By Troy Hall · CLEMSON WINS BACK TO BACK SCRC CHAMPIONSHIPS! Back in February we were a new team. Inexperienced on a 7s field. Inconsistent - but very very capable.…
CLEMSON WINS BACK TO BACK SCRC CHAMPIONSHIPS!
Back in February we were a new team. Inexperienced on a 7s field. Inconsistent - but very very capable. We were simply trying to figure out who we were and unlock our best.
First tournament at Wake Forest - pretty average overall. We won a few games - but they weren't convincing.
Florida - better, but still not us.
Inconsistent.
But I never stopped believing we could go back to back (SCRC Championships).
Fast forward to Saturday. SCRC Championships. We went 5-0 on the day.
We beat Tennessee in our final pool game (essentially a semifinal) - 2 tries in 3 minutes to win on the last play.
Then we beat South Carolina in the final. With 10 men. Then 9, after our captain went down injured earlier in the day.
If you rewind it a couple of months - SC smoked us 26-0 back in February. We were awful in that game. But that's the game. That's the process.
It wasn't about where we were at in February - I had my eyes on what sort of team we could become in April.
We didn't win by copying someone else's style. We won by looking at what we had and maximizing it. The boys trusted that. They showed up when it mattered most. That's what makes this one special - not just the wins, but the growth.
Every tournament we got better.
And on the day it counted - we nailed it.
Back to back SCRC titles for Clemson!
Troy