Big Orange Bash which will also include games against Western Carolina and Tn State Friday and Charlotte on Saturday.

Speaking of Saturday, things look to be ready to roll in Death Valley. The West End Zone is ready and campus, much less the stadium looks to be in it’s best shape in quite sometime as many construction and renovation projects look to have wrapped up, at least on the west side and around the Hendrix Center. Here’s looking forward to a successful week in kicking off Tiger Sports this fall.

For most Clemson fall sports, this weekend marks the beginning of their seasons. On the Soccer field the men’s team opens at USuCk Friday night at 7. The women host UAB at Riggs field at 7 that same evening. Both squads are lead my pre-season All Americans at goalie.
The previsouly mentioned volleyball team open s in the Mortar Board Invitational tourney hosted by Purdue U. in Indiana. The teams opens against Bradley U at 5 on Friday and will play a round robin tourney over the weekend.
The golf team will open their season on September 15 in Dalton Ga. They will play 5 tournaments in the fall and additional 5 this spring for their season.
The women’s crew/rowing team hits the water the same weekend the golf team hits the links for thier first competition of the season. Their first two events are on the friendly confines of Lake Hartwell before they begin traveling the east coast for their other 3 events.

CSTV says that the Clemson women were picked 7th in the ACC poll with 55 votes.

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