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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. 1 Florida State (5-0) Overall ........................................................................5-0 ACC ......................................................................................................... 0-0 Home ..................................................................................................... 0-0 2019 St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational Away ...................................................................................................... 0-0 Neutral .................................................................................................. 0-0 FEBRUARY RV Ohio State - Fri. Feb 15 at 9:30 a.m. - ESPN3 JoAnne Graf Classic - Tallahassee, Fla. No. 3 Oklahoma - Fri. Feb 15 at 1:00 p.m. - ESPU Fri 8 UNC Wilmington W, 7-2 Fri 8 Iowa State W, 1-0 No. 8 LSU - Sat. Feb 16 at 1:00 p.m. - ESPN3 Sat 9 UNCG W, 8-0 (5) Sat 9 Iowa State W, 5-0 RV Minnesota - Sat. Feb 16 at 7:30 p.m. - ESPN3 Sun 10 UNC Wilmington W, 10-0 (5) Florida Atlantic - Sun. Feb 17 at 4:00 p.m. - ESPN3 St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational - Clearwater, Fla. No. 6 Tennessee - Sun. Feb 17 at 7:00 p.m. - ESPN2 Fri 15 vs. RV Ohio State (ESPN3) 9:30 a.m. Fri 15 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma (ESPNU) 1:00 p.m. Sat 16 vs. No. 8 LSU (ESPN3) 1:00 p.m. Sat 16 vs. RV Minnesota (ESPN3) 7:30 p.m. Sun 17 vs. Florida Atlantic (ESPN3) 4:00 p.m. Sun 17 vs. No. 6 Tennessee (ESPN2) 7:00 p.m. Wed 20 South Alabama 6:00 p.m. Unconquered Invitational - Tallahassee, Fla. Fri 22 Elon 3:00 p.m. RV Ohio State (3-1) No.81 LSU (6-0) Florida Atlantic (3-2) Fri 22 Lipscomb 5:30 p.m. Sat 23 Samford 12:30 p.m. Sat 23 Lipscomb 3:00 p.m. Sun 24 Samford 12:30 p.m. MARCH No. 1 Florida State (5-0) UCF Invitational - Orlando, Fla. Sat 2 vs. Toledo 12:30 p.m. Sat 2 vs. RV Louisiana Tech 3:00 p.m. Sun 3 vs. Dartmouth 11:30 a.m. Sun 3 at UCF (UCFKnights.TV) 1:30 p.m. No. 3 Oklahoma (5-0) RV Minnesota (2-1) No. 6 Tennessee (5-0) Mon 4 at UCF (UCFKnights.TV) 6:00 p.m. Location:PMS Clearwater, Color is 201 Fla. | Stadium: Eddie C. Moore Complex | TV: ESPN3/ESPNU/ESPN2 Wed 6 at Grand Canyon (YouTube) 7:00 p.m. Live Stats: Seminoles.com | In-game updates: @FSU_Softball on Twitter Wed 6 at Grand Canyon (YouTube) 9:00 p.m. NOTE: Bottom of the U must be a horizontal line. Fri 8 at No. 9 Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) 8:00 p.m. Sat 9 at No. 9 Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) 8:00 p.m. Sun 10 at No. 9 Arizona (Pac-12 Networks) 3:00 p.m. Fri 15 RV Notre Dame* (ACC Network Extra) 6:00 p.m. Sat 16 RV Notre Dame* (ACC Network Extra) 1:00 p.m. QUICK HITS Sun 17 RV Notre Dame* (ACC Network Extra) 12:00 p.m. Tues 19 Florida A&M 6:00 p.m. Wed 20 UNF 6:00 p.m. • Florida State enters the second week of the 2019 season ranked No. 1 by the National Fastpitch Fri 22 RV NC State* (ACC Network Extra) 6:00 p.m. Coaches Association, No. 1 by Softball America and No. 3 in the USA Softball poll. The Seminoles have Sat 23 RV NC State* (ACC Network Extra) 1:00 p.m. Sun 24 RV NC State* (ACC Network Extra) 12:00 p.m. been ranked in 88 consecutive polls by USA Softball, and in the top 15 of the NFCA poll for 83 straight Fri 29 at Virginia* (ACC Network Extra) 5:00 p.m. Sat 30 at Virginia* (ACC Network Extra) 1:00 p.m. weeks. FSU has been the top-ranked team by the NFCA 11 times in program history, tied for 11th-most in Sun 31 at Virginia* (ACC Network Extra) 12:00 p.m. the history of the poll. APRIL • Meghan King was named the ACC Co-Pitcher of the Week on February 12 after tossing a pair of Wed 3 at No. 4 Florida (ESPN2) 7:00 p.m. Sat 6 at Louisville* 1:00 p.m. complete-game shutouts over Iowa State at the JoAnne Graf Classic. She allowed just five hits and two Sun 7 at Louisville* 1:00 p.m. Mon 8 at Louisville* (ESPNU) 7:00 p.m. walks over 14.0 innings, while adding 15 strikeouts. Sat 13 at RV North Carolina* 2:00 p.m. • The Seminoles were selected as the preseason favorites to win the ACC and earned all 11 possible Sun 14 at RV North Carolina* 12:00 p.m. Mon 15 at RV North Carolina* (ESPNU) 