Florida State University Athletics
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No. 11 FSU No-Hits Bethune-Cookman
3/17/2026 10:03:00 PM | Baseball
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 11 Florida State baseball team threw a combined no-hitter to beat Bethune-Cookman 12-1 in seven innings on Tuesday evening at Dick Howser Stadium.
The no-hitter is the 11th in school history and first since 2019. Junior left-handed starter Cooper Whited and two junior right-handed relievers, Brodie Purcell and Cole Stokes, combined to hold Bethune-Cookman hitless. Redshirt senior catcher Nathan Cmeyla caught all 99 pitches.
Tuesday is the fourth combined no-hitter in program history, joining 2016 and 2019 as no-hitters with three pitchers along with a two-pitcher no-no in 1968. Tonight is the second seven-inning no-hitter on record, along with Jeff Hill's against Springfield College on March 27, 1968. It is the third where Florida State allowed at least one run, joining a 7-1 no-hitter in 1967 against Georgia Southern and a 3-2 no-hit victory in 2016vs. Toledo.
Making his second start of the season, Whited pitched 3.1 innings and struck out six, both career highs, with one run allowed and a walk. Purcell relieved Whited in the fourth and limited the damage to the one run while stranding the bases loaded. In 1.2 innings, he earned the win, his first as a Seminole, and struck out one with one walk. Stokes pitched the final 2.0 innings and had two strikeouts with a walk.
The Seminoles (17-3) held the Wildcats (14-7) to one run on no hits, with the only run coming on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the fourth inning. FSU scored 12 runs on nine hits to complete the seven-inning win. Florida State did not commit an error and left two on base and BC had two errors with four stranded.
Offensively, three players had two hits, including sophomore first baseman Myles Bailey, who homered as part of a four-RBI, two-run night. Sophomore center fielder Brayden Dowd also had a pair of hits with an RBI and three runs scored and Cmeyla had two base hits and scored a run to go along with his duties behind the plate.
Florida State improved to 11-0 all-time against Bethune-Cookman, which includes a 5-0 mark under fourth-year head coach Link Jarrett. Today's 12-1 win was the team's largest margin of victory against the Wildcats in the series that began in 2000.
Following a perfect top of the first for Whited, FSU jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom half. Bailey's RBI double got the scoring started, and a fielder's choice made it 2-0 as the first out was recorded. A line-out scored the inning's final run.
Whited retired the side in order again in the second, with two strikeouts, and the Seminole offense added four more to make it 7-0. A single from redshirt senior second baseman Eli Putnam brought in the first run. With the bases loaded and two outs, an error resulted in three runs scoring off the bat of sophomore right fielder Noah Sheffield.
Two more strikeouts followed for Whited in a 1-2-3 third inning. In the fourth, a hit batter, walk and another hit-by-pitch with one out loaded the bases. Purcell relieved Whited and allowed a run to score on a hit-by-pitch, but limited the damage with a flyout and strikeout to end the threat with a 7-1 score.
Purcell followed with a scoreless fifth, leaving one on after a leadoff walk. Stokes pitched a perfect sixth with one strikeout.
Bailey's home run, his ninth of the season, highlighted a five-run bottom of the sixth to extend the lead to the 12-1 final. A wild pitch scored the first run of the frame and an error brought in the next. With two on, Bailey homered to right-center, his fifth long ball in the last seven games and third in the last four.
A one-out walk in the top of the seventh was quickly followed by a game-ending, and no-hitter-clinching, double play.
In a top-11 matchup at Dick Howser Stadium, the Seminoles host No. 10 NC State from March 20-22. The series begins on Friday at 6 p.m. ET, followed by game two on Saturday at 2 p.m. The finale is on Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets are available at Seminoles.com/Tickets.
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 no-hitter is the 11th in school history and first since 2019. Junior left-handed starter Cooper Whited and two junior right-handed relievers, Brodie Purcell and Cole Stokes, combined to hold Bethune-Cookman hitless. Redshirt senior catcher Nathan Cmeyla caught all 99 pitches.
