No. 10 Softball Completes Sweep Against Cal

TALLAHASSEE - The No. 10 Florida State softball (28-4, 6-0) completed the sweep over Cal (10-22, 1-8) with a 9-1 win in five innings on Sunday afternoon at JoAnne Graf Field.

After a scoreless first inning, Makenna Sturgis drew a one-out walk and Marin Heller hit her first career home run to deep left center to put the Noles up 2-0. Hayley Griggs kept the rally going with a walk, and Isa Torres singled to put two runners on for Jaysoni Beachum. Beachum delivered with a single to shallow center to score Griggs to put the Noles up 3-0. Shelby McKenzie drove in her seventh run of the series on a sacrifice fly to put the Noles up 4-0 after two.

Cal got a run back on a double to first base that took a bad hop to cut the lead to three. The Bears loaded the bases with two outs, but Makenna Reid came in and recorded a pop up to get the Noles out of the inning.

Kennedy Harp led off the bottom of the third with her 12th career triple, and Sturgis brought her home on a sac fly to make it 5-1.

After Reid put a zero up in the fourth, the Noles got back to work as McKenzie singled, and Ashtyn Danley walked to put runners in scoring position for Harp who delivered with a single to make it 6-1. Anna Hinde immediately smoked the first pitch she saw over the left field wall to put the Noles up 9-1.

Ashtyn Danley got the start for the Noles in the circle and went 2.2 innings and struck out four. Reid earned the win as she went 1.1 innings and allowed just one hit. Bella Dimitrijevic closed out the game in the fifth with two strikeouts to retire Cal in order.

The Noles will be back in action on Tuesday against North Florida at 6 p.m. on ACCNX.

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Scoring Summary:

B2 | FSU 2, Cal 0 Heller homered, Sturgis scored
B2 | FSU 3, Cal 0 Beachum singled, Griggs scored
B2 | FSU 4, Cal 0 McKenzie sac fly, Torres scored
T3 | FSU 4, Cal 1 Todd doubled, Robinson scored
B3 | FSU 5, Cal 1 Sturgis sac fly, Harp scored
B4 | FSU 6, Cal 1 Harp singled, McKenzie scored
B4 | FSU 9. Cal 1 Hinde homered, Danley and Harp scored

Of Note

Marin Heller hit her first career homer in the bottom of the second inning. All five true freshmen that have recorded an at-bat this season have hit a home run.
Jaysoni Beachum hit a single in the bottom of the second and has now reached base safely in her last 20 games.
Shelby McKenzie continued her hot streak with 2-for-2 showing and a RBI. In her last four games, McKenzie is 9-for-11 with four home runs and 10 RBI.
Makenna Reid earned the win to improve to 3-1 this season and 31-4 in her career with the Garnet and Gold.
Isa Torres picked up a hit in the bottom of the second to extend her hitting streak to 11 games.
This weekend was the first time FSU has run ruled an ACC opponent in each game of the series since run ruling Pitt on March 24-25, 2024.
FSU has won 17 consecutive games.
FSU has won six consecutive games against Cal.

No. 10 Softball Completes Sweep Against Cal

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Team Stats

Shelby McKenzie

Kennedy Harp

Hayley Griggs

Isa Torres

Players Mentioned

Jaysoni Beachum

Ashtyn Danley

Bella Dimitrijevic

Hayley Griggs

Kennedy Harp

Marin Heller

Anna Hinde

Shelby McKenzie

Makenna Reid

Makenna Sturgis

Isa Torres

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