Seminoles One Win Away From Hosting Super Regional

The San Antonio Spurs got hosed in OK City last night, but the rest of the sports day went well. We went to a fantastic Orioles game yesterday, and the Seminoles pulled out a victory against Samford. That win puts my beloved Noles only 1 win away from winning this regional.

In order to lose the regional, FSU must lose twice. They will play the winner of Mississippi State and Samford in the regional final. I would prefer Samford again, but that is just me. The first game will take place at 6pm tonight. Hopefully it is the last game of the regional, because if it is, then the Seminoles are advancing.

Florida State won 8-1 behind an absolutely brilliant pitching performance. Freshman Brandon Leibrandt led the Noles with a brilliant pitching performance. He tossed 8 scoreless innings last night for the Noles. If Leibrandt can replicate this performance a couple more times, he might just lead FSU to a national championship. Leibrandt also had 10 strikeouts. He had the first double digit strikeout game since Sean Gilmartin. Gilmartin, who I will post on soon, is in the Atlanta Braves organization.

FSU now has 144 all time victories in regional/superregional play. According to Seminoles.com they are in the process of becoming the winningest school because of that. It doesn't say what the current record is though. Either way, it is a tribute to #11. FSU has a current Regional winning streak of 15 games as well. Let's hope they make it 16 straight and advance to the Super Regional. Mike Martin wants that title.

-Noland