Florida State University Athletics
Friday, February 28
Tallahassee, Fla.
5 PM ET
Florida State
vs
Georgetown
Third Weekend Welcomes Georgetown to Howser
2/27/2025 4:32:00 PM | Baseball
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The third of four non-conference weekends will see the No. 7 Florida State baseball team host Georgetown at Dick Howser Stadium from February 28-March 2.
The series opener is on Friday, February 28, at 5 p.m. ET. The three-game set continues on Saturday at 2 p.m. before the finale on Sunday at 11 a.m.
One of 13 teams still unbeaten in 2025, the Seminoles have won their first eight. They're victorious in eight consecutive or more to start a season in back-to-back years for first time since the 2018 (14) and 2019 (12) campaigns.
Tickets are available for all three games at Seminoles.com/Tickets or by calling the FSU ticket office at 850-644-1830. Admission is free for all FSU students with their I.D., and the student entrance is at the right field gate at Haggard Plaza.
The Georgetown series is Youth Weekend, with a $5 popcorn and soda deal for kids 12 and under on Friday and a mini Noles pennant giveaway for the first 200 kids on Saturday. At every Sunday regular-season home game in 2025, Kids Club members and youth wearing their little league jerseys will be admitted free, and kids 12 and under will be allowed to run the bases postgame.
All three games this weekend will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra (Friday | Saturday | Sunday), accessible through your television provider or a subscription to ESPN+. Fans can listen to every game via the Seminole Sports Network on WFLA 100.7 FM. Each game also is available around the world on the FSU Gameday App and Seminoles.com (Friday | Saturday | Sunday). Fans inside Dick Howser Stadium can listen delay free on the FSU Gameday App presented by MetroNet. Live stats can be found at FSU.Statbroadcast.com (Friday | Saturday | Sunday). Direct links to watch, listen and follow along can be found on the schedule page at Seminoles.com/Baseball. News, notes and behind-the-scenes updates all weekend long also are available by following and connecting with the team on social media on Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUBaseball) and Instagram (@NoleBaseball).
Friday, February 28 – 5 p.m. ET
Tickets
Watch: ACC Network Extra
Listen: WFLA 100.7 FM | FSU Gameday App | Seminoles.com
Live Stats
FSU Jr. LHP Jamie Arnold (2-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Gr. RHP JT Raab (1-0, 2.45 ERA)
Saturday, March 1 – 2 p.m. ET
Tickets
Watch: ACC Network Extra
Listen: WTLY 96.5 | FSU Gameday App | Seminoles.com
Live Stats
FSU r-Jr. LHP Joey Volini (2-0, 1.74 ERA) vs. Sr. RHP Matthew Sapienza (0-2, 8.53 ERA)
Sunday, March 2 – 11 a.m. ET
Tickets
Watch: ACC Network Extra
Listen: WFLA 100.7 FM | FSU Gameday App | Seminoles.com
Live Stats
FSU So. LHP Wes Mendes (2-0, 0.90 ERA) vs. Sr. LHP Andrew Williams (1-0, 5.40 ERA)
Florida State's starting rotation remains the same for the third consecutive week, with three left-handers set to take the mound. Junior Jamie Arnold (2-0) will face graduate student right-hander JT Raab (1-0) in the opener, followed by redshirt junior Joey Volini (2-0) against senior righty Matthew Sapeinza (0-2) on Saturday. The finale will see sophomore Wes Mendes (2-0) toe the rubber against senior southpaw Andrew Williams (1-0).
NOLES BY THE NUMBERS
Florida State has scored 78 runs on 98 hits with a .337 batting average, 11 home runs, 41 walks and 18 stolen bases. The pitching staff owns a 1.96 ERA on 47 hits and 15 earned runs allowed in 69.0 innings with 91 strikeouts and 28 walks.
Junior outfielder Gage Harrelson and junior shortstop Alex Lodise both lead the team with a .417 batting average and 15 hits, as Harrelson and junior second baseman Drew Faurot both have 12 RBI. Faurot and Lodise have three home runs. On the mound, Arnold is one of six players to not allow a run in 2025, as he and Mendes have 16 strikeouts in 11.0 and 10.0 innings, respectively.
