In the sixth inning, The Garnet and Gold put the game out of reach with their second run of the game. Sydney Sherrill led off the inning with a double to left field. She then advanced to third after Kalei Harding grounded out to the first baseman. Three pitches later, Elizabeth Mason sent a ball to deep right field for a sacrifice fly to score Sherrill.
Scoring Summary
B2 | Devyn Flaherty hit a solo home run to right-center. (NC State 0, Florida State 1)
B6 | Elizabeth Mason hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Sydney Sherrill from third. (NC State 0, Florida State 2)
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Florida State Sports Information
No. 7 Florida State softball (39-9-1, 27-5-1 ACC) advanced to the ACC Tournament semifinals with a 2-0 win over seven seed NC State (26-25, 15-23 ACC). At the plate, FSU produced six hits and a big fly was the difference. The Seminoles didn’t make an error in the field and allowed just one free pass in the circle to take home the close win.
“It is the postseason and you can see a little bit of nerves in the beginning,” head coach Lonni Alameda said following Thursday’s sun. “We ran ourselves out of a few situations but to see Devyn get after a big swing and Kalei as a freshman swinging it is really exciting to get that win under our belt. We will have a fresh mind tomorrow and keep playing Florida State softball.”
May 11, 2021 - by Bret Clein Softball Places Six on 2021 All-ACC Teams
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida State placed six student-athletes on the 2021 All-ACC Teams as announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference on Tuesday. Sydney Sherrill was also named the ACC’s Defensive Player of the Year as announced by the conference earlier today.
Sherrill is joined by Devyn Flaherty and Kathryn Sandercock on the first team. Caylan Arnold was named to the All-ACC Second Team, Dani Morgan and Kalei Harding were named to the Third Team. Flaherty and Harding were also named to the ACC’s All-Freshman team.
This is the third consecutive season that Sydney Sherrill has been named to the All-ACC First team. Sydney was second on the team with a .299 batting average. She led the team with 11 doubles, leading to 25 RBI. She is now the ACC’s all-time leader in doubles with 62.
The four-game series will conclude on Sunday at 10 a.m.
“I’m really excited about our fight today,” FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. “From pitch one to last pitch of a doubleheader, I thought we put it together as a team today and it was really good to see us come back after a tough game last night, knowing that Pitt is fighting to get into the ACC Tournament. It was a team day.”
After going ahead 5-4 in the seventh inning in Game 1, the Seminoles got the bats going in Game 2, stringing together 14 runs on 12 hits, including two home runs from freshman Kalei Harding.