Super Regional roundup: FSU lays record-breaking beatdown on UConn

No. 8 seed Florida State set a pair of NCAA Baseball Championship Super Regional records with its 24-4 annihilation of UConn in Game 1 of their series Friday in Tallahassee, Fla.

The Seminoles' 24 runs and 20-run margin of victory both were the most in the round's history. The Seminoles (46-15) racked up 18 hits and an astonishing 15 walks to deflate UConn, using a six-run sixth inning and a nine-run seventh to make it 24-1 before the Huskies (35-25) finally responded.

Jaime Ferrer hit two of Florida State's five home runs, a solo shot in the first and a two-run homer early in the sixth. Marco Dinges and James Tibbs III each went 2-for-5 with four RBIs, with Dinges providing a homer and three runs.

Ferrer, Alex Lodise and Cam Smith each finished with three hits for Florida State. Carson Dorsey (7-4) fanned six over 5 1/3 innings.

Jake Studley had a two-run single in garbage time for UConn, which fell behind in the best-of-three series. Starter Ian Cooke (5-2) gave up three homers over his 1 2/3 innings.

No. 1 Tennessee 11, Evansville 6

Hunter Ensley followed a fifth-inning RBI single with a three-run home run in the seventh to help the Volunteers (54-11) pull away from the Purple Aces (38-25) in Game 1 in Knoxville, Tenn.

Blake Burke, Christian Moore and Billy Amick all hit home runs early in the game before Burke ignited a three-run fifth with an RBI double and Amick plated a run with an infield single. AJ Causey (13-3) relieved starter Chris Stamos four outs into the game and tossed eight strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings, allowing three unearned runs.

Cal McGinnis hit an early two-run homer to give Evansville the lead, and Kip Fougerousse and Chase Hug combined to drive in three runs in the fifth to tie the game 5-5 before Tennessee's explosion. Starter Kenton Deverman (9-2) was dinged for eight runs (seven earned) on six hits and three walks in 4 2/3 frames.

--Field Level Media