An early-season upset of the No. 10 team in the country has put the Minnesota Golden Gophers (11-9) softball team on the map.
It happened Thursday night when they went to Clemson (12-5) and split a doubleheader with the 10th-ranked Tigers – and the Gophers did it in dramatic fashion.
Trailing 3-2 in the seventh inning, Minnesota forced extra innings on an RBI single from junior Taylor Krapf to tie the game at 3-3. Then in the ninth inning, Minnesota scored twice on RBI singles from Maddy Ehlke and Breezy Burnett for the 5-3 lead.
Top 7⃣ | WE'RE TIED! (again!)#Gophers 3, Tigers 3 pic.twitter.com/uiilKiLX4V
— Minnesota Softball (@GopherSoftball) March 7, 2024
In the bottom of the ninth the Gophers held on for the win, with senior right-hander Bri Enter striking out the final batter to end the game and secure the upset.
THE GOPHERS STUN THE TIGERS
— NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball) March 8, 2024
Minnesota gets the upset win defeating No. 11 Clemson, 5-3!#NCAASoftball x ACCNX / @GopherSoftball pic.twitter.com/iHKzHlKBI6
Clemson would win the second game of the doubleheader 3-1.
Minnesota is participating in the Tiger Invitational, which is hosted by Clemson in South Carolina. The Gophers wrap up the invitational on Friday against Longwood University.
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