Track and Field
Florida State men’s track and field won the ACC Indoor Track & Field championship Saturday for the 15th time in program history and first since 2020:
Durian Moss was named the men’s MVP after taking care of business in the men’s 60-meter, capturing the title with a time of 6.60. Moss concluded his day in the 200 with a silver medal finish with a new career time of 20.63. Amare Williams followed in third for bronze with a new personal best of 20.87.
Andre Korbmacher captured his second consecutive men’s
60-meter hurdles after a nail-biting finish with a new personal best of 7.55, edging Syracuse’s Jamir Brown who finished at 7.56. Korbmacher’s new time remains as the third-fastest in program history.
In addition to Moss in the 60, Neo Mosebi finished in second with a time of 6.61. Jaiden Rollins added to scoring card after placing fifth at 6.74.
Despiro Wray added to the men’s team point total, placing second overall in the men’s shotput with a half-meter personal best at 18.38m. Wray’s mark now ties the seventh-farthest throw in program history. Shamar Reid barely missed the podium after finishing fourth with a personal best of 18.27m.
British Wilkerson and Micahi Danzy went to battle once again in the men’s 400. Wilkerson crossed the line with the fourth-fastest time for a new season-best at 46.36, while Danzy placed fifth at 46.69.
Isaac Hirshman added to FSU’s scoring total after placing seventh-overall in the men’s 3,000 with a personal best time of 7:55.13. Hirshman brought Florida State’s total to 88 points, giving the Seminoles an eight-point advantage of Clemson ahead of the men’s 4×400 relay.
The men’s relay team, consisting of Braeden Ofosu-Kwarteng, Curtis Bain, Wilkerson and Danzy sealed the deal with a third-place finish at 3:09.15.
On the women’s side, Shenese Walker was named the women’s MVP for the second time in her career after pulling off double victory in the sprints with 20 total points. Walker competed in the women’s 60, setting a meet record of 7.13. She concluded her evening in the women’s 200 with a winning time of 22.98.
Kaelyaah Liburd reset her own school and national record in the women’s 400, placing second overall with a career best of 51.58. Lucy May Sleeman helped Walker in the 60, placing second overall for a silver medal finish with a personal best time of 7.26.
The Noles will compete at the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the Randall Tyson Track from March 12-13.
Basketball
FSU men’s basketball took down Georgia Tech on Saturday, the Seminoles now sitting at 15-14 (8-8 ACC) with two games remaining in the regular season:
FSU women’s hoops also picked up a win, taking down Wake Forest in overtime to close out the regular season:
The Seminoles (10-20, 5-13 ACC) improve to 35-20 all-time over the Demon Deacons (14-16, 4-14 ACC). Florida State’s last win in overtime was against Clemson, 82-79, on March 3, 2024 and the last overtime victory on the road was at Houston, 79-73, on Nov. 19, 2022.
Florida State out rebounded Wake Forest 49-39, as the Seminoles corralled 16 offensive rebounds and scored 20 second-chance points. Every Seminole contributed to the victory, as each player recorded at least two points, and a rebound with the Garnet and Gold bench contributing 28 points.
Four Seminoles landed in double figures, with senior guard Sydney Bowles leading the effort with 17 points on 6-of-14 shooting. She would also earn three assists and six rebounds, as well as one steal. Junior guard Emma Risch followed with 13 points, sinking two threes. Risch posted a career-high in steals with three against the Demon Deacons and tied her high in rebounds with seven.
Graduate forward Allie Kubek and graduate guard Jasmine Shavers each registered 11 points to round out the quad. Kubek went 5-of-10 from the floor while also leading the team in rebounds with eight, and picked up a block and a steal. Shavers added two threes and posted a strong 5-of-6 mark at the stripe, while reaching a career high with a team-leading six assists.
Freshman guard Mari Gerton contributed 15 strong minutes, adding a career-high three assists, four rebounds and a steal.
