TALLAHASSEE – The No. 7 Florida State softball team shut out Louisiana in five innings by a final score of 8-0 on Tuesday night at the Seminole Softball Complex.
 
The Seminoles (9-2) improved to 13-9 all-time over the Ragin’ Cajuns (6-4), including a 5-2 edge in Tallahassee. Florida State has run-ruled Louisiana in each of their past three meetings. 
 
Freshman right-hander Bella Dimitrijevic (1-0) made her fourth career start, earning her first career win in the Garnet and Gold. In a new career-high of 3.2 innings, she gave up three hits while striking out two and allowed no runs. Louisiana’s Lexie Delbrey (1-1) took her first loss. 
 
The Seminole offense put up five hits and drew six walks in the win. Junior shortstop Isa Torres continued her dominance at the plate, reaching base in all three of the appearances. She went 2-for-2 with a single and a double and drew a walk. 
 
The bats came alive in the bottom of the second inning. With the bases loaded, a hard-struck ball by freshman second baseman Marin Heller forced an error out of the Louisiana infield, allowing junior first baseman Angelee Bueno to score from third. Junior third baseman Jaysoni Beachum drew a walk in the next at-bat, advancing redshirt-freshman Bella Ruggiero home. 
 
Junior utility Ashtyn Danley sent the ball up the middle, reaching on the fielder’s choice and allowing Torres to take home, making it 3-0. Freshman catcher Anna Hinde then powered a single into left field, scoring Heller from third and Danley from second. 
 
The Seminoles loaded the basepath once more in the bottom of the fifth inning. A wild pitch gave Danley space to steal home, and sophomore utility Shelby McKenzie plated another run on a sacrifice fly by Bueno. Ruggiero’s second hit of the season couldn’t have come at a better time as she ripped a single through the middle infield to score freshman outfielder Makenna Sturgis. 
 
Danley entered the circle in relief in the fourth inning, throwing 1.1 innings. She allowed one hit while striking out one. 
 
Florida State will continue their homestand when they host the Dugout Club Classic this weekend. The Seminoles will take on No. 9 Alabama, Dartmouth and Elon. First pitch against Dartmouth is set for 3 p.m. on Friday. 
 
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SCORING SUMMARY:
B2 | FSU 1, Louisiana 0 Heller reached on a fielding error, Bueno scored
B2 | FSU 2, Louisiana 0 Beachum walked, Ruggiero scored
B2 | FSU 3, Louisiana 0 Danley reached on a fielder’s choice, Torres scored
B2 | FSU 5, Louisiana 0 Hinde singled, Heller and Danley scored
B5 | FSU 6, Louisiana 0 Danley stole home on a wild pitch
B5 | FSU 7, Louisiana 0 Bueno sacrifice fly, McKenzie scored
B5 | FSU 8, Louisiana 0 Ruggiero singled, Sturgis scored

 

Of Note

• Bella Dimitrijevic made her fourth career start on Tuesday night and pitched a season high 3.2 innings.
• Dimitrijevic allowed just three hits and struck out two in her appearance.
• Dimitrijevic picked up her first career win in the circle.
• Isa Torres picked up two hits for the Noles on Tuesday night. Torres has recorded a hit in 10 out of the 11 games this season and is hitting .514 this season.
• Anna Hinde picked up another hit and two RBI tonight and has recorded a hit in 9 out of her first 11 games of her collegiate career. 
• Bella Ruggiero recorded her first career RBI in the fifth inning to walk off the game.
• FSU tied its season high with six walks tonight and struck out just once.
• FSU improved to 13-9 all-time against Louisiana. 
• FSU has won four-straight games against Louisiana.
• FSU has won 39 consecutive regular season games against unranked non-conference foes dating back to Mar. 8, 2024.
• FSU has won 21 out of its last 22 regular season games at JoAnne Graf Field.