Behind eight first-inning runs and a career day from Cam Smith, FSU salvaged one game from its series at Pitt with a resounding 15-4 win Sunday afternoon. The Noles are 37-12 and begin the final week of the regular season Tuesday at Stetson.

Lonni Alameda hoped her FSU softball freshmen wouldn't feel too much pressure in their first NCAA regional. With a lot of effectiveness in the circle and some big hits at the plate, it's safe to say the pressure didn't bother the talented freshmen class as FSU swept through its regional to advance to super regionals once again.

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The Florida State outdoor track and field teams opened the 2024 NCAA East Regional Preliminary Championship with three Noles earning bids to NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the men's long jump, marking the most qualifiers in the event since 2015.

Jeremiah Davis, Jordan Turner and Curtis Williams placed within the top five to punch their tickets to nationals, which will take place in Eugene, Oregon from June 5-8 at Hayward Field.

Davis led the Noles in second place with a mark of 25-5¼ and Turner followed Davis in fourth at 25-4¾. Williams rounded out the event in fifth with a mark of 25-2½.

In addition to three qualifying for nationals, three more Noles advanced to semifinals that will take place on Friday.

Tyson Williams and Andre Korbmacher moved on in the 110-meter hurdles. Williams led the quarterfinals with a time of 13.65 for sixth and Korbmacher claimed the final qualifying spot at 13.93.

Ismael Kone opened in the 100m (10.43), placing 23rd and closed out his evening in the 200, advancing to Friday's competition with a time of 20.75 for 24th.

"I was really pleased with the hurdles and Kone qualifying in two events today," said FSU track and field head coach Bob Braman. "All automatic qualifiers for the next round on Friday and it was amazing having three in the top five in the long jump to punch their tickets to Eugene. Really good day for the Noles!"

Cooper Schroeder placed 22nd in the 10,000 with a time of 29:57.73. Kidus Misgina followed in 26th at 30:01.17. Martin Prodanov clocked 3:46.17 in the 1,500.

The 19th-ranked women's team will begin action on Thursday, starting with the 100m hurdles and long jump at 6 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 23 – Women’s quarterfinal/semifinal
3:00 p.m. 100m hurdles – Alexandra Webster
3:00 p.m. Long jump (semifinal) - Skyler Reynolds, Tori Caroll
3:30 p.m. 1,500m – Suus Altorf
4:00 p.m. 100m – Dajaz DeFrand, Shenese Walker, Kaniya Johson, Liana Tyson
5:20 p.m. 400m hurdles – Tyra Wilson
5:45 p.m. 200m – Dajaz DeFrand

FRIDAY, MAY 24- Men’s semifinals
5:00 p.m. 4x100m relay
6:00 p.m. Triple jump– Jeremiah Davis, Kyvon Tatham, LaQuan Ellis, Jayden Louis-Charles
6:15 P.M. 110m hurdles – Tyson Williams, Andre Korbmacher
6:35 P.M. 100m – Ismael Kone
8:10 p.m. 5,000m – David Mullarkey, Zachary Cloud

SATURDAY, MAY 25- Women’s semifinals
5:00 p.m. 4x100m relay (semifinal)
8:10 p.m. 5,000m (semifinal) – Agnes McTighe
8:45 p.m. 4x400m relay (semifinal)

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Before the Tallahassee Regional gets underway Friday, we talked with Lonni Alameda, Kaley Mudge and Ashtyn Danley today about the teams headed to FSU and much more.

We'll have a preview story tomorrow for those who prefer written copy.

I will start it off with a post about Quad City Style pizza. For those of you who don't know (which is probably many Floridians) the Quad Cities are a metro area of around 400,000 people straddling the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinois with Davenport, Iowa being the largest city.



The Quad Cities culinary claim to fame (other than being the birthplace of sliced bread and taco pizza) is the aforementioned Quad City Style pie (one of your board regulars, @FSUTribe76 actually made one from scratch!)

Unique characteristics of this pie are: cut into rectangles with giant kitchen shears rather than sliced into triangles, a chewy crust with a hint of molasses, toppings like meat, veggies etc. always go UNDER the cheese, a spicy tomato sauce but used in very small quantities, utilizes very finely ground sausage that is spiced with fennel, fresh white mozzarella typically procured locally). Here is a more definitive article on the style if curious from Food & Wine magazine.

Here is a pic from my favorite QC Style pizza place, called Uncle Bill's"



Here is a pie from what most claim is the original QC Style parlor, Frank's Napoli:



If you are ever in our neck of the woods (or in Chicago, where several QC Style places have opened) make sure to grab yourself a pie and enjoy a unique regional pizza varietal!

I am anxious to see/read about your city or region's specialties.

Bon Appetit!

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The sixth-ranked Florida State Men’s Golf team prepares for a tough NCAA Regional starting Monday when it battles the field at Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif., from Monday-Wednesday.

The Seminoles are one of six No. 1 seeds in the six regions played, and look to defend their top seed against 13 other schools. FSU’s competition includes Ole Miss (2), Illinois (3), Texas A&M (4), Stanford (5), UCLA (6), SMU (7), Missouri (8), Fresno State (9), UNLV (10), Augusta (11), Liberty (12), Sacramento State (13) and Siena (14).

