FSU softball beats Jacksonville State, Stetson in back-to-back games to advance to Tallahassee Regional final

Ashtyn Danley hit three home runs and drove in five runs Saturday as No. 9 Florida State swept through a doubleheader to advance to the Tallahassee Regional final, run-ruling Jacksonville State 11-0 and getting even with Stetson after Friday’s loss with an 11-3 win over the Hatters. Florida State will face UCF in the regional final Sunday at noon.

Jaysoni Beachum broke the game open in the second inning, crushing the first grand slam of her career over right field to put FSU up 6-0. Two pitches later, Danley added a solo shot to make it 7-0. Stetson trimmed the deficit to 7-3 with three runs across the third and fourth innings, but Danley answered each time, homering again in the fifth and seventh to close it out.

She became the first Seminole to hit three home runs in a game since Sydney Sherrill did so on May 7, 2022, against NC State, going 4-for-5 with four runs scored, surpassing her career highs in hits, home runs and RBI in a single afternoon. Danley (13-1) and freshman Bella Dimitrijevic combined on a six-hitter, with Dimitrijevic tossing four innings of relief. Isa Torres went 3-for-5 with a double and now has 97 hits this season, three shy of Danielle Cox’s single-season program record of 99.

The win capped a long afternoon that began with Florida State dismantling Jacksonville State in the first game. Kennedy Harp got things started with a solo home run in the second inning, her sixth of the season, before Shelby McKenzie singled and Makenna Sturgis doubled to put runners on second and third. Isa Torres delivered the backbreaker, tripling off the top of the left-field wall to score two, and Jaysoni Beachum singled her home to make it 4-0.