TALLAHASSEE\u00a0– The No. 9 Florida State softball team fell to UCF in the regional final on Sunday afternoon at the Seminole Softball Complex by a final score of 4-2. With the split, the Knights (41-17-1) advance to the NCAA Super Regional while the Seminoles’ (52-10) season comes to a close.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Noles won game one by a score of 2-1 to force the winner-take-all game seven. Anna Hinde<\/a> and Hayley Griggs<\/a> hit two solo home runs to lead the Noles offensively, while Jazzy Francik<\/a> pitched 6.1 innings and allowed just one earned run. Ashtyn Danley<\/a> come on to record the save in the seventh.\u00a0 GAME 2 SCORING SUMMARY
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\nJunior Jaysoni Beachum<\/a> led the offense in Game 2 with a 2-for-2 performance, reaching base in all four of her appearances with two walks drawn. Freshman Anna Hinde<\/a> contributed with two singles and one run driven in. As a team, Florida State scored two runs on six hits and drew seven walks, striking out only once.\u00a0
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\nUCF jumped on the board first with two runs in the bottom of the first. Hinde responded with an RBI single in the top of the third, driving a groundball up the middle to score Beachum from second base and cut the deficit in half.
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\nFlorida State would continue to pound in the top of the fourth. Junior Kennedy Harp<\/a> reached on a fielder’s choice, followed by freshman Makenna Sturgis<\/a> laying down a bunt to get aboard. Junior Isa Torres’<\/a> first hit of the day couldn’t have come at a better time as she singled down the right field line, scoring Harp and effectively tying the game at 2-2.
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\nThe Knights wrestled the lead back with two runs in the bottom of the fourth and would maintain their lead through the remainder of the game.\u00a0
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\nJunior Ashtyn Danley<\/a> started in the circle and made a brief relief appearance, contributing four innings of work and relenting just three hits and two earned runs. Sophomore Jazzy Francik<\/a> delivered 1.2 innings of relief, allowing no hits. Freshman Bella Dimitrijevic<\/a> (8-4) took the loss, facing just four batters with two hits and two runs allowed.\u00a0
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\nGAME 1 SCORING SUMMARY
\nT3 | FSU 0, UCF 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Evans doubled, Rey scored
\nB3 | FSU 1, UCF 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Griggs homered
\nB4 | FSU 2, UCF 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hinde homered<\/p>\n
\nB1 | FSU 0, UCF 2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Damon homered, Yarnell scored
\nT3 | FSU 1, UCF 2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hinde singled, Beachum scored
\nT4 | FSU 2, UCF 2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Torres singled, Harp scored
\nB4 | FSU 2, UCF 4 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mertes homered, Durant scored
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