2018 Florida State Seminoles softball team

The 2018 Florida State Seminoles softball team represented Florida State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I softball season. The Seminoles were coached by Lonni Alameda, in her tenth season. They played their home games at JoAmne Graf Field and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2018 Florida State Seminoles softball
National Champion NCAA Tallahassee Super Regional champion NCAA Tallahassee Regional champion ACC tournament champion ACC Regular season champion
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	58–12 (21–3 ACC)
Head coach	Lonni Alameda (10th season)
Home stadium	JoAnne Graf Field
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Atlantic Coast Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Atlantic
No. 1 Florida State  x‍‍‡‍y	21	–	3	–	0		.875			58	–	12	–	0		.829
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y	13	–	10	–	0		.565			34	–	23	–	0		.596
Boston College  ‍‍‍	13	–	10	–	0		.565			30	–	23	–	0		.566
Louisville  ‍‍‍	10	–	12	–	0		.455			33	–	20	–	0		.623
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0		.429			30	–	20	–	0		.600
NC State  ‍‍‍	5	–	18	–	0		.217			23	–	31	–	0		.426
Coastal
Pittsburgh  x‍‍‍	16	–	6	–	0		.727			33	–	18	–	1		.644
North Carolina  ‍‍‍	15	–	8	–	0		.652			30	–	26	–	0		.536
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			28	–	26	–	0		.519
Duke  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			29	–	27	–	0		.518
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	7	–	16	–	0		.304			23	–	30	–	0		.434
Virginia  ‍‍‍	3	–	21	–	0		.125			12	–	41	–	0		.226
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 13, 2018[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]

The Seminoles were invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament, where they won the Tallahassee Regional, and the Tallahassee Super Regional, and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their first NCAA Women's College World Series Championship.^[3]

Roster

2018 Florida State Seminoles roster[4]
	Pitchers 4 – Savanna Copeland – freshman 20 – Kylee Hanson - Senior 22 – Abby Evans – junior 48 – Meghan King - Junior 70 – Cassidy Davis – sophomore Catchers 5 – Elizabeth Mason - Freshman 13 – Anna Shelnutt – sophomore 18 – Madison Kennedy – freshman	Infielders 23 – Tessa Daniels – junior 26 – Leslie Farris – sophomore 30 – Jessie Warren – senior		Outfielders 2 – Morgan Klaevemann – senior 6 – Zoe Casas – junior 8 – Korina Rosario – senior 9 – Deja Bush - Sophomore Utility 1 – Dani Morgan – sophomore 10 – Cali Harrod – junior 11 – Rock Benavides – freshman 12 – Carsyn Gordon – junior 16 – Mackenzie Puckett – freshman 21 – Sabrina Stutsman - Sophomore 24 – Sydney Sherrill – freshman

