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This week in Florida State sports:
- Congratulations to the 4th-ranked Beach Volleyball team for winning their seventh CCSA Championship yesterday by defeating South Carolina 3-0. Their bracket position in the NCAA Tournament will be announced this morning at 11:00 a.m.
- The 16th-ranked softball team has mercy-ruled their opponents in their last 3 games, have won 13 in a row, and have won 21 out of their last 22 games played. They will try to sweep UNC today at Noon and the game can be seen on the ACCNX.
- The baseball team bounced back from last weekends series loss and took it out on UNF during the week, and will be going for the weekend sweep against the #6 ranked Duke Blue Devils today at 1:00 p.m. The game will be televised on the ACCNX.
- The tennis team won their first ever ACC Championship and head coach Dwayne Hultquist is the ACC Conference’s Coach of the Year.
- The Women’s Basketball team added two players this week while the men’s team gaveth some and tooketh away some.
- The FSU golf, track & field, and swimming/diving programs were also in the news this week and their stories are posted in our recaps below.
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The No. 4 Florida State beach volleyball team defeated South Carolina 3-0 to win the CCSA Championship on Saturday. This marks the seventh CCSA championship in program history.
Freshman Kaileigh Truslow, sophomore Alexis Durish, juniors Raelyn White and Audrey Koenig, senior Caitlin Moon, and graduate student Maddie Anderson were awarded with All-Tournament Team honors after winning their respective courts during the championship match.
Koenig and White opened the match with a 21-14, 21-13 victory on court three. Moon and Truslow fought in a scrappy battle on court five, winning a back-and-forth second set to give the Noles a 2-0 advantage. Anderson and Durish dropped the first set on court one but fought back and forced a third. The tiebreaker began as a point-for-point affair before the Seminoles pulled away to win the set 15-10.
The Seminoles have won all seven CCSA championship matches that they’ve appeared in and have won seven of the last eight titles. Florida State will now shift its focus to the NCAA Tournament. The bracket for this year’s tournament will be announced Sunday at 11:00 a.m. on NCAA.com. The tournament will get underway May 3-5 in Gulf Shores, Alabama….
Saturday: Carson Dorsey and the long ball were the difference as FSU locks up the series
Did Carson Dorsey save the Seminole season?
After two of the three starters in the FSU rotation went down a month ago, Link Jarrett did not know where to look for length or outs. He turned to Carson Dorsey, a transfer who had been coming out of the bullpen to start his Florida State tenure, to help lessen the blow of Cam Leiter and Conner Whittaker. After a couple of rocky starts, he has been nails the last few weeks. He carried the Seminoles to a win against Wake Forest last week, and he did it again for a series-clinching victory against Duke on Saturday.
The game started as a pitcher’s duel, a different start to last night’s ball game….{continued}
Friday: First inning offense and timely pitching wins game one for the Seminoles.
FSU scored four in the first and the combination of Jamie Arnold and Brennen Oxford handled the rest in FSU’s game one win over Duke, 4-2.
The Seminoles jumped out to an early lead thanks to the combination of small ball and power. With one out, Cam Smith reached with a single and then James Tibbs was hit by a pitch. Marco Dinges drove in Cam with a single and then Jaime Ferrer crushed a three-run shot to left center….{continued}
If last week’s non-conference matchup vs. Mercer was a trap game for Florida State baseball, then this week was the get-right.
Timely at-bats, dominant pitching, and the long ball carried FSU baseball to a much-needed victory over North Florida on Tuesday, beating the Ospreys 10-2.
However, the beginning of the game did not look like the rest…{continued}
No, the sky is not falling.
Florida State lost a trap game to Mercer on Tuesday for its first non-conference loss of the season and then compounded its misfortune with a series loss to Wake Forest. The Seminoles were forced to throw back-to-back bullpen games during a doubleheader on Saturday. They won the first game but lost the second by a run.
So, count me on the side of the glass being half-full, not half-empty….{continued}
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Cal Raleigh, C, Seattle Mariners
Raleigh played in all six games for the Mariners this week. His week was highlighted by a four-hit game Saturday versus the Colorado Rockies. He slugged his third home run of the year, which was his second-consecutive game with a home run, and had two RBIs in the contest. Raleigh had two multi-hit games and earned a hit in four of the six games on the week.
