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2019 FLORIDA STATE SOFTBALL 1981 & 1982 AIAW National Champions – 2018 NCAA National Champions 10 WCWS Appearances (1987, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, 2002, ‘04, ‘14, ‘16, ‘18) 16 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships (1992, ‘93, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, 2000, ‘03, ‘04, ‘11, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18) 31 NCAA Championship Appearances – 33 All-Americans – 49 All-America Honors – 126 All-ACC Honors 2019 SEASON Overall ......................................................................38-7 No. 4 Florida State (38-7) ACC ........................................................................................................10-5 Home ....................................................................................................18-1 vs. Away ..................................................................................................... 11-6 Neutral .................................................................................................. 9-0 No. 6 Florida (36-9) FEBRUARY JoAnne Graf Classic - Tallahassee, Fla. Fri 8 UNC Wilmington W, 7-2 Wed., April 17 at 7:00 p.m. - ESPNews Fri 8 Iowa State W, 1-0 Fresh From Florida Sunshine Showdown Sat 9 UNCG W, 8-0 (5) Sat 9 Iowa State W, 5-0 Sun 10 UNC Wilmington W, 10-0 (5) Location: Tallahassee, Fla. | Stadium: JoAnne Graf Field St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational - Clearwater, Fla. Fri 15 vs. RV Ohio State (ESPN3) W, 3-1 Live Stats: Statbroadcast on Seminoles.com | In-game updates: @FSU_Softball on Twitter Fri 15 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma (ESPNU) W, 7-4 Sat 16 vs. No. 8 LSU (ESPN3) W, 9-1 (6) Sat 16 vs. RV Minnesota (ESPN3) W, 17-6 Sun 17 vs. Florida Atlantic (ESPN3) W, 10-5 Sun 17 vs. No. 6 Tennessee (ESPN2) W, 5-2 SEMINOLE LEADERS GATOR LEADERS Wed 20 South Alabama W, 4-1 Batting Average: Sydney Sherrill (.426) Batting Average: Amanda Lorenz (.416) Unconquered Invitational - Tallahassee, Fla. Runs: Cali Harrod (54) Runs: Amanda Lorenz (40) Fri 22 Elon W, 15-1 (5) Fri 22 Lipscomb W, 13-0 (5) Walks: Cali Harrod (42) Walks: Amanda Lorenz (38) Sat 23 Samford W, 13-0 (5) RBIs: Dani Morgan (45) RBIs: Kendyl Lindaman (49) Sat 23 Lipscomb W, 14-2 (5) Sun 24 Samford W, 13-1 (5) Home Runs: Sydney Sherrill (12) Home Runs: Kendyl Lindaman (14) Wins: Meghan King (20) Wins: Kelly Barnhill (24) MARCH ERA: Meghan King (1.69) ERA: Kelly Barnhill (1.52) UCF Invitational - Orlando, Fla. Sat 2 vs. Toledo W, 5-4 Innings Pitched: Meghan King (136.2) Innings Pitched: Kelly Barnhill (174.2) Sat 2 vs. RV Louisiana Tech W, 4-0 Strikeouts: Meghan King (157) Strikeouts: Kelly Barnhill (242) Sun 3 vs. Dartmouth W, 8-4 Sun 3 at UCF (UCFKnights.TV) W, 2-1 Mon 4 at UCF (UCFKnights.TV) W, 9-3 Wed 6 at Grand Canyon (YouTube) L, 3-5 Wed 6 at Grand Canyon (YouTube) W, 11-1 (6) QUICK HITS Fri 8 at No. 12 Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) W, 5-3 Sat 9 at No. 12 Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) L, 3-11 (5) Sun 10 at No. 12 Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) W, 4-3 • Florida State enters the 11th week of the 2019 season ranked No. 4 by the NFCA and USA Fri 15 RV Notre Dame* (ACC Network Extra) W, 11-1 (5) Softball, while Softball America has the Seminoles placed fifth. The Noles have been ranked in Sat 16 RV Notre Dame* (ACC Network Extra) L, 4-7 Sun 17 RV Notre Dame* (ACC Network Extra) W, 5-0 97 consecutive polls by USA Softball, and in the top 15 of the NFCA poll for 92 straight weeks. Tues 19 Florida A&M W, 8-0 (6) Wed 20 UNF W, 9-1 (5) FSU started the season with five straight No. 1 rankings by the NFCA and has been the top- Fri 22 NC State* (ACC Network Extra) W, 9-0 (5) ranked team by the NFCA 14 times in program history, tied with Tennessee & Arizona State for Sat 23 NC State* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-6 Sun 24 NC State* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-0 (6) 7th-most in the history of the poll. Fri 29 at Virginia* (ACC Network Extra) W, 11-0 (5) • The Noles have been ranked No. 1 in the first five releases of the 2019 NCAA Softball RPI. Sat 30 at Virginia* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-2 Sun 31 at Virginia* (ACC Network Extra) W, 16-3 (5) • The Seminoles rank fourth in the country in on-base percentage (.436) and home runs (69), APRIL and are fifth in scoring (7.40 runs per game) and slugging percentage (.603). The 69 home Wed 3 at No. 8 Florida (ESPN2) W, 2-0 runs for Florida State already ranks third-most in a single season in program history, seven Sat 6 at Louisville* (ACC Network Extra) L, 0-2 Sun 7 at Louisville* (ACC Network Extra) W, 4-1 away from the record of 76 (2018). Mon 8 at Louisville* (ESPNU) L, 9-10 Sat 13 at North Carolina* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-6 • The Seminoles are getting production from up and down the lineup as six different players Sun 14 at North Carolina* (ACC Network Extra) L, 5-6 (9) already have 32+ RBI on the season, led by Dani Morgan, who has 45 RBI. It is just the Mon 15 at North Carolina* (ESPNU) L, 0-1 Wed 17 No. 6 Florida (ESPNews) 7:00 p.m. fourth season in FSU history to have six or more players