Florida State Women's Softball - 2010 Year In Review
Lonni Alameda, Head Coach
Sara Pickering, Assistant Coach
Angel Santiago, Assistant Coach
Tommy Santiago, Volunteer Assistant
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Florida State Women's Softball - 2010 Year In Review | |
| Coaching Staff Lonni Alameda, Head Coach Sara Pickering, Assistant Coach Angel Santiago, Assistant Coach Tommy Santiago, Volunteer Assistant Click here to see indivual mug shots |
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Morgan Bullock, P-UT, Dacula, GA
Lauren Mullins, OF, Wellington
Briar Stanley, C, Snohomish, WA
Dale Townsend, P, Live Oak
2010 Roster - By Name
L
T PY
R No Name Pos B-T Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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* 35 Robin Ahrberg C R-R Jr-R ** Stillwater, OK (Stillwater)
* 22 Mallory Borden IF R-R Jr * Jacksonville (Trinity Christian Academy/Santa Fe CC)
* 6 Tiffani Brown UT L-L Fr Tallahassee (Godby)
3 Amber Bryant OF L-R So * Pomona, CA (Diamond Ranch)
* 21 Morgan Bullock P-UT L-R Fr Dacula, GA (Mill Creek)
* 77 Allison Collins C R-R Jr ** Niceville (Niceville)
* 8 Terese Gober P R-R Sr *** McDonough, GA (Union Grove)
* 44 Tory Haddad IF R-R Sr Valparaiso (Fort Walton Beach/Ohio State)
* 25 Sarah Hamilton P R-R Jr ** Tallahassee (Chiles)
* 14 Shayla Jackson OF L-R So * Pembroke Pines (Pembroke Pines Charter)
* 28 Brittany Joseph UTL R-R Jr ** Laurel, DE (Sussex Technical)
* 16 Jen Lapicki C R-R Jr Oldwick, NJ (Immaculata/Tennessee)
* 1 Kristie McConn IF R-R Jr ** Broken Arrow, OK (Bishop Kelley)
* 7 Monica Montez OF L-R Sr *** Corona, CA (Corona)
* 23 Lauren Mullins OF R-R Fr Wellington (Wellington)
* 13 Courtney Rosen IF L-R Sr ** Sugar Land, TX (Clements)
* 9 Ashley Stager IF R-R Jr ** Trinity (J. W. Mitchell)
* 64 Briar Stanley C R-R Fr Snohomish, WA (Monroe)
* 10 Dale Townsend P R-R Fr Live Oak (Suwannee)
* 17 Lauren Varsalona P R-R Jr * Knoxville, TN (Karns/Indian River CC)
* 15 Carly Wynn OF L-R Sr *** Sharpsburg, GA (Northgate)
2010 Roster - By Number
L
T PY
R No Name Pos B-T Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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* 1 Kristie McConn IF R-R Jr ** Broken Arrow, OK (Bishop Kelley)
3 Amber Bryant OF L-R So * Pomona, CA (Diamond Ranch)
* 6 Tiffani Brown UT L-L Fr Tallahassee (Godby)
* 7 Monica Montez OF L-R Sr *** Corona, CA (Corona)
* 8 Terese Gober P R-R Sr *** McDonough, GA (Union Grove)
* 9 Ashley Stager IF R-R Jr ** Trinity (J. W. Mitchell)
* 10 Dale Townsend P R-R Fr Live Oak (Suwannee)
* 13 Courtney Rosen IF L-R Sr ** Sugar Land, TX (Clements)
* 14 Shayla Jackson OF L-R So * Pembroke Pines (Pembroke Pines Charter)
* 15 Carly Wynn OF L-R Sr *** Sharpsburg, GA (Northgate)
* 16 Jen Lapicki C R-R Jr Oldwick, NJ (Immaculata/Tennessee)
* 17 Lauren Varsalona P R-R Jr * Knoxville, TN (Karns/Indian River CC)
* 21 Morgan Bullock P-UT L-R Fr Dacula, GA (Mill Creek)
* 22 Mallory Borden IF R-R Jr * Jacksonville (Trinity Christian Academy/Santa Fe CC)
* 23 Lauren Mullins OF R-R Fr Wellington (Wellington)
* 25 Sarah Hamilton P R-R Jr ** Tallahassee (Chiles)
* 28 Brittany Joseph UTL R-R Jr ** Laurel, DE (Sussex Technical)
* 35 Robin Ahrberg C R-R Jr-R ** Stillwater, OK (Stillwater)
* 44 Tory Haddad IF R-R Sr Valparaiso (Fort Walton Beach/Ohio State)
* 64 Briar Stanley C R-R Fr Snohomish, WA (Monroe)
* 77 Allison Collins C R-R Jr ** Niceville (Niceville)
2010 Schedule and Results
| SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Sunshine State Classic |
L 1-2 | ||
| BOWLING GREEN STATE Sunshine State Classic |
W 9-0 | ||
| IONA COLLEGE Sunshine State Classic |
W 9-1 | ||
| MERCER Sunshine State Classic |
W 2-1 | ||
| BOWLING GREEN STATE Sunshine State Classic |
W 8-1 | ||
| FLORIDA A&M | W 9-2 | ||
| COASTAL CAROLINA Seminole Classic |
W 4-0 | ||
| SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Seminole Classic |
W 12-0 | ||
| GARDNER-WEBB Seminole Classic |
W 7-0 | ||
| GARDNER-WEBB Seminole Classic |
W 5-0 | ||
| SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Seminole Classic |
W 6-0 | ||
| JACKSONVILLE | W 8-0 | ||
| ILLINOIS NFCA Leadoff Classic, Columbus, Ga |
L 3-4 | ||
| SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NFCA Leadoff Classic, Columbus, Ga |
W 9-1 | ||
| MISS VALLEY STATE NFCA Leadoff Classic, Columbus, Ga |
W 8-3 | ||
| HOFSTRA NFCA Leadoff Classic, Columbus, Ga |
W 8-0 | ||
| KENT STATE NFCA Leadoff Classic, Columbus, Ga |
W 6-0 | ||
| EASTERN MICHIGAN FAU Tournament, Boca Raton, Fl |
W 8-0 | ||
| FLORIDA ATLANTIC FAU Tournament, Boca Raton, Fl |
W 6-3 | ||
| CONNECTICUT FAU Tournament, Boca Raton, Fl |
W 5-4 | ||
| MICHIGAN STATE FAU Tournament, Boca Raton, Fl |
W 3-1 | ||
| MIAMI OF OHIO FAU Tournament, Boca Raton, Fl |
W 4-0 | ||
| MICHIGAN STATE FAU Tournament, Boca Raton, Fl |
W 7-0 | ||
| NORTH CAROLINA | L 0-5 | ||
| NORTH CAROLINA | W 2-1 | ||
| NORTH CAROLINA | L 4-5 | ||
| FL INTERNATIONAL | W 8-3 | ||
| FL INTERNATIONAL | W 7-2 | ||
| AUBURN | L 0-1 | ||
| TEXAS TECH USF The Game Tournament, Clearwater, Fl |
L 1-2 | ||
| LONG ISLAND-BROOKLYN USF The Game Tournament, Clearwater, Fl |
W 6-0 | ||
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS USF The Game Tournament, Clearwater, Fl |
W 7-1 | ||
| SYRACUSE USF The Game Tournament, Clearwater, Fl |
W 3-0 | ||
| GEORGIA | W 4-3 | ||
| BOSTON COLLEGE | W 4-0 | ||
| BOSTON COLLEGE | W 6-0 | ||
| BOSTON COLLEGE | W 11-3 | ||
| MARYLAND | W 2-0 | ||
| MARYLAND | W 3-2 | ||
| MARYLAND | L 2-6 | ||
| CENTRAL FLORIDA | W 6-1 | ||
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE | W 4-2 | ||
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE | W 5-0 | ||
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE | L 1-3 | ||
| FLORIDA | L 4-8 | ||
| FLORIDA | L 2-9 | ||
| VIRGINIA TECH | L 7-8 | ||
| VIRGINIA TECH | L 4-5 | ||
| VIRGINIA TECH | W 3-1 | ||
| SOUTH ALABAMA | W 2-0 | ||
| GEORGIA TECH | L 1-14 | ||
| GEORGIA TECH | W 6-2 | ||
| GEORGIA TECH | L 2-5 | ||
| VIRGINIA | L 1-2 | ||
| VIRGINIA | W 9-6 | ||
| VIRGINIA | W 2-1 | ||
| MARYLAND ACC, Blacksburg, Va |
W 3-0 | ||
| VIRGINIA TECH ACC |
W 5-3 | ||
| GEORGIA TECH ACC Championship, Blacksburg, Va |
L 4-8 | ||
| RADFORD NCAA, Athens, Ga |
W 10-1 | ||
| GEORGIA NCAA |
L 2-5 | ||
| RADFORD NCAA, Athens, Ga |
L 2-3 |
Overall Home Away Neutral
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FSU RECORD IS 44-18 18- 9 12- 5 14- 4
2010 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE RESULTS 1 GEORGIA TECH 19- 2 51-11 2 VIRGINIA 13- 7 34-23 3 FLORIDA STATE 12- 9 43-19 4 NORTH CAROLINA 11-10 42-20 5 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 9-12 28-27 6 MARYLAND 8-11 34-24 7 VIRGINIA TECH 8-13 25-33 8 BOSTON COLLEGE 2-18 16-33
2010 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT, Blacksburg, Va Date Score Comments ========== ================================================== ================================== 05/14/2010 (3)FLORIDA STATE 3, (6)MARYLAND 0 05/14/2010 (7)VIRGINIA TECH 1, (2)VIRGINIA 0 05/14/2010 (1)GEORGIA TECH 8, (8)BOSTON COLLEGE 0 05/14/2010 (4)NORTH CAROLINA 7, (5)NORTH CAROLINA STATE 1 05/15/2010 (3)FLORIDA STATE 5, (7)VIRGINIA TECH 3 05/15/2010 (1)GEORGIA TECH 8, (4)NORTH CAROLINA 0 05/15/2010 (1)GEORGIA TECH 8, (3)FLORIDA STATE 4
ACC Championship, Blacksburg, Va
5/14/2010 - Florida State 3, Maryland 0
Virginia Tech 1, Virginia 0
Georgia Tech 8, Boston College 0
North Carolina State 7, North Caolina 1
5/15/2010 - Florida State 5, Virginia Tech 3
Georgia Tech 8, North Carolina 0
5/16/2010 - Georgia Tech 8, Florida State 4
2010 Batting Statistics
Name AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ============================================================================================================ Carly Wynn .378 61 61 196 52 74 18 8 6 34 126 .643 42 5 27 0 .496 1 0 25 27 Shayla Jackson .338 62 62 213 39 72 5 5 1 33 90 .423 9 1 15 0 .363 3 3 5 7 Tiffani Brown .328 60 60 192 35 63 4 5 1 24 80 .417 9 0 35 0 .356 1 3 13 16 Mallory Borden .317 42 14 60 8 19 1 1 1 10 25 .417 10 0 14 0 .408 1 0 1 1 Morgan Bullock .300 52 31 100 23 30 1 0 0 10 31 .310 6 1 18 0 .346 0 2 19 24 Ashley Stager .299 62 62 144 32 43 7 2 3 26 63 .438 35 5 16 0 .446 2 6 7 9 Robin Ahrberg .289 53 47 149 16 43 9 0 3 33 61 .409 14 1 9 0 .352 1 0 2 4 Kristie McConn .263 58 52 133 20 35 12 0 2 15 53 .398 10 2 22 0 .324 0 4 3 6 Jen Lapicki .259 62 62 185 24 48 8 2 4 41 72 .389 22 4 19 1 .347 2 1 4 4 Tory Haddad .256 62 62 156 16 40 7 0 7 28 68 .436 35 1 30 1 .396 0 2 0 0 Monica Montez .243 34 32 74 11 18 2 0 1 11 23 .311 10 1 6 0 .341 0 2 0 0 Courtney Rosen .234 47 13 47 16 11 0 0 0 8 11 .234 2 6 3 0 .345 0 2 1 3 Brittany Joseph .154 33 0 13 8 2 1 0 0 1 3 .231 3 0 5 0 .313 0 0 1 2 Briar Stanley .125 10 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .250 2 0 3 0 .300 0 0 0 0 Allison Collins .000 10 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 3 0 4 0 .300 0 0 0 0 Lauren Mullins .000 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Sarah Hamilton .000 45 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Terese Gober .000 44 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Lauren Varsalona .000 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Dale Townsend .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 ======================================================================================= FSU .297 62 62 1678 302 499 76 23 29 276 708 .422 212 27 226 2 .383 11 25 81 103 Opp .189 62 62 1532 144 289 41 5 33 132 439 .287 134 31 544 0 .267 2 32 36 472010 Pitching Statistics
Name ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA ======================================================================================================================== Lauren Varsalona 1.34 1 0 14 0 0 0 6 0 15.2 16 9 3 3 11 3 0 1 62 .258 0 1 0 0 0 Sarah Hamilton 1.50 22 10 45 35 13 7 7 3 214.1 125 58 46 79 326 12 4 15 761 .164 13 12 1 0 17 Dale Townsend 2.33 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 11 .182 1 0 0 0 0 Terese Gober 2.38 21 8 44 27 9 4 6 0 182.0 141 73 62 50 202 25 1 15 680 .207 17 18 0 2 15 Morgan Bullock 5.25 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4.0 5 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 18 .278 0 0 0 0 0 ==================================================================================================== FSU 1.92 44 18 107 62 22 20 9 3 419.0 289 144 115 134 544 41 5 33 1532 .189 31 31 1 2 32 Opp 4.20 18 44 62 62 29 2 1 1 401.1 499 302 241 212 226 76 23 29 1678 .297 25 27 9 11 252010 Fielding Statistics
Name PO AST E FLD% DP ============================================= Robin Ahrberg 59 3 0 1.000 0 Shayla Jackson 47 2 0 1.000 1 Monica Montez 19 0 0 1.000 0 Lauren Varsalona 1 6 0 1.000 1 Dale Townsend 0 3 0 1.000 0 Jen Lapicki 489 41 2 .996 2 Tory Haddad 268 14 2 .993 2 Carly Wynn 59 6 1 .985 0 Brittany Joseph 45 0 2 .957 1 Kristie McConn 73 51 7 .947 0 Ashley Stager 62 70 11 .923 3 Terese Gober 9 39 4 .923 0 Sarah Hamilton 9 26 3 .921 0 Mallory Borden 25 10 3 .921 3 Tiffani Brown 57 92 16 .903 2 Courtney Rosen 3 4 1 .875 0 Morgan Bullock 32 1 5 .868 1 Briar Stanley 0 0 0 .000 0 Allison Collins 0 0 0 .000 0 Lauren Mullins 0 0 0 .000 0 ======================== FSU 1257 368 57 .966 8 Opp 1204 537 93 .949 17
No. 19 FSU Falls In Opener.
Seminoles can't get past Southern Miss and drop a 2-1 contest to start the Sunshine State Classic.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 19/23 Florida State softball team fell in its season opener Thursday night, 2-1, in the first game of the Sunshine State Classic against Southern Miss.
For the Seminoles (0-1), the loss marks the first opening-day setback since 2006. FSU is now 27-5 all-time in the first game of a new season.
Newcomer Jen Lapicki didn't take long to make a mark with the Seminoles after transferring from Tennessee in the offseason. The junior from New Jersey got FSU on the board for the first time in 2010 with a third-inning RBI that brought senior Carly Wynn home.
Southern Miss then got two RBIs in fourth and never looked back despite a late charge by the 'Noles in the bottom of the final inning.
"You don't evaluate your games by wins and losses," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "You evaluate them by performance. I think we played the game hard tonight. We just didn't get the breaks we needed today but that's why you come out here and you play them. I am very proud of the girls.
"They did some good things and hit the ball hard."
Junior Sarah Hamilton took the loss in the circle for FSU as the Tallahassee native finished the game with two earned runs, five strikeouts and just two walks in the contest.
Fellow ace Terese Gober also saw some action as she tossed three scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk.
In addition to Lapicki, sophomore Shayla Jackson, junior Ashley Stager and senior transfer Tory Haddad belted hits against the Golden Eagles. True freshman Morgan Bullock contributed her first stolen base as a Seminole and fellow first-year player Tiffani Brown started at third base.
The 'Noles left eight batters on base.
Day two of the Sunshine State Classic is tomorrow with five games that get started at 10 a.m. FSU plays twice on Friday, with a matchup against Bowling Green at 12:15 p.m. and a game right afterwards against Iona at 2:30 p.m.
Florida State Softball
Southern Miss at #19 Florida State
Feb 11, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf)
Southern Miss 2 (1-0)
Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
LEJUNE, L cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DINELT, B lf 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
HILL, M rf 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0
MATHIS, J ss 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 0
HURLEY, A c 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2
THURMAN, C 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1
JAMES, L 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0
ROOSMALEN, C dp 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALONZO, B pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CASTELLVI, L 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1
RAMOS, C p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Totals 24 2 3 2 3 11 21 10 4
Florida State 1 (0-1)
Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jen Lapicki c 3 0 1 1 1 0 11 1 1
Robin Ahrberg dp 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ashley Stager ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2
Tory Haddad 1b 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0
Monica Montez lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Morgan Bullock pr/lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Allison Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 1 4 1 4 3 21 5 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Southern Miss....... 000 200 0 - 2 3 1
Florida State....... 001 000 0 - 1 4 1
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BGSU, Iona No Match For 'Noles.
