Auburn softball advances to face Florida State in Tallahassee regional

Auburn softball is two wins away from winning the Tallahassee regional after beating South Florida in the second elimination game of the day.

It avenged the Tigers’ loss to USF in the regional opener, a game Auburn lost 12-7 in extra innings. Auburn won the rematch in extra innings, beating the Bulls 7-5.

The game was tied 4-4 after the seventh inning, but Auburn scored three runs in the top of the eighth to pull away. Despite USF scoring another run in the bottom of the inning, it couldn’t complete the comeback.

AnnaLea Adams came up big again for the Tigers in Saturday’s win, driving in two runs during the eighth inning rally to help Auburn pull away. It comes after Adams drove in three runs and finished 3-for-4 at the plate in the win over Robert Morris earlier in the day.

Nelia Peralta tied Adams for the team lead in RBI, driving in two of her own on a sacrifice fly and an RBI single.

SJ Geurin added another win in the circle, allowing just one run in six innings and striking out six batters. She relieved Icess Tresvik, who started the game, but gave up four earned runs in two innings.

With the win, Auburn advances to play Florida State, and would need two wins over the Seminoles to win the region and advance to the super regional round.

Sunday’s matchup with FSU is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. If the Tigers win, the second game between the two teams is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m.

Peter Rauterkus covers Auburn sports forAL.com. You can follow him on X at @peter_rauterkus or email him atprauterkus@al.com