{"id":149305,"date":"2026-02-09T21:35:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/149305\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T21:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:35:50","slug":"marshall-softball-drops-doubleheader-to-no-7-florida-state-in-tallahassee-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/149305\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall Softball Drops Doubleheader to No. 7 Florida State in Tallahassee"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRESS RELEASE: MARSHALL ATHLETICS<\/p>\n

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.\u00a0\u2013 Marshall Softball (2-2) was tasked with a Saturday doubleheader against No. 7 Florida State, falling 6-2 and 10-2 in five innings Saturday.\u00a0Sydni Burko<\/a>\u00a0starred for the Herd, homering in both contests against the nationally ranked Seminoles. The sophomore transfer from Ona drove in all of Marshall\u2019s runs on the season\u2019s second day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

First Game: #7 Florida State 6, Marshall 2<\/p>\n

Burko hit her first home run for the Herd on a full count with two outs in the 7th, scoring Diamond Leslie. The blast prevented a shutout but it was not for a lack of chances against the Preseason-ACC favorites. The Herd collected seven hits in the opener but stranded nine, unable to capitalize against a dominant Seminoles pitching staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marshall\u2019s best chance came in the 4th with bases loaded and two outs when Haleigh Adkins was robbed by a leaping second baseman in what was a 1-0 game at the point.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Defensively, Marshall struggled to limit damage, committing three errors in the first game as FSU scored three in the bottom half of the 4th and two more in the following inning.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rylan Miller<\/a>\u00a0provided a scoreless frame to close the opener in her collegiate debut. Miller was one of four first-years to see action Saturday gaining valuable experience against a Florida State program that reached the NCAA Super Regionals last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Second Game: #7 Florida State 10, Marshall 2 (5 Innings)<\/p>\n

Timely hitting also proved elusive, as the Herd finished 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position in game two. Marshall had a chance to tie or take the lead in the 3rd with runners on second and third and no outs following a Burko RBI double but were unable to convert.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to Burko\u2019s game two RBI, Bella Gerlach added a pair of hits.<\/p>\n

In the circle, sophomore Maddie Veal was solid out of the bullpen in game two, striking out three over 2.1 innings.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Up Next\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marshall closes opening weekend with a matchup against Iowa at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics app for iOS or Android!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE: MARSHALL ATHLETICS TALLAHASSEE, Fla.\u00a0\u2013 Marshall Softball (2-2) was tasked with a Saturday doubleheader against No. 7…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-149305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-tallahassee","9":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","10":"tag-tallahassee-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}