FSU baseball falls to No. 1 Tennessee in College World Series

Florida State's baseball season is over after being eliminated 7-2 by No. 1 Tennessee (58-12) in the semifinals of the 2024 College World Series.

The Volunteers advance to the championship series, which begins Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET at Charles Schwab Field, facing either Florida or Texas A&M.

The Seminoles struggled to penetrate Tennessee's defense with Zander Sechrist on the mound. FSU went six straight scoreless innings.

Tennessee got off to an early start, taking a 3-0 lead in the opening inning. Rookie pitcher John Abraham was replaced in the third inning. Brennan Oxford and Joe Charles took over in the bullpen.

Charles pitched a personal best of 4.2 innings with five strikeouts. Conner Whittaker finished the game as closer for the Seminoles.

The Seminoles finally answered with back-to-back home runs by Daniel Cantu and Alex Lodise in the bottom of the seventh inning to increase UT's lead to 6-2. Max Williams led the Seminoles with two of FSU's seven hits.

Blake Burke responded with a solo home run of his own to extend Tennessee's lead. FSU did not concede a score in the final two innings.

After finishing last in the ACC, FSU was able to turn the season around in a single season, finishing 49-17 and reaching the CWS semifinals for the first time since 2012 in Link Jarrett's second year as head coach.

Peter Holland Jr. covers Florida State athletics for the Tallahassee Democrat. Reach him via email at [email protected] or at X @_Da_pistol.

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FSU baseball falls to No. 1 Tennessee in College World Series

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