Echols, Lindaman power Florida to shutout win against FSU
Echols nagged her first hit in eight days with a fourth inning home run March 5, 2021 | 8:41pm EST
Charla Echols at third base against Charlotte on Feb. 20. The Michigan State transfer roped her first hit in four games over the right-center field wall. Photo by Tristan Wood | The Independent Florida Alligator
Charla Echols stood at the plate with a full count in the bottom of the fourth inning. The next pitch exploded off her bat, blasting 30 feet over the right-center field wall for her third home run of the season.
Echols’ first hit in four games broke the 0-0 stalemate and gave Florida a 1-0 lead an advantage it held the entire game. Florida defeated Florida State in i
Game 1 – Florida State 4, FGCU 1
Sydney Sherrill made history with her fifth-inning double, breaking the program’s career record with the 52nd of her career. The shot off the right field wall, which also moved her into sole possession of fifth on the ACC’s all-time career list, brought home two runs and gave FSU a 4-0 lead.
Kathryn Sandercock earned the win in the circle, tossing the final 4.0 innings and allowing only two hits and one run with three strikeouts. Starting pitcher Danielle Watson recorded six strikeouts and allowed no runs in three-plus innings of work.
The Seminoles got on the board early when Kaley Mudge’s sacrifice fly to center scored Kiersten Landers from third for a 1-0 FSU lead. Another sacrifice fly in the fifth, this time from Kalei Harding scoring Elizabeth Mason from third, extended the lead to 2-0.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The No. 15 Florida State softball team (8-3) defeated Florida Gulf Coast (4-6) on day one of the Unconquered Invitational, 7-0. Florida Gulf Coast 7, Florida State 0 Kathryn Sandercock started and pitched 4 innings for the Noles in the circle as she allowed 2 hits and no runs with five strikeouts. She improved her record this season to 3-1. Sandercock retired eight in a row from the second inning through the third inning. Caylan Arnold entered the game in relief in the top of the fifth inning. She pitched two innings and allowed no hits with one strikeout. Emma Wilson finished the game for Florida State pitching the final inning, not allowing a single batter on base. Florida State got things started in the first at-bat of the game as Elizabeth Mason hit a solo home run to left field, giving FSU an early 1-0 lead. The Noles continued to tack on the runs in the second inning, scoring two more. Kiersten Landers led off the inning with a double to center field. Anna She
ATLANTA, Ga. The No. 14 Florida State softball team (6-1, 2-0) completed the weekend sweep of Georgia Tech (5-3, 0-3) Friday, defeating them 5-4. Danielle Watson started for the Noles in the circle as she pitched four innings allowing four hits and four runs with four strikeouts. The win marks the third win of the season for Danielle Watson. Caylan Arnold entered the game in the fifth inning and allowed no runs with one hit and three strikeouts in three innings, earning her first save of the season. Offensively the Noles were led by Dani Morgan once again as she had two RBIs on two hits, including a double in the third inning. Florida State 5, Georgia Tech 4 Georgia Tech struck first today scoring one run in the first inning. Emma Kauf led off with a single for the Yellow Jackets. Two batters later she was sent home on a Cameron Stanford double to centerfield giving GT a 1-0 lead. Florida State quickly tied the game back up at one in the bottom of the first inning. Kiersten Landers l
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