Seminoles Host FIU Sunday Night to Wrap Up Opening Weekend
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 3 Florida State soccer team concludes the first weekend of the regular season against FIU on Sunday, August 17, at 7 p.m. ET, at the Seminole Soccer Complex in Tallahassee, Florida.
General admission single-game seating is free and available on a first-come, first-served basis for each regular-season home game in 2025 for all fans without reserved midfield season tickets. Sunday is the Kids Club Game and Youth Day, and there will be games in the concourse and a foam finger giveaway for early-arriving kids.
The game will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra, accessible through your television provider or a subscription to ESPN+. Live stats can be found at FSU.Statbroadcast.com. Direct links to watch and follow along can be found on the schedule page at Seminoles.com/Soccer and on social media on Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUSoccer) & Instagram (@NoleSoccer).
Florida State is 1-0-0 on the season after a 5-0 win over rival Florida on Thursday night to begin the campaign. FIU will make its season debut on Sunday night.
The Seminoles scored five goals with five assists in the 2025 opener, with 26 shots, nine on goal. FSU allowed seven shots, three on goal, with three saves while recording its first clean sheet of the year.
Senior defender Heather Gilchrist has scored two points, while senior midfielder/forward Enasia Colon notched two assists to pace the squad. Sophomore forward Wrianna Hudson has a team-best seven shots and three shots on target. In goal, redshirt sophomore Addie Todd registered three saves with the shutout.
Two streaks were extended with Thursday’s rivalry win, both to 29 consecutive games. In regular-season non-conference play, Florida State is 26-0-3 since early in the 2019 season, and the Seminoles are 27-0-2 overall at home since the middle of the 2022 campaign.
TWO ON NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST
Junior forward Jordynn Dudley and Gilchrist have been named to the 2025 Hermann Trophy Watch List, an award that annually is presented to the national player of the year.
Dudley and Gilchrist are two of 43 players, and two of nine from the ACC, recognized on the watch list. Dudley was a Hermann Trophy Semifinalist last year.
From Milton, Georgia, Dudley also was a Second Team All-American and All-ACC First Team awardee in 2024. She played in 15 games with 13 starts and led the team with 11 assists, was tied for second with nine goals and was second with 29 points on 46 shots, 22 on goal. Two of Dudley’s goals were game winners.
An All-America Fourth Team and All-ACC Third Team honoree a year ago, Gilchrist played in 15 games with 14 starts in 2024. In 1,838 minutes, the Boulder, Colorado native scored one goal with one assist on three shots, two on goal. Gilchrist helped the Seminoles to seven shutouts and played a full game on 12 occasions.
SERIES HISTORY VS. FIU
Florida State boasts a 6-0-0 record all-time against FIU, with a 4-0 mark at home and a 2-0 record on the road. The series began with a 1-0, double-overtime win at home in 1998, which started a stretch of four consecutive years where the two teams squared off, twice in Tallahassee and twice in Miami. The last two meetings have come at FSU, with a 1-0 win in 2004 before a 5-0 victory in 2008, which was the biggest win for the Seminoles in series. Four of the six games have been shutouts, the first two, 1-0 and 3-0, and the last two, 1-0 and 5-0.
SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
FIU will make its season debut Sunday night at the Seminole Soccer Complex. The Panthers are coming off a C-USA regular-season and tournament titles in 2024, where they earned an NCAA Tournament berth for the third time in team history. FIU went 13-5-2 overall and 6-1-2 in league play a year ago. Mat Dunn is in his first season as head coach in Miami.
LAST TIME OUT: RIVALRY SHUTOUT WIN
The Seminoles began the season with a 5-0 win over Florida on August 14 in Tallahassee in a contest that featured two weather delays. The Seminoles tied for their biggest win in the rivalry and have won eight in a row against the Gators, outscoring them 24-3 during that stretch. Florida State improves to 18-13-0 in the all-time series with clean sheets in four consecutive games and six of the last eight.
Gilchrist scored the game’s first two goals for her first career brace and game-winning goal, after entering the season with one career score. Hudson made it 3-0 just before halftime. In the second half, junior midfielder Yuna McCormack tallied her first goal as a Seminole while redshirt sophomore midfielder Peyton Nourse found the back of the net late for the final score, her first since 2023.
Colon recorded a pair of assists in the triumph and joined McCormack as one of nine players to make their Seminole debuts in the win. Todd had three saves to earn the shutout.
A complete recap from the win can be found here.
UP NEXT: FIRST BREAK, FIRST ROADTRIP
Florida State will have the next 10 days off before traveling to Kansas for a matchup on Thursday, August 28. Kickoff is at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT, in what will be the Seminoles’ first road game of the year.
QUICK KICKS: NOTES TO KNOW
General admission single-game seating is free and available on a first-come, first-served basis for each regular-season home game in 2025 for all fans without reserved midfield season tickets. Sunday is the Kids Club Game and Youth Day, and there will be games in the concourse and a foam finger giveaway for early-arriving kids.
The game will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra, accessible through your television provider or a subscription to ESPN+. Live stats can be found at FSU.Statbroadcast.com. Direct links to watch and follow along can be found on the schedule page at Seminoles.com/Soccer and on social media on Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUSoccer) & Instagram (@NoleSoccer).
Florida State is 1-0-0 on the season after a 5-0 win over rival Florida on Thursday night to begin the campaign. FIU will make its season debut on Sunday night.
