Noles News: FSU men’s golf reaches first-ever NCAA Championship final, to face Auburn (2024)

Golf

For the first time ever, Florida State men’s golf has reached the final stage of the NCAA Championship, taking down Georgia Tech and North Carolina to advance to the NCAA Match Play Championship:

Senior Frederik Kjettrup’s winning putt on the 17th hole in the ACC Semifinal against tournament individual champion Hiroshi Tai sealed FSU’s ticket to the National Championship Match – its first appearance in program history. Prior to this year’s championships, the Seminoles twice made semifinal appearances in 2010 and 2023 but were unable to reach the title match.

Kjettrup won his match vs. Georgia Tech 3&1, completing an impressive round.

Freshman Tyler Weaver stepped up mightily, going 2-0 on the day with the clinching NCAA Quarterfinal putt against UNC and taking down Georgia Tech’s Kale Fontenot on the 19th hole. Weaver’s victory brought the match even at 2-2 and set the stage for Kjettrup’s winning putt against the Yellow Jackets.

Sophom*ore sensation Luke Clanton came back twice on Tuesday to defeat both of his UNC and Georgia Tech opponents. He finished off Christo Lamprecht, 2&1, after winning each of his last four holes to give FSU some tremendous momentum.

Weaver clinched FSU’s second consecutive trip to the NCAA Match Play Semifinals after making a par putt on hole No. 7 to defeat UNC’s David Ford, 3&2.

Clanton delivered a big win over Austin Greaser after being three holes down with nine holes left to play. He turned things around to get a 2&1 victory, FSU’s second confirmed win in the match.

Brett Roberts got a nice win as well, putting FSU’s opening point on the board when he took down UNC’s Peter Fountain, 2&1. The 3-1 win by the Seminoles avenged their loss to the Tar Heels in the ACC Championship match a month earlier.

The Seminoles will face off against the Auburn Tigers for a national title, with competition kicking off at 5:25 p.m. ET — for those with the Golf Channel, coverage begins on there starting at 6 p.m. ET. from Omni La Costa North Course in Carlsbad, California.

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Florida State vs. Georgia Tech: Florida State -13

Florida State vs. Boston College: Florida State -22

Florida State vs. Clemson: Florida State -4

Florida State vs. Miami: Florida State -1

Florida State vs. Notre Dame: Florida State +3.5

Florida State vs. Florida: Florida State -12.5

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Baseball

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Florida State softball freshman Jaysoni Beachum became the first Florida State Seminole to win the TUCCI/NFCA Division I Freshman of Year award on Tuesday:

Beachum was a unanimous selection and became the first ACC player in league history to win the award.

The Tallahassee native put together the greatest freshman season in Florida State history and put herself all over the Florida State record books in her first season as a Seminole. Beachum broke the freshman records for batting average, RBI, and on-base percentage. Her 16 home runs were the second-most home runs by a freshman and were tied for the sixth-most ever by a Florida State player. Beachum drove in 66 runs which was a new FSU freshman record and was the fifth-most by a Seminole. The ACC Freshman of the Year was one of just three players in school history to hit 15 or more home runs and record 60 or more RBI.

Beachum ended the season with a .417 average which is the third-highest single season average in Florida State history. She also cracked the top 10 single season list for slugging percentage as her .743 slugging percentage ranks eighth in FSU history.

Beachum led the Seminoles’ explosive offense this season as she led the Noles in batting average, hits, home runs, RBI, total bases and on-base percentage and was second on the team in OPS, runs scored, slugging percentage and walks.

Known for her offense, Beachum also continued Florida State’s tradition of having great defensive play at the hot corners. Beachum started 61 games at third base for the Seminoles and made just five errors in 164 attempts.

Beachum was a First Team All-ACC honoree and was just the third true freshman in school history to be named First Team All-Region. She was named a First Team All-American by D1Softball today, a Second Team All-American by Softball America and was Softball America’s Freshman of the Year.

Florida State swimmer Maddy Huggins has added another U.S. Olympic Trial qualifying standard, winning the women’s 200-meter breast with a time of 2:30.85 — a personal best.

Some other notes from the Southern Zone South Sectional in Ocala, via FSU Sports Info:

Huggins also qualified for Indianapolis in November of 2023 in the 100 breast at the Georgia Invite. She will be competing at her second Olympic Trials in her career.

Sarah Evans tied for second in the 100 back, touching at 1:02.48 after posting a 1:02.08 in prelims, which was her best time. Gloria Muzito swam her personal best in the 50 free, touching at 25.65. She was also second in the 100 free, clocking 56.60.

Sophie Freeman finished third in the 200 fly (2:17.19), 10th in the 100 free (58.00) and fifth in the 100 fly (1:01.07).

Gabrielle Goodwin also competed in a championship heat, swimming 2:18.41 in the 200 fly for seventh place. She was ninth in the 400 IM (5:04.40) and 13th in the 1500 free (17:51.68).

Gustav Olsson finished fourth in the men’s 100 free (51.34) fifth in the 100 fly (54.60) before taking second in the 50 free (23.46).

Marcos Egri-Martin was 10th in the 100 breast (1:04.49) behind Julio Horrego, who was the runner-up at 1:02.64.

Mathew Iverson added a third-place finish in the 200 back, touching at 2:05.46. He later swam in a time trial of the race, clocking 2:03.85, which was his best. He was also sixth in the 400 IM (4:33.79).