TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 7 Florida State baseball team welcomes Virginia to Dick Howser Stadium for a three-game series with two national TV games from April 17-19 in Tallahassee, Florida.
 
The series between two 2024 College World Series teams begins on Thursday, April 17, at 7 p.m. ET, on ACC Network. Game two is on Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN2, followed by the finale on Saturday at 2 p.m. on ACCNX.
 
Tickets are available for all three games 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. at the Haggard Plaza right field gate.
 
Thursday is Throwback Thursday, with a retro theme at Howser and throwback gear available for fans to purchase. Friday will have an FSU beach towel giveaway for early-arriving fans. Saturday will feature a student raffle, and every Saturday is Military Saturday at Dick Howser Stadium.
 
Thursday night’s game will be broadcast live on the ACC Network and Friday’s game is televised on ESPN2. Saturday’s contests is ACC Network Extra, 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 (Thursday | Friday | Saturday). 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 also are available by following and connecting with the team on social media on Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUBaseball) and Instagram (@NoleBaseball).
 
Thursday, April 17 – 7 p.m. ET
Tickets
Watch: ACC Network
Listen: WFLA 100.7 FM | FSU Gameday App | Seminoles.com
Live Stats
FSU So. RHP John Abraham (2-0, 4.05 ERA) vs. UVA Jr. LHP Bradley Hodges (1-1, 1.17 ERA)
 
Friday, April 18 – 7 p.m. ET
Tickets
Watch: ESPN2
Listen: WFLA 100.7 FM | FSU Gameday App | Seminoles.com
Live Stats
FSU Jr. LHP Jamie Arnold (4-1, 2.40 ERA) vs. UVA Sr. RHP Jay Woolfolk (2-2, 4.35 ERA)
 
Saturday, April 19 – 2 p.m. ET
Tickets
Watch: ACC Network Extra
Listen: WFLA 100.7 FM | FSU Gameday App | Seminoles.com
Live Stats
FSU r-Jr. LHP Joey Volini (8-1, 2.39 ERA) vs. UVA Fr. LHP Tomas Valincius (3-1, 5.24 ERA)
 
Sophomore right-hander John Abraham (2-0, 4.05 ERA) will make his second start for Florida State in the opener against Virginia junior lefty Bradley Hodges (1-1, 1.17 ERA). On Friday, junior left-hander Jamie Arnold (4-1, 2.40 ERA) will toe the rubber against senior righty Jay Woolfold (2-2, 4.35 ERA). The finale will see a pair of southpaws face off, as Seminole redshirt junior Joey Volini (8-1, 2.39 ERA) gets the ball against Cavalier freshman Tomas Valincius (3-1, 5.24 ERA).
 
Winners of four in a row, Florida State is 29-7 overall, 19-4 at home, 9-3 on the road and 1-0 at a neutral site. FSU is tied for second in the ACC with an 11-4 record after five weekends. The team is coming off a 19-0 win over USF on Tuesday to begin a five-game homestand. The Seminoles have won eight of their nine series in 2025, four of five in the conference and all three on the road. Last weekend at No. 25 Virginia Tech was FSU’s first top-25 series of the campaign and the team improved to 3-1 against ranked foes thanks to its second ACC sweep of the year.
 
NATIONALY-RANKED SEMINOLES
The Seminoles are ranked nationally in the top-10 in every major poll this week and moved up in five of the six, including to No. 7 in the D1Baseball top 25. They also are No. 6 in The Athletic rankings, No. 7 in the NCBWA poll, No. 8 in this week’s Perfect Game and Coaches rankings and No. 10 according to Baseball America.
 
NOLES BY THE NUMBERS
FSU has scored 301 runs on 404 hits with a .323 batting average, 65 home runs, 166 walks and 44 stolen bases. The pitching staff owns a 4.22 ERA with 144 earned runs allowed in 307.0 innings with 247 hits, 387 strikeouts and 160 walks.
 