DJ Stewart, OF, New York Mets
In four games, Stewart scored two runs, clubbed four hits including a double and a home run, four RBIs, four walks, and stole his first base of the year. Following a slow start to the season, Stewart has upped his batting average to .267, on-base-percentage to .452, and slugging to .633
Tyler Holton, P, Detroit Tigers
In Holton’s three appearances this past week he threw a combined 4.0 innings. He threw versus the reigning World Series champion Texas Rangers on Monday and Thursday, and in his two innings of work allowed two hits and zero earned runs. In Minnesota on Sunday he threw a perfect two frames, which included a strikeout.
Cole Sands, P, Minnesota Twins
Sands made two appearances on the week, both versus the Detroit Tigers. Throwing in both games over the weekend, Sands went 0.2 innings which included a hit and a strikeout, and 1.1 frames where he struck out two, and gave up only one knock. Dating back to April 13th, Sands’ last three showings have been against the Tigers. Over 3.1 innings he has struck out six batters, allowed only two hits, and earned his only save on the year.
Luke Weaver, P, New York Yankees
Weaver struggled at the beginning of the week in his outing versus the Blue Jays, while he struck out two he allowed two earned runs on two hits over 1.1 innings. He bounced back on Saturday and Sunday, which included 2.1 frames of perfect work, striking out one in each appearance.
Taylor Walls, INF, Tampa Bay Rays
Walls started the season on the 10-Day Injured List and has yet to make an appearance this season.
Florida State softball came out swinging on Friday against North Carolina, run ruling the Tar Heels. The bats didn’t quit in the 10 run victory, with a slew of multi-run homeruns.
In game two, Mimi Gooden got the start, after starting against No. 12 Florida on Wednesday. After the lead off out, a single and walk had runners on for North Carolina against Gooden. Another out on the board for the rookie pitcher gave way to her 5th batter, who hit a triple to push across two runs....{continued}
Florida State softball returned home to Tallahassee, for their final ACC regular series. For the first game of the series against the North Carolina Tar Heels, Ashtyn Danley got the ball to start. Danley began with a lead off walk, and a one out walk put two runners on. The freshman faced a dangerous part of the lineup, walking the bases loaded and less than two outs....{continued}
For their first game against the Florida Gators, Florida State softball traveled to Gainesville to face the freshman Ava Brown. In their first trip to the batters box, the Seminoles were shut down by Brown, going 1-2-3.
On the other side of the ball, it was Mimi Gooden getting the start in the circle. Gooden walked her first batter, but it was erased on a double play to add two outs. A fly out for her next batter kept it at the minimum and was able to roll with the 0-0 game….{continued}
On the latest episode of the Seminole Softball Wrap, hosts Brian Pellerin and Gwyn Rhodes discuss the recent success of FSU’s softball team, highlighting an impressive run which has seen Florida State take first place in the ACC. They delve into the team’s significant victories, including that blowout win over Florida, which puts them in a good position to potentially host a regional....{continued}
Beachum is the first Seminole to win the award this season and is the first true freshman from Florida State to be named ACC Player of the Week since Sydney Sherrill on April 10, 2018.
Beachum has had one of the best freshmen seasons in school history and this past week was no different. Beachum hit four home runs in five games and tallied eight RBI to bring her season total to 50. Beachum hit .467 on the week with seven hits and was also walked four times to end the week with a .550 on base percentage. Beachum also posted a 1.333 slugging percentage.
Beachum is not only one of the best freshmen hitters in the country but one of the best overall hitters in the country. Beachum’s .447 batting average ranks 12th in the country. Beachum also ranks in the top 25 nationally in hits, RBI and slugging percentage.
Beachum is on pace to break the FSU freshman record for batting average, hits, RBI, slugging percentage and on base percentage. She needs just nine RBI to break Sherrill’s freshman record of 58 RBI which would also put her seventh all-time on FSU’s top 10 list for most single season RBI.
Looking for the sweep on Sunday, Florida State softball squared off against Halie Pappion in the circle for Boston College.
