No. 10 Florida State softball faces a familiar foe this weekend, traveling to Clemson, S.C. for a three-game ACC series against the Clemson Tigers. Florida State enters the series 30-5 overall and 9-3 in conference play, with Clemson 23-10 and 6-3 in the ACC and coming off an upset win over in-state rival South Carolina.<\/p>\n
New Tigers<\/p>\n
Cori Hicks (@ Oklahoma): .261 BA \/ 3 R \/ 6 H \/ 3 HR \/ 8 RBI \/ 5 BB<\/p>\n
Kiley Channel (@ FAU): .324 BA \/ 81 R \/ 131 H \/ 95 RBI \/ 41 BB<\/p>\n
Abby Dunning (@ Boston College): 3.11 ERA \/ 412 IP \/ 337 H \/ 224 R \/ 255 SO \/ 27 HR \/ .222 B\/AVG<\/p>\n
Sierra Maness (@ USC Upstate): 2.34 ERA \/ 347.1 IP \/ 326 H \/ 162 R \/ 99 BB \/ 265 SO \/ .240 B\/AVG<\/p>\n
Mac Pavese: Extra Innings (a leading softball recruiting service) No. 1-ranked infielder<\/p>\n
Maddie Johnson: Extra Innings No. 8-ranked pitcher<\/p>\n
Lexie Hames: Two-time Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year, 4th-ranked overall, 2nd-ranked pitcher<\/p>\n
Sara Breaux: Extra Innings No. 6-ranked infielder<\/p>\n
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Key Departures<\/p>\n
Alex Brown: .413 BA \/ 70 R \/ 81 H \/ 35 RBI \/ 41 BB<\/p>\n
Maddie Moore: .411 BA \/ 61 R \/ 79 H \/ 17 HR \/ 71 RBI \/ 21 BB<\/p>\n
Aby Vieira: .337 BA \/ 32 R \/ 60 H \/ 33 RBI \/ 17 BB<\/p>\n
Brooke McCubbin: 2.46 ERA \/ 142 IP \/ 145 H \/ 75 R \/ 42 BB \/ 84 SO \/ .255 B\/AVG<\/p>\n
Reese Basinger: 2.94 ERA \/ 178.1 IP \/ 181 H \/ 90 R \/ 45 BB \/ 121 SO \/ .255 B\/AVG<\/p>\n
Key Returners<\/p>\n
Marian Collins: .369 BA \/ 22 R \/ 38 H \/ 28 RBI \/ 13 BB<\/p>\n
Jamison Brockenbrough: .347 BA \/ 33 R \/ 35 H \/ 23 RBI \/ 22 BB<\/p>\n
Stats Comparison<\/p>\n
By the numbers, Florida State holds a significant advantage in several key categories heading into this series:<\/p>\n
ERA: FSU (3.05) Clemson (2.65)<\/p>\n
Fielding Percentage: FSU (.985) Clemson (.960)<\/p>\n
Batting Average: FSU (.371) Clemson (.297)<\/p>\n
Scoring: FSU (8.24) Clemson (5.47)<\/p>\n
RPI: FSU (10) Clemson (20)<\/p>\n
How to Watch<\/p>\n
Friday, March 27, 6 p.m., ACCNX<\/p>\n
Saturday, March 28, noon, ACCN<\/p>\n
Sunday, March 29, 6 p.m., ACCN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 10 Florida State softball faces a familiar foe this weekend, traveling to Clemson, S.C. for a three-game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[39572,17066,6786,95240,28,30,29,1320,95414],"class_list":["post-208348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-bb","tag-clemson","tag-clemson-tigers","tag-extra-innings","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-florida-state","tag-maddie-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208348","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=208348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}