{"id":265223,"date":"2026-05-09T23:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T23:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265223\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T23:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T23:48:12","slug":"no-20-softball-wins-20th-acc-tournament-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265223\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 20! Softball Wins 20th ACC Tournament Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.\u00a0&#8211; The No. 10 and top-seeded Florida State softball team (49-8) defeated three seed No. 16 Virginia Tech (46-10) in the ACC Tournament Championship by a final score of 2-1 on Saturday afternoon at Palmer Park in Charlottesville, Va.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWith the victory, Florida State secured its 20th ACC Tournament Championship and its 10th under head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/coaches\/lonni-alameda\/670\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"670\" target=\"_blank\">Lonni Alameda<\/a>, going in conjunction with its 19th ACC Regular Season title awarded a week prior. The title is their first since 2023 and is their ninth in the last 12 ACC Tournament Championships.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Seminoles have won eight of their last nine matchups with the Hokies and improve their all-time record over Virginia Tech to 39-21.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jazzy-francik\/8020\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8020\" target=\"_blank\">Jazzy Francik<\/a> (22-2) delivered an impressive start and relief appearance in a pitchers duel, going a total of six innings and allowing just three hits and no earned runs while striking out six Hokie batters. The ACC Pitcher of the Year threw 4.2 innings in her start before exiting the game in the fifth, later re-entering in the sixth and escaping a bases-loaded jam. Francik then retired the side in order in the top of the seventh to secure the title and her second win of the tournament.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nVirginia Tech would strike first, scoring on an error in the top of the first inning. Florida State answered back in the second inning after <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kennedy-harp\/6543\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6543\" target=\"_blank\">Kennedy Harp<\/a> hammered an RBI double to the centerfield wall, scoring <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/bella-ruggiero\/8026\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8026\" target=\"_blank\">Bella Ruggiero<\/a> from first base. Harp advanced to third base on the throw to home, and later swiped home plate on a passed ball to turn the lead over to the Seminoles, 2-1, which they would fiercely defend in the following frames.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe three hits of the afternoon belonged to Harp, <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/anna-hinde\/8036\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8036\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Hinde<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/makenna-sturgis\/8030\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8030\" target=\"_blank\">Makenna Sturgis<\/a> while the team drew five free bases. Hinde and Harp showed off the power with their fifth and seventh doubles of the season, respectively.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFlorida State will await its NCAA Tournament seeding on during the selection show on Sunday, May 10, which will air on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. NCAA Regionals will begin on Friday, May 15 and play through Sunday, May 17.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor updates and exclusive content, follow the Seminoles on X (FSU_Softball), Instagram (fsusoftball) and Facebook (Florida State Seminoles Softball).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FSU All-Tournament Selections<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jazzy-francik\/8020\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8020\" target=\"_blank\">Jazzy Francik<\/a> (MVP)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jaysoni-beachum\/6540\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6540\" target=\"_blank\">Jaysoni Beachum<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/ashtyn-danley\/6542\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6542\" target=\"_blank\">Ashtyn Danley<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jazzy-francik\/8020\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8020\" target=\"_blank\">Jazzy Francik<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SCORING SUMMARY:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT1 | FSU 0, VT 1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Chatfield singled, Lynch scored on error<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nB2\u00a0| FSU 1, VT 1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Harp doubled, Ruggiero scored<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nB2\u00a0| FSU 2, VT 1\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Harp scored on wild pitch<\/p>\n<p>Of Note&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tFSU won its ACC-leading 20th ACC Tournament Championship.&#13;<br \/>\n\tCoach Alameda won her 10th ACC Tournament Championship in her 18 seasons at Florida State. Alameda&#8217;s 10 ACC Championships ties her with FSU&#8217;s JoAnne Graf for the most in ACC history.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jazzy-francik\/8020\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8020\" target=\"_blank\">Jazzy Francik<\/a> earned her 22nd win of the season after going six innings and not allowing an earned run. Francik\u00a0has allowed just one earned run in her last 22 innings.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe FSU pitching staff has allowed just one earned run in its last six games.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tFSU allowed just two runs in the entirety of the ACC Tournament. It is the least amount of runs FSU has allowed in the ACC Tournament since posting three shutouts in the 2019 ACC Tournament.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jaysoni-beachum\/6540\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jaysoni-beachum\/6540\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6540\" target=\"_blank\">Jaysoni Beachum<\/a><\/a> drew a walk in the first inning and has now reached base safely in 45-consecutive games which is tied for the\u00a0second-longest streak in FSU history behind Maddie O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s 50-game streak.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tFSU improved to 83-22 and 42-7 under Coach Alameda in the ACC Tournament.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.\u00a0&#8211; The No. 10 and top-seeded Florida State softball team (49-8) defeated three seed No. 16 Virginia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-265223","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\/265223","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=265223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}