For the first time not facing Abby Dunning to start the game, Kaley Mudge got a lead off hit. With one runner on, Jaysoni Beachum made her presence known early. The freshman sent a 2-run shot over the wall in left field to open the scoring....{continued}
Florida State Women’s Basketball Head Coach Brooke Wyckoff has secured another impact transfer this offseason, signing 6-foot-4 versatile forward Malea Williams from the University of Cincinnati.
Williams will be using her COVID-19 bonus year as she enters her fifth season of college basketball, playing her previous three seasons at Cincinnati and her freshman year at Louisville….
Florida State Women’s Basketball head coach Brooke Wyckoff has secured her first transfer for the upcoming 2024-25 season, adding talented Brazilian shooting guard Raiane Dias Dos Santos from Gulf Coast State College. The redshirt freshman guard will have three years of college eligibility remaining….
…Pronounced Hi-Ani, Raiane Dias Dos Santos excelled last season at Gulf Coast State in the 2023-24 year. The Sao Paulo, Brazil, native averaged 11.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and shot 36.3 percent from 3-point range…..
Florida State’s men’s basketball roster continue to churn with activity, this time bringing a new player to Tallahassee. Within hours of losing star wing Jamir Watkins to the NBA, Coach Hamilton returned to his roster construction roots with an addition from the junior college ranks. A big addition. Malique Ewin, a 6’10 center ranked by JucoRecruiting as the number one JUCO prospect in America, will be suiting up in garnet and gold next season.
Ewin, who started his career at Ole Miss, comes to FSU after earning first-team NJCAA All-American honors at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas. He averaged nearly 15 points and 9 rebounds during his one season, winning Defensive Player of the Year in his league. He has also been selected to play in the NJCAA all-star game taking place next month in Las Vegas.
Here’s what Coach Hamilton had to say about Ewin, quoted in an article by SID Chuck Walsh on Seminoles.com:
“He’s versatile, will help us both offensively and defensively, and plays hard all of the time. Malique is a true all-around player, who makes big time plays on offense and defense.”
This adds to a tumultuous last week for FSU that has seen the loss of Watkins and starting point guard Jalen Warley, but the addition on Ewin and wing transfer Jerry Deng. Counting three high school signees, there are currently 7 players on the Seminoles’ roster, so it’s safe to say Hamilton and Co. aren’t done yet.
For Leonard Hamilton and the Florida State men’s basketball program, recent headlines have been dominated by Seminole players entering the transfer portal. Today brings news that a portal transfer is headed to Tallahassee.
Jerry Deng, a 6’9”, 220 pound forward who played for the Hampton Pirates last season, has chosen FSU as his new destination....{continued}
Jamir Watkins announced he is declaring for the NBA Draft today via Instagram.
Watkins transferred to Florida State from VCU prior to this year. The talented forward was named as an Honorable Mention All-ACC member after leading the Seminoles in scoring and rebounds last season.
UNC can afford to bring back guys like Armando Bacot and RJ Davis, while FSU has 2 players left. Yet people are gonna still argue with me when I say FSU is broke and doesn’t care about basketball
Best of luck to Jamir who was super fun to watch pic.twitter.com/xcG5cZpCWL
— Jon Kreft Superfan (@MichaelRogner) April 24, 2024
The boys are back.
Not the Florida State Seminoles men’s basketball team, who are missing from the NCAA Tournament for the third year in a row, but rather Matt Minnick and Michael Rogner, hosts of The Gospel of Ham.
In this episode, Minnick and Rogner reflect on Florida State’s 2023-2024 basketball season — an inconsistent and frustrating year from the Seminoles that the duo attributes to a lack of competitiveness and defensive issues.
The two also talk about the ACC’s performance in the tournament, noting the conference’s overachievement relative to seeding and discussing reasons behind this trend, such as the ACC being undervalued by metrics and poor conference scheduling: a reflection of ACC leadership’s strategies and the conference’s overall management, especially in comparison to other conferences.
They also discuss FSU’s roster, from the impact of departing players (De’Ante Green, Baba Miller and Primo Spears) to potential transfers and recruits for Florida State, emphasizing the need for experienced players from winning programs to improve the team’s competitiveness and toughness.
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Florida State senior Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc is the ACC Men’s Tennis Player of the Year and head coach Dwayne Hultquist is the conference’s Coach of the Year, it was announced Thursday.