have 30+ RBI - 2016 (6), 2017 (7) and Fri 19 Boston College* 6:00 p.m. 2018 (7). Sat 20 Boston College* 1:00 p.m. Sun 21 Boston College* 12:00 p.m. • Florida leads the all-time series with Florida State, 25-17, but the Noles have won three of Fri 26 Duke* (ACC Network Extra) 6:00 p.m. Sat 27 Duke* (ACC Network Extra) 1:00 p.m. the last four games in the matchup - a 3-1 win in 11 innings on May 3, 2017 and a 4-1 victory Sun 28 Duke* (ACC Network Extra) 12:00 p.m. on April 11, 2018, both in Tallahassee, along with a 2-0 win in Gainesville on April 3, 2019. The MAY Seminoles are 8-12 against the Gators at JoAnne Graf Field. Fri 3 at Syracuse* 4:00 p.m. Sat 4 at Syracuse* 1:00 p.m. Sun 5 at Syracuse* 12:00 p.m. Wed-Sat 8-11 ACC Championship - Tallahassee, Fla. Thu-Sun 16-19 NCAA Regionals - Campus Sites MEDIA INFORMATION Thu-Sun 23-26 NCAA Super Regionals - Campus Sites Softball SID .................................................... Scott Moriak E-mail ......................................................smoriak@fsu.edu JUNE Thu-Wed May 30-June 5 Women’s College World Series - OKC Office Phone.................................................850-644-2016 Website .......................................................Seminoles.com Cell Phone ......................................................715-641-0365 Mailing Address ...................................... 403 Stadium Dr. * - ACC game | All game times are EST | Home Games Rankings are from the NFCA | RV - receiving votes Fax .................................................................. 850-644-3820 ........................................................Tallahassee, Fla. 32306 2019 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLE SOFTBALL • 1981, 1982, 2018 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1 2019 QUICK FACTS SMILEY FACES FOR HAYDEN VERSUS NCAA’S BEST Throughout the season, you may notice that the The Seminoles put together the No. 1-ranked Location.............................................Tallahassee, Fla. FSU players will have a smiley face on their neck, non-conference strength of schedule in 2018 Founded ....................................................................1851 drawn with a marker. and have again built a strong schedule for 2019 Enrollment ............................................................41,773 as Florida State will face 15 of the Top 50 Watch Symbol ...........................................................Seminoles The smiley faces started on March 17 when List members from USA Softball, as well as 11 of Colors ..................................................Garnet and Gold Hayden Stone, an 11-year old girl that FSU the top 25 preseason players from ESPN. Conference ...........................................Atlantic Coast Softball adopted through the Friends of Jaclyn President ...............................................John Thrasher Foundation earlier this season, came to our Up to this point of the season, the Noles have Interim Athletics Director .................David Coburn game against Notre Dame after recently having faced 12 different hitters from this list and they a procedure on her neck. have combined to go 20-for-56 (.357) from the Head Coach ..........................................Lonni Alameda plate with six doubles, four home runs, 12 RBI Alma Mater ............................................ Oklahoma ‘93 She didn’t like how she had a fairly large scar and nine strikeouts. Career Record.........................640-308-2 (15 years) on her neck, and Meghan King mentioned to FSU Record ............................... 483-150-1 (10 years) her how some baseball players, after having Of the pitchers on the list, FSU has faced OU’s Assistant Coach ................................... Travis Wilson Tommy John surgery, have turned those scars Giselle Juarez, Arizona’s Taylor McQuillin and Alma Mater ..........................................Canterbury ‘96 into smiley faces with a variety of tattoos to Florida’s Kelly Barnhill who have combined to Assistant Coach .....................................Craig Snider turn a negative into a positive. Hayden happened go 0-2 with a 3.71 ERA, giving up nine runs on Alma Mater ............................................Centenary ‘05 to have a marker in her backpack that day 12 hits, including three home runs and 12 walks Softball Office .....................................850-644-9594 and Meghan offered to draw a smiley face on over 17.0 innings. Home Field ...................................... JoAnne Graf Field Hayden’s neck. Hayden asked if Meghan would Dimensions..................... Lines - 200’, Center - 220’ want a smiley face, and she eagerly accepted. Overall, Florida State has posted a record of 9-1 Capacity .................................................................1,000 against the teams and players on this list, with Press Box Phone .................................850-645-3245 Meghan went on to throw a no-hitter against the a lone loss at No. 12 Arizona on March 9. Irish and was on ESPN’s Sportcenter on March First Year of Softball ............................................1978 18 and shared the story of Hayden with the The Seminoles will face Florida’s trio of Kelly All-Time Record .......................................1,966-662-6 nation.