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DURHAM, N.C. – The No. 9 Florida State softball team (29-5, 6-0) capped off a great week as it completed the series sweep against No. 18 Duke (21-12, 4-5) with a dominating 9-2 win over the Blue Devils on Sunday afternoon at Duke Softball Stadium. This is FSU’s first road sweep over an ACC ranked team since they swept No. 18 Virginia Tech on Apr. 20-22, 2023. FSU finished the week 4-0 against ranked opponent and outscored its opponents 38-19 in the four games.
Jaysoni Beachum got things started with a moonshot of a home run in the top of the first inning to give the Noles a 1-0 lead. Beachum now has 10 home runs and 33 RBI on the season.
Annabelle Widra got the start in the circle and was terrific as she retired 9 out of the first 10 batters she faced to keep the Blue Devils’ offense in check.
The Noles’ bats stayed hot in the third inning as Angelee Bueno singled and advanced all the way to third on an error to immediately give the Noles a runner in scoring position. Isa Torres doubled up the middle to put the Noles up 2-0. Beachum was intentionally walked and a after a couple of fielder’s choices, Katie Dack hit an infield single, and Jahni Kerr singled through the left side to put FSU up 4-0.
Hallie Wacaser and Amaya Ross hit a couple of singles in the fourth inning, and after Ross stole second, Torres picked up her second and third RBI of the day on a single to center field to give FSU a commanding 6-0 lead.
Duke responded with a couple of runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to cut the lead to four, but FSU responded with another run in the fifth inning as Ashtyn Danley singled up the middle to extend the lead to five. The Noles added two more runs in the top of the sixth as Dack picked up her second and third RBI of the day on a single to give FSU a commanding 9-2 lead.
Danley had another great outing in the circle as she relieved Widra in the fourth inning and threw four scoreless innings to pick up her sixth win of the season to improve to 6-1. Danley pitched 8.2 innings against the Blue Devils and allowed just one earned run.
Torres led the way with a 3-for-5 afternoon with three RBI. Bueno, Dack, Danley and Kerr also picked up multi-hit games for the Noles.
FSU will begin its eight-game homestand on Wednesday against Stetson at 3 p.m. on ACCNX.
For updates and exclusive content, follow the Seminoles on X (FSU_Softball), Instagram (fsusoftball) and Facebook (Florida State Seminoles Softball).
Jaysoni Beachum got things started with a moonshot of a home run in the top of the first inning to give the Noles a 1-0 lead. Beachum now has 10 home runs and 33 RBI on the season.
Annabelle Widra got the start in the circle and was terrific as she retired 9 out of the first 10 batters she faced to keep the Blue Devils’ offense in check.
The Noles’ bats stayed hot in the third inning as Angelee Bueno singled and advanced all the way to third on an error to immediately give the Noles a runner in scoring position. Isa Torres doubled up the middle to put the Noles up 2-0. Beachum was intentionally walked and a after a couple of fielder’s choices, Katie Dack hit an infield single, and Jahni Kerr singled through the left side to put FSU up 4-0.
Hallie Wacaser and Amaya Ross hit a couple of singles in the fourth inning, and after Ross stole second, Torres picked up her second and third RBI of the day on a single to center field to give FSU a commanding 6-0 lead.
Duke responded with a couple of runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to cut the lead to four, but FSU responded with another run in the fifth inning as Ashtyn Danley singled up the middle to extend the lead to five. The Noles added two more runs in the top of the sixth as Dack picked up her second and third RBI of the day on a single to give FSU a commanding 9-2 lead.
Danley had another great outing in the circle as she relieved Widra in the fourth inning and threw four scoreless innings to pick up her sixth win of the season to improve to 6-1. Danley pitched 8.2 innings against the Blue Devils and allowed just one earned run.
Torres led the way with a 3-for-5 afternoon with three RBI. Bueno, Dack, Danley and Kerr also picked up multi-hit games for the Noles.
FSU will begin its eight-game homestand on Wednesday against Stetson at 3 p.m. on ACCNX.
For updates and exclusive content, follow the Seminoles on X (FSU_Softball), Instagram (fsusoftball) and Facebook (Florida State Seminoles Softball).
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