NATIONALY-RANKED SEMINOLES
The Seminoles moved up in five major polls this week, including to No. 7 in the D1Baseball top-25. They are No. 5 in the Baseball America, Coaches and Perfect Game polls and No. 6 by the NCBWA and The Athletic. College Baseball Central has FSU at No. 4.
SERIES HISTORY VS. GEORGETOWN
Florida State and Georgetown meet for the first time this weekend. Against current members of the Big East, FSU boasts a 13-3 all-time mark. All but two of those 16 games have come in Tallahassee, where FSU is 13-1. The other two games, both losses, were in the College World Series.
The Seminoles own a 2-1 mark vs. UConn, the first and most recent Big East club they have faced. All three matchups came in the NCAA Tournament, with a 5-3 loss at the 1957 College World Series before 24-4 and 10-8 wins last season in the NCAA Super Regional that sent FSU back to the CWS.
FSU also is 3-0 against Butler, with 11-0 and 15-5 wins at home in 2024, and 0-1 vs. Seton Hall, with an 11-0 loss at the 1975 College World Series. Florida State is 2-1 against St. John's, 4-0 vs. Villanova and 3-0 against Xavier.
SCOUTING THE HOYAS
Georgetown is 3-5 on the season after an 8-7 loss at George Washington on Tuesday. The Hoyas have lost their last three, with a series defeat to Sacred Heart at home from February 21-23. That weekend started with a 13-1 win, the finale of a three-game win streak.
Jeremy Sheffield leads the team with 12 hits, a .400 batting average and three doubles. Three players have hit one home run, including Tristan Head, who paces the team with 11 RBI. JT Raab has a 2.45 ERA with a team-best 10 strikeouts and 11.0 innings pitched with two starts. Three players have not allowed a run, with Nadell Booker and Kai Leckszas both making four appearances out of the bullpen and pitching 7.1 innings.
UP NEXT: DOUBLE MIDWEEK
The Seminoles host a pair of games on Tuesday and Wednesday. The team's first home midweek contests also are the only time that two midweek outings are scheduled. The week will begin against North Florida on Tuesday, March 4, at 6 p.m. ET. Twenty-two hours later, Bethune-Cookman comes to Dick Howser Stadium on Wednesday, March 5, at 4 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT: WINNING IN JACKSONVILLE
A three-run home run in the fifth and consecutive strikeouts with the bases loaded in the eighth helped Florida State to a 9-6 win at Jacksonville on Wednesday night. In front of a Garnet and Gold-filled crowd at John Sessions Stadium, the Seminoles scored their nine runs on 15 hits while the Dolphins plated six runs on 10 hits. JU committed six errors and FSU had two.
Redshirt freshman Brody DeLamielleure hit his first career home run in the win, a three-run blast in the fifth, and was one of five players with multiple hits. Junior right-handed starter Evan Chrest earned the victory and sophomore righty Chris Knier picked up the save, both the firsts of their FSU careers.
Recaps the win here.
SELLING OUT HOWSER
Seminole fans have wasted no time filling Dick Howser Stadium in 2025, with three sellouts through six games. Those capacity crowds of 6,700 are tied for No. 7 on FSU's all-time attendance list at the ballpark that opened in 1983. Two sellouts against James Madison and one against Penn are the first three games to eclipse 6,600 against a team that wasn't in-state rivals Florida and Miami.
CHEER ON THE SEMINOLES AT HOWSER IN 2025
General admission season tickets and single-game tickets for the next eight home games are now on sale, and fans can join the excitement of FSU baseball at Dick Howser Stadium by purchasing tickets at Seminoles.com/Tickets or by calling the FSU ticket office at 850-644-1830.
FSU's 2025 schedule features 20 home games against teams that made the NCAA Tournament a year ago, including Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, who all joined the Seminoles at the 2024 College World Series. The complete 2025 schedule can be found at Seminoles.com/Baseball.
