Today was also over three hours and coach talks about a great part of our game is that it's so fast. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. I think that's one thing that is going to be unique and fun to our game. So the experience of where we want to go. King, Gordon and Harrod were all members of the 2018 National Championship team, the first in program history. The Seminoles need one victory in two games to advance while the Volunteers need to win twice. No one covers the Noles like the Tallahassee Democrat. Fla. Seminole State College. Jack Williams covers Florida State athletics for Tallahassee Democrat. So you combine that with a city that supported and created this amazing atmosphere and a team that's really good and I have no qualms it's a great place for us to keep playing. Its her fourth double of NCAA Tournament. FSU Athletics With the scene set in South Bend, the Florida State Seminole softball team squared off against Notre Dame 's Payton Tidd. ", More:Florida State Seminoles ready to kick off 40th season. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Is the larger pitching rotation the future of softball rather than depending on one or two pitchers? The Seminoles beat the Sooners 8-4 in Game 1 but dropped the next two games, 6-2 and 5-1. FSU Softball Roster Preview: Meet the Super Seniors The FSU ace was selected with the second pick in the second round to Texas Smoke which is based in Austin, Texas, while Leonard was picked 18th overall in the fifth round. Are there plans for further expansion of seating at Joanne Graf Field in the future? MICHAELA EDENFIELD HOW DO YOU DOAND JUST LIKE THAT WE'RE TIED ACC Network pic.twitter.com/ZerZ0qLXU8. Florida State University pitcher Kathryn Sandercock (32) throws a pitch during the NCAA Tallahassee Regional game against the University of Central Florida at FSU's JoAnne Graf Field. Full Bio. Jahni Kerr and Hallie Wacaser were injured but they were there at the World Series. History. HEY, WHATEVER WORKSNOLES HAVE THE LEAD ACC Network#Team40 pic.twitter.com/8zKUIknZ5j. So it wasn't like there was a little playbook on how to beat them other than what Baylor did to them. Florida States Baba Miller shines in U19 FIBA World Cup, Rising sophomore hopes to translate experience to 2023 season, Noles News: Vegas has Clemson as slight ACC favorite over FSU, DraftKings also has Seminoles as underdog to Clemson in September matchup, FSU Football: OFFICIAL Tribe 24 Recruiting and Transfer Portal Thread #8, FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES WOMENS BASKETBALL. The Sooners extended their winning streak to 51-straight games when Tiare Jennings lined a double into the right-center gap in the top of the ninth inning to score two runs. Softball - Florida State University - Official Athletic Site There are seven pitchers in the squad for the 2023 season. Sandercock ranked in the top 15 with a 1.25 ERA last . She retired leadoff hitter Kiki Milloy on a first-pitch groundball out and then got Zaida Puni and Makenna Gibson swinging for strikeouts to end the inning. The Democrat recently talked with Alameda for an exclusive interview, which covered a wide array of topics, including: the historic 2023 season, playing the WCWS in Oklahoma City, Kathryn Sandercock's legacy and what a glimpse into what Team 41 could look like. The official Softball page for the Florida State University 5 Washington. Interesting decision to not go with Ashley Rogers, but she did throw 136 pitches yesterday. Natalie Lugo - Softball - Florida Gators So I look at Meghan King, she was incredible, but she grew mentally. Everyone can come in here and they just put the numbers to what Kat pitches, so they face Kat before they even face Kat. Sandercock, along with current Seminoles' teammate Mack Leonard, heard their names called on April 17 at the Women's Professional Fastpitch Draft in Oklahoma City, Okla. "One of the coolest things about Florida State is just the legacy aspect of it," Sandercock told the Democrat. As of the end of the 2023 season, only nine teams in the history of the NCAA have made more WCWS appearances than FSU, and no school east of Arizona has been to more NCAA Tournaments than the Seminoles. The. Sandercock joined the team after being a highly touted prospect and being named Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior in 2017. Kathryn Sandercock will return to FSU after she led her team to the title series at the WCWS last season. Milloy also hit the ball well and Makenna Reid was warming up in the bullpen right away. She didn't really play high-level softball, but now has got an opportunity to grow in college. "I think we do need a 20 seconds clock going in softball just for that reason," Seminoles coach Lonni Alameda said. Mack, we utilized her a ton. 9 Stanford in nine innings. Oklahoma vs. Florida State: Time, TV, preview for the 2021 WCWS final Seminoles Softball Summer Update - Florida State University You're now four years kind of older than your freshman pitchers. Now with two outs, FSU was able to tack on the go ahead run off of a wild pitch. You look at Makenna (Reid), what she did was great, but now she's going to rise up as a sophomore as a pitcher. A highly-regarded lineman has made the call for the good guys. It's up to the umpire to decide what is considered too long, but Alameda said that there should be some sort of pitching clock to determine that. Jahni Kerr, who was 2 for her last 21, blooped a single to center field to extend the FSU lead to 3-1 in the top of the fifth. What did that mean? Alameda: I mean, they had one loss all season. Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/KS/LA (select parishes)/MA/MD/MI/NH/NJ/NY/OH/OR/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. Seminoles Softball Summer Update. "When you're 18, I was so eager to learn and to hear all of it, and it was really cool," Sandercock said. Both teams went undefeated in three games in this year's WCWS to advance to the title round. As the National Governing Body of softball, USA Softball - and, therefore, USA Softball of Florida - will be working with SafeSport in an effort to ensure safe environment for all who participate in our program. Watch Josie Muffley's double play clinch FSU's victory over Washington in WCWS, More: Alameda, FSU softball pitching staff beats Washington in Women's College World Series game. For the first time all game, FSU got the lead off on after Josie Muffley was hit by the pitch. That and keeping a foot in the box. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Sandercock with the ball during the game day at the JoAnne Graf Field. Hallie Wacaser flew out to right field to end the inning. "She's a book nerd, so she really likes to be by herself, read and hang out all day," Alameda said. So I think there are little things that we're adding to it. Leonard got Riley West to fly out to right field on another well-hit ball and then ended the inning by getting Mackenzie Donihoo to ground out. FSU Football: OFFICIAL Tribe 24 Recruiting and Transfer Portal Thread #9. 1 Oklahoma in WCWS champ series. This season, Sandercock earned her third straight All-ACC first team honors, adding Pitcher of the Year to her collection. So it's awesome.". 3 Florida State softball is heading back to the NCAA Softball Womens College World Series best-of-three championship series. I reached out to her earlier this year, and was like, 'I feel like I understand you more and more every day'. "Ashley Rodgers is an incredible pitcher. It's awesome on the family feel but also that they've been in it so they can share with the players. It was the first lead of the game for OU. Of course, you would like to be the last one standing. The official 2023 Softball Roster for the Florida Tech Panthers. ", "Florida State Seminoles Softball Coaches", College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Public Administration and Policy, FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, Landmarks and Monuments of Florida State University, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florida_State_Seminoles_softball&oldid=1164757532, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0. Here are six things to know about the star pitcher: The McLean, Va., native pitched at Bishop O'Connell High School, where former Seminole Lesley Palmer is in the Athletic Hall of Fame. Florida State has made 12 trips to the Women's College World Series, winning the title in 2018 and finishing as runner-up in 2021 and 2023; the Seminoles have advanced to the semifinals on five occasions, in 2002, 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2023. Watch: Florida State softball pitcher Kathryn Sandercock talks about winning ACC title. But she would have been that exact same way in the dugout or on the field. Fifth-ranked Florida State softball set for early-season test at Makenna Reid (@MakennaReid2) / Twitter "That's her and her dad sitting in their pitching lab and getting after that.". by Pat Dooley (BSJ '76) Florida State softball pitcher has perfect game, team advances to Super Regionals Alex Sinatra May 24, 2023 9:06 am CT Florida State's pitcher, Kathryn Sandercock, made school history when. Fri, May 5, 2023. Sandercock's last perfecto came in 2018, when she was a senior in high school. On Friday, she started for FSU and went five innings. Thursday told a different story as the No. What's the next step for FSU softball and college softball, as a whole? So yeah, I'm excited. Alynah Torres scored Alyssa Brito on a sac fly in the second inning to cut the lead to 2-1 and Jayda Coleman hit a solo home run in the third to even the ball game. You don't just come in and put the jersey on and it's going to be magical. A strike out from Kastor then brought up her teams last chance against the Noles. UCF pitcher Sarah Willis talks to her teammates before dragging her fingers through the dirt around the . Even though half the ball is what you're getting with Harding and Mudge, Kerr and Devyn (Flaherty) but the other half you don't know and then what does it work together? So yeah, so the smarts and the technology have kicked in. Florida State's offense wasn't nearly as overpowering as it was in its 8-0 victory in six innings against Oklahoma State on Thursday, but the Seminoles (52-8) pitched well and played great defense. It's a destination for us, it's where they live every day it's there's a lot of ways that you can look at it make it special for you and get after it. There, Sandercock earned all-state honors as a junior and senior. I'm just really excited and I'm really grateful. Prior to Monday's game Watson appeared in 29 games, starting 10 and accumulating a 10-1 record with a 2.28 ERA. I thought Kat pitched well, I thought there were a lot of really good things. In 2023 It was like, 'Man, it's really, really cool.'