No. 19/23 Florida State softball team run-rules both Bowling Green and Iona in the second day of the Sunshine State Classic at the Seminole Softball Complex.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 19/23 Florida State softball bounced back in a big way from its opening-day loss by earning mercy-rule wins over both Bowling Green and Iona in the second day of the Sunshine State Classic Saturday on JoAnne Graf Field.
Two days after getting just four hits and a single run in a 2-1 defeat to Southern Miss, FSU (2-1) exploded for a combined 17 hits and 18 runs in victories over the Falcons (1-1) and Gaels (0-2).
"We hit some lasers the other night against Southern Miss, they just didn't fall," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "Today those shots fell and it worked out well for us in both games. It's good to get in the win column."
The 'Noles also got some stellar pitching from aces Terese Gober and Sarah Hamilton.
Gober fanned five batters in five innings and gave up just one hit against Bowling Green for her first win of the year. Hamilton then struck out 10 and didn't walk a single batter in her five-hit, six innings of work against Iona.
Offensively, junior Jen Lapicki knocked in three RBI against the Falcons and senior Carly Wynn achieved that same amount against the Gaels.
Wynn, sophomore Shayla Jackson, redshirt junior Robin Ahrberg, senior Tory Haddad and junior Kristie McConn all had one RBI each against Bowling Green. Ahrberg and McConn posted two RBI each in the contest against Iona.
"How we are playing right now is what we expected," Alameda said. "We just have to keep that going as we move forward."
A passed ball and fielding error by Iona loaded the bases in the bottom of the first in the 'Noles second game on Saturday. Senior Ashley Stager's sacrifice fly to right field brought Jackson home and moved Lapicki and Ahrberg to third and second base, respectively with two outs.
After Haddad drew a walk to reload the bases one batter later, McConn came to the plate and laced a double to right center field that gave FSU a 3-0 lead. Another Iona error got true freshman Tiffani Brown on base a few minutes later and Haddad crossed the plate for a 4-0 Seminole lead.
The Gaels got on the board in the second thanks to an RBI double by Marisa Newman.
Florida State got that run back in the bottom of the third when Wynn's two-out double brought true freshman Morgan Bullock and McConn home, making the score 6-1.
Once again the 'Noles got some clutch, two-out scoring in the fifth inning. Ahrberg stepped to the plate with two down and sent Jackson and Wynn home with her second double in as many games.
Up 8-1 in the sixth, junior Mallory Borden and senior Courtney Rosen both got on base and Wynn ended the game with a two-run double.
Against Bowling Green in the earlier game Saturday, Haddad got things started by doubling to left center and senior Monica Montez drew a walk to put runners on first and second. McConn then singled and a fielding error by Bowling Green brought Haddad and Montez home.
Later in the inning, Wynn brought Brown home with an RBI single, pushing the FSU lead to 3-0.
Florida State then added to that total in the bottom of the fourth. After Ahrberg doubled to right field, Haddad drove her home with a clutch single to the right to move the score to 4-0.
Ahrberg extended the FSU lead to 5-0 in the fourth inning with a two-out double to the center field wall that plated Wynn. FSU's senior captain then drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth that made the score 6-0.
In just her second game as a Seminole after transferring from Tennessee, Lapicki blasted a three-RBI double that effectively ended the game due to the run-rule. Her impressive hit scored Jackson, Wynn and Brown.
Next up for the 'Noles is the final day of the Sunshine State Classic. FSU will match up against Mercer at 1:30 p.m. and then play Bowling Green again at 3:45 in the final game of the tournament.
Florida State Softball
Bowling Green vs #19 Florida State
Feb 13, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
Bowling Green 0 (0-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
FULK, Hannah ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
PROEHL, Rachel c 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
WEST, Melissa 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
BERGER, Paige 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0
DICK, Adrienne dp 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2
SONTAG, Susan lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
ARNEY, Andrea 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
COFFEY, Karmen rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
ARNEY, Lindsay cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
BOTT, Melissa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
LINES, Zada p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 17 0 1 0 1 5 14 9 3
Florida State 9 (11)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Jen Lapicki c 2 0 1 3 2 0 5 1 1
Robin Ahrberg dp 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Tory Haddad 1b 2 1 2 1 1 0 6 0 0
Brittany Joseph pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monica Montez lf 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
Mallory Borden 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 19 9 7 8 9 2 15 6 6
Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Bowling Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Florida State 0 3 1 1 4 9 7 1
E - FULK; WEST; SONTAG; Brown, T. LOB - BGSU 3; FS 6. 2B - Lapicki, J; Ahrberg, R 2; Haddad, T.
SH - Stager, A. SF - Jackson, S. SB - PROEHL; Wynn, C 2.
Bowling Green ip h r er bb so ab bf np
BOTT, Melissa 2.1 5 4 4 3 1 10 15 59
LINES, Zada 2.1 2 5 5 6 1 9 15 59
Florida State ip h r er bb so ab bf np
Terese Gober 5.0 1 0 0 1 5 17 18 78
Win - Gober, T (1-0). Loss - BOTT (0-1). Save - None.
WP - LINES.
Inherited runners/scored: LINES 1/0. Pitches/strikes: BOTT 59/29; LINES 59/25; Gober, T 78/52.
Umpires - HP: Mike Bush 1B: Mike Lett 3B: Duine Henry
Start: Time: 1:46 Attendance: 314 Weather: Sunny and cold
Florida State Softball
Iona at #19 Florida State
Feb 13, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
Iona 1 (0-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Earley, Tessa 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Metcalfe, Amy 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0
Petersen, Jodi cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Gettins, Melanie c 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1
Anderson, Cari c 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1
James, Allyssa dp 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Newman, Marisa ss 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 0
Christie, Courtney 1b 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0
Kyle, Erin lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Hay, Melanie rf 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1
Jackson, Sarah p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Algeo, Deanne p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 1 5 1 0 10 17 7 3
Florida State 9 (2-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Jen Lapicki c/dp 2 1 1 0 1 0 6 0 0
Lauren Mullins pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Briar Stanley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp/c 4 1 1 2 0 0 5 1 0
Ashley Stager ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3
Tory Haddad 1b 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Brittany Joseph 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mallory Borden 2b 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Courtney Rosen 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morgan Bullock lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 30 9 10 8 6 5 18 5 11
Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Iona 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 4
Florida State 4 0 2 0 2 1 9 10 1
Note: 2 outs, 2 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - Earley; Metclafe 2; Christie; Rosen, C. DP - FS 1. LOB - ION 3; FS 11. 2B - Newman; Wynn, C 2; Ahrberg, R; McConn, K 2.
SF - Stager, A. SB - Earley; Wynn, C; Jackson, S; Brown, T; Bullock, M 2. CS - Hay.
Iona ip h r er bb so ab bf np
Jackson, Sarah 4.0 6 7 5 5 3 21 27 106
Algeo, Deanne 1.2 4 2 2 1 2 9 10 34
Florida State ip h r er bb so ab bf np
Sarah Hamilton 6.0 5 1 1 0 10 22 22 92
Win - Hamilton, S (1-1). Loss - Jackson (0-1). Save - None.
PB - Gettins; Lapicki, J.
Inherited runners/scored: Algeo 1/1. Pitches/strikes: Jackson 106/59; Algeo 34/21; Hamilton, S 92/65.
Umpires - HP: Tom Meyer 1B: Alvin Ponder 3B: Matt Alberti
Start: 1:49 Time: 1:59 Attendance: 210 Weather: Sunny and cold
2 More Wins For Florida State.
No. 19/23 FSU softball team concludes the Sunshine State Classic with victories over Mercer and Bowling Green on Sunday.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 19/23 Florida State softball team improved to 4-1 on the season with a 2-1 win over Mercer and 8-1 win over Bowling Green in the final day of the Sunshine State Classic at the Seminole Softball Complex.
Senior pitcher Terese Gober earned the two victories on Sunday for the 'Noles.
In the first game of the day against the Bears, Gober entered the circle as relief for Sarah Hamilton with the game knotted at 1-1 before FSU earned the 2-1 win. Gober them pitched a gem later in the day against the Falcons, tossing six innings and giving up just one hit and one run while striking out six.
"We like to use our one-two punch," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said about the Gober-Hamilton combination. "Terese came in today in a certain situation for Sarah and there will be times in the future where it will be Sarah that comes in for Terese. They know that and they like to feed off each other."
In the bottom of the third inning against Mercer, sophomore Shayla Jackson and redshirt junior Robin Ahrberg got singles and Ashley Stager walked to load the bases. But the Bears escaped the inning unscathed when senior Monica Montez went down on strikes to end the inning.
The Bears put an end to a scoreless ballgame in the top of the fifth. With the bases loaded, Sarah Stukes singled through the left side to bring in one run before Hamilton was able to get one more out and conclude the inning.
In the bottom half of the inning, Jackson provided some excitement when she knocked a laser down the left field line. The impressive hit was then followed up by nice base-running and a display of speed.
As the ball rolled to the wall after Mercer left fielder Holly Oglesbee dove in an attempt to make a play, Jackson rounded second base and was waved home by Alameda before sliding across the plate for an inside-the-park, game-tying home run.
Gober came on in the seventh inning with a runner on third base and two outs. The senior from McDonough, Ga. quickly retired the batter in the high-pressure situation with three straight strikes.
A few minutes later, Mercer's Stacey Condra's fielding error on a fly ball to center got Tiffani Brown all the way to third base with no outs.
Intentional walks of both Carly Wynn and Jackson juiced the bases and Ahrberg's game-winning single to centerfield scored Brown for a final of 2-1.
For the game, Hamilton tossed six and two-thirds innings, giving up four hits and five walks while striking out 10.
Runs may have been hard to come by against the Bears, but in the final game of the Sunshine State Classic against Bowling Green it was apparent very early that scoring wouldn't be an issue.
Florida State got three first-inning runs thanks to a two-RBI shot by Stager and an RBI-single by senior Tory Haddad. Wynn's double off the left field wall an inning later brought Morgan Bullock home after the true freshman had stolen second base after a bunt single.
Karmen Coffey got the Falcons on the scoreboard in the third inning with a solo homerun that sailed just past Wynn's outstretched glove above the center field wall.
But FSU got those runs right back later in the inning. First, Kristie McConn's double scored Stager to put the 'Noles back on top 5-1 and then sent McConn home with a single for a 6-1 advantage.
The 'Noles then padded their lead in the fourth inning behind Stager's RBI triple and Haddad's RBI single gave FSU an 8-1 score it would hold until the end.
"We are figuring out what works best with the lineup," Alameda said. "It's a good start and I am happy with the way everyone gave strong effort all weekend. Everyone was into it in the dugout and on the field and that's good."
The Seminoles will play their first road game of the young season Wednesday but they won't have to travel very far to do so.
Florida State will play on the campus of Florida A&M against the Rattlers at 6 p.m.
Florida State Softball
Mercer at #19 Florida State
Feb 14, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
Mercer 1 (1-3)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
OGLESBEE, Holly lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1
JOHNSON, Anna dp 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
STUKES, Sara ss 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
SHERRILL, Emi 3b 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
RUTHERFORD, Megan pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SANTA MARIA, Amanda 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
JONES, Allison 1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 2
GOODMAN, Jenny rf 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
CONDRA, Stacey cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0
KEETER, Brandy c 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0
CANARA, Stephanie pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOLTZ, Jenni p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Totals 22 1 4 1 5 11 18 6 7
Florida State 2 (3-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jen Lapicki c 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 1 1
Ashley Stager ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0
Monica Montez lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Tory Haddad 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0
Kristie McConn 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 2 7 2 4 4 21 7 7
Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mercer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1
Florida State 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 0
E - CONDRA. LOB - MER 7; FS 7. HR - Jackson, S. HBP - Stager, A.
SH - STUKES; KEETER; Stager, A; McConn, K. SB - Wynn, C 2. CS - RUTHERFORD; McConn, K.
Mercer ip h r er bb so ab bf np
HOLTZ, Jenni 6.0 7 2 1 4 4 23 30 104
Florida State ip h r er bb so ab bf np
Sarah Hamilton 6.2 4 1 1 5 10 21 28 125
Terese Gober 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
Win - Gober, T (2-0). Loss - HOLTZ (1-2). Save - None.
HBP - by HOLTZ (Stager, A).
Inherited runners/scored: Gober, T 1/0. Pitches/strikes: HOLTZ 104/74; Hamilton, S 125/74; Gober, T 3/3.
Umpires - HP: Duine Henry 1B: Alvin Ponder 3B: Mike Bush
Start: 1:23 Time: 2:04 Attendance: 290 Weather: Sunny and cool
Florida State Softball
Bowling Green at #19 Florida State
Feb 14, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
Bowling Green 1 (0-4)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
FULK, Hannah ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1
PROEHL, Rachel dp 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WEST, Melissa 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
BERGER, Paige 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0
SONTAG, Susan lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
DICK, Adrienne c 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1
COX, Courtney c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARNEY, Andrea 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
RIEPENHOFF, Carly 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
COFFEY, Karmen rf 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0
ARNEY, Lindsay cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOSO, Katelynn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LINES, Zada p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
BOTT, Melissa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 24 1 2 1 3 7 18 7 5
Florida State 8 (4-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Jen Lapicki c 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 2
Courtney Rosen pr 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ashley Stager ss 3 2 3 3 0 0 2 3 0
Allison Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tory Haddad 1b 3 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0
Brittany Joseph 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
Mallory Borden 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
Morgan Bullock lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Lauren Varsalona p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 30 8 12 8 5 2 21 9 9
Score by Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bowling Green 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Florida State 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 8 12 1
E - FULK; Brown, T. LOB - BGSU 5; FS 9. 2B - Wynn, C 2; Stager, A; McConn, K.
3B - Stager, A. HR - COFFEY. SB - PROEHL; COFFEY; Wynn, C; Joseph, B; Bullock, M.
Bowling Green ip h r er bb so ab bf np
LINES, Zada 1.1 4 4 3 2 0 8 10 32
BOTT, Melissa 4.2 8 4 4 3 2 22 25 76
Florida State ip h r er bb so ab bf np
Terese Gober 6.0 1 1 1 3 6 20 23 99
Lauren Varsalona 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 14
Win - Gober, T (4-0). Loss - LINES. Save - None.
BK - LINES. PB - DICK; Ahrberg, R.
Inherited runners/scored: BOTT 1/0. Pitches/strikes: LINES 32/15; BOTT 76/36; Gober, T 99/65; Varsalona, L 14/10.
Umpires - HP: Mike Bush 1B: Duine Henry 3B: Diane Kendall
Start: 4:04 pm Time: 2:02 Attendance: 179 Weather: Sunny and cool
'Noles Run Over Rattlers, 9-2.
Impressive pitching performances guide No. 20/23 Florida State softball team to win over cross-town rival Florida A&M Wednesday night at the Lady Rattlers Softball Complex.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The Seminoles (5-1) produced enough runs to win the game but it was the nearly-perfect pitching of Sarah Hamilton, Terese Gober and Morgan Bullock that set the tone.
By game's end, the trio of Seminole hurlers struck out an incredible 15 of the 24 batters faced.
"We got some great production from Sarah Hamilton and Terese Gober and Morgan Bullock came on in the end and did a great job in the circle for the first time in her college career," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "We got hits when we needed them and I am proud of the way we played overall."
Hamilton got the win as the Tallahassee native faced six batters and managed to strike out five of them in just two innings of work. The only batter she didn't send back to the home dugout on strikes popped out to Tory Haddad at first base.
Gober entered the contest in the bottom of third and gave up one hit but still struck out eight of the 10 batters she saw. She was replaced by Bullock in sixth and the true freshman gave up two runs but struck out two Rattlers (0-1) and didn't walk anyone.
Prior to Wednesday night, Bullock had only seen action in left field and as a pinch runner.
Fellow true freshman Tiffani Brown paced the 'Noles with the best offensive game of her young career. Brown finished the night with a game-high three RBIs on 2-of-3 hitting.
Senior Ashley Stager added two RBIs and Haddad, Britney Joseph and Briar Stanley all had one each.
"We played great as a team tonight," Haddad said. "We really fought hard and made things happen."
After Carly Wynn drew a walk and Shayla Jackson delivered her to third with a single to left field, Stager picked up a two-RBI single with a shot up the middle in the first.
One pitch later, Haddad made sure that lead grew slightly bigger. The senior first baseman, in her first season with Florida State after transferring from Ohio State, cranked a home run way over the left field wall - her first of the season.
Then another new 'Nole - Brown - sent a single up the middle that plated Kristie McConn and gave FSU a 4-0 advantage. The scoring hit marked Brown's first RBI as a college softball player.
And the Tallahassee native wasn't done.
With Joseph pinch running for Haddad on second base in the top of the sixth, Brown sent a rocket down the right field line and turned it into a two-run, inside-the-park home run.
The Seminoles then padded the lead in the top of the seventh. With the bases loaded, Joseph drew a bases-loaded walk that brought home a run.
On a night of firsts, true freshman Stanley then achieved career RBI No. 1 to push the 'Noles' lead to 9-0.
The Rattlers finally dented the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh thanks to Melissa Oliphant's two-run homerun off Bullock.
Florida State will be back in action at the Seminole Softball Complex on Friday when it welcomes Gardner-Webb, Coastal Carolina and South Dakota State to town for the Seminole Classic.
FSU's first game will be at 12:15 against Coastal Carolina.
