Seminole Sunday Sauce — June 9, 2024: FSU Baseball Advances to College World Series
For the first time in five years, Florida State baseball is headed to the College World Series. The Seminoles advanced with five straight wins to open the postseason.
FSU advanced to the Super Regional by going a perfect 3-0 during the Tallahassee Regional. The Seminoles clinched the spot in the Supers with a 12-4 win over UCF on Sunday night.
The Seminoles trailed 2-0 early, but went ahead for good with nine runs in the fifth inning. After a 2-run home run by Cam Smith tied the game, Max Williams’ 3-run shot put the exclamation point on the frame.
Williams and Marco Dinges each finished with hits in the win. Connor Hults picked up the victory with three innings of relief.
The Tallahassee Super Regional couldn’t have started much better for FSU. On Friday, the Seminoles set an NCAA record for runs in a Super Regional game in a 24-4 trouncing of Connecticut.
Marco Dinges and Jaime Ferrer set the tone with back-to-back home runs in the first inning to take an early 3-0 lead. As a team, FSU would homer five times. The Seminoles led 8-0 through three innings before blowing things open with six runs in the sixth and nine in the seventh.
Ferrer homered a second time for FSU while Max Williams and DeAmez Ross also left the yard. Ferrer, Cam Smith and Alex Lodise each finished with three hits for FSU. James Tibbs III and Dinges each finished with four RBIs. Daniel Cantu scored four runs.
The Seminoles needed 12 innings to finally down the Huskies on Saturday. Tibbs’ third 2-run home run of the day put FSU ahead for good in the top of the 12th in a 10-8 victory.
Tibbs finished with five hits in the victory. Williams and Dinges also homered in the victory. As a team, FSU left the yard six times.
UConn led 2-0 early and regained the lead in the sixth on Luke Broadhurst’s 3-run double. After Jaxson West tied the game with a solo home run in the eighth, FSU regained an 8-7 lead on Drew Faurot’s sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the ninth, however, UConn’s Matt Malcom led off with a game-tying solo shot of his own.
Conner Whittaker worked 3.2 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the win. FSU will begin its stay in Omaha on Friday or Saturday. It will face the winner of Sunday’s game between No. 1 Tennessee and Evansville.
FOOTBALL
Recognitions: None
Commitments: None
Decommitments: None
2025 Recruiting Class Rank: No. 48 nationally, 11th in ACC (4 total commitments)
Wrap-up: The season is now right around the corner.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Recognitions: None
Commitments: None
Decommitments: None
2025 Recruiting Class Rank: No. 11 nationally, third in ACC (1 total commitment)
Wrap-up: FSU learned this week that it will play in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off against Temple and Massachusetts.
Track and Field
Ranking: Men No. 21 USTFCCCA, No. 6 South Region; women No. 20 USTFCCCA, No. 8 South Region
Past Week: FSU men finished 19th at NCAA Outdoor Championships; women finished 54th
Recognitions: None
Wrap-up: Several FSU athletes had strong showings in Eugene — Bob Braman’s last meet at the helm.
Men’s Golf
Ranking: No. 6 GCAA Coaches Poll
Recognitions: Frederik Kjettrup (PING All-America second team)
Wrap-up: We’ve finally reached the offseason. Luke Clanton and Frederik Kjettrup will play in the U.S. Open.
Baseball
Record: 47-15
Ranking: No. 12 Baseball America; No. 7 NCBWA; No. 8 USA Today Coaches; No. 9 D1Baseball; No. 8 seed NCAA Tournament
Past Week: (3-0), beat UCF in NCAA Tournament on Sunday, 12-4; beat Connecticut in NCAA Tournament Super Regional on Friday, 24-4; beat Connecticut in NCAA Tournament Super Regional on Saturday in 12 innings, 10-8
Upcoming: vs. Tennessee or Evansville (Friday or Saturday, College World Series)
Recognitions: Marco Dinges, DH (All-Regional team); Jamie Arnold, P (All-Regional team, All-Regional MVP); Carson Dorsey, P (All-Regional team); Jaxson West, C (All-Regional team); Daniel Cantu, 1B (All-Regional team, CSC Academic All-District); Cam Smith, 3B (All-Regional team); Jaime Ferrer, OF (All-Regional team, CSC Academic All-District); James Tibbs III, OF (CSC Academic All-District); Brennen Oxford, P (CSC Academic All-District)
Wrap-up: For the first time in five years, FSU is bound for Omaha.
*Recruiting rankings according to the 247Sports Composite rankings
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