For more information on Florida State baseball, check Seminoles.com for the latest news and scheduling information, and keep up with the team on social media through Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUBaseball) & Instagram (@NoleBaseball).
The series opener is on Friday, February 28, at 5 p.m. ET. The three-game set continues on Saturday at 2 p.m. before the finale on Sunday at 11 a.m.
One of 13 teams still unbeaten in 2025, the Seminoles have won their first eight. They're victorious in eight consecutive or more to start a season in back-to-back years for first time since the 2018 (14) and 2019 (12) campaigns.
Tickets are available for all three games at Seminoles.com/Tickets or by calling the FSU ticket office at 850-644-1830. Admission is free for all FSU students with their I.D., and the student entrance is at the right field gate at Haggard Plaza.
The Georgetown series is Youth Weekend, with a $5 popcorn and soda deal for kids 12 and under on Friday and a mini Noles pennant giveaway for the first 200 kids on Saturday. At every Sunday regular-season home game in 2025, Kids Club members and youth wearing their little league jerseys will be admitted free, and kids 12 and under will be allowed to run the bases postgame.
All three games this weekend will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra (Friday | Saturday | Sunday), accessible through your television provider or a subscription to ESPN+. Fans can listen to every game via the Seminole Sports Network on WFLA 100.7 FM. Each game also is available around the world on the FSU Gameday App and Seminoles.com (Friday | Saturday | Sunday). Fans inside Dick Howser Stadium can listen delay free on the FSU Gameday App presented by MetroNet. Live stats can be found at FSU.Statbroadcast.com (Friday | Saturday | Sunday). Direct links to watch, listen and follow along can be found on the schedule page at Seminoles.com/Baseball. News, notes and behind-the-scenes updates all weekend long also are available by following and connecting with the team on social media on Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUBaseball) and Instagram (@NoleBaseball).
Friday, February 28 – 5 p.m. ET
Tickets
Watch: ACC Network Extra
Listen: WFLA 100.7 FM | FSU Gameday App | Seminoles.com
Live Stats
FSU Jr. LHP Jamie Arnold (2-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Gr. RHP JT Raab (1-0, 2.45 ERA)
Saturday, March 1 – 2 p.m. ET
Tickets
Watch: ACC Network Extra
Listen: WTLY 96.5 | FSU Gameday App | Seminoles.com
Live Stats
FSU r-Jr. LHP Joey Volini (2-0, 1.74 ERA) vs. Sr. RHP Matthew Sapienza (0-2, 8.53 ERA)
Sunday, March 2 – 11 a.m. ET
Tickets
Watch: ACC Network Extra
Listen: WFLA 100.7 FM | FSU Gameday App | Seminoles.com
Live Stats
FSU So. LHP Wes Mendes (2-0, 0.90 ERA) vs. Sr. LHP Andrew Williams (1-0, 5.40 ERA)
Florida State's starting rotation remains the same for the third consecutive week, with three left-handers set to take the mound. Junior Jamie Arnold (2-0) will face graduate student right-hander JT Raab (1-0) in the opener, followed by redshirt junior Joey Volini (2-0) against senior righty Matthew Sapeinza (0-2) on Saturday. The finale will see sophomore Wes Mendes (2-0) toe the rubber against senior southpaw Andrew Williams (1-0).
NOLES BY THE NUMBERS
Florida State has scored 78 runs on 98 hits with a .337 batting average, 11 home runs, 41 walks and 18 stolen bases. The pitching staff owns a 1.96 ERA on 47 hits and 15 earned runs allowed in 69.0 innings with 91 strikeouts and 28 walks.
Junior outfielder Gage Harrelson and junior shortstop Alex Lodise both lead the team with a .417 batting average and 15 hits, as Harrelson and junior second baseman Drew Faurot both have 12 RBI. Faurot and Lodise have three home runs. On the mound, Arnold is one of six players to not allow a run in 2025, as he and Mendes have 16 strikeouts in 11.0 and 10.0 innings, respectively.
