CLEARWATER – The No. 6 Florida State softball team (8-2) fell to No. 3 Tennessee (10-0), 9-1, on Sunday afternoon in the Noles’ final game of the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational. 
 
Tennessee got on the board first as the first two batters of the game reached and a one-out three-run homer put them up 3-0. 
 
Isa Torres led off the bottom of the first with a leadoff single, but the Noles stranded her at second. Makenna Reid put up a zero in the top of the second, and the Noles offense got going as Anna Hinde hit an infield single. Makenna Sturgis singled to shallow left field, and Bella Ruggiero was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Torres. Torres was hit by a pitch to bring home Hinde, but that was all the Noles would get. 
 
Tennessee responded with four two-out runs in the top of the third to extend its lead to 7-1. Marlee Gaskell held the Lady Vols in check with three consecutive scoreless innings, but Tennessee hit a two-run home run in the top of the seventh to extend its lead. 
 
The Noles will be back in action on Tuesday as they start their 12-game homestand with Louisiana at 6 p.m. at JoAnne Graf Field. 
 
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SCORING SUMMARY:
T1 | FSU 0, Tennessee 3              Dodge homered, Leach and Knight scored
B2 | FSU 1, Tennessee 3             Torres hit by a pitch, Hinde scored
T3 | FSU 1, Tennessee 4              Al. Leach singled, G. Leach scored
T3 | FSU 1, Tennessee 6              Butt singled, Clarke and Al. Leach scored
T3 | FSU 1, Tennessee 7              Faw singled, Holley scored
T7 | FSU 1, Tennessee 9              Clarke homered, Dodge scored
 
 
Of Note

• Isa Torres singled to start the game on Sunday. Torres has recorded a hit in 9 out of the 10 games this season. 
• Marlee Gaskell pitched a season high 4 innings for the Noles in relief. 
• Anna Hinde singled in the second inning and has recorded a hit in 8 out of her first 10 games of her collegiate career. 
• The loss snapped FSU’s three-game winning streak against Tennessee.