Florida State Softball
Florida State at Florida A&M
Feb 17, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (Ldy Rattlers Complex)
Florida State 9 (5-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
Shayla Jackson rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Robin Ahrberg c 3 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 0
Lauren Mullins pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jen Lapicki dp 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
Courtney Rosen ph/3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tory Haddad 1b 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1
Brittany Joseph pr/1b 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Briar Stanley ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Monica Montez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morgan Bullock ph/lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b/ss 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0
Allison Collins ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terese Gober p/dp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallory Borden lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 10 8 5 0 21 4 7
Florida A&M 2 (0-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
DONALDSON,Ja lf 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
DIXSON,Tenis cf 3 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 0
OLIPHANT,Mel 3b/p 3 1 1 2 0 2 1 3 0
WEST,Taylor 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0
GARCIA,Erika ss/3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
STEWART,Aria rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
VINCENT,Tara dp 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
CLARK,Shayla 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0
HAROLD,Joyce c/ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
REYES,Amanda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
HAROLD,Court dp/c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LINDSEY,Jenn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 24 2 3 2 0 15 21 14 1
Score by Innings R H E
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Florida State....... 200 202 3 - 9 10 0
Florida A&M......... 000 000 2 - 2 3 1
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E - WEST,Taylor. LOB - FS 7; FAMU 1. 2B - DIXSON,Tenis. 3B - Wynn, C. HR - Haddad, T; Brown, T; OLIPHANT,Mel.
SB - Stager, A; Brown, T; HAROLD,Joyce.
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sarah Hamilton W,2-1 2.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 0 31
Terese Gober 3.0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 1 48
Morgan Bullock 2.0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 8 1 3 38
Florida A&M ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
REYES,Amanda L,0-1 5.0 6 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 23 5 10 65
OLIPHANT,Mel 1.0 3 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 2 1 30
LINDSEY,Jenn 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1 2 25
Win - Hamilton, S (2-1). Loss - REYES,Amanda (0-1). Save - None.
PB - HAROLD,Joyce.
Inherited runners/scored: LINDSEY,Jenn 2/2.
Pitches/strikes: Hamilton, S 31/20; Gober, T 48/33; Bullock, M 38/26; REYES,Amanda 65/43; OLIPHANT,Mel 30/14; LINDSEY,Jenn 25/12.
Start: 6 p.m. Time: 2:19 Attendance: 250
No. 20 FSU Picks Up 2 Wins.
Florida State defeats Coastal Carolina 4-0 and then blasts South Dakota State with a 12-0 score to open Seminole Classic.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 20/23 Florida State softball team defeated Coastal Carolina and South Dakota State by a combined score of 16-0 Friday during the Seminole Classic at JoAnne Graf Field.
The Seminoles (6-1) defeated the Chanticleers 4-0 and then the Jackrabbits 12-0.
"The bats really came alive today," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "Every time you play a game you learn of new things to work on and then you can go out and practice them. I thought the pitching staff did a great job today."
Gober got the nod in the 'Noles opening game against Coastal Carolina and once again she was magnificent in the circle.
The McDonough, Ga. native pitched 6 and 2/3 of an inning and allowed no hits while striking out five and walking nobody in the shutout victory. With the win, Gober moved to 4-0 on the season.
South Dakota State was so baffled by the Seminole pitchers that it was held hitless.
Sarah Hamilton got the win in that ballgame, tossing four innings and striking out an amazing 12 batters with no hits and no walks. True freshman Morgan Bullock came on in the fourth and didn't allow anything of importance.
On the offensive end, sophomore Shayla Jackson, junior Kristie McConn and senior Tory Haddad all had an RBI against Coastal Carolina. Redshirt junior Robin Ahrberg continued to show no signs of rust after a shoulder injury cost her the 2009 season and bashed a home run in the game.
Ahrberg then kept it going in the second game by going 2-for-2 with three RBIs. True freshman Tiffani Brown also got in the multiple-RBI action with two scoring hits of her own.
Senior Carly Wynn, Jackson, juniors Jen Lapicki and Mallory Borden and seniors Ashley Stager and Monica Montez all had an RBI each in the second game.
In total, the 'Noles pounded nine hits against Coastal Carolina and 12 against South Dakota State.
"Today was a really good day for us," Wynn said. "We executed and played our game. It helps when you have pitchers that can out there and dominate like ours did."
Just like they did two nights prior against Florida A&M, the Seminoles got on the scoreboard in the first inning against the Chanticleers.
Wynn singled in the leadoff spot and then stole second base before advancing to third on the throw. Jackson's RBI then brought her home for an early 1-0 lead.
Junior Kristie McConn added a run to that in the bottom of the fourth when FSU's starting second baseman brought Stager to the plate from third base.
One pitch after Jackson was nabbed trying to steal second, Ahrberg blasted a dinger over the left field wall in the fifth to extend the 'Noles' lead to 3-0.
In the sixth, Haddad's RBI single sent Stager across the plate once again. Up, 4-0 at that point FSU wouldn't relinquish that lead as Gober retired two batters and Lauren Varsalona sent the final one to the dugout in the top of the seventh.
Against South Dakota State, Wynn once again accounted for a run to start the contest.
Wynn drew a walk and then stole second base before Jackson moved her to third base. Ahrberg's sacrifice fly to right field then plated the Seminoles' team captain for the 1-0 advantage.
And then the Seminoles went off in the second.
First Montez's RBI single plated Haddad and Brown's single then brought home Montez and McConn for a 4-0 score. Wynn's triple accounted for the next FSU run as her hit sent Brown home.
A Jackson RBI sent Wynn home and Stager did the same with Jackson for the 7-0 lead. The Seminoles then moved the score to 8-0 when Haddad reached first on a South Dakota State error and Ahrberg crossed home.
An inning later, Brown reached first base on a bunt and Jackson doubled to center field. Ahrberg then doubled to bring both of her teammates home. Lapicki was then able to reward Ahrberg when her RBI single sent her home for an 11-0 lead.
Borden's double off the center field wall was then good enough to score Britney Joseph in the fourth.
The Seminoles will play two games on Saturday; a game against Gardner-Webb at 12:15 and then another at 2:30. The second game's opponent will depend on Friday evening's Gardner-Webb vs. Coastal Carolina contest.
Florida State Softball
Coastal Carolina at #20 Florida State
Feb 19, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
Coastal Carolina 0 (2-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
BALLARD, Mecaela cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
MAPLES, Sarah 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
EVANS, Michelle 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
DAIGLE, Jazmin ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0
SNELLINGS, Stacy 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 2
STUART, Cass ph/1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WILLIAMS, Olivia dp 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
PICCIRILLO, Olivia c 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0
TORNATORE, Alyssa lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PISONE, Ashley rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FREDERICK, Ashley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 23 0 2 0 0 6 18 11 3
Florida State 4 (6-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Shayla Jackson rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jen Lapicki c 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2
Ashley Stager ss 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Tory Haddad 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0 7 0 0
Courtney Rosen pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Morgan Bullock lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Lauren Varsalona p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 4 9 4 3 1 21 6 6
Score by Innings R H E
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Coastal Carolina.... 000 000 0 - 0 2 3
Florida State....... 100 111 0 - 4 9 0
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E - MAPLES, S.; DAIGLE, J.; PICCIRILLO,O. DP - COASTAL 1. LOB - COASTAL 3; FS 6.
HR - Ahrberg, R. HBP - EVANS, M.. SB - Wynn, C. CS - Jackson, S; McConn, K.
Coastal Carolina ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
FREDERICK, Ashley L,1-1 6.0 9 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 25 28 6 8 98
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Terese Gober W,4-0 6.2 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 22 23 9 6 71
Lauren Varsalona 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
Win - Gober, T (4-0). Loss - FREDERICK, A (1-1). Save - None.
WP - FREDERICK, A. HBP - by Gober, T (EVANS, M.). Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: FREDERICK, A 98/65; Gober, T 71/54; Varsalona, L 5/4.
Umpires - HP: Duine Henry 1B: Craig Stone 3B: Ron Graham
Start: 12:13 Time: 1:46 Attendance: 133 Weather: Sunny and cool
Florida State Softball
South Dakota State at #20 Florida State
Feb 19, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
South Dakota State 0 (1-6)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Devon Reick cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Marlee Petersen 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
Ashley Durazo ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
Kelsey Lunn 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1
Dani Broshar c 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Morgan McCabe dp/p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Greta Stroh lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Andrea New rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1
Tina Winter 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Pam Nicholson p/pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 17 0 0 0 0 12 12 4 2
Florida State 12 (7-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lauren Mullins ph/cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Shayla Jackson rf 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp/c 2 2 2 3 0 0 3 2 0
Jen Lapicki c/dp 3 0 1 1 0 1 4 2 0
Ashley Stager ss 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Courtney Rosen ph/3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tory Haddad 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Brittany Joseph 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mallory Borden 2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Monica Montez lf 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Allison Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b/ss 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
Briar Stanley pr 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morgan Bullock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 12 12 11 2 2 15 8 4
Score by Innings R H E
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South Dakota State.. 000 00 - 0 0 2
Florida State....... 173 1X - 12 12 1
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E - K. Lunn; T. Winter; Joseph, B. LOB - SDSU 2; FS 4. 2B - Jackson, S; Ahrberg, R; Borden, M.
3B - Wynn, C. HBP - McConn, K. SF - Ahrberg, R. SB - Wynn, C.
South Dakota State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Pam Nicholson L 4.0 12 12 10 2 2 0 0 1 0 24 28 6 4 92
Morgan McCabe 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sarah Hamilton W,3-1 4.0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 13 13 0 1 52
Morgan Bullock 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 7
Win - Hamilton, S (3-1). Loss - P. Nicholson (). Save - None.
HBP - by P. Nicholson (McConn, K). PB - Ahrberg, R. Inherited runners/scored: M. McCabe 1/0.
Pitches/strikes: P. Nicholson 92/51; Hamilton, S 52/40; Bullock, M 7/5.
Umpires - HP: Leo Fleming 1B: Destini Robinson 3B: Lee Folsom
Start: 2:27 Time: 1:17 Attendance: 371 Weather: Sunny and cool
FSU Beats Gardner-Webb Twice.
No. 20/23 Florida State headed to Seminole Classic championship game on Sunday after 7-0 and 5-0 wins over Gardner-Webb.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 20/23 Florida State softball team will play in Sunday's Seminole Classic championship game after defeating Gardner-Webb twice on Saturday by scores of 7-0 and 5-0.
The Seminoles (9-1), who have now shutout their opponents in four-straight ballgames, will play the winner of Saturday evening's Coastal Carolina versus South Dakota State matchup.
"The kids are just out there having fun but also working very hard," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda. "After two good games Saturday we are excited to play in the championship game tomorrow."
Tiffani Brown put an end to a scoreless game in the bottom of the fourth inning of the 'Noles first game. FSU's freshman third baseman brought Courtney Rosen home with a clutch, two-out triple off the right-center wall.
Two innings later, Brown was once again the centerpiece of some Seminole scoring. After she delivered Kristie McConn to third base with a single up the middle, Carly Wynn's RBI single made it a 2-0 score.
Right fielder Shayla Jackson then made it 3-0 with a sacrifice fly to center field that plated Brown and designated player/catcher Robin Ahrberg's RBI single up the middle pushed the lead to 4-0 in favor of the 'Noles.
Once again, a hit up middle changed the scoreboard when senior Tory Haddad sent a shot right past the circle. Haddad's single plated junior Jen Lapicki and junior Ashley Stager. A Gardner-Webb fielding error then let Ahrberg race across home plate for a 7-0 lead for the home squad.
Haddad finished the game with a contest-best two RBIs. Wynn, Jackson, Ahrberg and Brown all batted one run in each.
Gober was nearly flawless in the circle as she remained undefeated on the young season. The senior hurler threw seven innings with just one hit and 11 strikeouts and no walks.
In the second game of the day - the first of tournament play - No. 1-seeded FSU got on the board first against No. 4-seeded Gardner-Webb in the bottom of the second.
Lapicki muscled the first pitch she saw over the left field wall for her first bomb as a Seminole after transferring from Tennessee.
"It felt good to hit it out," Lapicki said. "We work hard in practice every day finding our spots. We hit the ball well out there."
In the fifth inning, Ahrberg connected for an RBI single that sent Jackson to third and Wynn home. A batter later, Lapicki added to her run total a line drive up the middle to score Jackson and Ahrberg and give Florida State a 4-0 advantage.
Lapicki was able to get safely home on a passed ball later that inning, which made the score 5-0.
For the game, Lapicki led all players with three RBIs and Ahrberg had one of her own.
Junior Sarah Hamilton got the win thanks to a dominating performance. The Tallahassee native went all seven innings, striking out 11 of the 22 batters she faced and gave up just two hits and no walks.
With the win, Hamilton improved her record to 3-1 on the year.
Florida State Softball
Gardner-Webb at #20 Florida State
Feb 20, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
Gardner-Webb 0
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
HARRELL, Melody ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
ARROWOOD, Jordyn 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1
FULLWOOD, Christa 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
BAKER, Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1
WARD, Mandy c 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
MORENUS, McKenzie dp 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
MONTGOMERY, Kelly rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
WITTER, Kelsey lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
SAVAGE, Jane cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
MURRAY, Christine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 23 0 1 0 0 11 18 4 3
Florida State 7 (8-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
Shayla Jackson rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jen Lapicki c 3 1 3 0 1 0 13 0 0
Morgan Bullock pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
Tory Haddad 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 5
Courtney Rosen pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Monica Montez lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 11 6 4 0 21 1 10
Score by Innings R H E
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Gardner-Webb........ 000 000 0 - 0 1 2
Florida State....... 000 106 X - 7 11 2
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E - ARROWOOD, J.; BAKER, M.; Brown, T 2. LOB - GWU 3; FS 10. 3B - Brown, T.
HBP - MONTGOMERY,K. SH - McConn, K; Montez, M. SB - Wynn, C.
Gardner-Webb ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
MURRAY, Christine L 6.0 11 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 29 35 12 6 83
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Terese Gober W,5-0 7.0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 0 23 24 9 0 116
Win - Gober, T (5-0). Loss - MURRAY, C. (). Save - None.
HBP - by Gober, T (MONTGOMERY,K). Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: MURRAY, C. 83/55; Gober, T 116/86.
Umpires - HP: Duine Henry 1B: Craig Stone 3B: Leo Fleming
Start: 12:14 Time: 1:51 Attendance: 307 Weather: Sunny and cool
Florida State Softball
Gardner-Webb at #20 Florida State
Feb 20, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
Gardner-Webb 0
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
HARRELL, Melody ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
ARROWOOD, Jordyn 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
FULLWOOD, Christa 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 9 0 0
BAKER, Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
WARD, Mandy dp 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MORENUS, McKenzie c 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0
MONTGOMERY, Kelly rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
WITTER, Kelsey lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0
SAVAGE, Jane cf 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
MILLIGAN, Jessica p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
WESSON, Presley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 0 2 0 0 11 18 9 1
Florida State 5 (9-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp/c 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0
Jen Lapicki c/dp 3 2 2 3 0 0 10 0 0
Briar Stanley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ashley Stager ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Courtney Rosen 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tory Haddad 1b 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Brittany Joseph pr/1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mallory Borden ph/2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Tiffani Brown 3b/ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Morgan Bullock lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 28 5 11 4 3 3 21 1 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Gardner-Webb........ 000 000 0 - 0 2 0
Florida State....... 010 040 X - 5 11 0
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DP - FS 1. LOB - GWU 1; FS 8. HR - Lapicki, J. SB - ARROWOOD, J.; Jackson, S; Lapicki, J; Stager, A; Brown, T.
CS - Bullock, M.
Gardner-Webb ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
MILLIGAN, Jessica L 4.0 10 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 22 4 7 56
WESSON, Presley 2.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 7 9 2 1 32
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sarah Hamilton W,3-1 7.0 2 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 22 22 8 1 74
Win - Hamilton, S (3-1). Loss - MILLIGAN, J. (). Save - None.
PB - MORENUS, M.. Inherited runners/scored: WESSON, P. 1/1.
Pitches/strikes: MILLIGAN, J. 56/33; WESSON, P. 32/16; Hamilton, S 74/58.
Umpires - HP: Ernie Campbell 1B: Ron Graham 3B: Destini Robinson
Start: 3:25 Time: 1:29 Attendance: 221 Weather: Sunny and cool
Seminole Classic Champs!
No. 20/23 FSU beats South Dakota State, 6-0, to earn tournament title on Sunday afternoon.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 20/23 Florida State softball team defeated South Dakota State, 6-0, Sunday afternoon to win the Seminole Classic at JoAnne Graf Field.
In doing so, the Seminoles (10-1) earned their fifth-straight shutout, 10th win in a row and propelled themselves into two weeks in a row of games away from home.
"I think it's nice to round out the weekend this way," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "We talked last night about scoring earlier in the game and we did that today. We are excited now about the challenge of getting out on the road and facing some very good competition."
Senior Terese Gober got her sixth victory of the year by pitching two no-hit innings to start the game. In that span she struck out three of the six batters she faced and didn't anyone before being replaced by junior Sarah Hamilton in the third.
Hamilton wound up pitching three scoreless innings, giving up three hits and a walk but striking out five batters.
Junior Lauren Varsalona replaced her classmate in the fifth inning and finished the ballgame with two innings of hitless work.
Senior Tory Haddad led the way for the Seminoles in the batter's box. The talented first baseman capped off her second weekend as a Florida State softball player with three RBIs.
Redshirt junior Robin Ahrberg, freshman Morgan Bullock and freshman Tiffani Brown also had RBIs for an FSU team that left just three runners on base and registered eight hits.
"The whole pitching staff had a really good weekend overall," Gober said. "A lot of different people got to play and make some things on both offense and defense."
As mentioned by Alameda, Florida State got things started right off the bat on Sunday.
Senior center fielder Carly Wynn turned a routine double into a sliding triple as she burned around the bases in the bottom of the first. Two batters later, Ahrberg's single sent her home for an early 1-0 FSU lead.
