For the third straight year, the Florida State baseball team will be hosting a regional this weekend at Dick Howser Stadium.<\/p>\n
The Seminoles earned the No. 10 seed in this year\u2019s NCAA Tournament and will host No. 2 seed Coastal Carolina, No. 3 seed Northern Illinois and No. 4 seed St. John\u2019s in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n
How does Florida State stack up against the teams it is hosting in Tallahassee? Here\u2019s a look inside the numbers:<\/p>\n
The numbers in parentheses are the national ranking in that stat, when available.<\/p>\n
No. 1: Florida State Seminoles<\/p>\n
Conference record: 19-11 in ACC<\/p>\n
The Seminoles are hosting an NCAA regional for the 38th time, the most of any team in the current format.<\/p>\n
This is the third straight time the Seminoles are hosting under coach Link Jarrett, who has reestablished Mike Martin Sr.\u2019s consistency, making FSU one of just three schools to have hosted each of the last three seasons.<\/p>\n
FSU has swept through its home regional each of the last two years and is looking to make the super regional round for the third straight year for the first time since 2015-17.<\/p>\n
This team has overcome the loss of Myles Bailey to comfortably host. But will that absence be felt in this postseason?<\/p>\n
Batting average: .282 (112)On-base percentage: .385 (132)Slugging percentage: .468 (74)Home runs: 72 (64)Strikeout-to-walk ratio (batting): 1.94Earned run average: 4.08 (12)WHIP: 1.27 (11)Strikeouts\/nine innings: 11.1 (8)Walks\/nine: 3.89 (56)Home runs allowed: 48Fielding percentage: .969 (180)Stolen bases: 60 (178)Center fielder Brayden Dowd: Slashing .294\/.455\/.594, Dowd is the team leader in total bases (92) with 10 homers and 12 doubles. He\u2019s also the only starter with more walks (46) than strikeouts (33), making him the ideal table-setter atop the lineup.Right fielder Brody DeLamielleure: Slashing .344\/.372\/.604, no one in the FSU lineup comes into the postseason hotter. DeLamielleure missed time with injuries but has seven homers in 33 games and racked up multiple hits in eight of FSU\u2019s last 10 games.Left-hander Wes Mendes: 9-3, 2.83 ERA, the ACC Pitcher of the Year, Mendes is the latest breakthrough pitcher for the Seminoles, striking out 117 on the season entering this weekend. It\u2019s unclear when he\u2019ll start, although this coaching staff\u2019s track record has been saving the ace for Saturday with the hope it will be a winner\u2019s bracket game.Right-hander John Abraham: 1.04 ERA over 43 1\/3 innings, but it remains unclear if he\u2019ll be available this weekend. He\u2019s been sidelined the last two weeks due to an oblique injury. Would be huge for FSU to get its top reliever back for the postseason run.<\/p>\n
No. 2: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers<\/p>\n
Conference record: 21-9 in Sun Belt<\/p>\n
An occasional surprise juggernaut in the sport of late, Coastal Carolina won the 2016 national championship and finished as the runner-up last season, swept in the championship series by LSU in coach Kevin Schnall\u2019s first season.<\/p>\n
Those are the only two times the Chanticleers have won a regional since 2010. But when they do that, they have a knack for making deep runs.<\/p>\n
Batting average: .269 (209)On-base percentage: .389 (110)Slugging percentage: .429 (160)Home runs: 60 (118)Strikeout-to-walk ratio (batting): 1.98Earned run average: 5.08 (75)WHIP: 1.44 (62)Strikeouts per nine innings: 8.8 (86)Walks\/nine: 3.95 (67)Home runs allowed: 53Fielding percentage: .978 (33)Stolen bases: 112 (36)Third baseman Walker Mitchell: Slashing .314\/.429\/.405, just one homer but tied for the team lead with 16 doubles and second in RBIs (54) so he\u2019s come through in plenty of clutch situationsRight fielder Rex Watson: Slashing .295\/.378\/.556, right behind Mitchell in the lineup, he\u2019s accounted for a fifth of Coastal Carolina\u2019s homers this season with 12 while also stealing 10 basesRight-hander Cam Flukey: 0-2, 4.35 ERA, Flukey began the season as a preseason All-American but was limited to 20 2\/3 innings due to a rib stress fracture. He hasn\u2019t been able to meet his 2025 production which boosted him into being a projected first-round pick but if Coastal saves him for a potential FSU matchup, he could still present challengesRight-hander Darin Horn: 8-1, 3.17 ERA, Horn has appeared in exactly half of Coastal\u2019s games (29) out of the bullpen. He\u2019s struck out 90 and allowed just three homers in 65 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