Wake Forest jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter, but Florida State never let them get too far ahead. Bowles converted a turnover for the first pair of points about a minute in, followed by a three by Shavers on the next possession. Senior guard Amaya Bonner and Kubek contributed second-chance baskets in the paint, while Risch showed off the shooting with back-to-back jumpers in the same minute with under three to go.
While the offense got to work, as did the defense: three different Seminoles recorded a block, and Florida State nearly doubled Wake Forest’s first quarter rebounds with a 13-7 edge on the glass. A well-fought layup under the basket by junior forward Avery Treadwell would cap the first frame, FSU trailing 21-19.
A pair of free throws by Bowles in the first minute of the second quarter would tie it for the first time all game, and freshman guard Mari Gerton would strip the lead in favor of the Seminoles with a second-chance basket in the paint. Junior center Pania Davis padded the lead with a spin-move finish in the paint just 30 seconds later. A deep three by Bowles would contribute to a 9-0 scoring run for Florida State, forcing Wake Forest into a timeout at 7:12.
Wake Forest would answer, and force another lead change at 2:25 with a run of their own. A three by Risch with under a minute to go would round out the scoring for either side as Florida State once again trailed by a possession, 39-37.
Florida State shot a strong 44.1 percent as a team, going 15-of-34 from the floor through the first half. Bowles led the scoring at the halfway mark with nine points, followed by Risch with seven. Shavers led the rebounding effort with five boards while Kubek, Gerton and Risch pulled down four each.
Davis opened the third quarter with a defensive rebound and subsequent layup to tie the contest, and Greene would wrestle the lead back for the Seminoles with two made free throws at 8:24. Bowles broke into double digit scoring with a second-chance layup and added a three hardly two minutes later.
While the Demon Deacons would strip the lead back with 2:47 to go, a clutch jumper by sophomore guard Tatum Greene and another quarter-closing three-pointer by Risch with five seconds to go would give the Seminoles the edge heading into the fourth, 54-53.
Kubek was the star of the beginning of the final frame, putting up six points in under two minutes to break into double digits herself while fiercely defending the lead. With several more ties throughout the quarter, it came down to second-chance points as the deciding factor. A turnaround jumper by Risch brought the Demon Deacons’ lead to one point at 2:26, and it would be a clutch put-back by Bowles in the paint to strip the lead with 15 seconds remaining, going ahead 66-65.
A single free throw from Risch would make it a two-possession game, but a timely layup by Wake Forest with five seconds to spare would send the game to overtime, tied 67-67 at the end of the fourth.
A barrage of threes would open the overtime period, but Shavers would be the first to get one to fall. Wake Forest sank a triple in response, but a layup by Greene would firmly turn the lead back over to the Seminoles. Free throws by Bowles, Shavers, Bonner and Greene maintained key distance on the scoreboard as the Seminoles bested the Demon Deacons 77-74.
With the regular season coming to an end, Florida State will head to Duluth, Georgia to compete in the Ally ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament on Wednesday, Mar. 4 at GAS South Arena. The Seminoles will take on Georgia Tech in the opening round.
Baseball
Florida State pulled off a sweep of The Citadel in the Seminoles’ second weekend series of the season, moving to 8-2 on the season with a 2-0 win over the Bulldogs on Sunday:
Junior right-handed starter Bryson Moore turned in the best outing of his career to earn the win, his first as a Seminole. In a career-long 6.0 innings, he held The Citadel to just one hit with five strikeouts and one walk. Moore posted his first shutout performance of his career when pitching more than 3.0 innings, and he held the opposition to one hit for the second time in his career when on the mound for more than 3.0 innings.
In relief, fellow junior righty Chris Knier threw the final 3.0 innings to earn the save, his first of the season and third of his career. He also gave up just one hit with four strikeouts and a walk. The four strikeouts tie a career high, now achieved three times, and the 3.0 innings is tied for the second-longest outing of his two-year FSU career that is now at 26 appearances out of the bullpen.
In the three-game series, Florida State’s pitching staff combined to hold The Citadel to three runs, one earned, on eight hits. In 28.0 innings, the seven pitchers struck out 26 and walked just five.