Junior Jen Lapicki came up next and reached base on a fielder's choice right before junior Ashley Stager hit a single to get two runners on.
Haddad then pummeled a pitch sky-high over the left field wall for three RBIs and a 4-0 score. The impressive display of power was Haddad's second home run of the year after connecting for a similar one against Florida A&M.
While Haddad repeated what she did against the Rattlers, Brown repeated what she had done throughout the duration of the Seminole Classic in the fourth inning. After Morgan Bullock replaced Monica Montez as a pinch runner at first base and stole second, Brown sent an RBI single to center field to push the score to 5-0.
Over the course of the three days, Brown got a hit in each contest and belted in a combined five RBIs.
Bullock then got an RBI of her own in the sixth inning when her laser up the middle sent Mallory Borden home. Borden had reach second base after an error in the field by South Dakota State.
Next up for the 'Noles is their second road game of the year. FSU travels to play at Jacksonville on Feb. 24 at 5:30 p.m.
Florida State Softball
South Dakota State at #20 Florida State
Feb 21, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Feield)
South Dakota State 0 (3-7)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Devon Reick cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Marlee Petersen 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0
Ashley Durazo ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0
Kelsey Lunn 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0
Dani Broshar c 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Morgan McCabe dp 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Greta Stroh lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tina Winter 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
Andrea New rf 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Kori Seidlitz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 23 0 3 0 1 8 18 10 3
Florida State 6 (11-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Shayla Jackson rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp/c 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jen Lapicki c/dp 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
Tory Haddad 1b 3 1 1 3 0 0 8 0 0
Brittany Joseph 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallory Borden 2b 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Monica Montez lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Morgan Bullock pr/lf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0
Courtney Rosen ph/3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lauren Varsalona p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 6 8 6 1 1 21 10 3
Score by Innings R H E
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South Dakota State.. 000 000 0 - 0 3 1
Florida State....... 400 101 X - 6 8 0
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E - G. Stroh. DP - SDSU 1; FS 1. LOB - SDSU 3; FS 3. 3B - Wynn, C. HR - Haddad, T.
SB - Ahrberg, R; Bullock, M.
South Dakota State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Kori Seidlitz L,2-4 6.0 8 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 26 27 6 10 95
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Terese Gober W,6-0 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 2 22
Sarah Hamilton 3.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 11 12 2 1 51
Lauren Varsalona 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 6 18
Win - Gober, T (6-0). Loss - K. Seidlitz (2-4). Save - None.
Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: K. Seidlitz 95/59; Gober, T 22/16; Hamilton, S 51/35; Varsalona, L 18/13.
Umpires - HP: Ron Graham 1B: Duine Henry 3B: Earnest Campbell
Start: 11:26 am Time: 1:30 Attendance: 213 Weather: Sunny and cool
FSU Blanks The Dolphins, 8-0.
No. 18/22 Florida State softball team earns sixth shutout in a row as the Seminoles take down Jacksonville on the road.
JACKSONVILLE, FL - Dodging rain drops all evening, the No. 18/22 Florida State softball team extended its winning streak to 11 games with an 8-0 victory over Jacksonville University.
The win - which occurred in a game that was called in the sixth inning due to deteriorating field conditions - also marks the sixth contest in a row in which the Seminoles' (11-1) impressive pitching staff held its opponent scoreless.
"We did really well tonight," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "The pitchers really hit their spots out there. The weather wasn't ideal but we practice situations with adversity and I was pleased with the way we handled the situation."
Hamilton picked up her fifth win of the season in three innings of work. The Tallahassee native gave up just one hit and struck out five. She only walked one Dolphins (7-2) batter.
Senior Terese Gober replaced her in the fourth and struck all six batters that she saw.
On the offensive side, team captain Carly Wynn paced the scoring onslaught with four RBIs on 2-for-4 hitting. Sophomore Shayla Jackson, senior Tory Haddad and junior Mallory Borden all had one RBI each for an FSU team that went 8-for-22 at the plate.
Florida State scored in the first inning for the ninth time this season as Jackson crossed home plate during Robin Ahrberg's second-base steal attempt.
FSU's 1-0 advantage was then in jeopardy in the bottom of the second when the Dolphins loaded the bases with just one out.
Showing her poise, Hamilton didn't let the jam and a steady rainfall affect the scoreboard. The reigning ACC Pitcher of the Year escaped the inning without giving up any runs, forcing a pop-out and getting a strike out to retire JU.
In the third, FSU got two runners on base once again...and once again, got some runs out of it.
A sacrifice fly was all the 'Noles needed as Jackson plated Morgan Bullock and advanced Tiffani Brown to third for a 2-0 Seminole lead before the inning came to a close.
Florida State juiced the bases in the fourth inning as Borden came to the plate in place of Bullock. Playing in her hometown, Borden crushed a fly ball to deep center that brought Courtney Rosen in from third and pushed Kristie McConn to second and Ashley Stager to third.
After Brown got on base to reload the bases, Wynn sent a double screeching to left center on a full count. The impressive display of hitting emptied the bases and extended the lead to 6-0.
That lead then got padded even further in the fifth thanks to back-to-back two-out doubles.
First Stager got on with a two-baser and then Haddad sent her home with one of her own. The hit marked Haddad's 11th RBI of the season as she pushed the game to 7-0.
FSU got its eighth run in the sixth when Wynn's triple sent Borden home.
The Seminoles will next be in action on Friday as they open up tournament play at the NFCA Leadoff Classic. FSU will play against Illinois at 1:30 p.m. and then Southern Illinois at 6:30 p.m. before games on Saturday and Sunday.
Florida State Softball
#18 Florida State at Jacksonville
Feb 24, 2010 at Jacksonville, Fla. (JU Softball Complex)
Florida State 8 (11-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Allison Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp/c 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1
Briar Stanley ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jen Lapicki c/dp 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0
Courtney Rosen pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
Tory Haddad 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Brittany Joseph pr/1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Morgan Bullock lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Mallory Borden ph/lf 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 8 5 7 6 2 15 1 5
Jacksonville 0 (7-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
OUELLET, Kayla cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0
KELLY, Katie dp 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
SCHMIDT, Amanda ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
KLINE, Olivia 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 0
EVEN, Lauren pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SIMON, Sarah c 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
DON, Annike 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
MCKEON, Kelly rf/3b 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
MORALES, Melissa 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MORA Ashley ph/rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
ENGLER, Katarina lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
SHAVERS, Kayla ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
IVESON, Ashley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
SIGREST, Sarah p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 16 0 1 0 1 11 17 8 3
Score by Innings R H E
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Florida State....... 101 411 - 8 5 0
Jacksonville........ 000 00X - 0 1 3
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Note: 2 outs, 2 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - KLINE, O.(3); MCKEON, K.(1); MORALES, M.(2). LOB - FS 5; JU 3. 2B - Wynn, C(5); Stager, A(2); Haddad, T(2).
3B - Wynn, C(4). HBP - DON, A.. SF - Jackson, S(2); Borden, M(1). SB - Bullock, M(6); EVEN, L.(3). CS - Ahrberg, R(1).
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sarah Hamilton W,4-1 3.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 10 12 3 1 56
Terese Gober 2.0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 29
Jacksonville ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
IVESON, Ashley L,2-2 3.0 1 4 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 8 14 3 3 67
SIGREST, Sarah 2.2 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 16 4 3 70
Win - Hamilton, S (4-1). Loss - IVESON, A. (2-2). Save - None.
HBP - by Hamilton, S (DON, A.). Inherited runners/scored: SIGREST, S. 2/2.
Pitches/strikes: Hamilton, S 56/31; Gober, T 29/20; IVESON, A. 67/31; SIGREST, S. 70/42.
Umpires - HP: Darell Hulligner 1B: Mike Bush
Start: 5:47 pm Time: 2:06 Attendance: 523
Game notes: Game called early due to field conditions w/2 outs in the top of the 6th. Game is official.
No. 18 FSU Splits 2 Friday.
Seminoles softball team falls to Illinois, 4-3, and then pounds Southern Illinois, 9-1, at the NFCA Leadoff Classic.
COLUMBUS, GA - The No.18/22 Florida State fell by a score of 4-3 to Illinois and then demolished Southern Illinois, 9-1, in the first day of the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Columbus, Ga.
The loss to the Illini marked the end to FSU's (12-2) 11-game win streak and signaled the conclusion of a run of six-straight shutouts. The Seminoles' run-rule triumph over Southern Illinois was their fifth mercy-rule game of the year.
"I thought today was two well-fought ballgames," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "Granted we went 1-1 but even when you lose you have to make sure that you compete at the highest level and we did that here today."
Senior Terese Gober got the loss and the win Friday as she gave up the game-winning homerun against Illinois after replacing Sarah Hamilton. She was able to quickly shake it off, though, and was masterful in her 4 2/3 innings of work against Southern Illinois.
Against the Salukis, Gober allowed just two hits and rung up six batters before being replaced by Lauren Varsalona. In the matchup with the Illini, Hamilton went six innings and struck out 10. She left the ballgame with a 3-3 score so therefore did not have to take the loss.
Sophomore Shayla Jackson, senior Tory Haddad and freshman Morgan Bullock all got RBIs in the early loss. Jackson then added to her run total later in the day with two RBIs against Southern Illinois.
Jackson was a perfect 3-for-3 in the evening game.
Redshirt junior Robin Ahrberg was the team leader with three RBIs in that win. Junior Jen Lapicki had two and Haddad and junior Allison Collins had one RBI each.
"To see the runs tonight in the later game is encouraging," Alameda said. "We had people getting into the box and getting hits and that is good momentum heading into two more tough games tomorrow."
The Seminoles were able to jam the bases in the bottom of the first against Southern Illinois.
But an over-the-head catch by Southern Illinois' Alicia Garza on Haddad's soft fly ball to shallow right field ended the inning and kept it scoreless.
Jackson put the 'Noles on the board in the second inning after freshman Tiffani Brown and senior Carly Wynn had reached base. Her single sent Brown home and then one pitch later Ahrberg connected for a standup double off the right-center wall.
The two-base shot scored speedsters Jackson and Wynn and extended the FSU advantage to 3-0.
The Salukis had Gober on the ropes in the top half of the third after putting runners on the corners with just one out. FSU's starting hurler struck out the next batter but gave up a walk that loaded the bags.
A batter later, Southern Illinois' Allie Hanson took it to a full count but Gober struck her out looking to get out of the inning without a scratch. Unhappy with the call, SIU head coach Kerri Blaylock was then ejected after a confrontation with the umpire.
If she had been around to see it, Blaylock likely would not have liked what happened next as Haddad jumped all over the first pitch she saw in the bottom part of the third.
The homerun blast marked Haddad's third of the season and was followed by a bases-loaded situation for Jackson. With junior Kristie McConn, Brown and Wynn all on base, Jackson earned her second RBI of the night with a nice hit to shallow left field that plated McConn.
With the bases still juiced, Ahrberg then drew a walk that sent Brown home and pushed Florida State's lead to 6-0.
The 'Noles then jumped out to an 8-0 score when Jackson and Wynn scored from second and third, respectively, due to an error in the field by Southern Illinois.
A bases-loaded walk drawn by Collins made the score 9-0.
Brown got the first hit of the Illinois game in the top of the third when her well-placed bunt moved Monica Montez to second and got her safely on base.
Unfortunately for the 'Noles, two runners on wouldn't be enough to update the scoreboard.
All that changed in the fourth inning, though when Bullock came to the plate. With one out, FSU's true freshman outfielder/pitcher hit a bases-loaded blooper to left field that scored Courtney Rosen from third base.
FSU's 1-0 lead grew in the fifth when Haddad got Jackson home on an RBI single. Jackson, who had reached because of an Illinois fielding error, raced around the bases and slid home to just barely beat the throw from the outfield.
Jackson then got an RBI of her own in the top of the sixth. After Brown flew around the bases on a triple down the right line, Jackson dropped a hit just over the third baseman to make the score 3-0.
Hamilton's perfect game then fell apart in the bottom half of the sixth.
First Illinois broke up her no-hitter with back-to-back infield singles. Then Hope Howell cranked a pitch over the right-center wall to tie the game at three runs apiece.
Gober replaced Hamilton in the seventh inning looking to send it into extra innings. But the Illini didn't let that happen as Gober gave up her first homerun of the year as Jessica Davis nailed the game-ending blast just over Wynn's outstretched glove.
The walk-off dinger gave Gober her first loss of the season after she started 6-0.
The Seminoles will continue with their third game of the NFCA Leadoff Classic on Saturday at 11 a.m. against Mississippi Valley State. FSU then plays later in the day against Hofstra at 6:30 p.m.
Florida State Softball
#18 Florida State vs Illinois
Feb 26, 2010 at Columbus, Ga. (South Commons)
Florida State 3 (11-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Shayla Jackson rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jen Lapicki c 3 0 1 0 1 0 11 1 0
Courtney Rosen pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2
Tory Haddad 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b/pr 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1
Mallory Borden ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monica Montez lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Morgan Bullock pr/lf 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Tiffani Brown 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 9 3 7 4 19 4 13
Illinois 4 (10-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Zymkowitz, Danielle 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0
Howell, Hope lf 3 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 0
Pinchback, Hollie rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gallien, Audrey c 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0
Hackett, Meredith 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 0
Davis, Jessica ss 3 1 1 1 0 1 5 2 0
Wedel, Kelley 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1
Conrad, Ashley cf 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Vaji, Danielle dp 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Perry, Monica p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gay, Pepper p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 23 4 4 4 1 11 21 10 1
Score by Innings R H E
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Florida State....... 000 111 0 - 3 9 0
Illinois............ 000 003 1 - 4 4 2
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Note: 1 out, 0 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - Davis, J.; Wedel, K.. LOB - FS 13; ILL 1. 3B - Brown, T. HR - Howell, H.; Davis, J.. CS - Jackson, S.
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sarah Hamilton 6.0 3 3 3 1 10 0 0 0 0 21 22 4 4 50
Terese Gober L,6-1 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 7
Illinois ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Perry, Monica 5.1 8 3 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 24 29 5 7 72
Gay, Pepper W,4-0 1.2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 8 0 3 20
Win - Gay, P. (4-0). Loss - Gober, T (6-1). Save - None.
PB - Gallien, A.. Inherited runners/scored: Gay, P. 1/0.
Pitches/strikes: Hamilton, S 50/36; Gober, T 7/6; Perry, M. 72/42; Gay, P. 20/10.
Umpires - HP: Craig Hyde 1B: Scott Thomas 3B: Rachel Palmer
Start: 1:30 Time: 2:34 Attendance: 174 Weather: Sunny and cool
Florida State Softball
Southern Illinois vs #18 Florida State
Feb 26, 2010 at Columbus, Ga. (South Commons)
Southern Illinois 1 (9-3)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
GORMAN, Haley ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
BARCHAN, Morgan rf 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
GARZA, Alicia 2b 2 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 0
HANSON, Allie dp 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5
KENNEDY, Courtney pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WEISSINGER, Natalee 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
HELD, Chelsea cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
WILSON, Katie lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JUNKER, Alicia 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
TRAPANI, Cristina c 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
EBSTEIN, Jenene pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GLOSSON, Danielle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LANG, Brittney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 17 1 3 1 4 7 12 4 6
Florida State 9 (12-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mallory Borden ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp/c 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0
Allison Collins ph 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Jen Lapicki c/dp 1 0 0 2 1 0 7 0 0
Briar Stanley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ashley Stager ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2
Tory Haddad 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 5
Brittany Joseph 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0
Morgan Bullock lf 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Courtney Rosen ph/3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Lauren Varsalona p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 20 9 7 9 9 2 15 5 10
Score by Innings R H E
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Southern Illinois... 000 01 - 1 3 2
Florida State....... 035 1X - 9 7 0
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E - WEISSINGER; GLOSSON. LOB - SIU 6; FS 10. 2B - Ahrberg, R. HR - Haddad, T. HBP - Lapicki, J.
SH - WEISSINGER; Bullock, M. SB - Brown, T.
Southern Illinois ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
GLOSSON, Danielle L,5-2 2.1 6 8 5 6 2 1 0 1 0 13 21 3 2 72
LANG, Brittney 1.2 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 3 2 32
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Terese Gober W,7-1 4.2 2 1 1 3 6 1 0 0 0 15 19 3 5 84
Lauren Varsalona 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 21
Win - Gober, T (7-1). Loss - GLOSSON (5-2). Save - None.
WP - GLOSSON; Gober, T. HBP - by GLOSSON (Lapicki, J). Inherited runners/scored: LANG 3/2; Varsalona, L 1/1.
Pitches/strikes: GLOSSON 72/36; LANG 32/13; Gober, T 84/49; Varsalona, L 21/11.
Umpires - HP: Renee Williams 1B: Chris Nabors 3B: Keith Kearney
Start: 6:23 pm Time: 1:53 Attendance: 112 Weather: Clear and cool
Hamilton Tosses No-Hitter.
Junior Sarah Hamilton throws no-hitter against Hofstra to cap off two-win day for No. 18 FSU softball team.
COLUMBUS, GA - Junior Sarah Hamilton threw a no-hitter Saturday and the No. 18/22 Florida State softball team earned wins over Mississippi Valley State and Hofstra at day two of the NFCA Leadoff Classic.
A day after bashing out nine runs in a run-rule win over Southern Illinois, the Seminoles (14-2) took down Mississippi Valley State, 8-3, in a morning matchup and then beat up Hofstra, 8-0, in the nightcap behind Hamilton's performance.
The Pride had entered the night undefeated in three prior games at the Classic.
"It was a nice way to come back tonight after we left some runners on base this morning," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "We corrected that in the second game and we got a total team effort out there. There was a lot of energy in the dugout and we are happy to pick up these two wins tonight."
