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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. After not playing a game for almost 11 months the twelfth ranked Florida State softball team (2-0) went 2-0 on day one of the JoAnne Graf Classic, outscoring their opponents 18-2. No. 12 Florida State 9, Memphis 0 Florida State started the day off with a 9-0 run-rule victory over Memphis in five innings. Kathryn Sandercock got the start for the Noles and came out throwing well in the first inning earning two strikeouts. The Noles would get two on in the first before stranding them. The Noles would hold the Tigers to a 1-2-3 inning in the second. Florida State would get runners on the corners but again would not convert. Florida State finally broke through in the third inning with three runs. Sydney Sherrill started things off with a single and then got moved over to second by Dani Morgan. Cassidy Davis would drive in the Noles first run of the game with a single to right field sending home Sherrill. Morgan and Davis would then score on a passed ball by the Memphis c
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The perennial ACC favorites will begin the season with the same status. The Seminoles are deeper in the circle with redshirt senior Caylan Arnold, redshirt sophomore Kathryn Sandercock, Louisville transfer Danielle Watson and redshirt freshman Emma Wilson. Arnold was 5-3 with a team-leading 1.40 ERA and 60 strikeouts in 60 IP in 2020 her first season at FSU after transferring from Tennessee. Sandercock was 9-1 with a 2.19 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 60.2 IP. The Seminoles have experience remaining from their 2018 WCWS championship team with Sydney Sherrill, Dani Morgan, Anna Shelnutt and Elizabeth Mason. Devyn Flaherty improved after competing in the Florida Gulf Coast League over the summer. True freshman outfielder Jahni Kerr is expected to make an early impact. True freshman Hallie Wacaser, a two-time Gatorade State Player of the Year in Arkansas and Under-17 U.S. national team member, is recovering from a torn ACL suffered in the fall.