Offensively for the Seminoles, freshman right fielder John Stuetzer had three hits, his first career multi-hit game, with an RBI, also a collegiate first. Sophomore catcher Hunter Carns notched two hits and drove in a run.
FSU’s two runs on Sunday came on 10 hits with one error, and the Bulldogs had two hits with two errors.
While improving to 6-0 at Dick Howser Stadium in 2026, Florida State is now 12-1 all-time against The Citadel, all in Tallahassee.
Moore left a runner on first after a two-out walk, and he retired the side in order in the second and third.
Meanwhile, FSU took a 1-0 lead in the second, as Stuetzer doubled home redshirt senior second baseman Eli Putnam, who singled with two outs.
In the top of the fourth, the leadoff runner reached on a three-base error. The runner tried to score on a ground ball, but junior third baseman Cal Fisher threw him out at home on the fielder’s choice. A double play groundout ended the inning to keep it a 1-0 contest.
The Citadel got its first hit in the fifth on a one-out single, but a strikeout ended the inning to leave a runner on second.
Florida State added a run in the bottom half to double the advantage to 2-0. Junior center fielder Chase Williams led off the frame with a single, advanced to third on a double and scored on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Carns.
Moore concluded his outing with a 1-2-3 sixth inning that began with back-to-back strikeouts.
Knier relieved Moore to start the seventh and struck out two in his first inning. He gave up a two-out single in the eighth, but a flyout limited the threat. In the ninth to close it out, Knier struck out another two to leave one on after a two-out walk.
First pitch for Tuesday’s game against Jacksonville has been delayed to 6 p.m., with the game to be broadcast on ACC Network. The matchup is also the first Turn It Back Tuesday of the season, which will feature “vintage elements in and around Dick Howser Stadium.”
Softball
FSU softball is on a six-game win streak after a successful showing at the Unconquered Invitational, beating FGCU and Rutgers in double headers:
All Sports
No. 13/NR Florida State swimming and diving competed at the Bulldog Invitational Last Chance Meet this past weekend, with several Seminoles making the NCAA Championships cut at the two-day last chance meet:
Senior Julia Mansson highlighted day one with an NCAA-qualifying swim of 1:00.22 in the 100 breaststroke. She later added another NCAA cut in the 200 breaststroke, touching in 2:10.03.
Freshman Ioana Stribu delivered an NCAA cut in the 200 freestyle with a finals time of 1:45.30, while fellow freshman Lucy Porter won the 200 breaststroke final in 2:08.77, the third-fastest time in program history and a qualifying mark.
Continuing the breaststroke momentum, senior Tommaso Baravelli placed second in the 100 (52.41) before winning the 200 in 1:54.70 to earn another NCAA cut.
Sophomore Mathias Christensen posted the third-fastest 200 butterfly time in school history during a time trial (1:41.81) to secure an NCAA-qualifying mark. He followed with a first-place finish in the event on day two, swimming 1:41.99.
Senior Sarah Evans contributed on the backstroke side, winning the 100 with an NCAA-qualifying 52.57.
Florida State’s men finished first overall with 146 points, ahead of South Carolina (112) and No. 7 Georgia (86). The women’s team placed second with 129.5 points.
Florida State men’s golf is tied for ninth place at the Cabo Collegiate:
The Seminoles were led by Tyler Weaver, who finished the day 2-under, 69. Weaver saw three birdies on the front nine, and two on the back and sits tied for 11th place.
Patrick McCann finished the round under par, shooting 1-under, 70. McCann bounced back on the back nine, carding two birdies and an eagle on the par-5, 593-yard 16th hole. He is in 20th place.
Jack Whaley followed, shooting 1-over, 72 and is in 33rd place, followed by Carson Brewer, who was 3-over, 74 on the day and sits 47th.
Playing as an individual, Wilmer Edero is tied with Weaver at 2-under, 69.
The second round will begin with a shotgun start on Monday at 10:30 a.m. ET. Live scoring will run through Clippd.
