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Soccer FSU defeats Notre Dame on Sunday in ACC Tournament quarters

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The No. 6 Florida State soccer team outlasted No. 13 Notre Dame 2-1 to advance to the semifinals of the 2024 Ally ACC Women’s Soccer Championship on Sunday night. The Seminoles clinched a seventh-straight trip to the ACC Semifinals, no other team has made back-to-back appearances since 2021.

FSU took less than two minutes to gain an advantage as Marianyela Jiménez scored the first goal of the postseason and set the tone with a well-placed shot into the left side of the net. Jiménez's early strike was just her second goal of the campaign and the fastest goal scored. by a Seminole this season.

As the final seconds of the first half drew to a close, Notre Dame fired a shot off a breakaway chance that was seconds away from the equalizing goal.

As both sides began to grow into the game, Addie Todd showed off her aerial skills by making several crucial saves that prevented several Notre Dame chances. She made a high-flying save to deny a goal in the right upper corner before making a fingertip save to keep the Seminoles ahead.

FSU was able to double the lead with a skillfully executed combination play that allowed Sophia Nguyen to unleash an incredible goal into the bottom left corner. Nguyen scored her first goal of the season and her first since September 2022.

Notre Dame managed to pull one back with less than 10 minutes to go but FSU’s defense held firm and parried away the last-minute attempts. Florida State effectively controlled the tempo in the last couple of minutes, and maintained possession to shut down Notre Dame’s attack to secure the win.

Florida State will travel to Cary, N.C., to meet No. 3 Wake Forest in the ACC Semifinals on Thursday night. The game will be available to watch on ACC Network.
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Updates: FSU women's hoops vs. UNF in opener on Monday (11 a.m.)

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The No. 19 Florida State women’s basketball team opens the 2024-25 season on Monday, welcoming North Florida at 11 a.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center.

The game will serve as Education Day as over 3,000 students from Leon County are expected to be in attendance.

FSU will host UNF in its home and season opener for the third time since the 2017-18 season. The Seminoles defeated the Ospreys 78-50 on Nov. 9, 2021, and 109-51 on Nov. 10, 2017. Since 1972, FSU is 42-10 all-time to start the season and have won the previous eight openers.

Florida State brought back 75 percent of its scoring production from a year ago as well as 82 percent of their rebounds, led by Ta’Niya Latson, Makayla Timpson and O’Mariah Gordon. All three players are poised to move up the ranks in program history in several categories this season.

In just 64 games played, Latson ranks 16th in career points (1,364) and 20th in field goals made (483). Timpson, who has 31 career double-doubles can tie Sue Galakantas (1981-84) in second place at 32 on Monday. The program record was set at 41 by Natasha Howard, from 2011-14. Timpson also ranks 12th in rebounds at 744 and third in blocks at 187 after 98 games played. In 95 career games, Gordon has tallied 270 assists, ranking 20th.

The broadcast will air on the ACC Network Extra and locally on 96.5 The Spear, the Seminole Gameday app and on Sirius XM, Channel 371.
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