The Top 8 seeds in the region are all ranked in the Top 50 of the Clippd rankings used by the NCAA.

The Top 5 finishing programs in the upcoming regional advance to the NCAA Championship held May 24-29 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa located in Carlsbad, Calif.

Florida State looks to advance to its fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship, which would be the program’s longest streak since making it six years in a row from 2012-17. A Seminole has individually won an NCAA Regional in each of the last two years, with Luke Clanton winning last year’s Morgan Hill Regional and Brett Roberts winning the Palm Beach Regional in 2022.

The Seminoles tied last year’s record with four All-ACC selections, as Gray Albright, Clanton, Frederik Kjettrup and Tyler Weaver each were recognized by the conference. Weaver also won ACC Freshman of the Year, while head coach Trey Jones won co-ACC Coach of the Year.

FSU’s five-player lineup includes plenty of NCAA postseason experience with Cole Anderson, Roberts, Albright, Kjettrup and Clanton. Anderson begins play for the Seminoles on Monday at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT.

The game time/television channel for FSU's first two football games of the 2024 season (the opener vs. GT in Ireland and the home opener vs. Boston College) were announced this morning. Both games will be on ESPN with vastly different start times.

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Florida State’s Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc rolled in straight sets over Mississippi State’s Nemanja Malesevic 6-3, 6-2 during Monday’s first round of the NCAA Singles Championship.

“Antoine earned a really good win today and did a great job of executing the game plan,” FSU coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “Winning a bunch of points early in the match really set the tone and I love the fact that he got up quick in both sets and finished strong.”

Cornut-Chauvinc, the tournament’s No. 3 seed, opened the match with four straight games to take an early lead before riding out the remainder of the set to win 6-3. He broke his opponent’s service game three different times in the set.

The senior won four of the opening five games in the second set to put the match out of reach and finished with a fifth service break to move past the first day of the championships. Cornut-Chauvinc earned his 13th top-50 win of the season.

Cornut-Chauvinc advances to the round of 32 and will face No. 26 Karlis Ozolins of Illinois on Tuesday and also begins his doubles championship run with Joshua Dous-Karpenschif. The pair will take on sixth-ranked Johannus Monday and Angel Diaz of Tennessee following singles action Tuesday.

NCAA Men’s Tennis Singles Championship Round of 64:
#4 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) def. #47 Nemanja Malesevic (MSU) 6-3, 6-2

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The No. 19/NR Florida State outdoor track and field teams will have 31 entries in the NCAA East Preliminaries at the Outdoor Track and Field Facility in Lexington, Ky., May 22-25.

The meet will be available on ESPN+ and live timing will be provided through Seminoles.com.

“We had a really strong ACCs and hope to carry that momentum into the NCAA first round,” said FSU track and field head coach Bob Braman. “I feel like our athletes respond well to pressure, so I’m excited to get things started on Wednesday.”

The men’s team will compete in four quarterfinal races on Wednesday and two semifinals. The long jump, which will feature Jeremiah Davis, Jordan Turner and Curtis Williams, will start at 6 p.m. before Kidus Misgina and Cooper Schroeder compete in the 10,000 meters starting at 9:10 p.m.

Seminoles that advance to semifinals will take place on Friday, in addition to semifinals of the 4x100 relay, triple jump and 5,000.

The women’s prelim heats will start on Thursday in addition to the long jump semifinal for Skyler Reynolds and Tori Caroll.

Semifinals will conclude on Saturday. The Seminoles will compete in at least three races, starting at 5 p.m. with the 4x100 relay. Agnes McTighe will compete in the 5,000m, followed by the 4x400.

The top 12 student-athletes in each event will advance to finals on June 5-8 in Eugene, Oregon.

“We have a big group qualified but more importantly we have many with a good shot at Top 12 and advancement to the final round in Eugene,” Braman added.

The 19th-ranked women’s team enters the first round led by sophomore Dajaz DeFrand who was named the Most Valuable Performer of the ACC Outdoor Championship for the second time in her career, bringing home titles in the 100 (11.04) and 200 (22.48). DeFrand also ran the third leg of the 4x100 relay team that finished second with a time of 43.68.

The FSU men’s team will be highlighted by senior Jeremiah Davis, who repeated as the Men’s Field MVP after scoring 20 points behind two wins. Davis defended his title in the long jump with a mark of 26-1 ¾ before winning gold in the triple jump with a mark of 54-10 that claimed FSU’s first win in the event since 2018.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 – Men’s quarterfinal/semifinal
6:00 p.m. 110m hurdles – Andre Korbmacher, Tyson Williams
6:00 p.m. Long jump (semifinals) - Jeremiah Davis, Jordan Turner, Curtis Williams
6:30 p.m. 1,500m – Martin Prodanov
7:00 p.m. 100m – Ismael Kone, Neo Moesbi
8:45 p.m. 200m – Ismael Kone
9:10 p.m. 10,000m (semifinals) Kidus Misgina, Cooper Schroeder

