SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame softball team dropped its final matchup of the weekend to the fourth-ranked Florida State Seminoles, 11-0 Sunday afternoon at Melissa Cook Stadium. The Fighting Irish fall to 29-16-1 on the season and 11-12-1 in ACC play. Florida State improves to 43-8, and 19-2 in conference play.
The Irish have locked up the seven-seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament that will be played in South Bend May 10-13. The Irish will play Wednesday May 10th at 3:30 p.m. in the opening round of the conference championship.
Payton Tidd started in the circle. She threw into the fourth inning, allowing six hits, seven runs, six earned before giving way to Shannon Becker. Becker worked 0.1 innings, giving up five hits, four runs, three earned and picked up a strikeout. Micaela Kastor threw the final 1.2, allowing two hits, an unearned runs and struck out four.
Joley Mitchell had the only Irish hit of the afternoon, a double.
How It Happened
Florida State scored two in the first, capitalizing on a lead-off double and a walk as a single to center drove in a pair to put the Seminoles up 2-0.
Kalei Harding added to the lead with a solo home run to lead off the top of the third to extend FSU’s lead to 3-0.
The Seminoles tacked on eight runs in the fourth to extend the lead to 11-0, and a solo run in the fifth tallied the 12th run of the game.
Up Next
The Irish are scheduled to conclude the regular season this Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Melissa Cook Stadium. The Irish will host Central Michigan in the final contest of the 2023 regular season.