Florida State Seminoles softball


The Florida State Seminoles women's softball team represents Florida State University in the sport of softball. Florida State competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association and the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In the forty-two year history of the Seminoles softball program, the team has won seventeen ACC titles, two AIAW national titles and one WCWS national title. Florida State has made thirty-two appearances in the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the Women's College World Series on ten occasions. Jessica van der Linden and Lacey Waldrop have won the USA National Softball Player of the Year Award while thirty-four Seminole players have been honored as All-Americans and seven have been drafted into the National Pro Fastpitch League.
The Seminoles play their home games at JoAnne Graf Field on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus, and are currently led by head coach Lonni Alameda, also the coach of the USSSA Pride.

Program history

FSU has been one of the most dominant softball programs in the history of collegiate softball. Only five teams in the history of the NCAA have been to more WCWS than Florida State and no school east of Arizona has been to more NCAA Tournaments than the Seminoles. Florida State has made a regional appearance every year since 2000. Florida State has never endured a losing season and the Seminoles have achieved 36 forty-win seasons; under head coach Lonni Alameda, the Seminoles have achieved 10 forty-win seasons, including eight straight from 2012-2019, and won six consecutive ACC titles from 2014-2019.
;2018 season
The 2018 season saw the Seminoles win the ACC regular season title for the sixth consecutive year and the ACC tournament title for the fifth consecutive year, defeating Pittsburgh in the ACC championship game with a walk-off homerun. securing a spot in the NCAA Tournament as the sixth overall seed. The Seminoles defeated Auburn and Jacksonville State twice to win the Tallahasser Regional and advance to the Tallahassee Super Regional, where they defeated LSU in a double header after dropping the first game of the series, clinching a spot in the Women's College World Series.
In the World Series, the Seminoles dropped their opener to UCLA after blowing a late lead; they went on to win their next four games: defeating Georgia, top-seed Oregon, and UCLA twice in the semifinals to advance to the national championship for the first time to face Washington. Florida State went on to sweep the Huskies to win the national title, becoming the first team to lose their first game in the World Series and go on to win the title during the championship series era. The Seminoles also tied the record for most elimination game wins, going 6-0 over the course of the postseason.

Venue

The softball team plays at the Seminole Softball Complex; the field is named for JoAnne Graf, the winningest coach in softball history.

Head coaches

TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
1979–2008JoAnne Graf301,483–487–6
2009–presentLonni Alameda12555–167–1

Current Coaching Staff

Records and results

Year-by-year results

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, C = Conference

All-time record vs. ACC teams

Florida State softball maintains a winning percentage against all current ACC teams.
OpponentWonLostTiePercentageStreakFirst Meeting
Boston College4030Won 52001
Duke300Won 32019
Georgia Tech62260Won 161990
Louisville1460Lost 12002
North Carolina73260Won 21984
North Carolina State38110Won 102004
Notre Dame1970Won 21991
Pittsburgh1810Won 22002
Syracuse2120Won 172001
Virginia85180Won 121986
Virginia Tech30160Won 122005
Totals4041160

Rivalries

College World Series

Florida State has made 10 trips to the Women's College World Series, with a 14-19 record, winning the title in 2018.
YearWLPercent
198702
199012
199102
199202
199322
200222
200412
201402
201622
201861
Total:1419

Championships

National championships

Conference regular season championships

Division championships

Conference tournament championships

Florida State has made nineteen appearances in the ACC Championship, with a 19-2 record.

Awards

USA National Softball Player of the Year

Broderick Award

All-Americans