TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The No. 10 Florida State softball team (27-6) earned the series sweep over No. 20 Duke (27-9) with a 4-3 win on Sunday afternoon. The Seminoles earned the win on a one-out walk-off bunt from Anna Shelnutt, scoring Sydney Sherrill.
The Seminoles were strong on the base paths this afternoon, stealing eight bases, one shy of the program record and season-high of nine against Georgia Tech.
No. 20 Duke 3, No. 10 Florida State 4
Caylan Arnold started and pitched 4.2 innings for the Noles in the final game of the series against the Blue Devils. She allowed five hits and three runs with two strikeouts.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Catcher Mat Nelson hit his ACC-leading 13th home run, and Elijah Cabell added his eighth of the season, but Florida State (16-12, 11-10 ACC) dropped the series finale at No. 7 Louisville (20-10, 12-5) 11-4 Sunday evening at Jim Patterson Stadium. BASEBALL MEDIA CENTER + INTERVIEW LINKS The Seminoles used nine pitchers in the game. Only starter Conor Grady (5.0 IP, 3 ER) and Ross Dunn (1.0 IP) recorded more than one out. Louisville scored a run in the second and third inning to take a 2-0 lead before Nelson’s game-tying two-run home run off Luke Smith. Nelson leads the ACC with 13 home runs and 39 runs batted in. Nelson later doubled, giving him seven on the season and a double in every game of the series. In the sixth, Cabell hit a two-run home run that gave FSU a 4-2 lead. It was Cabell’s eighth home run of the year and his seventh in the past 10 games and chased Smith from the game. The Cardinals responded with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a
April 12, 2021 Athletics Announces Comprehensive Apex NIL Program
Tallahassee, FL – Apex, a comprehensive, multi-tiered program designed to empower student-athletes to capitalize on upcoming Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) legislation, has launched within FSU athletics. The program, which includes a new partnership with INFLCR, will prepare Seminole student-athletes for the Intercollegiate Athlete Compensation and Rights bill that will take effect July 1 in Florida and provide structured support throughout their entire FSU playing careers.
The program is unlike any in college athletics. It was developed through a unique educational partnership with FSU’s Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship, the nation’s first stand-alone entrepreneurship college at a public university, FSU’s nationally renowned College of Business, and the Academic Center for Excellence, which will offer two for-credit academic courses that each in
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) – Leonard Hamilton, the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Florida State, was presented with the 2021 Ross Oglesby Award by the Garnet and Gold Key Leadership Honorary Society at its annual Homecoming Ceremony which was held virtually for the first time this year.
Founded in 1924, Garnet and Gold Key is the oldest leadership honor society on the Florida State campus. The society was formed to recognize the spirit of service, leadership and loyalty. Membership in the society is granted based on outstanding achievement and a diversified leadership experience.
The Oglesby Award, which originated in 1973, is given each year to a faculty or staff member who has, for 10 years or more, exemplified the highest order of integrity, service and commitment to the university and its students. The award was established in honor of Ross Oglesby who served as the Dean of Students and was a professor of government at Florida State before his passing in 1973
Junior pitcher Danielle Watson (5-0) continued her strong showing by tossing seven scoreless innings and allowing just three hits and striking out two in 29 batters faced. She did not allow an extra base hit to the Blue Devils (27-7, 15-7) tonight.
Duke pitcher Shelby Walters (11-3) took the loss after allowing three runs on six hits in six innings pitched. Walters entered the matchup with an impressive 0.94 ERA.
The Seminoles (25-6, 13-2) opened the game up in the bottom of the second inning. Anna Shelnutt led off the frame with a walk, followed by a single up the middle from Cassidy Davis. Josie Muffley then singled to third base on a bunt to load the bases with no outs, and Kiersten Landers hit a soft groundout that was just enough to score Shelnutt from third base.