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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 No. 3 Florida State (32-3, 5-1 ACC) Overall ..................................................................... 32-3 ACC ...........................................................................................................5-1 at Home ....................................................................................................18-1 Away .......................................................................................................5-2 Neutral .................................................................................................. 9-0 Virginia (16-14, 5-4 ACC) FEBRUARY JoAnne Graf Classic - Tallahassee, Fla. Fri., March 29 at 5:00 p.m. - ACC Network Extra Fri 8 UNC Wilmington W, 7-2 Fri 8 Iowa State W, 1-0 Sat., March 30 at 1:00 p.m. - ACC Network Extra Sat 9 UNCG W, 8-0 (5) Sun., March 31 at 12:00 p.m. - ACC Network Extra Sat 9 Iowa State W, 5-0 Sun 10 UNC Wilmington W, 10-0 (5) Location: Charlottesville, Va. | Stadium: The Park St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational - Clearwater, Fla. Fri 15 vs. RV Ohio State (ESPN3) W, 3-1 Live Stats: Sidearm 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 CAVALIER LEADERS Wed 20 South Alabama W, 4-1 Batting Average: Sydney Sherrill (.436) Batting Average: Lacy Smith (.453) Unconquered Invitational - Tallahassee, Fla. Runs: Cali Harrod (45) Runs: Hayley Busby (22) Fri 22 Elon W, 15-1 (5) Fri 22 Lipscomb W, 13-0 (5) Walks: Cali Harrod (30) Walks: Olivia Gott (16) Sat 23 Samford W, 13-0 (5) RBIs: Elizabeth Mason (36) RBIs: Lacy Smith (31) Sat 23 Lipscomb W, 14-2 (5) Sun 24 Samford W, 13-1 (5) Home Runs: Cali Harrod (10) Home Runs: Lacy Smith (12) Wins: Meghan King (16) Wins: Aly Rayle (6) MARCH ERA: Meghan King (1.20) ERA: Aly Rayle (3.34) UCF Invitational - Orlando, Fla. Sat 2 vs. Toledo W, 5-4 Innings Pitched: Meghan King (99.0) Innings Pitched: Allyson Frei (79.2) Sat 2 vs. RV Louisiana Tech W, 4-0 Strikeouts: Meghan King (116) Strikeouts: Allyson Frei (84) 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) • Florida State enters the eighth week of the 2019 season ranked No. 3 by all three major Sun 10 at No. 12 Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) W, 4-3 Fri 15 RV Notre Dame* (ACC Network Extra) W, 11-1 (5) softball polls - National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), USA Softball and Softball Sat 16 RV Notre Dame* (ACC Network Extra) L, 4-7 America. The Seminoles have been ranked in 94 consecutive polls by USA Softball, and in the Sun 17 RV Notre Dame* (ACC Network Extra) W, 5-0 Tues 19 Florida A&M W, 8-0 (6) top 15 of the NFCA poll for 89 straight weeks. FSU started the season with five straight No. Wed 20 UNF W, 9-1 (5) 1 rankings by the NFCA and has been the top-ranked team by the NFCA 14 times in program Fri 22 NC State* (ACC Network Extra) W, 9-0 (5) Sat 23 NC State* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-6 history, tied with Tennessee & Arizona State for 7th-most in the history of the poll. Sun 24 NC State* (ACC Network Extra) W, 8-0 (6) • The Noles have ranked No. 1 in the first two releases of the 2019 NCAA Softball RPI (Rating Fri 29 at Virginia* (ACC Network Extra) 5:00 p.m. Sat 30 at Virginia* (ACC Network Extra) 1:00 p.m. Percentage Index) and have eight wins versus the RPI Top 25, which is tied for second-most Sun 31 at Virginia* (ACC Network Extra) 12:00 p.m. in the country behind Oklahoma (10). APRIL • The Seminoles rank second in the country in batting average (.371), are third in both slugging Wed 3 at No. 6 Florida (ESPN2) 7:00 p.m. percentage (.641) and home runs (56). The 56 home runs for Florida State already rank sixth Sat 6 at Louisville* (ACC Network Extra) 1:00 p.m. Sun 7 at Louisville* (ACC Network Extra) 1:00 p.m. in a single season in program history. Mon 8 at Louisville* (ESPNU) 7:00 p.m. • The Seminoles are getting production from up and down the lineup as six different players Sat 13 at North Carolina* 1:00 p.m. Sun 14 at North Carolina* 1:00 p.m. already have 26+ RBI on the season, led by Elizabeth Mason, who has 36 RBI. Mon 15 at North Carolina* (ESPNU) 7:00 p.m. • FSU holds an 82-18 lead in the all-time series against Virginia, and have won each of the last Wed 17 No. 6 Florida (ESPN2) 7:00 p.m. Fri 19 Boston College* 6:00 p.m. nine games, dating back to 2014. The Noles are 22-7 against the Cavaliers in Charlottesville. Sat 20 Boston College* 1:00 p.m. • Florida State is unbeaten in its last 51 conference series, posting a 47-0-4 mark against ACC Sun 21 Boston College* 12:00 p.m. Fri 26 Duke* (ACC Network Extra) 6:00 p.m. foes, including 37 sweeps. Over that span, FSU posted a 1-1 series split versus Virginia Tech Sat 27 Duke* (ACC Network Extra) 1:00 p.m. (2014), at Notre Dame (2014), at Louisville (2015) and at Notre Dame (2016). The Seminoles Sun 28 Duke* (ACC Network Extra) 12:00 p.m. are 133-14 in their last 147 ACC regular season games (.905%) and last lost a conference MAY series at Maryland on May 5-6, 2012. 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 ACC CONTROL Throughout the season, you may notice several The Seminoles have been the elite team in Location.............................................Tallahassee, Fla. FSU players with a smiley face on their neck, the Atlantic Coast Conference for several Founded ....................................................................1851 drawn with a marker. years. Since the conference added softball in Enrollment ............................................................41,773 1992, Florida State has won 16 of the 27 ACC Symbol ...........................................................Seminoles The smiley faces started on March 17 when Championships, including a shared title with Colors ..................................................Garnet and Gold Hayden Stone, an 11-year old girl that FSU Maryland in 1997. Conference ...........................................Atlantic Coast Softball adopted through the Friends of Jaclyn President ...............................................John Thrasher Foundation, came to our game against Notre The Noles have earned the regular season Interim Athletics Director .................David Coburn Dame after recently having a procedure on her conference title in each of the last six seasons neck. and earned ACC Championships in 2014, 2015, Head Coach ..........................................Lonni Alameda 2016, 2017 and 2018. FSU holds the top five win Alma Mater ............................................ Oklahoma ‘93 She didn’t like how she had a fairly large scar totals in the regular season versus conference Career Record.........................640-308-2 (15 years) on her neck, and Meghan King mentioned to opponents, tallying 24 ACC victories in 2014 and FSU Record ............................... 483-150-1 (10 years) her how some baseball players, after having 2017, 21 in both 2016 and 2018, as well as 20 Assistant Coach ................................... Travis Wilson Tommy John surgery, have turned those scars wins in 2015. Alma Mater ..........................................Canterbury ‘96 into smiley faces with a variety of tattoos to Assistant Coach .....................................Craig Snider turn a negative into a positive. Hayden happened Florida State is unbeaten in its last 51 Alma Mater ............................................Centenary ‘05 to have a marker in her backpack that day conference series, posting a 47-0-4 mark Softball Office .....................................850-644-9594 and Meghan offered to draw a smiley face on against ACC foes, including 37 sweeps. Over Home Field ...................................... JoAnne Graf Field Hayden’s neck. Hayden asked