– The No 4 Florida State softball team (3-1) used a walk-off single from freshman Isa Torres to take down Texas Tech (2-2), 9-8, then cruised past Florida A&M (0-3), 9-0 in five innings to finish Saturday 2-0 at the JoAnne Graf Classic.
Game One vs. Texas TechTexas Tech came out swinging and scored two runs in the first inning on three hits to take the early lead.
After a standstill for two-and-a-half innings, the Seminoles answered with two runs in the bottom of the third. Jaysoni Beachum singled, and Isa Torres walked put runners on first and second. Ashtyn Danley moved the runners to second and third on a groundout, and Jahni Kerr brought Beachum home on an infield single to cut the lead to one. The Seminoles then sent Kerr on the move to steal second, and Torres scampered home on the throw to tie the game.
Texas Tech answered with a home run in the top of the fourth, but the Seminoles answered right back as Amaya Ross hit just her second home run in the past two seasons to tie the game. The scoring continued for the Seminoles as Beachum drew a walk and Danley reached on an error putting two on for Kerr. Kerr crushed a home run to give the Seminoles a 6-3 lead.