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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 – 133 All-ACC Honors 2019 SEASON Overall .....................................................................48-8 No. 2 seed | No. 5 Ranked ACC ........................................................................................................19-5 Home ....................................................................................................25-2 Florida State (48-8, 19-5 ACC) Away .....................................................................................................14-6 Neutral .................................................................................................. 9-0 2019 ACC Softball Championship FEBRUARY JoAnne Graf Classic - Tallahassee, Fla. Fri 8 UNC Wilmington W, 7-2 Fri 8 Iowa State W, 1-0 Georgia Tech/Virginia – Thurs., May 9 at 5:00 p.m. - RSN Sat 9 UNCG W, 8-0 (5) Sat 9 Iowa State W, 5-0 Semifinal - Fri., May 10 at 3:30 p.m. - RSN Sun 10 UNC Wilmington W, 10-0 (5) Championship - Sat., May 12 at 12:00 p.m. - ESPN St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational - Clearwater, Fla. Fri 15 vs. RV Ohio State (ESPN3) W, 3-1 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 Wed 20 South Alabama W, 4-1 Unconquered Invitational - Tallahassee, Fla. Fri 22 Elon W, 15-1 (5) Fri 22 Lipscomb W, 13-0 (5) 1. Virginia Tech (45-8, 20-4) 4. North Carolina (33-17, 17-7) 2. Florida State (48-8, 19-5) 3. Notre Dame (35-15, 18-6) Sat 23 Samford W, 13-0 (5) Sat 23 Lipscomb W, 14-2 (5) Sun 24 Samford W, 13-1 (5) MARCH UCF Invitational - Orlando, Fla. Sat 2 vs. Toledo W, 5-4 Sat 2 vs. RV Louisiana Tech W, 4-0 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 8. NC State (29-26, 9-15) 5. Louisville (33-20, 12-12) 7. Georgia Tech (30-26, 11-13) 6. Duke (25-30, 11-13) 9. Syracuse (21-31, 8-16) 10. Virginia (22-30, 8-16) Wed 6 at Grand Canyon (YouTube) L, 3-5 Wed 6 at Grand Canyon (YouTube) W, 11-1 (6) Fri 8 at No. 12 Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) W, 5-3 Location: Tallahassee, Fla. | Stadium: JoAnne Graf Field | TV: ACC Network Extra/ESPN/RSN Sat 9 at No. 12 Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) L, 3-11 (5) Live Stats: Statbroadcast | In-game updates: @FSU_Softball on Twitter Sun 10 at No. 12 Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) W, 4-3 Fri 15 RV Notre Dame* (ACC Network Extra) W, 11-1 (5) Sat 16 RV Notre Dame* (ACC Network Extra) L, 4-7 Sun 17 RV Notre Dame* (ACC Network Extra) W, 5-0 Tues 19 Florida A&M W, 8-0 (6) QUICK HITS Wed 20 UNF W, 9-1 (5) Fri 22 NC State* (ACC Network Extra) W, 9-0 (5) Sat 23 NC State* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-6 • Florida State enters the 14th week of the 2019 season ranked No. 5 by the NFCA, USA Softball Sun 24 NC State* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-0 (6) and the NCAA Softball RPI, while Softball America have the Noles at No. 6. FSU Softball has been Fri 29 at Virginia* (ACC Network Extra) W, 11-0 (5) Sat 30 at Virginia* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-2 ranked in 100 consecutive polls by USA Softball, and in the top 15 of the NFCA poll for 95 straight Sun 31 at Virginia* (ACC Network Extra) W, 16-3 (5) weeks. APRIL • FSU has earned a regular season trophy from the ACC in each of the last seven years, claiming the Wed 3 at No. 8 Florida (ESPN2) W, 2-0 outright regular season championship from 2013-17, and winning the ACC Atlantic Division title in Sat 6 at Louisville* (ACC Network Extra) L, 0-2 Sun 7 at Louisville* (ACC Network Extra) W, 4-1 both 2018 and 2019. Mon 8 at Louisville* (ESPNU) L, 9-10 • Seven Noles were honored on the 2019 All-ACC Teams, highlighted by Sydney Sherrill earning ACC Sat 13 at North Carolina* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-6 Sun 14 at North Carolina* (ACC Network Extra) L, 5-6 (9) Defensive Player of the Year. Sherrill was joined on the All-ACC First Team by Meghan King and Mon 15 at North Carolina* (ESPNU) L, 0-1 Carsyn Gordon, Elizabeth Mason and Anna Shelnutt were selected to the Second Team, while Wed 17 No. 6 Florida (ESPNews) L, 0-4 Fri 19 Boston College* W, 5-0 Makinzy Herzog and Kathryn Sandercock were named to the All-ACC Freshman Team. King is Sat 20 Boston College* W, 7-0 the third ACC player since 2005 to earn All-ACC First Team honors in all four seasons. Sun 21 Boston College* W, 4-0 Wed 24 Troy W, 4-1 • The Seminoles have already set a single-season school record