THURSDAY, MAY 23 – Women’s quarterfinal/semifinal
6:00 p.m. 100m hurdles – Alexandra Webster
6:00 p.m. Long jump (semifinal) - Skyler Reynolds, Tori Caroll
6:30 p.m. 1,500m – Suus Altorf
7:00 p.m. 100m – Dajaz DeFrand, Shenese Walker, Kaniya Johson, Liana Tyson
8:20 p.m. 400m hurdles – Tyra Wilson
8:45 p.m. 200m – Dajaz DeFrand

FRIDAY, MAY 24- Men’s semifinals
5:00 p.m. 4x100m relay (semifinal)
6:00 p.m. Triple jump– Jeremiah Davis, Kyvon Tatham, LaQuan Ellis, Jayden Louis-Charles
8:10 p.m. 5,000m (semifinal) – David Mullarkey, Zachary Cloud

SATURDAY, MAY 25- Women’s semifinals
5:00 p.m. 4x100m relay (semifinal)
8:10 p.m. 5,000m (semifinal) – Agnes McTighe
8:45 p.m. 4x400m relay (semifinal)

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Florida State men’s golf coach Trey Jones earned ACC Co-Coach of the Year while Tyler Weaver was selected as the ACC Freshman of the Year to highlight several All-ACC honorees as the league’s top student-athletes and coaches were recognized on Thursday afternoon.

Four Seminoles were chosen to the 15-member All-ACC Team, including first-time selections Gray Albright, Luke Clanton and Weaver as well as three-time member Frederik Kjettrup. The four members tie last year’s program record for most All-ACC Team selections.

Jones earned his third ACC Coach of the Year award, also being named in 2008 and 2015. After guiding the Seminoles to the NCAA Match Play Semifinals in 2023, FSU has backed up its run with another strong year in 2024 that includes a runner-up finish at the ACC Championship, a No. 6 overall ranking, match-play wins over Florida, Arizona and Georgia Tech and tournament wins at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational and the Jackson Stephens Cup.

FSU’s year-long success has led it to a No. 1 seed at the NCAA Stanford Regional, which begins May 13-15.

Weaver becomes FSU’s first ACC Freshman of the Year since John Pak in 2018, and joins an exclusive club of five freshman of the year winners (Brooks Koepka, 2009; Hank Lebioda, 2013; Jack Maguire, 2014; Pak, 2018). He enters the NCAA postseason with a 71.71 scoring average this season, owning two Top 10 finishes in his 11 tournaments played.

Weaver finished second overall at the 2024 Seminole Intercollegiate, and placed seventh at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational. Weaver owns nine rounds this season in the 60s.

Clanton is the ACC’s top-ranked player at No. 2 nationally, earning three victories this season in consecutive fashion. Clanton won the Seminole Intercollegiate, the Valspar Collegiate Invitational and the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial – becoming the first Seminole ever to win three straight tournaments.

Clanton is on the verge of the school-record for lowest scoring average at 69.30, and is a Ben Hogan Award Semifinalist. He has eight Top 10 finishes in 12 tournaments played this year. The Hialeah, Fla., native also won consecutive ACC Golfer of the Month honors and was named the SwingU Golfer of the Month for March 2024.

Kjettrup becomes the fifth Seminole to make the All-ACC Team three times, joining Matt Savage, Koepka, Lebioda and Pak. He was a co-medalist at the ACC Championship, and is second on the Seminoles this year with a 70.56 scoring average.

The Denmark native has five Top 10 performances in his nine tournaments played this year, and will be another key performer in FSU’s NCAA postseason aspirations.

Albright has enjoyed his best season as a Seminole, shooting 71.22 and owning four Top 10 finishes in 10 tournaments played. Albright won the Watersound Invitational against an elite field.

He ranks second on the Seminoles with 19 rounds at par or less, and is one of four Seminoles who has played in 10 or more tournaments this year. Albright has recorded nine rounds this year in the 60s.

2024 ACC Men’s Golf Player of the Year

Christo Lamprecht, Georgia Tech

2024 ACC Men’s Golf Freshman of the Year

Tyler Weaver, Florida State

2024 ACC Men’s Golf Co-Coaches of the Year

Andrew DiBitetto, North Carolina

Trey Jones, Florida State

2024 All-ACC Men’s Golf Team

Gray Albright, Florida State

Michael Brennan, Wake Forest (Co-Medalist)

Luke Clanton, Florida State

David Ford, North Carolina

Maxwell Ford, North Carolina

Peter Fountain, North Carolina

Austin Greaser, North Carolina

Ben James, Virginia

Scotty Kennon, Wake Forest

Frederik Kjettrup, Florida State (Co-Medalist)

Christo Lamprecht, Georgia Tech

Bryan Lee, Virginia

Dylan Menante, North Carolina

Sebastian Moss, Louisville

Tyler Weaver, Florida State

Just in from FSU: Dick Howser Stadium will be able to host this weekend's regular-season finale series vs. Georgia Tech after sustaining damage last week due to a tornado.