Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese renew their rivalry on Saturday in the WNBA season opener between Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky.

Clark opened up for ESPN to meet her rival to start their second season.

“Rivalities are real, and that’s what makes sports so amazing,” Clark said. “There are certain teams that these games just mean a little more. [We] come out here and play the same way every night but [a rivalry] Get the fans involved and they love it. “

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The two players have been caught up against each other on the field and by fans and media ever since their controversial match in the 2023 NCAA Championship Game. Reese spotted Clark by pointing his ring finger during the game, contributing to indignation and triggering a continuous feud between fans.

Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes got revenge on Reese’s LSU Tigers a year later in Elite Eight, but the excitement hit a whole new level as the players reached the pros for their rookie Wnba seasons.

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Caitlin Clark (22) from Indiana Fever and Angel Reese (5) from Chicago Sky during a game of June 1, 2024 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images)

Clark took a series of questionable violations from Reese’s Sky throughout the 2024 season, including one from Reese June 16.

Clark also took a notorious illegal hip check from Chicago Sky Forward Chennedy Carter on June 1st. Then, at the end of August, Chicago’s Diamond Deshields made a fierce mistake on Clark that went flying across the floor. Foul was later upgraded to an obvious violation, and Deshields later sent screens of hate messages she had received from the bad.

LSU’s Angel Reese and Iowas Caitlin Clark (Getty Images)

But Clark’s team prevailed and took three of the four meetings between the two teams last year, which were among the most seen WNBA competitions throughout the season.

The sky and fever meet five times in 2025.