Junior infielder Alex Lodise leads the team with a .434 batting average, 66 hits, 47 RBI, 12 doubles and 121 total bases and is second with 13 home runs. Junior outfielder Max Williams paces the squad with 14 home runs and is second with 37 RBI. Junior outfielder Gage Harrelson has 11 stolen bases and is second with a .364 average and 55 hits. On the mound, junior left-handed starter Joey Volini is 8-1 with a 2.39 ERA, 71 strikeouts and 15 walks in 52.2 innings. Among relievers, sophomore lefty Brady Louck has a 2.53 ERA in 10.2 innings and sophomore right-hander John Abraham has 29 strikeouts in 20.0 innings.
 
SERIES HISTORY VS. VIRGINIA
Florida State is 62-34 all-time against Virginia and 30-10 at home, 20-16 on the road and 12-8 at a neutral site. FSU won the first eight games, beginning with an 8-6 triumph at home in 1972, and then won nine in a row from 1997-2000 to mark the longest win streak for either team. The two programs met twice in 2024, both FSU postseason wins, at the ACC Tournament and the College World Series. That came after UVA won all three in Charlottesville in 2023. The Cavaliers come to Tallahassee for the first time since FSU won two of three in 2021.
 
The first matchup last season was a 12-7 win on May 24 that sent FSU to the ACC Semifinals. Jamie Arnold got the win while allowing two runs on four hits with nine strikeouts in 6.0 innings. Lodise and Drew Faurot each had three hits and drove in a run in a seven-run seventh inning. In Omaha at the College World Series on June 16, Florida State posted a 7-3 win to avoid elimination. Lodise had another hit and RBI, a sixth-inning home run to cap the Seminoles’ scoring.
 
SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS
Virginia is 20-15 on the season with a 12-8 record at home, a 4-4 mark on the road and a 4-3 record at a neutral site. The Cavaliers are 9-9 in the ACC, tied for seventh in the league. UVA is coming off a 10-3 loss to Liberty on Tuesday night after a series win at home vs. Pitt. Against top-25 teams, Virginia is 3-1 thanks to a home sweep of No. 20 Stanford and a neutral-site loss to No. 7 Oregon State.
 
In the national rankings, Virginia is receiving votes in the NCBWA poll.
 
Eric Becker leads the team with a .371 average, 53 hits, 16 doubles and 40 runs scored. Chris Arroyo has 34 RBI and eight home runs. On the mound, Bradley Hodges has a 1.17 ERA in 15.1 innings and five starts, while Jay Woolfolk’s 55 strikeouts have come in 45.2 innings with nine starts and a 4.34 ERA.
 
UP NEXT: IN-STATE MIDWEEK MATCHUP
Florida State welcomes in-state foe Stetson to Dick Howser Stadium on Tuesday, April 22. First pitch is at 6 p.m. ET. Tickets are available at Seminoles.com/Tickets or by calling the FSU ticket office at 850-644-1830.
 
LAST TIME OUT: ROLLING TO A MIDWEEK WIN
FSU scored seven runs in the first inning and never looked back in a 19-0 win in seven innings over USF on Tuesday night. Eight starters had multiple hits, four had multiple RBIs and seven scored multiple runs. Meanwhile, the pitching staff allowed just three hits and did not walk a batter to register its fourth shutout of the year. The Seminoles jumped out to a 7-0 lead after one inning and added a season high eight more in the fifth. The Bulls had single runners on base four times, but only once did they reach second base, in the first inning with two outs.
 
Sophomore third baseman Cal Fisher had two hits, four RBI and two runs scored and hit his fifth home run of the season. Junior second baseman Drew Faurot and sophomore left fielder Chase Williams both had two hits and two RBI, as Faurot scored twice and Williams once. On the mound, redshirt freshman left-handed starter Payton Manca gave up just two hits with four strikeouts in 4.0 shutout innings. He earned the win to improve to 2-1.
 
A complete recap can be found here.
 
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