Tuesday is the fourth combined no-hitter in program history, joining 2016 and 2019 as no-hitters with three pitchers along with a two-pitcher no-no in 1968. Tonight is the second seven-inning no-hitter on record, along with Jeff Hill's against Springfield College on March 27, 1968. It is the third where Florida State allowed at least one run, joining a 7-1 no-hitter in 1967 against Georgia Southern and a 3-2 no-hit victory in 2016vs. Toledo.
Making his second start of the season, Whited pitched 3.1 innings and struck out six, both career highs, with one run allowed and a walk. Purcell relieved Whited in the fourth and limited the damage to the one run while stranding the bases loaded. In 1.2 innings, he earned the win, his first as a Seminole, and struck out one with one walk. Stokes pitched the final 2.0 innings and had two strikeouts with a walk.
The Seminoles (17-3) held the Wildcats (14-7) to one run on no hits, with the only run coming on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the fourth inning. FSU scored 12 runs on nine hits to complete the seven-inning win. Florida State did not commit an error and left two on base and BC had two errors with four stranded.
Offensively, three players had two hits, including sophomore first baseman Myles Bailey, who homered as part of a four-RBI, two-run night. Sophomore center fielder Brayden Dowd also had a pair of hits with an RBI and three runs scored and Cmeyla had two base hits and scored a run to go along with his duties behind the plate.
Florida State improved to 11-0 all-time against Bethune-Cookman, which includes a 5-0 mark under fourth-year head coach Link Jarrett. Today's 12-1 win was the team's largest margin of victory against the Wildcats in the series that began in 2000.
Following a perfect top of the first for Whited, FSU jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom half. Bailey's RBI double got the scoring started, and a fielder's choice made it 2-0 as the first out was recorded. A line-out scored the inning's final run.
Whited retired the side in order again in the second, with two strikeouts, and the Seminole offense added four more to make it 7-0. A single from redshirt senior second baseman Eli Putnam brought in the first run. With the bases loaded and two outs, an error resulted in three runs scoring off the bat of sophomore right fielder Noah Sheffield.
Two more strikeouts followed for Whited in a 1-2-3 third inning. In the fourth, a hit batter, walk and another hit-by-pitch with one out loaded the bases. Purcell relieved Whited and allowed a run to score on a hit-by-pitch, but limited the damage with a flyout and strikeout to end the threat with a 7-1 score.
Purcell followed with a scoreless fifth, leaving one on after a leadoff walk. Stokes pitched a perfect sixth with one strikeout.
Bailey's home run, his ninth of the season, highlighted a five-run bottom of the sixth to extend the lead to the 12-1 final. A wild pitch scored the first run of the frame and an error brought in the next. With two on, Bailey homered to right-center, his fifth long ball in the last seven games and third in the last four.
A one-out walk in the top of the seventh was quickly followed by a game-ending, and no-hitter-clinching, double play.
In a top-11 matchup at Dick Howser Stadium, the Seminoles host No. 10 NC State from March 20-22. The series begins on Friday at 6 p.m. ET, followed by game two on Saturday at 2 p.m. The finale is on Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets are available at Seminoles.com/Tickets.
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).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Purcell, Brodie (1-0)
L: Benedict, Michael (1-2)
Batting:
RBI: Lucena, Maikol 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Almonte, Erick 1
HBP: Polledo, Jeter 1 ; Lucena, Maikol 1 ; Almonte, Erick 1
Batting:
2B: Bailey, Myles 1
HR: Bailey, Myles 1
RBI: Dowd, Brayden 1 ; Bailey, Myles 4 ; Putnam, Eli 1 ; Sheffield, Noah 1
SH: Fisher, Cal 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bavaro, Will 2 ; Dowd, Brayden 3 ; Paulino Jr., Kelvyn 1 ; Cmeyla, Nathan 1 ; Bailey, Myles 2 ; Putnam, Eli 3
SB: Sheffield, Noah 1
CS: Paulino Jr., Kelvyn 1
HBP: Stuetzer, John 1 ; Putnam, Eli 2
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