TALLAHASSEE – The No. 10 Florida State softball team (36-6, 11-1) cruised to a 13-2 win in five innings over Virginia (27-12, 8-7) to secure the series win on Sunday afternoon. 

Ashtyn Danley got the start in the circle for the Noles and retired the side in order in the first. 

A Virginia error gave the Noles its first baserunner of the game, and Jahni Kerr singled to right to put runners on the corners. Michaela Edenfield drew a walk, but Kerr took off on the pitch forcing the throw to second to allow Jaysoni Beachum to come home to give the Noles the lead. Back-to-back walks from Katie Dack and Kennedy Harp added another run. A couple of wild pitches allowed Edenfield to score to make it 3-0. Angelee Bueno stepped in with the bases loaded with two outs and hammered a ball off the firetruck in right field for her first career home to blow the game open. 

Danley threw another scoreless inning in the second, and the Noles got right back to work as Beachum hit a leadoff single. Edenfield hit a one out double off the center field wall to put two runners in scoring position for Dack who hit a rocket off the wall to put the Noles up 9-0. 

Back-to-back singles from Bueno and Isa Torres got the offense going again in the bottom of the third. A passed ball and two walks put two more runs on the board. Shelby McKenzie ripped a line drive to center with the bases loaded to put two more runs on the board to give them a commanding 13-0 lead.

Virginia scored two runs in the top of the fourth, but Mimi Gooden came in in the top of the fifth and retired the Cavaliers in order to end the game. 

Danley improved to 8-1 this season with the win after pitching three scoreless innings and allowing just three hits. 

FSU will head out west again as they play Saint Mary’s in Moraga, California, on Wednesday before a three-game series with Cal next weekend. 

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