Senior Terese Gober earned the win in the early game, going seven innings and giving up just two earned runs on five hits. She also struck out nine batters and didn't walk anyone.
On offense, junior Ashley Stager's grand slam was good enough for a contest-best four RBIs. Seniors Monica Montez and Carly Wynn and junior Mallory Borden contributed an RBI apiece in the win. Stager and junior Kristie McConn were 2-of-3 on the day.
Against Hofstra, Hamilton looked every bit the part of a defending conference pitcher of the year.
The Tallahassee native tossed the fourth no-hitter of her career against the Pride and first of the season for FSU. In five innings of work she only walked three batters and struck out seven for her sixth win of the year.
She is now in sole possession of third place on FSU's career list of no-hitters, behind just Casey Hunter (five) and Jessica van der Linden (nine).
Wynn and redshirt junior Robin Ahrberg paced the scoring attack with two RBIs each. Borden, Montez, Stager and junior Jen Lapicki all had one RBI.
"It felt awesome tonight," Hamilton said. "We played really great defense and it makes it that much easier to throw well you know the girls behind you are going to make plays. And our offense did well, too, so that helps take the pressure off when you can build five-run leads."
While Hamilton was the star of the second game, Stager was certainly the star of the Seminoles' first one.
After Wynn walked, sophomore Shayla Jackson drilled a double and senior Tory Haddad walked, Stager picked the perfect time to connect for a grand slam. Her screaming shot over the left field fence gave the 'Noles an early 4-0 lead.
The four-run bomb was Florida State's first grand slam since Kaleigh Rafter earned one last April against Virginia.
Mississippi Valley State got two of those runs back an inning later, though, when Wilson smacked a two-run dinger to the same place as Stager's shot.
Montez returned the favor in the second inning with a solo blast that marked her first home run of the 2010 season and her first since her freshman year to push the lead to 5-2.
FSU threatened to add to that total in bottom of the third with runners on second and third and just one out. But freshman Tiffani Brown struck out swinging and Wynn grounded out to the second baseman.
The same situation occurred in the fourth inning but with two outs Haddad couldn't bring Ahrberg and Stager in from third and second, respectively.
Wynn was then able to put an end to the scoreless drought in the fifth inning. With Brown on second base after the speedy freshman had stolen a base, Wynn sent her home with a timely double down the left line.
Lapicki got the Seminoles seventh run of the ballgame when she teamed with Stager on the double steal. Stager took off for second from first and at the very same time Lapicki sprinted home to make it 7-2 in favor of FSU.
After Haddad drew a walk to get on base with Stager, Borden pinch hit for McConn and blooped a single to shallow right field. The hit plated Stager and moved Haddad to third for an 8-2 score before Mississippi Valley State added one more run.
Just like she did earlier in the day, Stager batted in the first run of the ballgame in FSU's evening contest with Hofstra.
Her single down the left line scored Jackson - who had reached base on a Pride fielding error - from second base and gave the Seminoles a 1-0 lead.
Wynn added to that total in the top of the third with a solo homerun that flew over the left field wall. The shot was her first of the season and the 15th of her stellar career.
Back-to-back singles from Jackson and Lapicki then put runners at first and second. Then a fielding error by Hofstra delivered Stager to first base and jammed up the bases.
One pitch later, Montez connected for a single up the middle that scored Jackson and kept the bases loaded with just one out. Borden then pinch hit for McConn and drew an RBI walk that pushed it to a 4-0 ballgame.
Ahrberg, who didn't start the game because she was feeling under the weather, shook it off and bullied a two-RBI single while pinch hitting for freshman Morgan Bullock a few minutes later. The ball sailed to shallow center field and propelled Stager and Montez home for the 6-0 advantage.
Brown then walked to reload the bases and Wynn stepped to the plate for the second time in the inning.
And FSU's three-time team captain almost made a little magic.
With two-and-two count, the Sharpsburg, Ga. native smashed what looked to be a possible grand slam but it was caught just in front of the center field wall. Still, the high fly-ball was able to bring Borden in and extend the 'Noles lead to 7-0.
Florida State packed the bases n the top of the fifth as Brown, Wynn and Jackson all watched Lapicki step into the box with just one out.
A full count later, Lapicki drove a sacrifice fly to deep center field that scored Brown and officially made it a mercy-rule game depending on what Hofstra did in the bottom half of the innng.
FSU finishes off its trip to Columbus with a 12:30 p.m. showdown with Kent State on Sunday.
Florida State Softball
Miss. Valley St. vs #18 Florida State
Feb 27, 2010 at Columbus, Ga. (South Commons)
Miss. Valley St. 3
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
WADE,Angelica 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
HARRIS,Rachelle 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0
ROBERTSON,Alexandria c 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
WALLACE,Ta'Niya lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
WILSON,Jasmine dp 3 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
HOBBS,Ashley 1b 3 1 2 0 0 0 7 0 0
JONES,Angelia ss 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 1
RANDLE,Shanika cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
DAVIS,Cortney rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
SPIVEY,Kimberly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FRANKLIN,Brittany J. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 5 3 0 9 18 9 2
Florida State 8 (13-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
Shayla Jackson rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1
Robin Ahrberg dp 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jen Lapicki c 3 2 0 0 1 0 9 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 3 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 3
Tory Haddad 1b 2 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 2
Brittany Joseph pr/1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mallory Borden ph/2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Monica Montez lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Morgan Bullock pr/lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 29 8 10 7 7 5 21 5 10
Score by Innings R H E
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Miss. Valley St..... 020 000 1 - 3 5 3
Florida State....... 410 012 X - 8 10 1
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E - WADE,A.; HARRIS,R.; JONES,A.; Borden, M. DP - MVSU 2. LOB - MVSU 2; FS 10. 2B - HOBBS,A.; Wynn, C 2; Jackson, S.
HR - WILSON,J.; Stager, A; Montez, M. SB - Lapicki, J; Stager, A; Borden, M; Brown, T 2.
Miss. Valley St. ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
SPIVEY,Kimberly L 1.0 4 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 8 1 0 29
FRANKLIN,Brittany J. 5.0 6 3 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 23 28 2 8 97
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Terese Gober W,8-1 7.0 5 3 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 26 26 7 5 113
Win - Gober, T (8-1). Loss - SPIVEY,K. (). Save - None.
PB - ROBERTSON,A.. Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: SPIVEY,K. 29/16; FRANKLIN,B. 97/50; Gober, T 113/77.
Umpires - HP: Constantinidis 1B: Mangrum 3B: Kurnat
Start: 11:00 am Time: 2:04 Attendance: 137 Weather: Overcast and cold
Florida State Softball
#18 Florida State vs Hofstra
Feb 27, 2010 at Columbus, Ga. (R.G. Jones Field)
Florida State 8 (14-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jen Lapicki c 4 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 0
Tory Haddad 1b 2 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0
Brittany Joseph pr/1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Ashley Stager ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0
Monica Montez lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Kristie McConn 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallory Borden ph/2b 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Morgan Bullock dp/pr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg ph 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 27 8 10 8 3 2 15 5 8
Hofstra 0
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Root, Kris cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2
DePasquale, Michele 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Michalowski, Sara 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Novatin, Christie dp 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Galati, Olivia p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Osovski, Nicole p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Valentino, Laura c 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Crews, Courtney c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Hirschbuhl, Jess 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 1
Dreslinski, Trisha ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Thorn, Krista ph/ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ziemba, Tessa rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Lavagnino, Michelle lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Totals 16 0 0 0 3 7 15 4 4
Score by Innings R H E
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Florida State....... 106 010 - 8 10 1
Hofstra............. 000 00X - 0 0 2
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E - McConn, K; Galati 2. LOB - FS 8; HOFSTRA 4. HR - Wynn, C. HBP - Wynn, C.
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sarah Hamilton W,6-1 5.0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 16 19 3 5 75
Hofstra ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Galati, Olivia L 4.0 8 7 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 22 25 7 3 111
Osovski, Nicole 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 2 1 19
Win - Hamilton, S (6-1). Loss - Galati (). Save - None.
HBP - by Osovski (Wynn, C). Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: Hamilton, S 75/41; Galati 111/80; Osovski 19/12.
Umpires - HP: Clark 1B: Carden 3B: Drumm
Start: 6:31 pm Time: 2:03 Attendance: 161 Weather: Clear and cool
FSU Clobbers Kent State, 6-0.
No. 18/22 Seminoles softball team gets win on Sunday; finishes 4-1 at NFCA Leadoff Classic.
COLUMBUS, GA - Seniors Carly Wynn and Tory Haddad both homered and the 18th-ranked Florida State softball team clobbered Kent State, 6-0, Sunday afternoon.
The win concludes the trip to Columbus, Ga. for a Seminoles (15-2) team that went 4-1 over the course of the three-day NFCA Leadoff Classic.
"I was very pleased with how we played this weekend," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "We dropped that first game but we came back and closed it out strong. The pitching was excellent and the bats got going for us."
Sarah Hamilton got the call in the circle against KSU less than 24 hours after her no-hit performance versus Hofstra the night before.
The junior standout was on fire once again, earning her seventh victory of the season. She pitched a complete game and allowed just one hit. She struck out an impressive 14 batters, which was good enough for her season best.
As mentioned, Haddad and Wynn led the way on offense. Both had a homerun and both had two RBIs. Sophomore Shayla Jackson also continued her torrid start to the 2010 season with two RBIs of her own.
Florida State left just six batters on base.
Wynn began the game with a bang by hammering her second solo homerun in as many days. FSU's leadoff hitter crushed the fourth pitch she saw on 2-1 count that went sailing over the right-center fence for a 1-0 lead in the bottom half of the first inning.
Wynn continued a weekend of fantastic play two innings later when she led off the third with a triple down the left field line.
Jackson's slow roller to second base then got Wynn home as she sprinted from third and dove around the catcher and tapped home plate for a highlight-reel score.
Up 2-0, Jen Lapicki and Mallory Borden drew walks to load the bases but Kent State got out of the inning as Monica Montez went down swinging on a full count.
Redshirt junior Robin Ahrberg beat out a throw from shortstop in the fifth inning to get on base for Haddad.
A few pitches later, Haddad forced a ball out of the ballpark for her team-high fourth homerun of the season that also brought Ahrberg in.
In the bottom of the sixth, Wynn punched a double to left field that plated Courtney Rosen and extended the 'Noles' lead to 5-0.
Wynn then had the chance to cross the plate as Jackson registered her second RBI of the day with a timely single.
FSU will be on the road once again this coming week. The Seminoles will leave Wednesday and head south to take part in a tournament at Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton.
The 'Noles first game in south Florida is March 5 at 4 p.m. against Eastern Michigan.
Florida State Softball
Kent State vs #18 Florida State
Feb 28, 2010 at Columbus, Ga. (South Commons)
Kent State 0
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
ARCHUAL, Leah cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
GRIMES, Lauren lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1
CINADR, Beth rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0
CHANCE, Sara pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CARMICHAEL, Jessica 3b 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1
HEIN, Ashlee dp 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
FINCHUM, Holly dp 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BLANTON, Jessica c 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0
ABERNATHY, Danielle ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HAIR, Amy 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2
HOLT, Mary ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
DUHON, Heather 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
REYNOLDS, Kylie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 24 0 1 0 1 14 18 4 4
Florida State 6 (15-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp/c 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
Allison Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jen Lapicki c/dp 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 0
Tory Haddad 1b 2 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 0
Brittany Joseph 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallory Borden 2b 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
Monica Montez lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Morgan Bullock ph/lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
Courtney Rosen ph 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 6 8 6 3 4 21 4 6
Score by Innings R H E
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Kent State.......... 000 000 0 - 0 1 1
Florida State....... 101 022 X - 6 8 2
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E - HOLT; Lapicki, J; Stager, A. LOB - KENT 4; FS 6. 2B - Wynn, C. 3B - Wynn, C.
HR - Wynn, C; Haddad, T. HBP - Rosen, C. SB - DUHON, H.. CS - Stager, A.
Kent State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
REYNOLDS, Kylie L 6.0 8 6 6 3 4 1 0 1 0 26 30 9 3 97
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sarah Hamilton W,7-1 7.0 1 0 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 24 25 4 4 82
Win - Hamilton, S (7-1). Loss - REYNOLDS, K. (). Save - None.
WP - REYNOLDS, K.. HBP - by REYNOLDS, K. (Rosen, C). Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: REYNOLDS, K. 97/59; Hamilton, S 82/62.
Umpires - HP: Scott Thomas 1B: Patty Constantinidis 3B: Renee Williams
Start: 12:29 pm Time: 1:50 Attendance: 113 Weather: Sunny and cool
No. 18 FSU Beats EMU and FAU.
Florida State softball team run-rules Eastern Michigan, 8-0, and then defeats Florida Atlantic, 6-3, to start the FAU Miken Classic in Boca Raton, Fla.
BOCA RATON, FL - The No. 18 Florida State softball team began play at the FAU Miken Classic Friday in Boca Raton, Fla. with an 8-0 victory over Eastern Michigan and a 6-3 triumph over host-school Florida Atlantic.
In both contests, FSU (17-2) - as has been its calling card all season - utilized precision pitching and timely hitting to secure wins.
Sarah Hamilton, who was named to the NFCA Leadoff Classic All-Tournament last weekend behind two no-hit performances, earned her eighth consecutive victory of the year against the Eagles.
FSU's junior ace tossed five complete innings and allowed just three hits with no runs. She struck out eight batters and walked two.
Against a talented Owls squad, senior Terese Gober went the distance for her ninth win. Despite four FSU fielding errors, Gober allowed just three runs and struck out six batters.
Mallory Borden's three RBIs paced the offensive effort against Eastern Michigan and Jen Lapicki had two of her own. Carly Wynn, Robin Ahrberg and Monica Montez all batted in a run as well against the Eagles.
In the night game against Florida Atlantic, Ahrberg and Lapicki had two RBIs apiece. Tory Haddad and Montez had the other two RBIs for an FSU team that pounded 10 hits.
"We swung the bats really well today," Alameda said. "We have some things we need to clean up defensively but I am confident we can do that moving forward. In the second game we were able to answer when they scored. It was a fun day."
In the EMU game, Wynn got on base for FSU in the bottom of the first with a single to left field. The ball was misplaced by the left fielder and Wynn raced to second before advancing to third on Jackson's ground out.
A batter later, Lapicki plated the contest's first run with an RBI double to center field.
Lapicki then advanced to third on a wild pitch and Ahrberg smacked the very next pitch down the left-field line that sent her home for a 2-0 lead.
The 'Noles added another run in the second to make it 3-0 thanks to Wynn. With Montez on second base, FSU's senior leader batted her home with sliding triple off the left field wall.
Two scoreless innings later, Wynn was once again in the middle of some Seminole scoring.
First the Sharpsburg, Ga. native reached first base with a nifty bunt single. Then, after stealing second, she raced home behind on Lapicki's second RBI of the day, which occurred on a single to center field.
Ahrberg reached on a fielder's choice, Haddad's walk and Stager's bunt single then juiced the bases for Montez. The Corona, Calif. native drew a walk to make it 5-0 and Borden's pinch-hit triple cleared the bases and consequently ended the game due to the mercy rule.
Against the Owls, FSU got on the board in the third innings behind some nifty play in the infield.
Brown's pure speed and bunt placement got her on base with a single first. Then Wynn reached on a hard-hit infield single.
After both players were moved to second and third by Jackson, Lapicki got her third RBI of the day when her hard shot to the second baseman plated Brown, who dashed home and dove around the would-be tag for a 1-0 advantage.
That one-run lead then changed to two on the first pitch of the fourth inning.
The reason? Haddad decided to blast her team-high fifth homerun of the year that may still be flying over the left field wall.
Florida Atlantic got a run in the fourth on an inside-the-park homerun and then put Gober in a jam in the fifth.
With runners on third and second and just one out, Gober got a strike out before a walk crowded the bases. She was able to escape, though, as Stager caught a pop-up for the final to preserve a 2-1 lead.
Ahrberg's double that slammed off the center field wall started the sixth inning. After Ahrberg was replaced on the base paths by Courtney Rosen, Haddad was then able to get on base with a walk.
Joseph then replaced her at first and Stager's sacrifice bunt moved her and Rosen to second and third, respectively. Montez then smacked a single through the right side that scored Joseph to make it a 3-1 ballgame.
Wynn's double and Jackson's single got two runners on in the seventh before Lapicki once again was responsible for updating the scoreboard. Her single sent Wynn home and Jackson to third before Ahrberg stepped to the plate.
The 'Noles lead jumped to 6-1 when Ahrberg blasted a three-run shot over an FAU logo on the left field wall.
"We are getting great production from across the lineup," Alameda said. "We have a lot of consistency and it's coming from different spots. That's key for any good ball club. You have to have one through nine (in the lineup) working."
The Owls were able to cut into that with a two-run seventh before a Brown to Haddad defensive play ended the game.
Florida State Softball
Eastern Michigan vs Florida State
Mar 05, 2010 at Boca Raton, FL (FAU Stadium)
Eastern Michigan 0 (4-5)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
RICHARDS lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2
DELAPAZ 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 0
SCHERER, J. cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
SKODINSKI ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
RUSS dp 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
GERBER c 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
BLAHARSKI pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SCHERER, A. 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
COQUILLARD 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
PATTERSON rf 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
IGNOWSKI p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 17 0 3 0 2 8 14 9 6
Florida State 8 (16-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jen Lapicki c 3 1 2 2 0 0 9 1 0
Robin Ahrberg dp 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tory Haddad 1b 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Monica Montez lf 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Mallory Borden ph 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 8 9 8 3 1 15 3 4
Score by Innings R H E
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Eastern Michigan.... 000 00 - 0 3 1
Florida State....... 210 05 - 8 9 0
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Note: 2 outs, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.