The Seminoles scored five goals with five assists in the 2025 opener, with 26 shots, nine on goal. FSU allowed seven shots, three on goal, with three saves while recording its first clean sheet of the year.
Senior defender Heather Gilchrist has scored two points, while senior midfielder/forward Enasia Colon notched two assists to pace the squad. Sophomore forward Wrianna Hudson has a team-best seven shots and three shots on target. In goal, redshirt sophomore Addie Todd registered three saves with the shutout.
Two streaks were extended with Thursday’s rivalry win, both to 29 consecutive games. In regular-season non-conference play, Florida State is 26-0-3 since early in the 2019 season, and the Seminoles are 27-0-2 overall at home since the middle of the 2022 campaign.
TWO ON NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST
Junior forward Jordynn Dudley and Gilchrist have been named to the 2025 Hermann Trophy Watch List, an award that annually is presented to the national player of the year.
Dudley and Gilchrist are two of 43 players, and two of nine from the ACC, recognized on the watch list. Dudley was a Hermann Trophy Semifinalist last year.
From Milton, Georgia, Dudley also was a Second Team All-American and All-ACC First Team awardee in 2024. She played in 15 games with 13 starts and led the team with 11 assists, was tied for second with nine goals and was second with 29 points on 46 shots, 22 on goal. Two of Dudley’s goals were game winners.
An All-America Fourth Team and All-ACC Third Team honoree a year ago, Gilchrist played in 15 games with 14 starts in 2024. In 1,838 minutes, the Boulder, Colorado native scored one goal with one assist on three shots, two on goal. Gilchrist helped the Seminoles to seven shutouts and played a full game on 12 occasions.
SERIES HISTORY VS. FIU
Florida State boasts a 6-0-0 record all-time against FIU, with a 4-0 mark at home and a 2-0 record on the road. The series began with a 1-0, double-overtime win at home in 1998, which started a stretch of four consecutive years where the two teams squared off, twice in Tallahassee and twice in Miami. The last two meetings have come at FSU, with a 1-0 win in 2004 before a 5-0 victory in 2008, which was the biggest win for the Seminoles in series. Four of the six games have been shutouts, the first two, 1-0 and 3-0, and the last two, 1-0 and 5-0.
SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
FIU will make its season debut Sunday night at the Seminole Soccer Complex. The Panthers are coming off a C-USA regular-season and tournament titles in 2024, where they earned an NCAA Tournament berth for the third time in team history. FIU went 13-5-2 overall and 6-1-2 in league play a year ago. Mat Dunn is in his first season as head coach in Miami.
LAST TIME OUT: RIVALRY SHUTOUT WIN
The Seminoles began the season with a 5-0 win over Florida on August 14 in Tallahassee in a contest that featured two weather delays. The Seminoles tied for their biggest win in the rivalry and have won eight in a row against the Gators, outscoring them 24-3 during that stretch. Florida State improves to 18-13-0 in the all-time series with clean sheets in four consecutive games and six of the last eight.
Gilchrist scored the game’s first two goals for her first career brace and game-winning goal, after entering the season with one career score. Hudson made it 3-0 just before halftime. In the second half, junior midfielder Yuna McCormack tallied her first goal as a Seminole while redshirt sophomore midfielder Peyton Nourse found the back of the net late for the final score, her first since 2023.
Colon recorded a pair of assists in the triumph and joined McCormack as one of nine players to make their Seminole debuts in the win. Todd had three saves to earn the shutout.
A complete recap from the win can be found here.
UP NEXT: FIRST BREAK, FIRST ROADTRIP
Florida State will have the next 10 days off before traveling to Kansas for a matchup on Thursday, August 28. Kickoff is at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT, in what will be the Seminoles’ first road game of the year.
QUICK KICKS: NOTES TO KNOW
- Florida State is in its 31st season in 2025 and owns a 476-163-58 (.724) overall record since the team’s first season in 1995
- Head coach Brian Pensky is in his fourth season at FSU (55-5-8, .906) and his 21st as a collegiate head coach (240-116-53, .651), and has led the Seminoles to a national championship in 2023, another NCAA College Cup berth in 2022 and five ACC titles, two regular season and three tournament
- Florida State currently is on an 11 game unbeaten streak, averaging more than three goals per game during that span
- FSU is unbeaten in four consecutive years in regular-season non-conference play, going 26-0-3 since the middle of the 2019 non-conference season after a 5-0-1 mark in 2024
- The Seminoles are on a 29-game unbeaten streak at home in regulation or overtime, having gone 27-0-2 at the Seminole Soccer Complex since their last home defeat in the middle of the 2022 season, which includes a 10-0-2 record in 2024
- Florida State holds a 56 game scoring streak dating back to 2022, the longest stretch in school history
- 8 of 11 starters are returning in 2025, with all three departing players having graduated FSU and two currently playing professionally in the NWSL
- 154 of 231 (66.6%) starts from 2024 return in 2025
- The Seminoles’ 11 newcomers feature 8 freshmen and three transfers, and the incoming class is ranked No. 1 in the country by Top Drawer Soccer
- FSU has won five consecutive ACC Tournament championships and 11 overall, along with six regular season titles (most recently 2022 and 2023)
- Florida State has made 25 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, every year since 2000, and is coming off a second-round berth in 2024 after winning its fourth NCAA championship in 2023
For more information on Florida State soccer, check Seminoles.com for the latest news and scheduling information, and keep up with the team on social media through Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUSoccer) & Instagram (@NoleSoccer).
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