OKLAHOMA CITY — Florida State is back in a familiar position.
Kathryn Sandercock and Makenna Reid combined for five innings of scoreless relief to help No. 3 seed Florida State defeat No. 4 seed Tennessee 5-1 on Monday night and advance to the Women’s College World Series championship series.
Sandercock, the Seminoles’ veteran ace, allowed one hit and struck out four in three innings to claim her 10th save of the year. Reid, a freshman, gave way to Sandercock after allowing one hit in two innings. She claimed the win to improve to 13-0 this season.
This is more like it for Florida State. Last year, the Seminoles were the No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament but lost in regionals. Now, they are in the championship series for the third time in the past five finals.
“It’s just every athlete’s dream to end their career in a national championship game,” Sandercock said. “I always knew that we could do it, so I’m just really, really, really proud of the team today. Like, I just don’t think that words could even express how happy. I’m just so elated to be playing one more day and getting to put the jersey on one more time.”
Florida State (58-9) will play No. 1 seed Oklahoma (59-1) in a best-of-three series for the national title starting Wednesday. It’s a rematch of the 2021 series that…