E - RICHARDS. LOB - EMU 6; FSU 4. 2B - SKODINSKI; Lapicki, J; McConn, K. 3B - Wynn, C; Borden, M.
HBP - SCHERER, A.. SH - SCHERER, A.; McConn, K. SB - DELAPAZ; SCHERER, A.; Wynn, C.
Eastern Michigan ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
IGNOWSKI L 4.2 9 8 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 22 26 4 9
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
Sarah Hamilton W,8-1 5.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 0 1 0 17 21 3 1
Win - Hamilton, S (8-1). Loss - IGNOWSKI (). Save - None.
WP - IGNOWSKI. HBP - by Hamilton, S (SCHERER, A.). Inherited runners/scored: None.
Umpires - HP: Riggan 1B: Wallach 3B: Finch
Start: 4:00 pm Time: 1:17 Weather: 65 and sunny
Florida State Softball
#18 Florida State at Florida Atlantic
Mar 05, 2010 at Boca Raton, FL (FAU Stadium)
Florida State 6 (17-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jen Lapicki c 4 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 1
Robin Ahrberg dp 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
Courtney Rosen pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tory Haddad 1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 9 0 0
Brittany Joseph pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Monica Montez lf 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 5 2
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 31 6 10 6 1 5 21 8 6
Florida Atlantic 3 (7-8)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Myers, J cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austin, K. rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Croney, K. c 3 1 2 3 1 0 5 0 0
Bodenmiller ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5
Gressley, R. p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
Fawbush, T. 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
Walker, B lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Parmerter, A 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Barton, A. ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jones, A. dp 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fernandez, D 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
Totals 30 3 6 3 1 6 21 11 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Florida State....... 001 101 3 - 6 10 4
Florida Atlantic.... 000 100 2 - 3 6 0
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E - Wynn, C; Stager, A 2; Brown, T. LOB - FSU 6; FAU 7. 2B - Wynn, C; Ahrberg, R; Croney, K..
HR - Ahrberg, R; Haddad, T; Croney, K.. SH - Stager, A. SB - Myers, J.
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Terese Gober W,9-1 7.0 6 3 3 1 6 2 0 0 0 30 31 7 8 60
Florida Atlantic ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Gressley, R. L,5-3 7.0 10 6 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 31 33 2 14 93
Win - Gober, T (9-1). Loss - Gressley, R. (5-3). Save - None.
WP - Gober, T 2. PB - Lapicki, J; Croney, K.. Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: Gober, T 60/42; Gressley, R. 93/65.
Umpires - HP: Dunbar 1B: Finch 3B: Oliver
Start: 6:00 pm Time: 2:02
Hamilton Shines For FSU.
Florida State softball team earns victories over Connecticut and Michigan State thanks to Sarah Hamilton stellar showing in the circle.
BOCA RATON, FL - A day of terrific pitching by Sarah Hamilton helped the No. 18 Florida State softball team stay undefeated at the FAU Miken Classic in Boca Raton, Fla.
Hamilton picked up a tough save and then tossed a two-hitter in FSU's (19-2) victories over Connecticut and Michigan State Saturday on the campus of Florida Atlantic University.
After coming on in the seventh in a high-pressure situation to stave off pesky UConn by a score of 5-4 earlier in the day, the Tallahassee native allowed just two hits - both of which occurred in the final inning - in the 'Noles' 3-1 win over MSU.
The save was Hamilton's first and the triumph was her ninth of the season.
"I thought Sarah had a great day," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said about the ACC's reigning Pitcher of the Year. "It's always a bummer to have a no-hitter broken up in the seventh inning but Michigan State swings the bats real well and she did a good job all day keeping them down."
Offensively, Tory Haddad had two RBIs and Tiffani Brown had one for FSU. The Seminoles had just five hits against the Spartans.
Senior Terese Gober moved to 10-1 on the season against Connecticut, pitching six innings and allowing four runs. She struck out eight batters and walked three before being replaced by Hamilton in the final inning.
Carly Wynn, Brown, Jen Lapicki and Kristie McConn each had an RBI. Jackson, who has hit safely in every game but two this season, was 3-for-4 on the day.
Lapicki garnered her fifth RBI of the weekend when her single scored Jackson from third base in the top of the third inning against UConn. Jackson had reached base with a triple to right field.
UConn nearly got that run back and then some but Gober and the Seminoles were able to avoid some heavy Huskies damage in the bottom of the third. With the bases loaded and just one out, an Ashley Stager-Brown double play consequently ended the inning and kept the game at 1-0.
Stager then reached base in the next inning with a single up the middle. One batter later, McConn pushed the lead to 3-0 with a two-run homerun over the left-center wall. The shot was McConn's first of the year and third of her three-year collegiate career.
The Huskies finally got on the board in the fifth inning, scoring one run on back-to-back two-out hits.
A half-inning later, Brown plated Morgan Bullock with a two-out single to make it a 4-1 ballgame. Wynn was able to reward Brown for her clutch hitting by sending her home a few minutes later. On the play, Wynn punished a ball to deep center field for an RBI double.
The two-baser was Wynn's team-best 10th of the season.
But a 5-1 lead quickly evaporated in the bottom of the seventh as Connecticut scored two runs with no outs before Gober was replaced by Hamilton with runners on second and third.
Hamilton forced the first batter she faced into a five-three put-out but a run came across to cut FSU's lead to just 5-4. She then followed that up with a magnificent play in which she fielded a grounder and threw the runner from third out at home for the second out.
Hamilton then nabbed the save of the year by striking out the final batter and preserving the 5-4 win.
The 'Noles got two runners in scoring position in the bottom of the first against Michigan State and Haddad made sure the team had something to show for it.
Standing in the box with a one-one count, Haddad bashed a double to right field that plated Jackson and Robin Ahrberg for a 2-0 lead.
After Monica Montez and Stager reached base in the bottom of the fourth, Brown came to the plate and nailed an RBI single to center field. The hit sent Bullock, who pinch-ran for Montez, all the way home from second for a 3-0 score.
It appeared as though Hamilton would toss her third no-hitter of the season but a homerun in the seventh by Michigan State's Lindsey Hanson changed that.
The Seminoles continue play at the FAU Miken Classic against Miami (Oh) on Sunday at 9 a.m.
Florida State Softball
#18 Florida State vs Connecticut
Mar 06, 2010 at Boca Raton, FL (FAU Stadium)
Florida State 5 (18-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
Shayla Jackson rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jen Lapicki c/dp 4 0 2 1 0 0 7 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp/c 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2
Tory Haddad 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1
Ashley Stager ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0
Courtney Rosen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
Mallory Borden 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morgan Bullock lf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 32 5 12 4 0 3 21 6 7
Connecticut 4 (1-6)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
TOWERS 2b 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0
DUCLOS rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
DELUCA 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0
VAUGHAN dp 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BRENNEMAN pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GUCHES 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 5
MARTIN c 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0
SILVA lf 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
ARREMONY ss 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0
WARD cf 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 1
APPER ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
SULLIVAN p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
ADELMAN p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 29 4 8 3 3 9 21 9 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Florida State....... 001 202 0 - 5 12 2
Connecticut......... 000 010 3 - 4 8 1
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E - McConn, K; Brown, T; TOWERS. DP - FSU 1. LOB - FSU 7; UCONN 7. 2B - Wynn, C 2; TOWERS; DUCLOS; ARREMONY.
3B - Jackson, S. HR - McConn, K. HBP - Stager, A. SB - McConn, K; Bullock, M. CS - Rosen, C.
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
Terese Gober W,10-1 6.0 8 4 3 3 8 1 0 0 0 26 29 5 4
Sarah Hamilton S,1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2
Connecticut ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
SULLIVAN 4.0 8 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 19 7 3
ADELMAN L 3.0 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 13 14 3 3
Win - Gober, T (10-1). Loss - ADELMAN (). Save - Hamilton, S (1).
WP - Gober, T. HBP - by ADELMAN (Stager, A). Inherited runners/scored: Hamilton, S 2/1.
Umpires - HP: Wallach 1B: Riggan 3B: Dunbar
Start: 9 a.m. Time: 2:04 Attendance: Weather: 55 cool
Florida State Softball
Michigan State vs Florida State
Mar 06, 2010 at Boca Raton, FL (FAU Stadium)
Michigan State 1 (3-10)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Hopkins, K. rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Hansen, L. ss 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0
Bracamonte, cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
Williams, B. c 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0
Grant, A. lf/dp 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
O'Bryant, J. 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1
Ramsaier, J. 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1
Purtzer, H. 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 0
Padilla, L. dp/lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Confer, K. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 23 1 2 1 1 14 18 11 2
Florida State 3 (19-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Shayla Jackson rf 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jen Lapicki c 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tory Haddad 1b 3 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Monica Montez lf 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Morgan Bullock pr/lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 20 3 5 3 3 1 21 3 4
Score by Innings R H E
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Michigan State...... 000 000 1 - 1 2 0
Florida State....... 200 100 X - 3 5 0
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DP - MSU 1. LOB - MSU 2; FSU 4. 2B - Grant, A.; Haddad, T. HR - Hansen, L.. HBP - Stager, A. SH - Stager, A.
SB - Wynn, C; Jackson, S.
Michigan State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
Confer, K. L,0-3 6.0 5 3 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 20 25 8 7
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
Sarah Hamilton W,9-1 7.0 2 1 1 1 14 1 0 0 0 23 24 4 4
Win - Hamilton, S (9-1). Loss - Confer, K. (0-3). Save - None.
WP - Hamilton, S. HBP - by Confer, K. (Stager, A). PB - Williams, B..
Inherited runners/scored: None.
Umpires - HP: Riggan 1B: Finch 3B: Wallach
Start: 11:30 am Time: 1:36 Weather: 60 sunny
Best Start Since '93 For FSU.
Seminole softball team moves to 20-2 on the year with a 4-0 victory over the Redhawks at the FAU Miken Classic.
BOCA RATON, FL - The 18th-ranked Florida State softball is off to its best start since the 1993 season after defeating Miami (Oh), 4-0, Sunday at the FAU Miken Classic.
The Seminoles are now 20-2 on the year as the outcome against the Redhawks keeps them perfect in Boca Raton, Fla.
"We have worked really hard to put ourselves in a good position going into ACC play," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "I think we are prepared in all avenues. We have been challenged. We have been up big and we have had to come back in ballgames. We have mixed pitchers and tweaked some things and we are confident as we move forward."
Sarah Hamilton picked up her 10th win of the season by tossing four innings of four-hit softball. She struck out eight of the 15 batters she saw and didn't walk anyone.
Senior Terese Gober pitched 2 2/3 innings and gave up just one hit with two strikeouts and Junior Lauren Varsalona pitched the game's final out.
Offensively, sophomore Shayla Jackson led the way with two RBIs. She was aided by an RBI each from redshirt junior Robin Ahrberg and freshman Tiffani Brown. The Seminoles had 11 hits.
"Mallory Borden made some great plays in the outfield and the bats came alive," Alameda said. "We hit the ball at the right time and strung some hits together. I thought Sarah and Terese pitched a good ballgame today, too. That one-two punch was nice."
The 'Noles jumped out to an early 1-0 lead with two outs in the first inning.
After Jen Lapicki drew a walk, Ahrberg bounced a double off the left field wall that sent her home.
FSU then put runners on first and second in the top of the fourth inning as Kristie McConn doubled and Ashley Stager reached on an error. Brown then stepped to the plate and hit a shot up the middle that plated McConn for a 2-0 score.
Jackson got her two RBIs in the top of the sixth.
Stager drew a walk to start the inning and was then moved to second by a nice sacrifice bunt from Brown. After Carly Wynn singled and advanced to second on the throw, Brown slapped a single to right-center field that made it a 4-0 game.
FSU now has Monday off before taking on Michigan State on Tuesday at 2 p.m. before returning home.
Florida State Softball
Florida State vs Miami
Mar 07, 2010 at Boca Raton, FL (FAU Stadium)
Florida State 4 (20-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3
Shayla Jackson rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Jen Lapicki c 3 1 2 0 1 1 10 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Courtney Rosen pr/ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tory Haddad 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1
Brittany Joseph pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallory Borden lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 3
Ashley Stager ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Briar Stanley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Lauren Varsalona p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 30 4 11 4 6 4 21 5 12
Miami 0 (5-5)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
MCELROY rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MAWN 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
BILLSTROM ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 3
RUSSETTE cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0
ZAPPIA pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TILLETT 1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 2
MCGIVNEY c 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 0
SHEFFIELD dp 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
OSBURN ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOGL lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
TORRES 3b 3 0 2 0 0 1 4 1 0
LINCH p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
LUGO p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 0 6 0 0 10 21 11 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Florida State....... 100 102 0 - 4 11 0
Miami............... 000 000 0 - 0 6 1
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E - TORRES. DP - MIAMI 1. LOB - FSU 12; MIAMI 7. 2B - Ahrberg, R; McConn, K; HOGL. HBP - MCELROY.
SH - Brown, T; MCELROY. CS - Brown, T.
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
Sarah Hamilton W,10-1 4.0 4 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 15 16 3 1
Terese Gober 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 9 10 3 3
Lauren Varsalona 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1
Miami ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
LINCH L 5.1 9 4 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 23 29 6 7
LUGO 1.2 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 7 8 2 0
Win - Hamilton, S (10-1). Loss - LINCH (). Save - None.
WP - LUGO. HBP - by Gober, T (MCELROY). PB - MCGIVNEY.
Inherited runners/scored: LUGO 1/0.
Umpires - HP: Oliver 1B: Jones 3B: Riggan
Start: 9 a.m. Time: 11:14 Weather: 50s and sunny
No. 16 FSU Beats MSU, 7-0.
Florida State softball team goes 6-0 over course of five days in Boca Raton, Fla. following Tuesday's win over the Spartans.
BOCA RATON, FL - The No. 16 Florida State softball team defeated Michigan State, 7-0, Tuesday afternoon at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla.
With the win, the Seminoles (21-2) cap off an impressive five days on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in which they went a perfect 6-0.
"Overall I am very pleased with how we played down here," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said Tuesday. "Sarah Hamilton and Terese Gober really did well in the circle and we swung the bats well. We now have to get focused on opening conference play this weekend."
Before FSU welcomes ACC foe North Carolina to Tallahassee this weekend, Hamilton pitched another gem on Tuesday against the Spartans.
The Tallahassee native won her 11th-straight game for the 'Noles, tossing six innings and allowing just three hits. She struck out 10 batters. Gober replaced her in the final inning and struck out one without giving up a hit.
Offensively, FSU pounded out 12 hits. Jen Lapicki, Carly Wynn, Shayla Jackson, Tory Haddad and Robin Ahrberg all had an RBI. Kristie McConn was 2-of-3 from the plate.
Florida State put two runs on the board in the first inning to build an early lead.
Wynn started the game with a walk and then Jackson - with the help of a Michigan State throwing error - sent her home with a single. A batter later, Ahrberg's sacrifice fly plated Jackson.
After Jackson got on base again in the third, Lapicki pushed it to a 3-0 score with her double off the left field wall.
The Spartans threatened that lead in the bottom half of the inning by loading the bases with two outs. Always calm in the circle, Hamilton got out of the jam without damage as she forced a ground out to third base.
MSU may not have put any runners across but the 'Noles did just a few minutes later.
This time it was Wynn as her double down the left-field line gave FSU a 4-0 advantage when McConn scampered from second all the way home.
In the sixth, Tiffani Brown and Wynn singled to put runners on the corners and Jackson once again found a way to change the scoreboard. Her slow-rolling hit down the right line forced her out but it was enough to push Brown home from third and Wynn to second.
Haddad's double then plated Wynn to make the score 6-0 and force a Spartans pitching change.
Ashley Stager's RBI single up the middle then scored McConn in the seventh for a 7-0 lead.
After back-to-back tournaments on the road, the Seminoles now return home to open conference play against North Carolina on Saturday.
Florida State Softball
#16 Florida State vs Michigan State
Mar 09, 2010 at Boca Raton, Fla. (FAU Stadium)
Florida State 7 (23-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
Shayla Jackson rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp/c 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Tory Haddad 1b 3 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 0
Brittany Joseph pr/1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jen Lapicki c/dp 4 0 2 1 0 0 7 1 1
Mallory Borden lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3
Morgan Bullock pr/lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 4 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 12 6 5 1 21 5 9
Michigan State 0 (7-12)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Hansen, L. ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Bracamonte, cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Hopkins, K. rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
O'Bryant, J. 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1
Lamb, K. pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grant, A. lf/ph 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Fox, K. lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Kramer, L. p/ph 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1
Wise, S. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Williams, B. c 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
Bensema, M. dp 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Padilla, L. dp/lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ramsaier, J. 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
Confer, K. ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Purtzer, H. 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
Totals 23 0 3 0 1 9 21 10 6
Score by Innings R H E
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Florida State....... 201 102 1 - 7 12 1
Michigan State...... 000 000 0 - 0 3 1
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E - Joseph, B; Hopkins, K.. LOB - FS 9; MSU 6. 2B - Wynn, C; Haddad, T; Lapicki, J; McConn, K.
HBP - Hansen, L.. SH - Stager, A; Bracamonte,; Hopkins, K.. SB - Bullock, M; Brown, T. CS - Bullock, M.
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sarah Hamilton W,11-1 6.0 3 0 0 1 8 1 0 1 0 20 24 5 5 86
Terese Gober 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 4
Michigan State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Kramer, L. L 5.2 10 6 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 26 31 7 9 108
Wise, S. 1.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 2 1 27
Win - Hamilton, S (11-1). Loss - Kramer, L. (). Save - None.
