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The Eagles are 13-35 on the season and 3-18 in ACC play. The Eagles are coming off a weekend where they were swept by Notre Dame in South Bend and were outscored 17-4 in three games.

FSU is once again in line to win another ACC Regular Season Championship as the final weekend approaches. FSU currently is first in the ACC standings.

Coach Alameda reached another milestone on March 29 against Clemson as Alameda recorded her 1,000th career win. Alameda is the 12th active head coach to reach the 1,000 win milestone. FSU is one of just two programs (FSU and Tennessee) to have had two coaches who have reached 1,000 wins. JoAnne Graf recorded 1,186 wins in 25 seasons.

The Seminoles have been the queens of the ACC ever since Coach Alameda has been on campus since 2009. Coach Alameda has lost just 13 ACC series in her 18 years at Florida State. Since 2011, FSU has lost just six ACC series. FSU has been swept just twice in ACC play under Coach Alameda (North Carolina 2011, Stanford 2026).

Isa Torres has been named a top 25 finalist for the USA Softball National Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year, looking to become the first Seminole to win the award since Lacey Waldrop in 2014:

Torres has proven to be one of the top hitters in the country this season as she leads the country with a .558 batting average with 16 home runs and 50 RBI. Torres broke the NCAA record as she recorded 16 consecutive hits in 16 at-bats from March 6-20. During that same time, Torres also reached safely in 23 consecutive plate appearances which was the third-longest streak in NCAA history.

Torres is on pace to break her own school record for batting average (.432) and is also on pace to break the school record for hits (99) and slugging percentage (.942) and is within striking distance of the school record for home runs (24).

Torres has not just been hitting for average though as the junior has pounded 16 home runs which is tied for the sixth-most in FSU history. Only Jessi Warren and Maddie O’Brien have hit more than 16 home runs in the Garnet and Gold.

Offense is not the only place that Torres shines as she is statistically the best infielder in the entire country. Torres has not committed an error in 145 chances this season and is the only middle infielder in the country to not have an error in 125 or more chances. No middle infielder besides Torres has fewer than three errors.

Marin Heller, after being injured during last weekend’s series vs. Georgia Tech, shared an update:

I’m beyond grateful for all the love and support after this past weekend’s game vs. Georgia Tech. I want to give a huge shoutout to all the medical staff for having my back right away after the collision, and a special thank you to our FSU medical staff for taking such good care of me once I got back to Tallahassee. I already underwent surgery and I am on the road to recovery hoping to get back with my team soon. This game tests you, and I know I’m built for it. I am ready to compete and join my squad as soon as possible to finish what we started. I appreciate everyone riding with me through it. Go Noles! Go Team 43!

Football

A nice moment from the Golden Nole Awards, where Ethan Pritchard was honored by Mike Norvell:

Basketball

Florida State men’s basketball has officially added 6-foot-11 forward Sebastian Rancik from Colorado on Wednesday:

A four-star transfer prospect and the No. 23 power forward in the portal class of 2026, Rancik appeared in 62 games with 37 starts over two seasons with the Buffaloes. This past season, he averaged 12.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, shooting 86.0% from the free-throw line, which ranked fourth in the Big 12. Rancik also scored a career-high 24 points against Eastern Washington and grabbed a career-best 11 rebounds against Arizona State.

The 6-foot-11, 220-pound forward from Bratislava, Slovakia, played high school basketball at JSerra Catholic in California before heading to Colorado.

All Sports

Florida State women’s golf has drawn the No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, which will be hosted at Seminole Legacy Golf Club from May 11-13:

The Seminoles drew the No. 4 seed in the 12-team regional. The top five finishing teams will advance to the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship, which will be held May 22-27 at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. This will be the third time in program history that the NCAA Regional will be hosted in Tallahassee and first at Seminole Legacy.

FSU is led by Sophia Fullbrook, who captured back-to-back wins this season en route to winning the ACC Co-Golfer of the Month for March. Fullbrook is ranked 54th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, and is No. 25 in the Scoreboard ranking. Haruhi Nakatani led the field in birdies in stroke play at the ACC Championship, carding 18. She finished tied for sixth place, which was the highest finish for an FSU freshman at the ACC Championship since Frida Kinhult tied for fifth place at the 2019 tournament.

2026 NCAA Tallahassee Regional field: No. 4 Florida, No. 9 Wake Forest, No. 14 UCLA, No. 16 Florida State, RV Eastern Michigan, Kentucky, Purdue, Clemson, ULM, North Florida, Little Rock, Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Florida State swimming and diving’s Tommaso Baravelli has been named to the 2025-26 Academic All-America First Team, earning the honor for the second time in his career:

A seven-time All-American during his career, Baravelli is majoring in mechanical engineering with a 3.993 GPA. This is his second Academic All-America honor and first selection to the First Team after earning Third Team recognition in 2023-24. He is one of eight student-athletes named to this year’s Division I First Team.

Baravelli has earned numerous academic accolades throughout his career, including selection to the 2026 Academic All-District Team and recognition as a two-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree.

He was a member of the ACC Championship-winning 200 medley relay team and helped the 400 medley relay to a second-place finish. The Bologna, Italy, native holds the Florida State record in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:52.37 and ranks second all-time in program history in the 100 breaststroke (51.68). He also is part of two program-record relay teams in the 200 and 400 medley relays and holds Morcom Aquatics Center pool records in both the 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley.

Florida State beach volleyball’s Alexis Durish and Audrey Koenig have been named finalists for the 2026 AVCA Player of the Year award, with the winner to be announced Thursday at the Championship Banquet in Gulf Shores:

Durish has managed an undefeated season on court one, going 33-0 while putting up 20 wins against ranked opponents. The senior from Venice, Florida, has reached 117 wins in the garnet and gold and has the highest win streak of any Seminole beach volleyball player (33). Koenig, a native of Wesley Chapel, Florida, has accumulated 30 wins and recorded zero losses. Koenig and Durish have combined for a 29-0 record this season and Koenig has earned 95 wins during her tenure at FSU.

Over the past two seasons, Durish and Koenig have won 53 matches, a school record for a duo in NCAA competition. The AVCA will name the 2026 Player of the Year during the Championship Banquet on Thursday, April 30.