Hultquist led the Seminoles to their first ACC Tournament championship by defeating No. 65 Virginia Tech, No. 11 NC State, No. 7 Wake Forest and No. 2 Virginia in consecutive days. Florida State was the first school to win four matches in four days to claim an ACC title and also became the first school to defeat the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 seeds in the same tournament. FSU’s win over Virginia snapped the Cavaliers’ 62-match winning streak over ACC opponents and improved the Seminoles to 15-2 away from Tallahassee this season. Hultquist is the ACC Coach of the Year for the second time in his career, after also earning the honor in 2018 when FSU finished with 28 wins….
The No. 17 Florida State men’s tennis team claimed its first-ever ACC Championship with a thrilling 4-3 comeback victory over back-to-back defending national champions and No. 2-ranked Virginia on Sunday afternoon. The Seminoles snapped Virginia’s 62-match winning streak over ACC opponents dating back to February 13, 2021…
….Florida State is the first ACC champion to win four matches in four days since the conference tournament expanded to include a fourth day in 1992. The Seminoles earned the ACC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, and will find out their seeding and bracket information during the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on April 29 at 6 p.m.
The Florida State swimming and diving teams hosted the annual awards banquet on Wednesday night.
Head swimming and diving coach Neal Studd announced 13 award winners in six categories.
Hardest Worker – Jenny Halden | Max Wilson
Freshman of the Year – Maysa Ratiu | Tobias Schulrath
Most Improved – Sydney Cole, Kayleigh Clark | Sam Bork
Diver of the Year – Samantha Vear | David Vargas
Most Valuable – Maddy Huggins | Peter Varjasi
Coaches’ Award – Arianna Ottavianelli | Peter Varjasi
The Florida State Women’s Golf team has been selected to play in the NCAA Las Vegas Regional Championship May 6-8 at the Spanish Trail Country Club in Nevada as announced by the NCAA Women’s Golf Committee. The Seminoles’ selection to the NCAA Las Vegas Regional Championship marks the 18th consecutive season program has competed in an NCAA Regional – every year since 2006.
A total of 72 teams and 30 individuals have been selected to play in six regionals across the country. From each regional five teams and one individual not on those qualifying teams will advance to the National Championship Finals at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif….
Florida State All-American Mirabel Ting has been selected to play as a member of the International Team in the Arnold Palmer Cup, which will take place at the Lahinch Golf Club in Lahinch, Ireland, July 5-7, 2024. It marks the second consecutive year Ting has played for the International Team at the Arnold Palmer Cup. Florida State All-American Lottie Woad was selected to play for the International Team but declined the invitation in order to play in the Amundi Evian Championship in France – the second major of her career….
No. 2 seed Florida State Men’s Golf reached the ACC Match Play Finals on Monday after defeating Georgia Tech, 3-0, but ultimately fell in the championship match against top-seeded North Carolina, 3-1….
…The finals was billed as a pair of golf heavyweights, the top two seeds from the league in a match that virtually went down to the very end. Despite being down 4-1 later in the match, both Kjettrup and Brett Roberts stayed resilient despite the loss – nearly helping the Seminoles pull off the comeback.
The NCAA Men’s Golf Selection Show will air on Wednesday, May 1, from 2-3 p.m. on the GOLF Channel. FSU looks to go even further than its Match Play Semifinals run last year where it tied for third nationally.
Clanton is one of 10 USA men’s selections by the committee, currently ranking No. 2 overall in collegiate golf according to the latest Clippd ratings used by the NCAA. The Hialeah, Fla., native and American Heritage High School performer is shooting 69.30 in the 2023-24 academic year, an average that would break the single-season low at FSU.
The Arnold Palmer Cup was co-founded by Arnold Palmer and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and began at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Fla., in 1997. The event is a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring the top men’s and women’s university/college golfers matching the United States against a team of International players.
The Palmer Cup has been played at some of the world’s greatest courses, including The Old Course at St. Andrews, The Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, Baltusrol, The Honors Course, and Cherry Hills. Beginning with the 2018 matches at Evian Resort Golf Club, the Palmer Cup is the only major tournament that features men and women playing side-by-side as partners.
