2023 Clemson Tigers softball team

2023 Clemson Tigers softball
NCAA Clemson Regional champion
NCAA Tournament, Norman Super Regional
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
Record49–12 (18–6 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kyle Jamieson
  • Courtney Breault
Home stadiumMcWhorter Stadium
2023 Atlantic Coast Conference softball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Florida State  ‍y 22 2 0   .917 58 11 0   .841
No. 5 Duke  ‍‍‍y 19 5 0   .792 48 11 0   .814
No. 10 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 18 6 0   .750 49 12 0   .803
Louisville  ‍‍‍y 16 7 0   .696 34 20 0   .630
No. 24 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 39 20 0   .661
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 10 0   .565 26 28 0   .481
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 11 12 1   .479 30 19 1   .610
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 8 16 0   .333 30 22 0   .577
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 7 15 1   .326 19 25 1   .433
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 7 17 0   .292 26 27 0   .491
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 6 17 0   .261 24 25 0   .490
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 6 18 0   .250 24 28 0   .462
NC State  ‍‍‍ 6 18 0   .250 18 35 0   .340
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 8, 2023
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2023 Clemson Tigers softball team was the varsity college softball team that represented Clemson University during the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. This was the fourth season of Clemson's softball program. The Tigers competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and were led by head coach John Rittman. Clemson played its home games at McWhorter Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

During the season, on March 8, Valerie Cagle became the first Clemson pitcher to throw a perfect game in program history. The game came against Mercer at home.

The Tigers finished the regular season 45–8 and 18–6 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the ACC Tournament, they earned a bye into the Quarter finals where the defeated North Carolina before losing to Duke in the Semifinals. The Tigers were selected, via at-large bid, as the sixteenth overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. They hosted a regional and were placed into the Norman Super Regional. They defeated UNC Greensboro and Auburn to earn a spot in the final of the Regional. They lost to Auburn in the first game, but won the second time to advance to the Super Regional. The Tigers lost both games to the eventual national champions Oklahoma Sooners in Norman to end their season.