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Florida State to Face Stanford in ACC Softball Semifinal

The top-seeded Seminoles get a rematch with the only team to sweep them this season.

Overview

  • The ACC’s 12-team tournament at Palmer Park in Charlottesville runs May 6–9, with the championship set for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and earlier rounds on ACC Network.
  • Florida State, which edged Georgia Tech 2-1 in Thursday’s quarterfinals, advanced as the No. 1 seed after a 46-8 regular season.
  • Stanford reached the semifinals by beating Louisville 6-5 in the eighth inning on Thursday, winning on a River Mahler sacrifice fly as Zoe Prystajko threw the final 5.1 innings for the victory.
  • Those results set a Friday 1 p.m. ET semifinal on ACC Network between FSU and Stanford, which swept the Seminoles in April and leads the series 4-2.
  • The tournament winner earns the ACC’s automatic NCAA berth, and fans can stream games in the ESPN app or on Fubo.