WP - Hamilton, S; Kramer, L.. HBP - by Hamilton, S (Hansen, L.). PB - Williams, B..
Inherited runners/scored: Wise, S. 1/0.
Pitches/strikes: Hamilton, S 86/56; Gober, T 4/4; Kramer, L. 108/68; Wise, S. 27/15.
Umpires - HP: Tom Dolan 3B: Ed Whipple
Start: 1:57 p.m Time: 1:55 Attendance: 111 Weather: Overcast and warm
FSU Splits 2 With UNC Saturday.
Florida State softball team falls in extra innings, 5-0, before Jen Lapicki's final-inning, game-winning double gives the Seminoles a 2-1 win later in the day.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 16 Florida State softball team kicked off its Atlantic Coast Conference schedule by splitting two games with No. 18 North Carolina Saturday at the Seminole Softball Complex.
FSU (22-3, 1-1 ACC) dropped the first of two games on the day as the Tar Heels (17-5, 1-1) rode the hot pitching of starter Danielle Spaulding and then exploded in the top of the eighth for a 5-0 win.
In the second game, junior Jen Lapicki made sure the Seminoles wouldn't fall to 0-2 in conference play as she smacked the game-winning double in the bottom of the seventh to give the 'Noles a 2-1 triumph.
"We knew it was going to be a dogfight coming in," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda sad. "This was going to be an opportunity to see where we are at against a ranked team with a great pitcher in Danielle Spaulding. She definitely dished us a great ballgame but we came back in the second game and made adjustments and got after it.
"That was great to see."
Senior Terese Gober earned her 11th win by tossing seven innings with no runs, six strikeouts and just one walk. The McDonough, Ga. native allowed just three hits.
As for junior Sarah Hamilton, she lost a game for just the second time all season to start the day. Hamilton pitched 7 and 2/3 innings, giving up a season-high 10 hits while striking out eight Carolina batters. She also walked five.
In the second game of the double header, FSU was able to load the bases in the second after UNC jumped out to a 1-0 lead. Unfortunately for the 'Noles, the three runners on would be left stranded.
In the fifth, the Seminoles once again jammed the bags with three runners.
This time, there were no outs as Shayla Jackson stepped to the plate. FSU's starting right fielder reached on a fielder's choice and Ashley Stager was thrown out at home on a very close call. A batter later, there was no question as Tiffani Brown was forced out at the plate and Lapicki reached base.
With two outs, the 'Noles couldn't push any runs across and the score remained 1-0 in favor of the visitors.
The bottom of the seventh proved to be the half inning that mattered, though.
Brown got on base first and then Carly Wynn outran a sacrifice bunt to reach first. After Jackson's perfect sacrifice bunt moved Brown and Wynn to third and second, respectively, Lapicki launched what would be the game-winning hit to the outfield that sent both home.
"It definitely was an exciting feel, especially after starting the day off with a loss," Lapicki said about her first game-winner as a Seminole after transferring from Tennessee. "We just kept fighting and we are a team that battles from start to finish and we just work to always have each other's backs.
"It was definitely one of the best feelings I have had out here."
Lapicki's two RBIs paced the Seminoles offensively while seven of the nine FSU batters all registered a hit.
In the 5-0 defeat earlier in the day, Wynn led the way by going 3-for-4. Jackson and Tory Haddad registered the other two hits for an FSU team that struggled against North Carolina pitcher Danielle Spaulding.
In that game, UNC put a runner in scoring position for the first time all day in the top of the fifth. With two outs and Tar Heels at third and second, Hamilton was able to prevent any damage as she forced a Kristie McConn-Haddad ground out.
The Tar Heels did the same in the seventh as they put two runners on with two outs. But once again, Hamilton escaped unscathed as she forced a pop-out to Haddad.
The top of the eighth was a different story.
After Hamilton hit a batter, the first runs of the ballgame came across the plate when Brittany McKinney crushed her first home run of the year. The long ball made it a 2-0 game before Spaulding brought in a few more with a two-RBI single.
Another Tar Heel run pushed their lead to 5-0 before Lauren Varsalona replaced Hamilton in the circle.
FSU matches up with UNC one more time on Sunday. The two will tussle at noon on JoAnne Graf Field.
"We are going to get to see Danielle (Spaulding) again tomorrow," Alameda said. "We have to rise to the occasion and make some adjustments against her."
Florida State Softball
#18 North Carolina at #16 Florida State
Mar 13, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
North Carolina 5 (17-4,1-0)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Christine Knauer ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dani Manko cf 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
Danielle Spaulding p 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0
Tisha Mahon pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anna Roberts rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4
Brittany Robinson 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 4
Constance Orr dp/1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Haleigh Dickey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ally Blake c 2 1 1 0 1 0 10 1 0
Elisha Elliott pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brittany McKinney 1b/dp 3 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
Kelsey Green 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 4
Stephanie Murad ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kelli Wheeler lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5 5 8 24 3 12
Florida State 0 (21-3,0-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0
Jen Lapicki c 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 3
Robin Ahrberg dp 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tory Haddad 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 2
Courtney Rosen pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mallory Borden lf 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Ashley Stager ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lauren Varsalona p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 5 0 2 9 24 7 6
Score by Innings R H E
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North Carolina...... 000 000 05 - 5 10 0
Florida State....... 000 000 00 - 0 5 1
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E - Hamilton, S. LOB - NC 12; FS 6. 2B - Wynn, C. HR - McKinney. HBP - Blake. SH - Manko.
SB - Mahon; Wynn, C. CS - Wynn, C.
North Carolina ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Danielle Spaulding W,8-2 8.0 5 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 28 30 12 2 123
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sarah Hamilton L,11-2 7.2 10 5 5 5 8 1 0 1 0 33 40 8 7 147
Lauren Varsalona 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4
Win - Spaulding (8-2). Loss - Hamilton, S (11-2). Save - None.
WP - Hamilton, S. HBP - by Hamilton, S (Blake). Inherited runners/scored: Varsalona, L 2/0.
Pitches/strikes: Spaulding 123/77; Hamilton, S 147/94; Varsalona, L 4/2.
Umpires - HP: James Colzie 1B: Diane Kendall 3B: Mike Bush
Start: 12:58 Time: 2:26 Attendance: 381 Weather: Sunny and cool
Florida State Softball
#18 North Carolina at #16 Florida State
Mar 13, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
North Carolina 1 (17-5,1-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Christine Knauer ss 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 2
Dani Manko cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Danielle Spaulding 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0
Anna Roberts rf 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Brittany Robinson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Brittany McKinney c 3 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0
Ally Blake dp 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tisha Mahon pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelli Wheeler lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Kelsey Green 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Amber Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 24 1 3 1 1 6 19 8 5
Florida State 2 (22-3,1-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Jen Lapicki c 3 0 1 2 0 0 6 0 0
Tory Haddad 1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 4
Robin Ahrberg dp 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 0
Monica Montez lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 27 2 7 2 1 7 21 10 9
Score by Innings R H E
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North Carolina...... 100 000 0 - 1 3 2
Florida State....... 000 000 2 - 2 7 0
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Note: 1 out, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.
E - Robinson 2. LOB - NC 5; FS 9. 2B - Lapicki, J; McConn, K. HBP - Knauer; Green; Lapicki, J.
SH - Jackson, S. SB - Knauer; Lapicki, J.
North Carolina ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Amber Johnson L,9-3 6.1 7 2 2 1 7 0 0 1 0 27 30 4 8 101
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Terese Gober W,11-1 7.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 0 2 0 24 27 5 10 87
Win - Gober, T (11-1). Loss - Johnson (9-3). Save - None.
HBP - by Gober, T (Knauer); by Gober, T (Green); by Johnson (Lapicki, J).
Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: Johnson 101/64; Gober, T 87/62.
Umpires - HP: Diane Kendall 1B: Mike Bush 3B: James Colzie
Start: 4 p.m. Time: 1:47 Attendance: 302 Weather: Sunny and cool
FSU Falls To UNC In Extras.
Hard-fought ballgame goes in North Carolina's favor as the Florida State softball team falls for just the fourth time all season on Sunday afternoon at home.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 16 Florida State softball team fell in 11 innings, 5-4, to No. 18 North Carolina Sunday afternoon at JoAnne Graf Field.
The Seminoles (22-4, 1-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) had tied the game at 4-4 thanks to a three-run sixth inning but the Tar Heels (18-5, 2-1) jumped back on top in the top of the 11th and FSU was unable to avoid its fourth loss of the year.
"Obviously we aren't happy with a loss and with the fact that we are now 1-2 in the ACC," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda. "But we were very pleased with the fight we showed all weekend. North Carolina's Danielle Spaulding is very good at what she does and we never gave up against her. We had the chance to learn a lot about ourselves over the weekend and we will just move forward now."
While Spaulding got the win for UNC Sunday, senior Terese Gober got the loss for the n'Noles in the circle. Gober moved to 11-2 on the season, pitching seven innings against Carolina and allowing four runs on five hits.
She had three strikeouts and two walks.
Junior Sarah Hamilton also pitched four innings and gave up three hits with three strikeouts and two walks.
On offense, Tory Haddad cranked her sixth homerun of the season and Jen Lapicki had three RBIs.
North Carolina had eight hits and Florida State had six.
"We had some chances out there but we couldn't push some runs across with two outs," senior Carly Wynn said. "We just have to keep working on that and get ready for the next game."
North Carolina didn't waste any time changing the scoreboard in the northeast corner of JoAnne Graf Field.
With two runners on, Ally Blake connected for a three-run blast over the centerfield wall to make it 3-0.
Haddad's solo blast over the left field wall then trimmed the deficit to 3-1 an inning later.
FSU may not have scored in the third, fourth or fifth innings but a little excitement in the sixth.
First Ashley Stager drew a walk and then reached second base on a failed pickoff attempt. Then, Tiffani Brown struck out but scampered to first on a passed ball and Stager dashed to third. A batter later, Lapicki crushed a three-run home run for a 4-3 Seminole lead.
The Tar Heels put runners on first and second in the top of the seventh as Spaulding came to the plate with two outs. Carolina's ace pitcher delivered, driving home the game-tying run with a single to left field.
Hamilton then finished off the inning with a strikeout thus keeping the score at 4-4.
In the bottom half of the seventh, Kristie McConn got plunked with two outs to put a runner on. Shayla Jackson then singled but the Seminoles couldn't avoid extra innings as McConn was tagged out at third on Stager's grounder.
Stager may have gotten the final out in the seventh but in the eighth she just may have saved the game. With a runner on second base and two outs, her miraculous grab of a line drive prevented what would have likely been an RBI single by Kelli Wheeler.
UNC threatened in the top of the 10th inning with two runners in scoring position but Gober struck out Brittany Robinson.
After FSU was unable to score despite jamming the bases with two outs in the bottom of the 10th, Carolina's Wheeler broke the deadlocked score with a homerun to right field.
Florida State returns to action Tuesday night with a doubleheader against Florida International.
Florida State Softball
#18 North Carolina at #16 Florida State
Mar 14, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
North Carolina 5 (18-5,2-1)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Christine Knauer ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 0
Dani Manko cf 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
Danielle Spaulding p/1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 0
Elisha Elliott pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amber Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Paige Williams pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cara Vitale 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
Anna Roberts rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
Ally Blake c 3 1 2 3 1 0 8 0 0
Chelsey Butler pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brittany McKinney dp 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brittany Robinson 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Kelli Wheeler lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 1
Stephanie Murad ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kelsey Green 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
Haleigh Dickey ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tisha Mahon pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Constance Orr 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Totals 40 5 8 5 4 6 33 12 10
Florida State 4 (22-4,1-2)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 5 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 0
Jen Lapicki c 5 1 1 3 0 1 6 0 3
Robin Ahrberg dp 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tory Haddad 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 11 2 0
Courtney Rosen pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monica Montez lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Morgan Bullock pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
Mallory Borden ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ashley Stager ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 4 3 2
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 41 4 6 4 2 8 33 13 7
Score by Innings R H E
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North Carolina...... 300 000 100 01 - 5 8 1
Florida State....... 010 003 000 00 - 4 6 1
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E - Vitale; McConn, K. LOB - NC 10; FS 7. 2B - Manko. HR - Blake; Wheeler; Lapicki, J; Haddad, T.
HBP - Spaulding; McConn, K. SH - Blake; McKinney. Reached on CI - Knauer.
North Carolina ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Danielle Spaulding 5.2 2 4 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 20 21 6 4 84
Amber Johnson W,10-3 5.1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 23 6 10 67
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Terese Gober L,11-2 7.0 5 4 4 2 3 1 0 1 0 25 31 9 9 124
Sarah Hamilton 4.0 3 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 15 17 4 5 72
Win - Johnson (10-3). Loss - Gober, T (11-2). Save - None.
WP - Gober, T. HBP - by Johnson (McConn, K); by Gober, T (Spaulding). PB - Blake. CI - Lapicki, J.
Inherited runners/scored: Spaulding 2/0; Gober, T 1/0.
Pitches/strikes: Spaulding 84/51; Johnson 67/44; Gober, T 124/81; Hamilton, S 72/45.
Umpires - HP: Mike Bush 1B: James Colzie 3B: Diane Kendall
Start: 11:55 am Time: 3:23 Attendance: 389 Weather: Clear and cool
FSU Dominates In Doubleheader.
No. 19 Seminole softball team beats FIU twice Tuesday night at home by scores of 8-3 and 7-2.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 19 Florida State softball team defeated Florida International two times Tuesday evening on JoAnne Graf Field.
The Seminoles (24-4) won game one by a score of 8-3 and then followed that with a 7-2 victory over the Golden Panthers (18-5).
"I was really pleased with both games tonight," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "We got production and help from the entire dugout, which is good to see. Everybody contributed to the wins from top to bottom. It was good to see some relief for (Sarah) Hamilton and Terese (Gober).
"Dale (Townsend), Morgan (Bullock) and Lauren (Varsalona) did a great job coming in there to pitch."
In the first game, Hamilton pitched three full innings for her 12th win of the season. In her brief amount of work, the junior standout struck out four and walked just one while giving up three hits and two runs.
Varsalona also pitched three full innings; her season high. She allowed one hit and posted two strike outs before being replaced by Bullock in the final inning.
Offensively, Monica Montez tied her career high with three RBIs on 2-of-3 hitting. Brown, who posted a game-high three hits, added an RBI and Jen Lapicki, Tory Haddad and Courtney Rosen all batted in a run each.
Carly Wynn registered a game-high three runs, which tied her career high. The Seminoles cracked 10 hits in total.
In the second game, Gober improved to 12-2 by pitching four innings and allowing four hits and one run with six strikeouts.
Townsend then made her first appearance as a Seminole. The true freshman from Live Oak, Fla. was impressive in the circle, tossing three innings and allowing just two hits and one run.
She also struck out three FIU batters.
Shayla Jackson and Lapicki led the 'Noles on offense, pounding two RBIs apiece. Wynn also had an RBI.
"We did a great job tonight swinging the bats," Rosen said. "And the defense played great and so did the pitchers."
FSU built an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first in the opening game of the doubleheader. Wynn reached base on a bunt single and then Tiffani Brown did the same thing before Jackson mashed a single to left field.
On the play, Wynn rounded third and scored on a fielding error by the left fielder. Brown scored a few minutes later on an illegal pitch by FIU to make it to 2-0.
After Haddad and Robin Ahrberg walked, Montez's double down the right field line scored two for a 4-0 Seminole advantage.
After FIU added a run in the top of the second, FSU got that back and then some.
Once again Wynn and Brown got on base to start things off. This time, it was Lapicki that was responsible for an RBI hit as her single plated Wynn for a 5-1 score. Haddad's RBI single then pushed it to 6-1 as Brown dashed home.
The duo of Wynn and Brown was at the heart of some more scoring in the third. Brown's infield single was enough to score Wynn from third base. The RBI single made it a 7-2 game since the Golden Panthers had recorded a solo homerun in the top half of the inning.
Pinch-hitting for Kristie McConn, Rosen accrued her first RBI of her career in the sixth. Her RBI single up the middle scored Brittany Joseph from third base and extended FSU's lead to 8-2.
In the second game, Florida State juiced the bases in the bottom of the first.
Haddad stepped to the plate and hit a ball back to the pitcher that was quickly thrown to the catcher. On the double play attempt, the first baseman dropped the throw from the catcher and Jackson made it all the way in from second for a 1-0 FSU lead.
A walk by Ashley Stager and back-to-back infield hits by Rosen and Bullock loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the second. Wynn smacked a hard-hit single off the second baseman that scored Stager.
Brown then reached on a fielder's choice that resulted in the second out but then Jackson singled to score Wynn and Bullock from second and third, respectively.
A batter later, Lapicki punched a double down the left field line that sent Brown and Jackson home for a 6-0 score. It then moved to 7-0 when FIU mishandled a hit by Haddad in the infield and Lapicki scored.
FIU added runs in the fourth and seventh innings.
The Seminoles have another midweek home game on Thursday as Auburn comes to town.