No. 3 Northern Illinois Huskies<\/p>\n
Conference record: 21-12 in MAC<\/p>\n
Northern Illinois is making just their second NCAA Tournament appearance in program history, with the first coming in 1972.<\/p>\n
The No. 4 seed in the MAC tournament, the Huskies made a 4-0 run through to snap the 54-year drought.<\/p>\n
Batting average: .279 (140)On-base percentage: .396 (80)Slugging percentage: .447 (116)Home runs: 57 (131)Strikeout-to-walk ratio (batting): 1.46Earned run average: 5.65 (125)WHIP: 1.47 (78)Strikeouts per nine innings: 8.6 (100)Walks\/nine: 3.87 (53)Home runs allowed: 50Fielding percentage: .979 (26)Stolen bases: 78 (107)Second baseman Cole Smith: Slashing .364\/.442\/.583, Smith has the best slugging percentage on the team, despite two teammates each having nearly 10 more homers than his six. With 17 doubles and three triples, he\u2019s an extra-base machineFirst baseman Gavin Baldwin: Slashing .268\/.377\/.556, Baldwin has a team-high 15 homers and 12 doubles, while also striking out much less than fellow NIU slugger Caden RobertsonLeft-hander Max Vaisvila: 8-0, 3.04 ERA, Vaisvila enters the regional in strong form after striking out 10 and allowing no runs on one hit over a seven-inning start vs. Western Michigan in the MAC tournament. He has three complete games this season.Right-hander Cooper Cohn: 0.00 ERA over 17 2\/3 innings, Cohn didn\u2019t make his pitching debut until March and wasn\u2019t regularly used as a reliever until well into April. But he\u2019s now up to 12 appearances this season without a run allowed, including eight shutouts last week.<\/p>\n
No. 4: St. John\u2019s Red Storm<\/p>\n
Conference record: 15-6 in Big East<\/p>\n
One of the most consistent Big East baseball powers, St. John\u2019s is making its second regional appearance in three years and its fourth in the last 10.<\/p>\n
The Red Storm have six College World Series appearances to their name, but haven\u2019t been since 1980. Their only regional championship since 1980 came in 2012.<\/p>\n
Batting average: .279 (143)On-base percentage: .374 (187)Slugging percentage: .415 (187)Home runs: 50 (169)Strikeout-to-walk ratio (batting): 1.61Earned run average: 5.37 (104)WHIP: 1.49 (83)Strikeouts per nine innings: 7.2 (244)Walks\/nine: 4.10 (79)Home runs allowed: 37Fielding percentage: .977 (40)Stolen bases: 84 (90)Center fielder Jon LeGrande: Slashing .317\/.412\/.472, LeGrande is a dangerous leadoff hitter with 14 doubles, 37 combined walks\/hit-by-pitches and 24 stolen bases in 34 attemptsCatcher Adam Agresti: Slashing .291\/.432\/.611, Agresti has more homers than anyone else in this regional. He\u2019s not the typical slugger, though, as he has more walks than strikeouts and also is a perfect 8-for-8 on stolen-base attempts.Right-hander Liam O\u2019Leary: 8-4, 2.97 ERA, O\u2019Leary is who FSU will likely face in its regional opener. Only 68 strikeouts in 100 innings, but he keeps the ball in the yard (only five homers allowed) and limits the free passes (24 walks and nine HBPs)Right-hander Jack Nestler: 2.89 ERA over 43 2\/3 innings, Nestler has been an impressive freshman reliever for the Red Storm. He has 34 strikeouts and only one homer allowed in 17 appearances and hasn\u2019t allowed more than two runs in an appearance since mid-March<\/p>\n
2026 Tallahassee Regional: Schedule<\/p>\n
Game 1: No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 4 St. John\u2019s – 3 p.m. – ACCNGame 2: No. 2 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 3 Northern Illinois – 8 p.m. – ESPN+Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 – 1 p.m.Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 – 6 p.m.Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 – 1 p.m.Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 – 6 p.m.Game 7: Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6 (TBA – IF NECESSARY)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the third straight year, the Florida State baseball team will be hosting a regional this weekend at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[71160,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-287475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-florida-state-baseball","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287475","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=287475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}