Seminole Sunday Sauce — May 31, 2026: FSU Baseball Faces Elimination at Tallahassee Regional
After having Saturday’s contest suspended by weather, Florida State baseball will need four wins over the next two days to advance to the NCAA Super Regional round.
FSU opened the double-elimination Tallahassee Regional on Friday with a heartbreaking 6-5 loss to St. John’s. Up 5-2 through seven innings, FSU allowed four runs over the final two frames.
After homering to start the 3-run rally in the eighth inning, Dylan Fitzsimmons scored the winning run in the ninth on Jayder Raifstanger’s go-ahead RBI single in the ninth for the Red Storm. A wild pitch and a passed ball allowed the only two Red Storm runs to score in the eighth.
Prior to the ninth, FSU never trailed. John Stuetzer led off the contest with a solo home run in the bottom of the first. After Adam Agresti answered with a solo homer of his own for St. John’s in the second, Gabe Fraser put FSU back in front with another solo shot in the bottom of the second.
Brayden Dowd had a nice day at the plate for FSU, finishing 3-for-3 with two RBIs. Fraser, Carter McCulley and Cal Fisher each had two hits in the loss. Fitzsimmons, who entered the game due to injury in the second, finished 3-for-4 and a triple shy of the cycle with two runs scored for St. John’s. John Abraham took the loss for the Seminoles.
In Saturday’s elimination game against Coastal Carolina, FSU was only able to get a little more than five innings in. FSU leads 2-1 in a contest that will resume on Sunday.
With standout pitchers Wes Mendes and Carmeron Flukey’s days done early due to the weather, FSU tied the game on Nathan Cmeyla’s RBI double in the fourth. Fisher’s solo home run in the fifth gave the Seminoles the lead.
The contest will resume at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday. Should FSU hold on, it would need three straight wins, in some combination, over Northern Illinois and St. John’s. Those two teams will play in the winners’ bracket later on Sunday.
FOOTBALL
Recognitions: None
Commitments: None
Decommitments: None
2027 Recruiting Class Rank: No. 40 nationally, 10th in ACC* (7 total commitments)
Wrap-up: Four more kickoff times were announced this week.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Commitments: None
Decommitments: None
2027 Recruiting Class Rank: N/A (0 total commitments)
Wrap-up: FSU’s 2026-27 ACC opponents were announced this week.
Track and Field
Ranking: Men No. 31 USTFCCCA, No. 8 South Region; women No. 32 USTFCCCA, No. 5 South Region
Past Week: Participated in NCAA East Preliminaries
Upcoming: NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 10-13)
Recognitions: None
Wrap-up: FSU will wrap up its season in less than two weeks in Eugene, Ore.
Women’s Golf
Ranking: N/A
Past Week: Finished 23rd at NCAA Championships
Recognitions: None
Wrap-up: Led by Sophia Fullbrook, FSU closed its season with a top-25 finish at the NCAA Championships.
Men’s Golf
Ranking: No. 23 Golfweek Coaches Poll
Past Week: Currently 30th at NCAA Championships
Upcoming: NCAA Championships (Sunday-Wednesday)
Recognitions: None
Wrap-up: Barring a miraculous third round, FSU’s season will likely end on Sunday.
Softball
Record: 52-10
Ranking: No. 9 USA Softball; No. 8 D1Softball; No. 7 Softball America; No. 7 NFCA Coaches; No. 9 national seed NCAA Tournament
Recognitions: Isa Torres, SS (D1Softball All-America first team, CSC Academic All-District Team, D1Sotfball Player of the Year); Ashtyn Danley, P/OF (D1Softball All-America second team); Kennedy Harp, OF (CSC Academic All-District Team); Jazzy Francik, P (CSC Academic All-District Team); Shelby McKenzie, UT (CSC Academic All-District Team)
Wrap-up: FSU will try to keep the key pieces of its roster intact as it enters the offseason.
Baseball
Record: 38-18
Ranking: No. 11 Baseball America; No. 7 Perfect Game; No. 12 D1Baseball; No. 9 USA TODAY Coaches; No. 10 NCBWA; No. 10 seed NCAA Tournament
Past Week: (0-1), lost to St. John’s in NCAA Tournament on Friday, 6-5; leads Coastal Carolina 2-1 in an NCAA Tournament game suspended on Saturday
Upcoming: vs. Coastal Carolina (Sunday, continued from Saturday, NCAA Tournament)
Recognitions: None
Wrap-up: FSU faces elimination at the Tallahassee Regional.
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