NATIONALY-RANKED SEMINOLES
The Seminoles moved up in five major polls this week, including to No. 7 in the D1Baseball top-25. They are No. 5 in the Baseball America, Coaches and Perfect Game polls and No. 6 by the NCBWA and The Athletic. College Baseball Central has FSU at No. 4.
SERIES HISTORY VS. GEORGETOWN
Florida State and Georgetown meet for the first time this weekend. Against current members of the Big East, FSU boasts a 13-3 all-time mark. All but two of those 16 games have come in Tallahassee, where FSU is 13-1. The other two games, both losses, were in the College World Series.
The Seminoles own a 2-1 mark vs. UConn, the first and most recent Big East club they have faced. All three matchups came in the NCAA Tournament, with a 5-3 loss at the 1957 College World Series before 24-4 and 10-8 wins last season in the NCAA Super Regional that sent FSU back to the CWS.
FSU also is 3-0 against Butler, with 11-0 and 15-5 wins at home in 2024, and 0-1 vs. Seton Hall, with an 11-0 loss at the 1975 College World Series. Florida State is 2-1 against St. John's, 4-0 vs. Villanova and 3-0 against Xavier.
SCOUTING THE HOYAS
Georgetown is 3-5 on the season after an 8-7 loss at George Washington on Tuesday. The Hoyas have lost their last three, with a series defeat to Sacred Heart at home from February 21-23. That weekend started with a 13-1 win, the finale of a three-game win streak.
Jeremy Sheffield leads the team with 12 hits, a .400 batting average and three doubles. Three players have hit one home run, including Tristan Head, who paces the team with 11 RBI. JT Raab has a 2.45 ERA with a team-best 10 strikeouts and 11.0 innings pitched with two starts. Three players have not allowed a run, with Nadell Booker and Kai Leckszas both making four appearances out of the bullpen and pitching 7.1 innings.
UP NEXT: DOUBLE MIDWEEK
The Seminoles host a pair of games on Tuesday and Wednesday. The team's first home midweek contests also are the only time that two midweek outings are scheduled. The week will begin against North Florida on Tuesday, March 4, at 6 p.m. ET. Twenty-two hours later, Bethune-Cookman comes to Dick Howser Stadium on Wednesday, March 5, at 4 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT: WINNING IN JACKSONVILLE
A three-run home run in the fifth and consecutive strikeouts with the bases loaded in the eighth helped Florida State to a 9-6 win at Jacksonville on Wednesday night. In front of a Garnet and Gold-filled crowd at John Sessions Stadium, the Seminoles scored their nine runs on 15 hits while the Dolphins plated six runs on 10 hits. JU committed six errors and FSU had two.
Redshirt freshman Brody DeLamielleure hit his first career home run in the win, a three-run blast in the fifth, and was one of five players with multiple hits. Junior right-handed starter Evan Chrest earned the victory and sophomore righty Chris Knier picked up the save, both the firsts of their FSU careers.
Recaps the win here.
SELLING OUT HOWSER
Seminole fans have wasted no time filling Dick Howser Stadium in 2025, with three sellouts through six games. Those capacity crowds of 6,700 are tied for No. 7 on FSU's all-time attendance list at the ballpark that opened in 1983. Two sellouts against James Madison and one against Penn are the first three games to eclipse 6,600 against a team that wasn't in-state rivals Florida and Miami.
CHEER ON THE SEMINOLES AT HOWSER IN 2025
General admission season tickets and single-game tickets for the next eight home games are now on sale, and fans can join the excitement of FSU baseball at Dick Howser Stadium by purchasing tickets at Seminoles.com/Tickets or by calling the FSU ticket office at 850-644-1830.
FSU's 2025 schedule features 20 home games against teams that made the NCAA Tournament a year ago, including Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, who all joined the Seminoles at the 2024 College World Series. The complete 2025 schedule can be found at Seminoles.com/Baseball.
For more information on Florida State baseball, check Seminoles.com for the latest news and scheduling information, and keep up with the team on social media through Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUBaseball) & Instagram (@NoleBaseball).
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