Florida State Softball
FIU at #19 Florida State
Mar 16, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
FIU 3 (18-6)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Burri, Kayla ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0
Alfonso, Jessy 3b/lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2
McClain, Ashley rf/p 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
Welch, Jenny c 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0
Rojas, Brie 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 1
Spiers, Lauren dp 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Tetlow, Jackie 1b 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0
Huling, Morgan lf/rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Peller, Beth cf/lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Zavala, Patty ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barrett, Kasey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grabiak, Kelsey 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3 1 6 18 6 5
Florida State 8 (23-4)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 3 3
Shayla Jackson rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jen Lapicki c/dp 4 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 4
Tory Haddad 1b 3 1 2 1 1 1 9 0 0
Brittany Joseph pr/1b 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp/c 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Monica Montez lf 3 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 2
Mallory Borden ph/lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Courtney Rosen ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2
Allison Collins ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lauren Varsalona p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Morgan Bullock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 13 7 5 4 21 8 12
Score by Innings R H E
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FIU................. 011 000 1 - 3 7 4
Florida State....... 421 001 X - 8 13 0
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E - Welch, Jenny; Rojas, Brie; Huling, Morg; Barrett, Kas. DP - FIU 1. LOB - FIU 5; FS 12.
2B - Montez, M. HR - McClain, Ash. HBP - Wynn, C 2. SB - Wynn, C; Brown, T; Jackson, S.
FIU ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Barrett, Kasey L,8-3 4.0 10 7 5 4 3 0 2 0 0 23 27 6 3 104
McClain, Ashley 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 11 2 2 32
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sarah Hamilton W,12-2 3.0 3 2 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 12 13 3 1 53
Lauren Varsalona 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 10 1 6 51
Morgan Bullock 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 2 1 11
Win - Hamilton, S (12-2). Loss - Barrett, Kas (8-3). Save - None.
WP - Hamilton, S. HBP - by McClain, Ash (Wynn, C); by McClain, Ash (Wynn, C). BK - Barrett, Kas 2.
Inherited runners/scored: McClain, Ash 1/0.
Pitches/strikes: Barrett, Kas 104/63; McClain, Ash 32/19; Hamilton, S 53/36; Varsalona, L 51/36; Bullock, M 11/8.
Umpires - HP: Diane Kendall 1B: Leo Clemon 3B: Charles Smith
Start: 4:56 pm Time: 2:11 Attendance: 214 Weather: Sunny and cool
Florida State Softball
FIU at #19 Florida State
Mar 16, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnne Graf Field)
FIU 2 (18-7)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Burri, Kayla ss 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 0
Alfonso, Jessy 3b/cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3
McClain, Ashley rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welch, Jenny c 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
Rojas, Brie 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0
Tetlow, Jackie 1b 3 0 1 1 0 1 7 0 1
Spiers, Lauren dp 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
Gniadek, Jennifer p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Huling, Morgan lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Grabiak, Kelsey cf/3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 27 2 6 2 2 9 18 12 6
Florida State 7 (24-4)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Briar Stanley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jen Lapicki c 1 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 0
Robin Ahrberg c 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Tory Haddad 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Brittany Joseph pr/1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1
Mallory Borden 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Ashley Stager ss 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Courtney Rosen dp 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Morgan Bullock lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dale Townsend p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 26 7 7 5 4 2 21 6 5
Score by Innings R H E
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FIU................. 000 100 1 - 2 6 3
Florida State....... 160 000 X - 7 7 0
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E - Tetlow, Jack 2; Grabiak, Kel. DP - FIU 1. LOB - FIU 6; FS 5. 2B - Lapicki, J.
HR - Spiers, Laur. SB - Wynn, C; Lapicki, J; Stager, A.
FIU ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Gniadek, Jennifer L,7-3 6.0 7 7 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 26 30 4 10 115
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Terese Gober W,12-2 4.0 4 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 16 16 3 3 75
Dale Townsend 3.0 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 11 13 3 3 59
Win - Gober, T (12-2). Loss - Gniadek, Jen (7-3). Save - None.
WP - Gober, T; Townsend, D. Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: Gniadek, Jen 115/72; Gober, T 75/53; Townsend, D 59/33.
Umpires - HP: Charles Smith 2B: Leo Clemon 3B: Diane Kendall
Start: 7:38 pm Time: 2:02 Attendance: 146 Weather: Clear and cold
FSU Falls Despite Hamilton Gem.
Sarah Hamilton breaks her career record for strikeouts but the Seminoles lose to Auburn, 1-0, in nine innings.
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The No. 19 Florida State softball team dropped a 1-0 decision in nine innings to Auburn Thursday afternoon at the Seminole Softball Complex.
Junior Sarah Hamilton is credited with the loss but the Tallahassee native certainly didn't pitch in such a way that resulted in FSU's fifth defeat of the year. No, Hamilton pitched one of the best games of her career, allowing just four hits, no earned runs and shattering her career record for strikeouts in a game with a whopping 20.
Her previous career high was 15.
"I was hitting my spots really well today," Hamilton said. "My change-up was working and the defense was really playing well. It's easy to pitch strong when the defense is playing that way. It just didn't go our way."
The Seminoles (24-5) registered 10 hits in the loss but stranded 12 runners on base. On the opposite side of things, the Tigers (16-9) left just two on base.
Sophomore Shayla Jackson and redshirt junior Robin Ahrberg both had two hits apiece. Seniors Carly Wynn and Monica Montez, junior Ashley Stager and freshman Tiffani Brown all had a hit apiece.
In the bottom of the seventh, Stager hit a single to center field and then advanced to second on an error. Wynn then drew a walk and moved to second on an error to put two runners in scoring position.
Unfortunately for FSU, Brown's strikeout and Jackson's pop out to the second put the inning to a close and extended the contest into extra innings.
Auburn put a runner on first base in the top of the eighth and nearly added another.
Stager's fantastic over-the-shoulder catch effectively ended the inning without any damage from the visiting team.
In the ninth, Auburn scored the winning run after an error by Brown at third. On the play, Kristie McConn tried to pick off a Tigers runner following an infield single but Brown dropped the ball and it allowed the Tigers to score.
"When it gets late in the game like that sometimes it comes down to who is going to get a hit or who is going to get an error first," said Hamilton, who had a no-hitter going into the seventh. "Unfortunately it didn't go our way today. We just have to shake it off and go forward.
"It's a long season."
Florida State will now compete in the USF The Game Tournament starting on Friday.
Florida State Softball
Auburn at #19 Florida State
Mar 18, 2010 at Tallahassee, Fla. (JoAnnne Graf Field)
Auburn 1 (16-9)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Caitlin Stangl cf/dp 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelley Smiley 2b 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0
Megan Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Amber Harrison 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 1
Elizabeth Eisterhold c 3 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 0
Kelsey Cartwright 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Lauren Guzman ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0
Krista Clyde rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1
Katie Colton dp/lf 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0
Lindsey Harrelson lf/cf 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Anna Thompson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Angel Bunner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 30 1 4 0 0 20 27 11 2
Florida State 0 (24-5)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 3
Tiffani Brown 3b 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4
Jen Lapicki c 4 0 0 0 0 2 19 3 2
Tory Haddad 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0
Brittany Joseph pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Courtney Rosen pr 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Monica Montez lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
Morgan Bullock pr/lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Ashley Stager ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 0 10 0 1 9 27 5 12
Score by Innings R H E
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Auburn.............. 000 000 001 - 1 4 4
Florida State....... 000 000 000 - 0 10 1
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E - K. Smiley; L. Guzman; L. Harrelson; A. Bunner; Brown, T. LOB - AU 2; FS 12. 2B - Haddad, T.
SB - Ahrberg, R. CS - C. Stangl.
Auburn ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Anna Thompson W,6-4 3.1 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 16 16 1 2 71
Angel Bunner 5.2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 22 23 7 8 64
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sarah Hamilton L,12-3 9.0 4 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 30 30 3 2 149
Win - A. Thompson (6-4). Loss - Hamilton, S (12-3). Save - None.
Inherited runners/scored: A. Bunner 2/0.
Pitches/strikes: A. Thompson 71/44; A. Bunner 64/46; Hamilton, S 149/104.
Umpires - HP: Destini Robinson 1B: Leo Fleming 3B: Diane Kendall
Start: 2:55 pm Time: 2:45 Attendance: 103 Weather: Overcast and cool
'Noles Lose To Texas Tech.
No. 19 Florida State softball team falls to the Red Raiders at the start of the USF The Game Tournament.
CLEARWATER, FL - The No. 19 Florida State softball team lost to Texas Tech, 2-1, Friday night in Clearwater, Fla. at the USF The Game Tournament.
The offensive woes continued for the Seminoles (24-6) as they generated just one run a night after falling to Auburn in extra innings by a score of 1-0.
Against the Red Raiders (26-3), FSU managed five hits but couldn't come up with timely hits when it mattered most. Friday's outcome marked the first back-to-back defeats for the 'Noles all year long.
"The season is long and we have to take the highs with the lows," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "We have to learn how to compete in all situations so this is a good lesson for us to learn from."
Senior Terese Gober got the start in the circle and pitched a complete game.
Gober went six innings and gave up just five hits and two runs. She struck out five Texas Tech batters.
Offensively, junior Ashley Stager had the lone RBI for the FSU. Sophomore Shayla Jackson lead the team with two hits. Freshman Tiffani Brown and Monica Montez had the other hits.
Florida State found itself down early in the ballgame as Texas Tech scored its two runs in the bottom of the second.
In the fifth, Montez's leadoff double gave the 'Noles a spark. She was replaced at second by Morgan Bullock and the speedster dashed home two batters later on Stager's RBI single to right field.
The scoring play trimmed the deficit to 2-1 with just one out but FSU couldn't add anymore in the inning.
The Red Raiders threatened in the sixth with two runners in scoring position. But Gober prevented any increase to Texas Tech's lead and Jen Lapicki nabbed a pop-up to finish the inning with the 2-1 score intact.
Unfortunately for the Seminoles, ground outs by Robin Ahrberg and Montez and fly out by Mallory Borden ended the contest an inning later.
FSU will look to bounce back tomorrow as it takes on Long Island at 3 p.m. and then Northern Illinois at 5 p.m.
"We will bounce back," Alameda said. "We just have to keep pushing."
Florida State Softball
#19 Florida State vs Texas Tech
Mar 19, 2010 at Clearwater, Fla. (Moore Complex)
Florida State 1 (24-6)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
Tiffani Brown 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
Tory Haddad 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Jen Lapicki c 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2
Robin Ahrberg dp 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monica Montez lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morgan Bullock pr/lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0
Mallory Borden 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashley Stager ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Terese Gober p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 26 1 5 1 0 4 18 4 4
Texas Tech 2 (26-3)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Bledsoe, Emily dp 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Clemmons, McKenzie lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0
Hall, Logan 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
Kenney, Mikey cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Richardson, Raven ss 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
Hamada, Ashley rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matthews, Danielle 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Reeves, Kristen 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gentsch, Holley 1b 2 0 1 2 0 0 7 0 1
Palmer, Jordan pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tongate, Randi c 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0
Brokeshoulder, A. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 22 2 5 2 2 5 21 7 5
Score by Innings R H E
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Florida State....... 000 010 0 - 1 5 0
Texas Tech.......... 020 000 X - 2 5 3
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E - Matthews 2; Tongate. LOB - FS 4; TTU 5. 2B - Montez, M. SH - Hamada. SB - Jackson, S.
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Terese Gober L,12-3 6.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 0 0 0 22 25 9 4 101
Texas Tech ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Brokeshoulder, A. W,5-2 7.0 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 26 26 8 6 107
Win - Brokeshoulde (5-2). Loss - Gober, T (12-3). Save - None.
WP - Gober, T. PB - Lapicki, J. Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: Gober, T 101/67; Brokeshoulde 107/67.
Umpires - HP: Mary Ippolito 1B: Mike Connelly 3B: Darrell Hullinger
Start: 6:08 pm Time: 1:43 Attendance: 1546 Weather: Sunny and cool
FSU Beats LIU & NIU Saturday.
After dropping two games in a row, No. 19 Seminoles softball team beats Blackbirds, 6-0, and Huskies, 7-1, on day No. 2 of the USF The Game Tournament in Clearwater, Fla.
CLEARWATER, FL - The No. 19 Florida State softball team bounced back from back-to-back losses in its last two outings by defeating Long Island, 6-0, and Northern Illinois, 7-1, Saturday afternoon at the USF The Game Tournament.
The Seminoles (26-5) had struggled offensively in losses to Auburn and Texas Tech but that wasn't the case in Clearwater, Fla. Saturday. FSU smashed 10 hits against the Blackbirds and then hit 10 more against the Huskies.
"It was a good day to bounce back after some tough losses," FSU head coach Lonni Alameda said. "We had the chance to get everyone in the ballgame and we made some great plays. We had some good at-bats. Overall it was a good confidence builder."
Junior Sarah Hamilton, who struck out a career-best 20 batters in her previous outing against Auburn, had her no-hitter broken up in the sixth inning against the Long Island. She was replaced by Lauren Varsalona in the seventh after pitching six scoreless innings and allowing just one hit.
She struck out eight batters and walked just two.
On offense, Carly Wynn led the way with four RBIs on 2-for-3 hitting. Shayla Jackson and Morgan Bullock had the other two RBIs.
Against Northern Illinois, senior Terese Gober was replaced by Varsalona in the sixth after striking out six, giving up just four hits and allowing no runs. Gober didn't walk anyone.
Ashley Stager was the star in that game offensively. The junior shortstop hit a homerun and led the 'Noles with three RBIs while going 2-for-2. Wynn, Mallory Borden, Jen Lapicki and Bullock all had an RBI in the win.
"Terese and Sarah really had a good day today," Alameda said. "They pitched very well and the offense helped them."
FSU did something it was unable to do in its previous two games Saturday against LIU: score early.
Lapicki started the second inning off with an infield single and then Borden drew a walk. Two batters later, Bullock blooped a double to left field that plated Lapicki for the 1-0 lead.
Wynn then did the same thing as her shallow hit to left field was enough for a double. As a result, both Borden and Bullock scampered home for two more runs. Jackson's single then sent Wynn home one batter later to make it 4-0.
In the fourth, the 'Noles increased that lead by flexing their speed muscle. Back-to-back walks by Stager and Bullock put two runners on and Wynn registered another RBI hit that sent them all sprinting home.
Down 6-0, LIU finally got runners on with just one out but Hamilton calmly earned the second out on a strikeout out then forced a Stager to Brittany Joseph groundout to avoid allowing any runs.
FSU jumped on top of Northern Illinois in the second game just three pitches in when Wynn blasted a homerun over the right field wall.
Jackson and Tiffani Brown then singled and Borden drew a walk to load the bases with just one out. Lapicki's sacrifice fly to center field scored Jackson to make the score 2-0 heading into the bottom half of the first.
In the second, Bullock registered her second RBI of the day. Stager had reached on a walk and then stole second. After she took third on a throwing error by the catcher, Bullock sent her home on a fielder's choice that made it 3-0.
Brown reached on a bunt single in the third and then showed her incredible speed when she reached third on Tory Haddad's single a batter later.
After Haddad moved to second on a wild pitch, Brown slid home on Borden's groundout to push the FSU lead to 4-0 with just one out.
Stager made it a 7-0 ballgame in the fifth when she connected for a three-run homerun to left center. The scoring hit plated Lapicki and Robin Ahrberg, who had both reached base on singles.
The homerun was Stager's second of the season.
Northern Illinois scored their lone run in the sixth.
The Seminoles conclude their trip to Clearwater on Sunday with a 9 a.m. game against Syracuse and a 1 p.m. game against USF.
Florida State Softball
Long Island vs #19 Florida State
Mar 20, 2010 at Clearwater, Fla. (Moore Complex)
Long Island 0 (11-11)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
MARKER, Mariesha c 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
WALKER, Lindsey c 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
ASMAN, Raylene cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
MEJIA, Bianca ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2
LEWIS, Brynn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
MARTINSON, Chelsea lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0
KAKUSKA, Emily dp 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CERVANTES, Karina rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
MacINTOSH, Amanda 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0
MELERO, Brianna 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
HOHAM, Sterling 3b/1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0
PORTER, Blaire p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
SHEAF, Megan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 20 0 1 0 2 8 18 12 3
Florida State 6 (25-6)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 3 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tiffani Brown 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1
Tory Haddad 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1
Brittany Joseph 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
Jen Lapicki c 3 1 1 0 0 0 7 2 2
Robin Ahrberg c 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mallory Borden dp/2b 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
Kristie McConn 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Courtney Rosen dp 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ashley Stager ss 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Allison Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Morgan Bullock lf 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Sarah Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Lauren Varsalona p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 27 6 10 6 4 1 21 10 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Long Island......... 000 000 0 - 0 1 0
Florida State....... 040 200 X - 6 10 0
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LOB - LIU 3; FS 7. 2B - Wynn, C; Jackson, S; Bullock, M. SH - WALKER; MEJIA. SB - Wynn, C; Stager, A.
Long Island ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
PORTER, Blaire L,8-4 4.0 9 6 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 20 23 5 6 66
SHEAF, Megan 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 8 2 3 20
Florida State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Sarah Hamilton W,12-3 6.0 1 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 17 21 2 7 79
Lauren Varsalona 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 12
Win - Hamilton, S (12-3). Loss - PORTER (8-4). Save - None.
WP - PORTER. Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: PORTER 66/43; SHEAF 20/14; Hamilton, S 79/53; Varsalona, L 12/10.
Start: 2:58 pm Time: 1:32 Attendance: 211 Weather: Sunny and cool
Florida State Softball
#19 Florida State vs Northern Illinois
Mar 20, 2010 at Clearwater, Fla. (Moore Complex)
Florida State 7 (26-5)
Player ab r h bi bb so po a lob
Carly Wynn cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Shayla Jackson rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Tiffani Brown 3b/ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 4 0
Tory Haddad 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 1
Brittany Joseph ph/1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Mallory Borden 2b 3 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 0
Jen Lapicki c/dp 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 0 0
Briar Stanley ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Robin Ahrberg dp/c 4 1 1 0 0 0