Stanford Falls 9-0 to Florida State in Acc Softball Tournament 2026

Stanford's acc softball tournament 2026 run ended with a 9-0 semifinal loss to Florida State on May 9 in Charlottesville, Va. The defeat pushed the No. 14 Cardinal to 37-13 and stopped a 15-game winning streak before the NCAA Tournament field was unveiled.

Florida State Breaks It Open

No. 8 Florida State set the tone fast with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. Only two of those runs were earned, but the early cushion let the Seminoles control the semifinal from the first frame.

They added two more runs in the second inning and kept stretching the gap. By the bottom of the fourth, Florida State had posted four more runs, turning the game into a run-rule result in the fifth inning.

Stanford's Streak Ends

The loss ended Stanford's tournament stay and erased the momentum of a 15-game winning streak. That kind of run usually buys a team some margin; instead, Florida State ended it quickly and decisively, leaving the Cardinal at 37-13 as the postseason picture moved on without them.

Stanford was set to learn its postseason fate on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. PT when the NCAA Tournament field was unveiled on ESPN2. For the Cardinal, the immediate focus shifted from the ACC bracket to that selection window after the semifinal ended before the fifth inning could fully play out.