Clanton joins Mirabel Ting of Florida State Women’s Golf among the Seminole representatives in the Arnold Palmer Cup, as she will be playing for the International Team.
- In her first career LPGA major championship appearance, Florida State golfer Lottie Woad finished in a tie for 23rd place in the final standings of the Chevron Championship with scores of 71-69-73-74 (four-round total of 1 under par 287):
Woad finished in a tie for 23rd place in the final standings of the Chevron Championship with scores of 71-69-73-74 for a four-round total of 1 under par 287 to earn a top-25 finish in her first career LPGA major championship appearance. She finished as one of 29 players in the field with an under par score and as the second-lowest score among amateurs in the field.
Woad closed her final round in her first major with three birdies – including her final one on her final hole of the tournament — to finish with a 74 in the final round. Her final shot of the event gave her a birdie on the 18th hole (par 5) allowed her to finish play in her first major under par. Woad birdied the 18th hole three times in her four rounds during the championship.
Woad finished the tournament with 17 total birdies, including five each in the first and second rounds. Throughout her play in the 54-hole major, Woad played consistently wonderful golf with 57 of her 72 holes played at par or better (79 percent). She was never above par on her cumulative score for the entirety of the final three rounds and 54 holes following her birdie on hole No. 18 to close out her first round of play.
Woad returns Florida State for her final week of classes (April 22-26) and begins her final exams on April 29 with an American History exam.
The No.21/NR Florida State outdoor track and field teams closed the regular season strong, adding seven postseason qualifiers…
….“Great job today for both squads,” Braman added. “We really stepped up and are in good position for ACC’s in two weeks.”
FSU will head to Atlanta for the ACC Championship hosted by Georgia Tech, running May 9-11.
Other Seminole Stuff
Florida State Athletics (FSU) and The Brandr Group (TBG) have established an agreement for student-athletes competing across all the school’s varsity teams that will enable FSU student-athletes to profit from their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) using the school’s official trademarks and logos. The partnership gives Brandr the ability to use FSU Athletics marks as part of a group licensing program they are offering to all FSU student-athletes.
“We’re pleased and excited to enter into this partnership with Brandr,” said Michael Alford, FSU Vice President and Director of Athletics. “This agreement is part of our ongoing efforts to ensure that we are helping our student-athletes have access to the types of services necessary for maximizing their value as they pursue NIL opportunities that allow them to both earn money and garner practical work experience….”
“LabGenie” will use artificial intelligence to provide contextualized information about lab test results and to generate questions patients can use to discuss their results with their doctors.
Led by two researchers from the College of Communication and Information’s School of Information — Associate Professor Zhe He and Professor Mia Lustria — the interdisciplinary team includes experts in computational sciences, electronic health (eHealth) and mobile health (mHealth), human-computer interaction (HCI), large language models, geriatric medicine and implementation science.
The project, funded by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional collaboration that aims to improve patients’ ability to understand their test results and participate in shared decision-making with their doctors.
The goal is to have a functional prototype that can pull medical data directly from an electronic medical records system which can then be used to provide more contextualized insights about a patient’s lab test results.
FSU alumnus Alan Rhodes is the lead systems engineer for @NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System mission, which uses sunlight to propel spacecraft without conventional rocket propellant. Keep reaching for the stars, Alan! ️ @NASAAmes @FSUAlumni https://t.co/HUFpKO7UDx
— Florida State University (@FloridaState) April 24, 2024
Florida State spring football is over — but the Seminole Wrap is back.
Perry Kostidakis takes up hosting duty with fearless leader Brian Pellerin out on paternity leave, joined by staff writer Jordan Silversmith who has been up-close and in the trenches all spring long.
After a quick recap of everything in the FSU sports world, Jordan shares his answers to some burning questions after Florida State’s Spring Showcase, including:
What was there to like the most from Saturday’s showcase?
Who was an expected stand-out that lived up to the hype? Who was a surprise?
What position groups to feel the most confident and most concerned about at this point
What has been seen throughout spring that wasn’t on display Saturday?
Offensive and defensive spring MVPs
The two also discuss the way that the annual spring exhibition has been held under Mike Norvell, while Jordan shares some thoughts on the NFL Draft and the upcoming week in FSU baseball.
All that and more on the Seminole Wrap podcast.
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