FSU softball beats Jacksonville State, Stetson in back-to-back video games to advance to Tallahassee Regional remaining

Ashtyn Danley hit three residence runs and drove in 5 runs Saturday as No. 9 Florida State swept by means of a doubleheader to advance to the Tallahassee Regional remaining, run-ruling Jacksonville State 11-0 and getting even with Stetson after Friday’s loss with an 11-3 win over the Hatters.

Florida State will face UCF within the regional remaining Sunday at midday.

Jaysoni Beachum broke the sport open within the second inning, crushing the primary grand slam of her profession over proper subject to place FSU up 6-0. Two pitches later, Danley added a solo shot to make it 7-0.

Stetson trimmed the deficit to 7-3 with three runs throughout the third and fourth innings, however Danley answered every time, homering once more within the fifth and seventh to shut it out. She turned the primary Seminole to hit three residence runs in a sport since Sydney Sherrill did so on May 7, 2022, towards NC State, going 4-for-5 with 4 runs scored, surpassing her profession highs in hits, residence runs and RBI in a single afternoon.

The win capped a protracted afternoon that started with Florida State dismantling Jacksonville State within the first sport. Kennedy Harp received issues began with a solo residence run within the second inning, her sixth of the season, earlier than Shelby McKenzie singled and Makenna Sturgis doubled to place runners on second and third. Isa Torres delivered the backbreaker, tripling off the highest of the left-field wall to attain two, and Jaysoni Beachum singled her residence to make it 4-0.

The Seminoles delivered the knockout blow within the fourth as Hayley Griggs launched a solo residence run to middle, her sixth of the 12 months, earlier than Sturgis and Torres singled to set the desk for Beachum, who crushed a three-run homer over lifeless middle to push the result in 8-0 and put the sport in run-rule territory. Florida State capped the scoring within the fifth on an RBI double from Griggs, an RBI single from Sturgis and an RBI double from Torres, who went a house run shy of the cycle on the day.

Jazzy Francik (23-3) was sharp in her three innings of labor, permitting three hits and putting out 4 with out permitting a run. Makenna Reid completed the ultimate two frames, surrendering one hit and fanning two. Torres and Sturgis every went 3-for-3, whereas Beachum led all gamers with 4 RBI.

The wins helped Florida State reached 50 wins for the eighth time below coach Lonni Alameda and lengthen its streak of advancing to the NCAA Regional Final to 13 consecutive seasons.