Live updates: FSU run-rules Marist 9-0

[Bob Ferrante]

The Florida State softball team will open the NCAA Tournament on Friday at 4 p.m. against Marist, a game that will stream live on ESPN+.

The four-team regional also includes UCF and South Carolina at 7 p.m. (ESPN2). It's a double-elimination format, so if the Seminoles win on Friday they will face the UCF-South Carolina winner on Saturday.

FSU will be hosting a regional for the ninth-straight season after putting together their 19th 50+ win season on their way to the ACC Regular Season Championship and the ACC Tournament Championship. The Seminoles are looking to qualify for their 10th NCAA Super Regional.

Friday's games

Game 1 – Marist (Visitor) vs. Florida State (Home), 4 p.m. (ESPN+)

Game 2 – UCF (Visitor) vs. South Carolina (Home), 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

Saturday's games

Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2, 1 p.m.

Game 4 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 3:30 p.m.

Game 5 – Loser of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 6 p.m.

Sunday's games

Game 6 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 5, 4 p.m.

Game 7 (If Necessary) – 6:30 PM

 

[Bob Ferrante]

My preview story focuses on the heartbreak of the 2022 losses to Mississippi State in the Tallahassee Regional. FSU players watched the game last fall and took away some valuable lessons. The Seminoles have also faced a daunting schedule that was loaded with national seeds.

TheOsceola - With lessons learned from 2022 loss, battle-tested FSU begins NCAA tourney

Learning from last year's regional losses to Mississippi State was a tough but necessary lesson for FSU softball.

floridastate.rivals.com

 

[NoleMan32]

Let’s go Seminoles!

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Mack Leonard is in the circle for FSU

 

[Bob Ferrante]

FSU lineup:

1	lf	6 Kaley Mudge	L		.350
2	cf	4 Jahni Kerr	L		.391
3	3b	8 Kalei Harding	R		.310
4	p	13 Mack Leonard	L		.303
5	2b	9 Devyn Flaherty	L		.322
6	rf	1 Hallie Wacaser	R		.333
7	c	51 Michaela Edenfield	R		.242
8	1b	3 Bethaney Keen	L		.238
9	ss	10 Josie Muffley	R		.272

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Marist lineup:

1	cf	3 Peyton Pusey	L
2	2b	5 Sam Freeland	L
3	dp	15 Maddie Pleasants	R
4	ss	25 Haley Ahr	R
5	3b	4 Alyssa Grupp	L
6	rf	55 Shea Walsh	L
7	c	13 Isabella Manory	R
8	lf	33 Hannah Brock	L
9	1b	10 Maddie Gore	R
10	p	31 Kiley Myers	R

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Keen grabs the first out

Nice stop at 3B by Harding for out No. 2

 

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Crowd chants "K Time" and Mack obliges with a strikeout swinging

Middle 1st, 0-0

 

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Mudge grounds out 4-3

 

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Kerr singles up the middle

 

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Harding pops out

 

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Leonard grounds out

End 1st, 0-0

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Mike, Maria and Mila Norvell are here. Michael Alford is also here

 

[Bob Ferrante]

E6 on Muffley as Marist gets the leadoff hitter on base

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Ground ball at Flaherty, who tags out the lead runner. Throw to first is just a bit too late

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Heck of a play by Keen at 1B but the ball was just foul

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Walsh grounds out to Keen at 1B, runner advances to second

Two down

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Manory is out 6-3

So the leadoff error doesn't hurt FSU

Middle 2nd, 0-0

 

[pcnole1976]

Hey Bob, was the error a "bad" error?

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Flaherty up, Wacaser on deck

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Hey Bob, was the error a "bad" error?

Bobbled and not a throwing error. By Muffley's standards, she should have made the play

 

[pcnole1976]

Bobbled and not a throwing error. By Muffley's standards, she should have made the play

Thank you

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Flaherty grounds out to 1B

 

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Wacaser lines out to RF

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Great eye by Edenfield to work that walk after falling behind in the count 0-2

 

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Edenfield gets a stolen base

 

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Keen walks

 

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Muffley walks to load the bases

Again, all of this with two outs

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Mudge makes decent contact, but it's right at the LF

End 2nd, 0-0

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Brock strikes out swinging

 

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Gore flies out to LF

 

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Pusey walks

 

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Freeland grounds out

Middle 3rd, 0-0

 

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Kerr flies out

 

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Harding singles

 

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Mack Leonard doubles off the wall, Harding scores

1-0 FSU

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Leonard's 15th double of the year

 

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Flaherty runs out an infield single, Leonard to 3B

Runners on corners for Wacaser

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Wacaser singles, brings home Leonard and Flaherty

Might call an error on the RF that allowed Wacaser to move to 2B

FSU 3-0

 

[Bob Ferrante]

Wild pitch and Wacaser in at 3B