SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 4 Florida State baseball team leaves the state of Florida for the first time with a trip to Notre Dame from March 28-30 in South Bend, Indiana.
 
The third weekend of ACC play begins on Friday, March 28, at 4:30 p.m. ET, followed by game two on Saturday at 2 p.m. The finale at Frank Eck Stadium is set for Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
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 and around the world on the FSU Gameday App and Seminoles.com. 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, March 28 – 4:30 p.m. ET
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FSU Jr. LHP Jamie Arnold (3-1, 2.92 ERA) vs. ND So. RHP Jack Radel (1-3, 7.65 ERA)
 
Saturday, March 29 – 2 p.m. ET
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FSU r-Jr. LHP Joey Volini (6-0, 0.99 ERA) vs. ND Jr. RHP Rory Fox (0-1, 3.66 ERA)
 
Sunday, March 30 – 1 p.m. ET
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FSU So. LHP Wes Mendes (4-0, 2.30 ERA) vs. ND TBD
 
Three left-handers will start for the Seminoles, with two right-handers tabbed for the Fighting Irish. FSU junior Jamie Arnold (3-1, 2.92 ERA) will face ND sophomore Jack Radel (1-3, 7.65 ERA) in the opener. Saturday will see Florida State redshirt junior Joey Volini (6-0, 0.99 ERA) toe the rubber against Notre Dame junior Rory Fox (0-1, 3.66 ERA). Sophomore Wes Mendes (4-0, 2.30 ERA) will get the ball in the finale for the Seminoles, and the Fighting Irish Sunday starter has not been determined.

This weekend’s series concludes a season-long seven consecutive games away from home for the Seminoles. They began the trip with a 2-1 mark at Miami last weekend before a walk-off win against Florida on Tuesday night in Jacksonville.

 

Florida State is 21-3 overall, 16-2 at home, 4-1 on the road and 1-0 at a neutral site. FSU leads the ACC with a 5-1 record. Each of FSU’s first 24 games have come inside the state of Florida, with the series at Notre Dame the first outside the team’s home state.

 

NOLES BY THE NUMBERS

FSU has scored 211 runs on 281 hits with a .332 batting average, 43 home runs, 112 walks and 33 stolen bases. The pitching staff owns a 3.03 ERA with 70 earned runs allowed in 208.0 innings with 146 hits, 277 strikeouts and 89 walks.

 

Junior infielder Alex Lodise leads the team with a .475 batting average, 48 hits, 30 RBI and nine doubles. Junior outfielder Max Williams paces the squad with 10 home runs. Junior outfielder Gage Harrelson has eight stolen bases and is second with a .386 average, 39 hits and 26 RBI, and Williams also boasts 26 RBI. On the mound, junior lefty Joey Volini is 6-0 with a 0.99 ERA, 52 strikeouts and seven walks in 36.1 innings. Among relievers, sophomore righty Peyton Prescott has a 1.29 ERA with 20 strikeouts in 14.0 innings.

 

NATIONALY-RANKED SEMINOLES

The Seminoles are in the top six in every major poll for a fourth consecutive week, including at No. 4 in the D1Baseball top-25. They also are No. 4 in the Coaches poll and No. 6 according to Baseball America, NCBWA, Perfect Game and The Athletic. College Baseball Central has FSU at No. 3.

 

SERIES HISTORY VS. NOTRE DAME

Florida State is 25-16 all-time against Notre Dame, including 8-7 on the road, 16-7 at home and 1-2 at a neutral site. Since the first meeting at ACC foes in 2014, an FSU sweep, the Seminoles are 20-12, though that includes a 2-5 mark from 2021-22 when current Florida State head coach Link Jarrett was leading the Fighting Irish. In Jarrett’s first two seasons back in Tallahassee, the Noles are 4-2 against ND, with a three-game home sweep in 2024.

 

A five-run first inning helped FSU to an 8-4 win on March 15, 2024. Drew Faurot had two hits and Cam Leiter earned the win for the Seminoles. The next day was a 4-2 victory, as Lodise had two hits and Jaxson West had a hit, an RBI and a run scored while Arnold got the win. A 4-3 win secured the sweep as Florida State scored two in the fifth and one in the sixth to erase a 3-1 deficit.

 

SCOUTING THE FIGHTING IRISH

Notre Dame is 13-9 on the season, 2-3 at home, 9-6 on the road and 1-8 in ACC competition. The Fighting Irish are coming off a 9-6 win over Michigan State on Wednesday, a victory that followed getting swept by Georgia Tech at home. Against ranked opponents, ND is 1-5, with three losses at No. 15 Wake Forest and two defeats at No. 10 Clemson before a 7-3 win in the finale on March 16.

 

Parker Brzustewicz leads the team with a .378 average, 28 hits and five doubles. Bino Watters has 23 RBI and shares the team lead of five home runs with Estevan Moreno. Rory Fox has a 3.66 ERA with 27 strikeouts in five starts and 19.2 innings pitched. In 11.2 innings in relief, Tobey McDonough has a 2.31 ERA in eight appearances.

 

UP NEXT: BACK HOME AT HOWSER

The Seminoles return home for the first time in two weeks with a midweek matchup against Jacksonville on April 1 at 6 p.m. ET. Tickets are available 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.

 

LAST TIME OUT: NOLES WALK OFF GATORS IN GRAND SLAM FASHION

Lodise hit a walk-off grand slam as Florida State defeated Florida 8-4 on Tuesday night in Jacksonville. The walk-off grand slam gave the Seminoles a dramatic win and capped a five-run ninth inning. FSU led 3-2 entering the ninth before the Gators scored two in the top of the inning to take a 4-3 lead.

 

In front of a sold-out crowd at Jacksonville’s VyStar Ballpark, Lodise’s grand slam was FSU’s first walk-off home run since 2022. The blast punctuated a four-hit, four-RBI day where he hit for the cycle, the first of his career and Florida State’s first since 2019. Lodise is believed to be the first player in college or professional baseball history to complete a cycle with a walk-off grand slam.

 

A recap can be found here.

 

SIX PRO NOLES SET FOR MLB SEASON

Six former Florida State players have been named to their respective teams’ Opening Day rosters: Tyler Holton with the Tigers, Cal Raleigh with the Mariners, Cole Sands with the Twins, Cam Smith with the Astros, Taylor Walls with the Rays and Luke Weaver with the Yankees. Additionally, Kevin Cash returns as the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays.

 

Smith makes his major league debut with the Astros 284 days after his final game as a Seminole, on June 16, 2024, at the College World Series. He is the third-quickest position player to make it from the minors to an MLB Opening Day Roster and the 19th to do it with fewer than 100 games played in the minors. Smith is the 81st MLB player in FSU history.

 

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