Devyn Flaherty and the No. 15 ranked Florida State will take the field against Shannon Doherty and UCF on Saturday afternoon.
The NCAA softball tournament will kick off today with a matchup between UCF and the No. 15 ranked team in the nation, Florida State, at the Tallahassee Regional in Florida on Saturday afternoon. Each regional is a double-elimination tournament with a chance to advance to the Super Regionals in the next round of the NCAA Tournament. The Seminoles come into this tournament as a top-25 ranked team in the nation finishing with a 44-14 overall record and a 19-5 record against teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They ended the year losing to a top-10 ranked team, Duke, 6-3 in the championship of the ACC Tournament after previously beating Notre Dame and Georgia Tech. They opened up tournament play in this region with a 3-2 win yesterday against Chattanooga. Ashtyn Danley picked up her 17th win of the season for Florida State after pitching 4.1 innings and allowing two earned runs on three hits with two strikeouts. Isa Torres, Devyn Flaherty, and Hallie Wacaser all finished with a single RBI in the three-run win.
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Game Date: May 18, 2024
Game Time: 1 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN2
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The Knights ended their season with a 31-23 record overall and a 12-15 record against teams from the Big 12 Conference. They lost their first game of the Big 12 Tournament in a 3-2 defeat to Baylor. However, they bounced back in the first game of the NCAA Tournament beating Auburn 11-6 in the Tallahassee Regional.
Sarah Willis won game No. 10 on the season for the starting pitcher. She pitched five innings allowing two earned runs on three hits with five strikeouts. Entering the 6th inning down 6-4 Shannon Doherty and Jasmine Williams blasted two, three-run homers to score six runs and finish that inning 10-6.
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