Schedule

Legend
	Florida State win
	Florida State loss
*	Non-Conference game

2018 Florida State Seminoles Softball Game Log[3][5]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record Feb 9 vs Portland State* Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX W 18–15 1–0 Feb 9 at Texas State* Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX W 4–2 2–0 Feb 10 at Texas State* Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX W 8–06 3–0 Feb 10 vs Portland State* Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX W 11–15 4–0 Feb 14 Florida A&M* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 9–05 5–0 Feb 16 Minnesota* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 3–2 6–0 Feb 17 Minnesota* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 9–3 7–0 Feb 17 Michigan* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL L 0–1 7–1 Feb 18 Michigan* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 2–0 8–1 Feb 20 McNeese State* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL L 1–6 8–2 Feb 21 at South Alabama* Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL L 1–3 8–3 Feb 21 at South Alabama* Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL W 14–15 9–3 Feb 23 vs Northern Iowa* Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 9–05 10–3 Feb 23 at Alabama* Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 0–3 10–4 Feb 24 at Alabama* Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 3–1 11–4 Feb 24 vs Georgia State* Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 8–06 12–4
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record Mar 2 Hofstra* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL L 0–110 12–5 Mar 2 Oregon* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL L 0–5 12–6 Mar 3 Florida Gulf Coast* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 6–2 13–6 Mar 3 Hofstra* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 5–0 14–6 Mar 4 Oregon* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 2–1 15–6 Mar 8 vs Penn* Eddie C. Moore Complex • Clearwater, FL W 12–05 16–6 Mar 10 at North Florida* UNF Softball Complex • Jacksonville, FL W 13–0 17–6 Mar 10 at North Florida* UNF Softball Complex • Jacksonville, FL W 9–6 18–6 Mar 16 Virginia Tech JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 2–0 19–6 1–0 Mar 17 Virginia Tech JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 8–3 20–6 2–0 Mar 18 Virginia Tech JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 6–2 21–6 3–0 Mar 21 Troy* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 12–26 22–6 Mar 21 Troy* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 9–16 23–6 Mar 23 Syracuse JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 1–0 24–6 4–0 Mar 24 Syracuse JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 6–0 25–6 5–0 Mar 25 Syracuse JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 5–4 26–6 6–0 Mar 30 at Georgia Tech Shirley Clements Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA W 13–25 27–6 7–0 Mar 31 at Georgia Tech Shirley Clements Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA W 4–2 28–6 8–0
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record Apr 1 at Georgia Tech Shirley Clements Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA W 11–36 29–6 9–0 Apr 4 Louisiana–Lafayette* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 8–05 30–6 Apr 4 Louisiana–Lafayette* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 7–1 31–6 Apr 6 Pittsburgh JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 2–1 32–6 10–0 Apr 6 Pittsburgh JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL L 0–1 32–7 10–1 Apr 8 Pittsburgh JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 8–05 33–7 11–1 Apr 11 Florida* JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 4–1 34–7 Apr 13 at Boston College Boston College Softball Field • Brighton, MA L 0–1 34–8 11–2 Apr 13 at Boston College Boston College Softball Field • Brighton, MA W 5–4 35–8 12–2 Apr 14 at Boston College Boston College Softball Field • Brighton, MA W 5–0 36–8 13–2 Apr 21 Louisville JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 4–0 37–8 14–2 Apr 22 Louisville JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 8–05 38–8 15–2 Apr 23 Louisville JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 3–1 39–8 16–2 Apr 25 at Florida* Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 1–5 39–9 Apr 27 at Notre Dame Melissa Cook Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 9–2 40–9 17–2 Apr 28 at Notre Dame Melissa Cook Stadium • Notre Dame, IN W 11–26 41–9 18–2 Apr 29 at Notre Dame Melissa Cook Stadium • Notre Dame, IN L 1–3 41–10 18–3
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record ACC record May 4 at NC State Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 9–15 42–10 19–3 May 5 at NC State Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 5–0 43–10 20–3 May 6 at NC State Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 3–0 44–10 21–3
Post-season
ACC tournament Date Opponent Rank (seed) Site/stadium Score Overall record ACCT Record May 10 (8) Louisville (1) Shirley Clements Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA W 7–4 45–10 1–0 May 11 (5) Notre Dame (1) Shirley Clements Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA W 6–1 46–10 2–0 May 12 (2) Pittsburgh (1) Shirley Clements Mewborn Field • Atlanta, GA W 5–4 47–10 3–0
NCAA Tallahassee Regional Date Opponent Rank (seed) Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record May 18 Jacksonville State JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 8–05 48–10 1–0 May 19 Auburn JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 2–18 49–10 2–0 May 20 Jacksonville State JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 10–0 50–10 3–0
NCAA Tallahassee Super Regional Date Opponent Rank (seed) Site/stadium Score Overall record SR record May 25 LSU JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL L 5–6 50–11 0–1 May 26 LSU JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 8–511 51–11 1–1 May 26 LSU JoAnne Graf Field • Tallahassee, FL W 3–1 52–11 2–1
NCAA Women's College World Series Date Opponent Rank (seed) Site/stadium Score Overall record WCWS record May 31 (3) UCLA (6) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 4–7 52–12 0–1 June 2 (7) Georgia (6) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 7–2 53–12 1–1 June 2 (1) Oregon (6) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 4–1 54–12 2–1 June 3 (3) UCLA (6) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 3–1 55–12 3–1 June 3 (3) UCLA (6) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 12–6 56–12 4–1 June 4 (5) Washington (6) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 1–0 57–12 5–1 June 4 (5) Washington (6) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 8–3 58–12 6–1