{"id":250523,"date":"2026-04-29T02:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250523\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T02:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:35:07","slug":"no-10-softball-falls-at-no-8-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250523\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 10 Softball Falls at No. 8 Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

GAINESVILLE, Fla.\u00a0– The No. 10 Florida State softball team (43-8, 18-3 ACC) fell to No. 8 Florida (46-8, 16-5 SEC) by a final score of 4-3 on Tuesday night at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium in Gainesville, Fla.\u00a0
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\nFlorida State managed three runs on seven hits and drew three walks. Five different Noles recorded a hit in the loss, with Ashtyn Danley<\/a> and Kennedy Harp<\/a> each going 2-for-3 at the plate.
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\nThe Seminoles got on the board early in the second inning after putting together a string of successful hits. Singles from Bella Ruggiero<\/a> and Harp as well as a walk drawn by Shelby McKenzie<\/a> loaded up the bases for Hayley Griggs<\/a>, who singled softly into left field to drive in Ruggiero. Isa Torres<\/a> followed it up with a sacrifice fly to the same side, sending McKenzie home and extending the lead to 2-0.
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\nThe Gators responded with two runs on two hits in the bottom of the third inning to even the score. They would take the lead in the bottom in the fourth with an RBI single, 3-2.
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\nFlorida State answered in the top of the fifth, loading the bases once more. A sacrifice fly into deep right field by Anna Hinde<\/a> allowed Torres to tag up and swipe home.
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\nFlorida managed a one-run response in the bottom of the inning to reclaim the lead which they would maintain through the remainder of the game, 4-3.\u00a0
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\nBella Dimitrijevic<\/a> delivered three innings of work in her 13th start of the season, giving up two earned runs on three hits while picking up one strikeout. Marlee Gaskell<\/a> (2-1) entered in relief in the fourth inning, throwing 2.1 innings and striking out three while allowing five hits. Makenna Reid<\/a> entered in the bottom of the sixth to close, inducing two flyouts.\u00a0
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\nFlorida State will resume and round out ACC play in a series against Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass., starting on Friday, May 1. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. on ACCNX.
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\nSCORING SUMMARY:
\nT2 | FSU 1, UF 0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Griggs RBI single, Ruggiero scored
\nT2 | FSU 2, UF 0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Torres sacrifice fly, McKenzie scored
\nB3 | FSU 2, UF 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Shumaker RBI double, Comia scored
\nB3 | FSU 2, UF 2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thomas singled, Shumaker scored
\nB4 | FSU 2, UF 3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wesolowski singled, Cahalan scored
\nT5 | FSU 3, UF 3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hinde sacrifice fly, Torres scored
\nB5 | FSU 3, UF 4 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Desiderio singled, Cahalan scored<\/p>\n

Of Note
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\n\tMarlee Gaskell<\/a> pitched 2.1 innings on Tuesday night. It was her longest outing since going 2.1 innings against Dartmouth on Feb. 21. Gaskell tied her season high with three strikeouts against the Gators.\u00a0
\n\tJaysoni Beachum<\/a> went 1-for-3 today and has now reached base safely in 39 consecutive games which is the fourth-longest streak in FSU history and the longest streak since 2014.
\n\tAshtyn Danley<\/a> went 2-for-3 and picked up her 12th multi-hit game of the year.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE, Fla.\u00a0– The No. 10 Florida State softball team (43-8, 18-3 ACC) fell to No. 8 Florida (46-8,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-250523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250523","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=250523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}