FSU women’s golf is set to begin play at the Darius Rocker Invitational today:
The teams will play 18 holes each day with the team and individual champions decided on Wednesday. Then freshman Frida Kinhult won the individual championship and led the Seminoles to the team championship in 2019 as the Seminoles outdistanced Duke and Wake Forest by 17 strokes to win the championship.
The Seminoles begin play in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate looking for their second team championship of the spring after winning the season-opening Collegiate Championship at the Guadalajara Country Club. Sophomore Sophia Fullbrook finished in a tie for sixth place in the individual standings at the Collegiate Championship.
Fullbrook will be joined in the Seminoles’ lineup at the Darius Rucker by freshman Haruhi Nakatani, and sophomores Alexandra Gazzoli, Layla Pedrique, and Elin Pudas Remler.
Fullbrook and Pudas Remler were named as Florida State’s team captains earlier this week by the Seminole coaching staff and announced at the Florida State Golf Captains Dinner.
“I have learned that our play as a team definitely stacks up to the best in the country,” said Fullbrook. “We proved that in Guadalajara with the win. I’m looking forward to playing in another great field which will be good test in getting us ready for the postseason.”
Fullbrook, the No 46 ranked individual golfer in the nation by Scoreboard by Clipp’d, is Florida State’s leading golfer with stroke average of 72.17 and one top-10 finish this spring.
The 18-team Darius Rucker field is filled with the top teams in the nation with each of the 18 teams ranked within the top 60 in the nation. The tournament field includes No. 5 Auburn, No. 6 Wake Forest, No. 9 Texas, No, 12 Duke, No. 14 Vanderbilt, No. 15, Ole Miss, No. 18 South Carolina, No. 20 Northwestern, No. 21 Arizona State, No. 23 Arizona, No. 26 Florida State, No. 30 Kent State, No. 34 Kentucky, No. 35 LSU, No. 41 Ohio State, No. 57 Alabama, and No. 58 Georgia.
Florida State men’s tennis opened up ACC play with two straight losses, losing to No. 18 Notre Dame on Friday before falling 4-2 to Louisville on Sunday:
Notre Dame claimed the doubles point with wins on courts one and three. Sebastian Dominko and Peter Nad defeated Florida State’s No. 14 Luis Felipe Miguel and Erik Schiessl 6-4 on court one. Noah Becker andNicholas Patrick followed suit, besting Oren Ezerzer and Gabor Hornung 7-6 on court three.
The Irish began singles, earning victories on courts one, two, and four. On Court One, Dominko defeated No. 109 Miguel in a two-set victory. Gregg picked up a 6-1, 6-0 win on court two before Nad sealed the victory with an upset over Mohammad Akotop 6-2, 6-2 on court three.
Florida State opened the day against Louisville by claiming the doubles point with dominant wins on courts one and three. The new duo of Jan Sebesta and Erik Schiessl started the Seminoles by taking court three over Andre Steinbach and Walid Ahouda, 6-3. Oren Ezerzer and Gabor Hornung finished off doubles action with their fourth win of the season after defeating Pedro Cressoni and Hamza El Amie.
In singles, the Cardinals quickly tied the match at 1-1 with a dominating 6-4, 6-3 straight set victory on court four. Louisville responded once again with another victory to help create a 2-1 advantage, after a three-set battle on court five with Hornung and Cressoni.
Schiessl fought back on court two, tying the match once again after another three-set showdown. The German native found himself down in the first set, before responding in the next two sets 6-2, 6-2. The match ultimately came down to Ahouda and Corey Craig on court one. Craig trailed 4-6 in set one before finding a second wind to win set two, but eventually dropped the third set.
Florida State will return home for a matchup against NC State on Friday at 5:30 p.m., before facing off against the defending national champion, Wake Forest, on Sunday at noon. Both matches are scheduled to be played at the Scott Speicher Tennis Courts.
Florida State women’s tennis notched wins against Georgia State and Alabama State on Saturday:
The Seminoles made quick work on the doubles courts against Georgia State earning two 6-0 victories on Courts 1 and 3. Kristyna Lavickova and Abby Kelliher played their first match together in doubles on Court 3. On Court 1, Eva Shaw and Tina Li won their third consecutive match together.