with 88 home runs, which ranks Fri 26 Duke* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-0 (5) fourth in the NCAA. Since assistant coaches Travis Wilson and Craig Snider arrived in 2012, FSU has Sat 27 Duke* (ACC Network Extra) W, 3-2 Sun 28 Duke* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-1 set school records in batting average (.329 - 2017), runs scored (459 - 2016), doubles (115 - 2018), RBI (407 - 2016), walks (318 - 2014) and home runs (88 - 2019). MAY • The Noles are getting production from up and down the lineup as seven different players already Fri 3 at Syracuse* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-0 (6) Sat 4 at Syracuse* (ACC Network Extra) W, 9-1 (5) have 30+ RBI on the season, led by Elizabeth Mason and Sydney Sherrill, who have 53 RBI. Sun 5 at Syracuse* (ACC Network Extra) W, 14-5 (5) Thur 9 vs. GT/UVA - ACC Quarterfinal (RSN) 5:00 p.m. Fri 10 vs. ND/Duke - ACC Semifinal (RSN) 3:30 p.m. Sat 11 ACC Championship Game (ESPN) 12:00 p.m. 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 SEVEN ON ALL-ACC TEAMS Throughout the season, you may notice that the Florida State led all schools in the conference Location.............................................Tallahassee, Fla. FSU players will have a smiley face on their neck, with seven honorees on the 2019 All-ACC Teams, Founded ....................................................................1851 drawn with a marker. highlighted by Sydney Sherrill earning ACC Enrollment ............................................................41,773 Defensive Player of the Year honors. She became Symbol ...........................................................Seminoles The smiley faces started on March 17 when the second Seminole to win the award, joining Colors ..................................................Garnet and Gold Hayden Stone, an 11-year old girl that FSU Jessie Warren in 2017. Conference ...........................................Atlantic Coast Softball adopted through the Friends of Jaclyn President ...............................................John Thrasher Foundation earlier this season, came to our Sherrill, along with Meghan King and Carsyn Interim Athletics Director .................David Coburn game against Notre Dame after recently having Gordon were named to the All-ACC First Team, a procedure on her neck. Elizabeth Mason and Anna Shelnutt were Head Coach ..........................................Lonni Alameda selected to the Second Team, while Makinzy Alma Mater ............................................ Oklahoma ‘93 She didn’t like how she had a fairly large scar Herzog and Kathryn Sandercock were named Career Record.........................640-308-2 (15 years) on her neck, and Meghan King mentioned to to the All-ACC Freshman Team. FSU Record ............................... 483-150-1 (10 years) her how some baseball players, after having Assistant Coach ................................... Travis Wilson Tommy John surgery, have turned those scars KING 4X ALL-ACC FIRST TEAM Alma Mater ..........................................Canterbury ‘96 into smiley faces with a variety of tattoos to Assistant Coach .....................................Craig Snider Since the league started naming a first and turn a negative into a positive. Hayden happened Alma Mater ............................................Centenary ‘05 second team in 2005, redshirt senior Meghan to have a marker in her backpack that day Softball Office .....................................850-644-9594 King became the third player to earn All-ACC and Meghan offered to draw a smiley face on First Team honors in all four seasons of her Home Field ...................................... JoAnne Graf Field Hayden’s neck. Hayden asked if Meghan would career, joining Georgia Tech’s Kelsi Weseman Dimensions..................... Lines - 200’, Center - 220’ want a smiley face, and she eagerly accepted. (2009-12) and Florida State’s Jessie Warren Capacity .................................................................1,000 (2015-18). Press Box Phone .................................850-645-3245 Meghan went on to throw a no-hitter against the Irish and was on ESPN’s Sportcenter on March Prior to 2005, there were six players that were First Year of Softball ............................................1978 18 and shared the story of Hayden with the named to the All-ACC Team in each of their four All-Time Record .......................................1,966-662-6 nation.