Consecutive losses end FSU softball season
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Special to the Outlook
A softball season that could be described as remarkable ended unexpectedly for the FSU softball team in the Tallahassee Regional tournament that they were favored to win.
Mississippi State wasn’t having it, though. The Bulldogs eliminated the Seminoles from the postseason by winning 5-0 and 4-3 last Sunday. The setback ended Florida State’s season at 54-7, while Mississippi State (37-25) advanced to the Super Regional.
Florida State’s 54 wins marks the 21st time that a FSU team won 50 or more games in a season. It is the eighth time a Lonni Alameda coached team has reached 50 wins. FSU’s 49-5 record in the regular season was the highest winning percentage in school history. The Seminole also earned their 18th ACC Championship prior into the tournament.
In game one, the Seminoles recorded only two hits while the Bulldogs recorded five and scored two runs in the third inning and three runs in the sixth inning to secure the shutout.
Florida State jumped out to an early lead in the second game, scoring two runs in the first inning. After Danielle Watson struck out two Bulldog batters in the first inning, the FSU bats came out hot with three hits. Kaley Mudge led off with a triple off the left-centerfield wall and one pitch later Sydney Sherrill hit a two-run home run to centerfield.
Mississippi State got one run back in the second inning on a sacrifice fly but FSU took back the two-run lead in the bottom of the inning. Mudge earned her second hit of the day, this time a double off the left-field wall to score Josie Muffley from first and give FSU a 3-1 lead.
MSU took its first lead of the game after scoring three runs in the top of the fifth inning. The Bulldogs had a pair of singles off Danielle Watson before Kathryn Sandercock came on to pitch. Sandercock then walked a runner and allowed two singles putting Mississippi State up by the eventual 4-3 winning score.