4:00 p.m. first-place votes in the ACC preseason coaches poll. Florida State placed five student-athletes on the Wed 17 No. 4 Florida (ESPN2) 7:00 p.m. Fri 19 Boston College* 6:00 p.m. first-ever Preseason All-ACC Team as Carsyn Gordon, Zoe Casas, Sydney Sherrill, Meghan King and Sat 20 Boston College* 1:00 p.m. Anna Shelnutt were among the 15 players recognized. Sun 21 Boston College* 12:00 p.m. Fri 26 Duke* (ACC Network Extra) 6:00 p.m. • Meghan King and Sydney Sherrill were named to the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Watch Sat 27 Duke* (ACC Network Extra) 1:00 p.m. Sun 28 Duke* (ACC Network Extra) 12:00 p.m. List on January 30. It is the second year in a row that King has been named to the preseason watch list. MAY • The Seminoles had five players named to the first-ever Softball America Top 100 - No. 9 Meghan King, Fri 3 at Syracuse* 4:00 p.m. No. 30 Sydney Sherrill, No. 88 Carsyn Gordon, No. 95 Anna Shelnutt & No. 100 Kathryn Sandercock. 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 VERSUS NCAA’S BEST SPEED KILLS The Seminoles put together the No. 1-ranked Florida State was third in the nation last season Location.............................................Tallahassee, Fla. non-conference strength of schedule in 2018 with 152 stolen bases (2.17 per game) and are Founded ....................................................................1851 and have again built a strong schedule for 2019 looking to improve upon that in 2019. Enrollment ............................................................41,773 as Florida State will face 15 of the Top 50 Watch Symbol ...........................................................Seminoles List members from USA Softball, as well as 11 of The Seminoles already have 14 stolen bases Colors ..................................................Garnet and Gold the top 25 preseason players from ESPN. through five games (2.80 per game), but the Conference ...........................................Atlantic Coast speed doesn’t only show up in the SB column. President ...............................................John Thrasher FSU VS. NCAA’S PRESEASON BEST FSU players have nine doubles and two triples so Interim Athletics Director .................David Coburn Lili Piper (Ohio State) ...............................................February 15 far this season and the Noles will aggressively Jocelyn Alo (Oklahoma) ...........................................February 15 take the next base on a ball in the gap or go Head Coach ..........................................Lonni Alameda Giselle Juarez (Oklahoma) ......................................February 15 first-to-third on singles to the outfield. Alma Mater ............................................ Oklahoma ‘93 Sydney Romero (Oklahoma) ...................................February 15 Career Record.........................640-308-2 (15 years) Shay Knighten (Oklahoma) .....................................February 15 Amanda Sanchez (LSU) ............................................February 16 NO-HITTER! FSU Record ............................... 483-150-1 (10 years) Amber Fiser (Minnesota) ........................................February 16 A pair of Seminole newcomers made the most of Assistant Coach ................................... Travis Wilson Aubrey Leach (Tennessee) ......................................February 17 their first appearance in the circle for the Garnet Alma Mater ..........................................Canterbury ‘96 Morgan Turkoly (Louisiana Tech).................................March 2 Assistant Coach .....................................Craig Snider Taylor McQuillin (Arizona) ........................................March 8-10 and Gold on February 10 as Kara Bilodeau and Alma Mater ............................................Centenary ‘05 Jessie Harper (Arizona) ............................................March 8-10 Makinzy Herzog combined to toss a five-inning Softball Office .....................................850-644-9594 Deja Mulipola (Arizona) ............................................March 8-10 no-hitter against UNC Wilmington at the JoAnne Alyssa Palomino (Arizona) .......................................March