No. 8 Florida State Rolls Past Stanford 9-0 in ACC Semifinal — Fsu Softball
Fsu softball wasted no time, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning and putting No. 14 Stanford in a hole it never escaped in a 9-0 ACC Championship semifinal win. No. 8 Florida State ended the Cardinal’s 15-game winning streak and sent Stanford out of the tournament.
Florida State's first-inning burst
The first frame set the tone. Florida State scored three runs in the bottom of the first, and only two of those runs were earned after a throwing error helped open the door.
Stanford never recovered from that start. Florida State added two more runs in the second inning, then piled on four more in the bottom of the fourth before the game ended by run-rule in the fifth.
Stanford's streak ends at 15
The loss dropped Stanford to 37-13 and ended a stretch that had carried the Cardinal through 15 straight wins. That run ended in the semifinal round of the 2026 ACC Championship tournament, with Florida State controlling every inning after the opening frame.
For Stanford, the ACC loss sends the season into the waiting period that follows a tournament exit. The Cardinal will learn its postseason fate on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. PT when the NCAA Tournament field is unveiled on ESPN2.
Florida State awaits the bracket
Florida State’s path through the semifinal was built on fast damage: three runs in the first, two in the second, four in the fourth. Stanford never pushed the game beyond reach, and the run-rule finish turned the semifinal into a short night for the Cardinal.
The win sends Florida State forward with a 9-0 statement and leaves Stanford to wait for Sunday’s bracket reveal. After 15 straight wins, the Cardinal now has one number left that defines the immediate future: where it lands in the NCAA Tournament field.
