TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The No. 10 Florida State softball team (43-10-1) defeated No. 7 LSU (35-21) 1-0 in a pitcher dual led by Kathryn Sandercock and the FSU defense. No. 10 FSU 1, No. 7 LSU 0 Kathryn Sandercock pitched her ninth complete game and second in a row as she only allowed two hits and no runs with two strikeouts. Sandercock faced the minimum through three innings before allowing her first hit in the fourth. Florida State had four hits through five innings but it was not until the sixth that the Seminole offense got on the board. Sydney Sherrill led off the sixth with a single through the right side on a 1-2 count. Kalei Harding singled to centerfield putting runners on the corners with no outs for Cassidy Davis. Davis sent one to right field just deep enough to score Sherrill from third for a sacrifice fly and Davis’s 27th RBI of the year. Scoring Summary T6 | Cassidy Davis flew out to right field for a sacrifice fly, scoring Sydney Sherill. (FSU 1, LSU 0) Up Next Florida St
NCAA Softball Tournament Preview: Baton Rouge Super Regional
Tigers and the Noles square off
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The Tigers are in a familiar situation, with a familiar opponent, in a familiar venue: The Baton Rouge Super Regional against Florida State in Tiger Park. LSU faced the Seminoles in the Tallahassee Super Regional in 2017 and 2018, with the Tigers winning in ‘17 and losing in ‘18. Now however, LSU will be in the friendly confides of Tiger Park. Let’s take a look at the challenger and how the Tigers can make a return appearance to Oklahoma City.
Florida State Seminoles (42-10-1, 26-5-1 ACC)
The teams: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 16 Washington
What to watch for: The Sooners are one of the most explosive, dangerous offenses in the country. They rank No. 1 in the country in home runs, slugging, batting average and more. They showed it this past weekend with 24 runs scored against Wichita State and production from their entire lineup. They hit six home runs in the regional finals. Nicole Mendes had a seven-RBI performance on Friday, and freshman Tiare Jennings has been huge. You cannot stop this offense.
But they are going up against Washington, one of the best defenses in the country, Pac-12 defensive player of the year Sis Bates and Gabbie Plain, who ranks in the top three in the country in strikeouts. This is now a different story here than what OU faced in the regionals. The Huskies took down Michigan twice to win the regional final and had an explosive fourth inning offensively in game seven with seven runs scored in one inning.