Florida State Softball brings home win No. 700 for Lonni Alameda; Baseball trounced by Irish

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The fourth-ranked Florida State softball team (42-8, 18-2) scored six runs in the top of the first Saturday and never looked back in an 11-2 win in five innings over Notre Dame (29-15-1, 11-11-1) to secure the Seminoles’ seventh ACC series win of the season.

The win marked Head Coach Lonni Alameda’s 700th win as FSU’s head coach. Alameda holds a 700-195-1 record for a .781 winning percentage and has led the Noles to eight ACC titles four Women’s College World Series appearances and a national championship in 2018.

The Seminoles put together another impressive offensive performance, and it did not take long for the Seminole bats to get hot. The first four batters of the game all singled as Kalei Harding and Mack Leonard each picked up an RBI. Devyn Flaherty doubled down the left field line to score Harding. Hallie Wacaser then hit her first home run of the game into left field to score three more runs for the Noles to give Ali DuBois a 6-0 lead before she even stepped into the circle.

The Irish got a run back in the bottom of the first, but DuBois settled in and got a strikeout to strand runners on second and third. Both teams were scoreless in the second inning, but it was Wacaser again who hit her second three-run home run of the afternoon to score Edenfield and Flaherty. This was Wacaser’s first career multi-home run game, and she also set a career high with six RBI. She is the second Nole this season to drive in 6 runs joining Edenfield who did it on Apr. 1 against Georgia Tech.

Leonard and Kaley Mudge each added an RBI off a fielder’s choice in the fourth and fifth inning.

DuBois was credited with her sixth win of the season to improve to 6-3. DuBois pitched three innings allowing just two earned runs. Allison Royalty pitched the final two innings and did not allow a single run.

The Seminoles will look for the sweep Sunday at noon on ACC Network Extra.

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Notre Dame rolls to 12-2 win over Florida State Baseball

The Notre Dame baseball team beat Florida State, 12-2, Saturday afternoon to even the weekend series between the teams. The rubber match is set for Sunday at 3 p.m.

The Seminoles led 2-0 after solo home runs from James Tibbs and Nander De Sedas. Tibbs’ home run was his team-high 13^th of the season and was his second leadoff home run of the year. De Sedas now has six home runs, one shy of his career-high seven in 2021.

The Irish took the lead with six runs in the fourth inning; Notre Dame also scored six runs in the eighth inning.

After Treyton Rank’s double in the fourth inning, Notre Dame retired 14 straight Seminoles until De Sedas’ single in the ninth inning.

OF NOTE:

• Before last week, Florida State went nearly six years without a leadoff home run, with its last coming in June of 2017. In just five games in the leadoff spot, James Tibbs now has two leadoff home runs in the past eight days. He leads FSU with 13 home runs, 35 RBI and 45 runs score.

• Nander De Sedas extended his hitting streak to a team-high six games with a solo home run, his sixth of the year. He now has 19 home runs in his career, second on the team behind Tibbs’ 23. De Sedas’s two hits tied a season high.

• DeAmez Ross singled to extend his hitting streak to four games. He also stole his team-high fifth base of the year.

• Jaime Ferrer hit his team-high 17^th double of the year (and second of the series). He leads FSU in doubles and hits (59); Ferrer has a four-game hitting streak.

• Andrew Armstrong made his 26^th pitching appearance and second of the weekend. He entered the series Top 10 nationally in pitching appearances. Brennen Oxford is now tied for second on the team with 19 pitching appearances.

• Florida State turned its 33^rd double play of the season, surpassing its 2022 total.

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