Kelliher earned the first singles victory of the day, defeating Defne Erbakan 6-1, 6-0 on Court 6. Shaw would follow, earning a 6-4, 6-4 victory on Court 1. Li would clinch the match for FSU, earning a 6-2, 6-4 victory on Court 4.
The Seminoles won eight of nine completed singles sets against the Panthers and won 15 of 17 doubles games.
In match two against Alabama State the Seminoles continued their doubles dominance, beginning with Shaw and Li who extended their winning streak to four consecutive matches with a 6-2 win on Court 1. Lavickova and Kelliher earned their second victory of the day defeating Jovana Petrovic and Alexa Campagna 6-2 on Court 3.
Shaw began singles with a straight-set 6-2, 6-0 victory on Court 1. Deatherage earned her first victory of the day with a 6-2, 6-4 victory from Court 2. Cade Cricchio closed out the match with a 6-2, 6-3 clinching victory on Court 4.
The Seminoles have now clinched the doubles point in five consecutive matches. Shaw and Deatherage lead FSU on the singles courts with 11 wins this season.
FSU resumes ACC play at 2 p.m. on Friday at No. 27 NC State in Raleigh, North Carolina, before concluding the weekend on Sunday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, taking on Wake Forest.
No. 6 FSU beach volleyball suffered its first defeat of the season on Sunday, seeing a nine-match win streak snapped in a 3-2 loss to No. 7 TCU but still logging wins over UNF, FAU and UNC Wilmington as part of the Seminole Beach Bash:
Florida State began the tournament by facing familiar foe No. 16 North Florida. Last season’s CCSA Co-Pair of the Year Alexis Durish and Audrey Koenig took court one for the first time this season, recording the Noles first dual point of the match at 21-14 and 21-12. Courts one through five won their first set against the Ospreys, with Gella Andrew and Saofe Duval creating the largest win margin at 21-13.
The Seminoles went on to battle No. 14 Florida Atlantic to conclude day one, with Bailey Higgins and Maddie Trusty quickly jumping ahead on court five. The duo notched the final dual point for FSU, winning set one 21-17 and set two 21-13.
FSU added another match sweep to their record, needing only two sets on each court to secure the 5-0 win over the Seahawks. Bailey Higgins and Maddie Trusty continued their dominant victories on court five, earning an impressive dual point at 21-8 in set one and 21-10 in set two.
The Seminoles faced their first top ten opponent in the No. 7 Horned Frogs and took court one in only two sets. Audrey Koenig and Alexis Durish managed a win on court one at 21-14 and 21-19 in each set. Courts two and four forced thrilling set threes, with Audrey Rothman and Jordan Boulware fighting for a 15-9 win to close the match. Florida State lost the dual 2-3.
Florida State will compete at Stetson next week, taking on the No. 15 Hatters and Texas A&M – Corpus Christi on Wednesday, March 11. Live stats will be available on Seminoles.com.
FSU lacrosse fell hard to No.1 UNC on Friday, losing 27-3:
North Carolina controlled the first half, scoring nine goals in the first quarter and seven goals in the second.
With 1:18 to play in the first, Meg Kenny scored the first goal of the game for FSU, drawing a foul to earn a free position shot and scoring her team-leading 12th goal of the season. Five minutes into the second quarter, Lydia Ward drove into the 8-meter arc and drew a foul. Ward would take advantage of her free position attempt and score. North Carolina led 16-2 at the half.
The Tar Heels added six more goals in the third quarter to extend their lead.
Ward tallied her second goal of the game with 12:04 remaining in regulation.
Kenny now leads the Seminoles in points (14) and goals (12) this season, while Ward’s two-goal performance brings her total to seven on the year.
The Seminoles will remain on the road to play Louisville on Wednesday at UofL Lacrosse Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. First draw is set for 12 p.m.
The Savannah Bananas took over Tallahassee this past weekend, with two games being played at Dick Howser Stadium before the grand finale inside Doak Campbell Stadium on Saturday:
