GAME 5 | AT FLORIDA STATE
Feb. 16, 2021 | 1 p.m. | JoAnne Graf Field | Tallahassee, Fla.
South Alabama JAGUARS
NFCA: -- | USA: -- | SBA: -- | D1S: --
Record: 1-3
Head Coach: Becky Clark (Mobile, '95)
Team Slash Line (AVG / SLG / OBP): .240 / .330 / .274
Team ERA: 4.20
Florida State SEMINOLES
NFCA: 5 | USA: 6 | SBA: 5 | D1S: 5
Record: 4-0
Head Coach: Lonni Alameda (Oklahoma, '93)
Team Slash Line (AVG / SLG / OBP): .474 / .784 / .526
Team ERA: 0.00
MEDIA INFORMATION
Television: ACC Network
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Web Broadcast: ACCNetwork
(In-Game Updates) Twitter: @WeAreSouth_SB
A SOUTH ALABAMA WIN VS. FSU WOULD...
– Snap a two-game skid in the series versus the Seminoles.
– Be the program's first win in Tallahassee since 2012.
– End a three-game skid in 2022 for the Jags.
– Be the program's 469th win and head coach Becky Clark's 625th career coaching victory.
SOUTH ALABAMA JAGUARS
– South Alabama (1-3) enters after opening the weekend at the Tiger Classic hosted by No. 14 LSU.
– The Jags defeated Central Arkansas in the season opener, but fell twice to the Tigers and once to Illinois.
– Caroline Nichols was the lone Jag to record a hit in all four games at the Tiger Classic.
– Nichols was 5-for-10 at the plate, scored a pair of runs, drove in a run and stole a pair of bases.
– Kamdyn Kvistad, Victoria Ortiz and Mackenzie Brasher had three hits apiece over the weekend with the latter two posting a .300 average.
– Hardy 13.0 innings in the circle struck out eight and enters the game with a 2.15 earned run average.
– Allie Hughen posted eight strikeouts in her 5.1 innings, while Olivia Lackie led the club with 10 strikeouts in 5.2 innings of work.
– Lackie, Kvistad and Brasher were each named to the Sun Belt Conference all-league team in the preseason.
APPROACHING JAG MILESTONES
– Kamdyn Kvistad is 1 home run shy of becoming South Alabama's career home run leader. She is currently tied with former Jags Christin Crocker (2009-12) and Kaitlyn Griffith (2012015).
– Kvistad is 2 extra-base hits away from moving into seventh on the career top 10 list.
– Kvistad is 6 RBI away from moving into a three-way tie for sixth place at South.
– Kvistad is 10 multi-RBI games away from becoming the program's all-time leader in the category.
– Kennedy Cronan is 2 extra-base hits away from moving into the top 10 in the category at South.
– Cronan is 12 multi-RBI games away from moving into first place in the category.
– Olivia Lackie is 1 win away from earning her 20th career win.
THE SERIES VS. FLORIDA STATE
– South Alabama and Florida State have met 11 previous times in the all-time series with the Seminoles holding a 7-4 lead.
– The series dates back to the 2009 season, South's third season.
– South last faced FSU in Tallahassee back during the 2019 season with the Noles picking up a 4-1 decision.
– Florida State has won the last two meetings, and South's last win in the series came on Feb. 21, 2018 in Mobile, 3-1.
– USA holds a 1-3 record on the Seminoles' home field, with the lone victory coming during the 2012 season, a 3-1 win.
– Six of the 11 games in the series have been decided by three or more runs.
– Only two games have been one-run decisions, both wins by FSU.
– One game has gone extra innings, while one has been run-rule.
– Florida State holds a 20+ run differential (43-23) in the series, but both teams hold a pair of shutouts.
INSIDE THE SERIES VS. THE SEMINOLES
Series: 4-7 (H: 3-4 / A: 1-3 / N: 0-0)
Extra-Inning Games: 0-1 (H: 0-1 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
Run-Rule Games: 0-1 (H: 0-1 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
NCAA Tournament Games: 1-2 (H: 1-2 / A: 0-0 / N: 0-0)
First Meeting: 2/18/09
Last Meeting: 2/20/19
Longest South Alabama Streak: 2 ('10-'12)
Longest Florida State Streak: 3 ('09-'11)
Current Streak: 2 by Florida State
Last 5 – 2-3
Last 10 – 4-6
SOUTH AGAINST THE ACC
– South Alabama holds an all-time record of 11-14 (.458) against current Atlantic Coast Conference members.
– The 11 meetings versus Florida State are more than any other against a current ACC member.
– South has faced seven – Boston College (1), Georgia Tech (3), Louisville (1), Notre Dame (1), Sryacuse (4), Virginia (1) and Virginia Tech (3) – of the 12 other league members a total of 14 times.
– The Jaguars were 0-1 versus the ACC last season, falling 9-4 to Virginia on the opening weekend of the season at the 14th Annual Red & Black Classic.
– South is also scheduled to face ACC member Virginia (3/4) at the Tennessee Invitational.
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