The No. 10 Florida State softball team (20-4) defeated Coastal Carolina 5-2 to clinch the series against the Chanticleers on Saturday afternoon.
 
After three scoreless innings, the Seminoles broke through in the fourth inning as the first four batters of the inning reached base.

Ashtyn Danley started off the inning with a single to left field and moved to second on a wild pitch. Marin Heller hit her eighth double of the year to bring home Danley to give the Seminoles the 1-0 lead. Bella Ruggiero immediately followed Heller with a single to bring home Heller. A Makenna Sturgis double put runners on second and third, and Angelee Bueno brought home Ruggiero on a groundout to put the Seminoles up 3-0. 
 
Jazzy Francik got the start for the Seminoles and the sophomore pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits. The Chanticleers (12-11) hit back-to-back home runs off Francik in the sixth inning to pull within one.
 
The Seminoles responded with two more runs of their own in the top of the seventh. Bueno was hit by the first pitch she saw, and Torres immediately doubled for her third hit of the day. Bueno came home on a groundout from Jaysoni Beachum, and Torres scored on a wild pitch to make it 5-2. 
 
Makenna Reid came on to relief Francik in the sixth and was flawless as she retired the final four batters in order to get her eighth career save. 
 
Torres once again led the Seminoles at the plate with a 3-for-4 showing. Torres now has 12 hits in her last 14 at-bats. Danley was 2-for-3. 

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FSU will wrap up the series against the Chanticleers on Sunday at noon (live stream on ESPN+).