{"id":237339,"date":"2026-04-18T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237339\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T22:21:10","slug":"danleys-big-day-lifts-no-12-softball-past-unc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237339\/","title":{"rendered":"Danley’s Big Day Lifts No. 12 Softball Past UNC"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSE \u2014 The No. 12 Florida State softball team (38-7, 14-3 ACC) defeated North Carolina (31-13, 9-11 ACC), 6-1, on Saturday afternoon, clinching the series over the Tar Heels. The Seminoles improved to 80-27 all-time against UNC.
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\nFlorida State leaned on a strong 4.0 innings in the circle from Bella Dimitrijevic<\/a>, who earned the win to move to 7-3 on the season. The sophomore allowed just two hits and one run during her time on the mound, while striking out four, just shy of her career high. Ashtyn Danley<\/a> took over in the fifth and closed things out with confidence, earning her third save of the season. She struck out four, allowed two hits, and did not give up a run.
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\nDanley also made her presence felt at the plate, going 3-4 to tie her career high of hits, while Isa Torres<\/a> added another multi-hit performance, going 2-3.
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\nTorres wasted no time setting the tone. She led off the game with a home run to deep center field, her 11th of the season, giving Florida State an early spark. The Seminoles added to their lead in the first inning when redshirt freshman Bella Ruggiero<\/a> lifted a sacrifice fly to score Jaysoni Beachum<\/a> with the bases loaded, making the score 2-0 at the end of the first.
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\nNorth Carolina responded in the top of the second on a solo home run from Emily LeGette, trimming the deficit to 2-1. The score held there for a few innings as both teams settled in.\u00a0
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\nFlorida State broke things open, after catching a second wind in the fifth. Hayley Griggs<\/a> started the rally with a double to right field, followed by a bunt single from Torres. After Beachum reached on a fielder’s choice, Danley delivered the biggest swing of the day, driving a ball to center field to bring home two runs and extend the lead.\u00a0
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\nThe offense kept rolling, as Marin Heller<\/a> added a triple to right field, her fourth of the season, and later scored on a sacrifice fly from Griggs to cap the inning.
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\nFlorida State will wrap up Senior Weekend on Sunday at noon on ACCNX.
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\nSCORING SUMMARY:
\nB1 | FSU 1, UNC 0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Torres homered
\nB1 | FSU 2, UNC 0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ruggiero sacrifice fly, Beachum scored
\nT3 | FSU 2, UNC 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LeGette homered
\nB5 | FSU 5, UNC 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Danley homered, Torres and Beachum scored
\nB6 | FSU 6, UNC 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Griggs sacrifice fly, Heller scored<\/p>\n

Of Note
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\n\tIsa Torres<\/a><\/a> went 2-for-3 for her 23rd multi-hit game of the season. Isa still leads the country with a .583 batting average.\u00a0
\n\tTorres hit a leadoff home run for the fifth time this season. Torres has set a new career high with 11 home runs this season.\u00a0
\n\tJaysoni Beachum<\/a><\/a> singled in the first inning and has now reached base safely in 33 consecutive games which is the fifth-longest streak in FSU history.
\n\tBella Ruggiero<\/a><\/a> drove in a run in the top of the first to put the Noles up 2-0 and has now recorded a RBI in her last five games.
\n\tAshtyn Danley<\/a> tied her career high with three hits this afternoon. Danley also drove in three runs.\u00a0
\n\tDanley picked up her ninth career save which is tied for the fourth-most in FSU history.\u00a0
\n\tBella Dimitrijevic<\/a> was phenomenal in her start. Dimitrijevic allowed just one run on two hits. Dimitrijevic’s two hits was her lowest total she has allowed this season when she has gone at least four innings.\u00a0
\n\tFSU scored two runs in the first inning and has now outscored its opponents 62-19 in the first inning. FSU improved to 23-2 when it scores in the first inning.
\n\tFSU has won 24 out of the last 27 meetings against the Tar Heels.\u00a0
\n\tFSU has won 40 out of its last 43 regular season games at JoAnne Graf Field.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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