. Ashley Rogers used a rise ball to get Devyn Flaherty swinging for the first out and then got Mack Leonard to popout in foul territory in left field, though Leonards out advanced Ross to third. 5 min read Florida State softball kicks off its 40th season Thursday as it hosts the JoAnne Graf Classic. There were a ton of FSU softball alumni at the games in OKC. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. She threw 136 pitches yesterday in a complete game victory over Oklahoma State in an elimination game Sunday. Five Panthers Named to CSC Academic All-District Honors. "In the weight room and her routines have been outstanding. The Seminoles also tied the record for most elimination game wins, going 6-0 over the course of the postseason. FSU softball: Seminole ace Kathryn Sandercock leaving legacy behind Jahni Kerr added an insurance run on a two-out RBI single in the fifth and Hallie Wacaser put an exclamation point on the win with a two-run home run in the sixth inning. Can Tennessee softball win two games vs Florida State in one day? (Kaley) Mudge was able to speak to us when we got to 23 seasons, but we're still a different team. Alameda:I think for all of us as staff members when we go out in the road and recruit, the amount of people who have come up to us and said 'how much fun our team was to watch' and were pulling for you and the little moments throughout the games that they would bring up. 1-4 at the plate, Edenfield had 3 RBI, 1 HR, 0 BB, 1 K. In relief, Makenna Reid helped quiet Irish. In the beginning, it was tough for our people because we didn't really know the system and we had some tech people down there that weren't softball people. More:Game recap: Florida State softball beats UCF in NCAA Tournament Tallahassee Regional, More:'26, 27, 28!' The Florida State softball team was facing a second straight flameout in the Tallahassee Regional. Apr 10 (Sat) 4:30 PM. 4 Tennessee 5-1 Monday in the WCWS semifinals and moved to 3-0 in the tournament for the first time. FSU added seats with the "party deck" this year. Florida State Seminoles pitcher Emma Wilson (17) winds up to pitch to a batter. Yeah, I mean, we've talked about it we've got developed some other pitches. Kind of see what they can do. It was her first home run of May 2021. Subscribe using the link at the top of the page and never miss a moment. Florida State has been one of the most successful softball programs in the history of collegiate softball. Team 41 will return a lot of talent from this year's team. Reid picked up the win, her 13th of the season, pitching around four illegal pitches in the third inning. So it's been an interesting balance on that side. The Seminoles defeated No. That's kind of unheard of when you get to that level. The Seminoles won their first WCWS national title in 2018. Reach Ehsan Kassim at ekassim@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter at @Ehsan_Kassim. How can you get it to work together? After retiring the three batters she faced, Reid turned the game over to her offense. "Coming in we knew she had a long motion," Mudge said. ", "One Win Away! A run down that had obstruction called, was reviewed, and had Harding out at third, with Kerr standing on third. When she returned home for the summer, she had options to start capitalizing on her name, image and likeness (NIL) for the first time, starting July 1 when NCAA policy and state laws permitted it. So you can go on the mound and you can throw a little bit and softball no one's doing this other than the pitchers. Sandercock picked up her 10th save, going the final three innings. Watch: Florida State softball pitcher Kathryn Sandercock talks about Alameda: Pretty good. "I think that it was kind of a full circle moment when she reached out to me, because she was like, 'Oh, my gosh, this is this is kind of crazy,'" said King, who is working as a pediatric bone marrow transplant nurse at Boston Children's. Josie Muffley gets the Seminoles' third game going similar to how she ended the last game. The Southeastern Conference has added a handful of rules to its baseball season, which included a 20-second pitching clock, that was implemented this spring. Tomahawk Nation, a Florida State Seminoles community, No. The. "Just hats off to Tennessee and their season," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. Jun 6 Nole Family #Team40 16 136 1,859 Makenna Reid Retweeted USA Softball I'm so proud of her. And coming in as a freshman, she was the person that held the standard for me and wanted me to be a part of the standard and know what's above and below the law. The Americans went 9-0 en route to winning the gold medal.