Seminole Sunday Sauce — June 2, 2024: FSU Men’s Golf Falls in National Championship to Cap Historic Season
Florida State men’s golf fell just shy of winning its first national championship, but managed to complete the greatest season in program history.
After a rough start to stroke play, FSU wound up finishing fifth as a team to advance to the quarterfinals. Luke Clanton finished second overall at 2-under par, narrowly missing the individual national title.
In the quarterfinals, FSU finished strong for a 3-1 win over North Carolina. Tyler Weaver clinched the victory for FSU with a 3&2 win over North Carolina’s David Ford. Clanton and Brett Roberts also won their matchups.
In the semifinals against Georgia Tech, FSU had to win the final two matchups to take a 3-2 victory. After Weaver took the 19th hole to defeat Georgia Tech’s Kale Fontenot, Frederik Kjkettrup sealed the deal with a 3&1 win over Hiroshi Tai.
FSU would ultimately fall to Auburn for the national championship, 3-2. Weaver and Cole Anderson each won their matchups, but Auburn’s J.M Butler defeated Clanton 2&1 to clinch the victory.
With its first appearance in the national championship match, FSU men’s golf became the third group of Seminoles to play for a national title this athletics year. FSU soccer claimed the national championship in the fall. Although FSU men’s tennis fell in the Sweet 16, the duo of Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif reached the final in doubles last week before falling to Ohio State’s Robert Cash and JJ Tracy in a third-set tiebreaker.
FOOTBALL
Recognitions: None
Commitments: None
Decommitments: Jaelen Waters, 2026 4-star DB* (No. 188 overall*)
2025 Recruiting Class Rank: No. 48 nationally, 11th in ACC (4 total commitments)
Wrap-up: Three more kickoff times were announced for FSU this week.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Recognitions: None
Commitments: None
Decommitments: None
2025 Recruiting Class Rank: No. 11 nationally, third in ACC (1 total commitment)
Wrap-up: The offseason is in full swing for FSU hoops.
Track and Field
Ranking: Men No. 21 USTFCCCA, No. 6 South Region; women No. 20 USTFCCCA, No. 8 South Region
Past Week: Idle
Upcoming: NCAA Championships (Wednesday-Saturday)
Recognitions: None
Wrap-up: The track and field season wraps up this week.
Men’s Golf
Ranking: No. 6 GCAA Coaches Poll
Past Week: Finished fifth in stroke play at NCAA Championships; beat North Carolina in national quarterfinals on Tuesday, 3-1; beat Georgia Tech in national semifinals on Tuesday, 3-2; lost to Auburn for national championship on Wednesday, 3-2
Recognitions: Luke Clanton (PING All-America first team)
Wrap-up: FSU just missed winning its first national championship. The Seminoles completed the greatest season in program history.
Women’s Golf
Ranking: No. 19 WGCAA Coaches Poll
Recognitions: None
Wrap-up: The offseason is officially underway for Florida State women’s golf.
Softball
Record: 46-16
Ranking: No. 16 USA Softball; No. 16 D1Softball; No. 12 USA TODAY/NFCA Coaches Poll; No. 16 Softball America; No. 15 national seed NCAA Tournament
Recognitions: Jaysoni Beachum, IF (NFCA Freshman of the Year, Softball America Freshman of the Year, NFCA All-America second team); Kaley Mudge, OF (CSC Academic All-District); Devyn Flaherty, IF (CSC Academic All-District); Amaya Ross, UT (CSC Academic All-District); Emma Wilson, P (CSC Academic All-District); Michaela Edenfield, C (All-America third team)
Wrap-up: FSU heads to the offseason following another strong year.
Baseball
Record: 44-15
Ranking: No. 12 Baseball America; No. 7 NCBWA; No. 8 USA Today Coaches; No. 9 D1Baseball; No. 8 seed NCAA Tournament
Past Week: (2-1), lost to Duke in ACC Championship on Sunday, 16-4; beat Stetson in NCAA Tournament on Friday, 7-2; beat UCF in NCAA Tournament on Saturday, 5-2
Upcoming: vs. UCF or Stetson (NCAA Tournament, Sunday)
Recognitions: Marco Dinges, OF (ACC All-Tournament team); James Tibbs, OF (ACC All-Tournament team); Drew Faurot (ACC All-Tournament team)
Wrap-up: FSU is a win from the Super Regional round.
*Recruiting rankings according to the 247Sports Composite rankings
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