No. 13 Florida State softball jumped out to an early lead and held off Georgia Tech late to secure a 4-3 win Saturday night, clinching the series at Mewborn Field.
The Seminoles (42-7, 17-3 ACC) scored once in the first inning when Jaysoni Beachum singled, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on Anna Hinde’s two-out RBI single.
Florida State added three runs in the second. Shelby McKenzie drew a walk and Hayley Griggs singled before Makenna Sturgis doubled to center to score McKenzie. Isa Torres followed with an RBI double, and Beachum drove in another run with her second hit of the game to make it 4-0.
JAZZY GOT HER🔥🔥🔥Isa, Jay and Ashtyn to get us going in the seventh🍢📺ACCN#Team43 pic.twitter.com/4Ns7efDs3A
— Florida State Softball 🥎 (@FSU_Softball) April 25, 2026
Ashtyn Danley allowed two hits over four scoreless innings, striking out three to improve to 10-1.
Georgia Tech (29-24, 10-13) closed within one on a three-run homer in the fifth. Jazzy Francik recorded the final out of that inning and worked out of trouble in the sixth, stranding the tying run on third base.
Francik retired the side in the seventh to earn her second save.
Where: Shirley Clements Mewborn Field, Atlanta, Georgia
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Peter Holland Jr. covers Florida State athletics and Big Bend Preps for the Tallahassee Democrat. If you like to pitch a story on a high school athlete, don't hesitate to get in touch with him via email at PHolland@Gannett.com or on X @_Da_pistol.
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