LIVE UPDATES - No. 15 Virginia Tech Softball vs. No. 8 Florida State, ACC Tournament Championship

Read below for a game thread, organized in reverse chronological order.

Atlantic Coast Conference

For the first time in 14 years, Virginia Tech softball is in the ACC championship game. The Hokies square off with the top seed in the tournament, Florida State, at 2:30 p.m. ET. Read below for a game thread, organized in reverse chronological order.

T7 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

One away. Both teams' pitching staffs have been dialed in today. Only seven total hits for the two squads.

E6 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Layton retired the side in order. The Hokies remain down one as we enter the seventh inning. Florida State wins the ACC title if Virginia Tech does not score a run this frame.

M6 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Rachel Castine lined out to short, stranding three Hokies on the basepaths. Virginia Tech enters the bottom of the sixth with a one-run deficit.

T6 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Aldridge still saw ball four for a walk. The bases are loaded with two outs.

T6 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Kylie Aldridge laced one that veered just a couple of feet east of the right-field foul pole and landed in the Hokies' bullpen. Had it stayed to the left, it would have been a three-run shot.

T6 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Jazzy Francik is back in. Ashtyn Danley threw 20 pitches (11 strikes) in 1.0 IP.

T6 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

The #Hokies have runners on the corners with two outs. Chatfield got delivered a low pitch for ball four. Kylie Aldridge is now up.

T6 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Two outs. Nora Abromavage grounded out to second on the 4-3 play, but Foster moved to third. She's now 60 feet away from home plate.

T6 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Lynch struck out, but Foster successfully stole second base. The Hokies have one on second with an out. Foster made contact with Torres, but both are still in the game.

E5 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Hinde pounded a two-out shot to right near the center-field warning track for a double, but the Seminoles did not log a run. She was stranded by a 4-3 grounder.

M5 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Danley just fired off a 50 mph pitch to Annika Rohs, who flew out to center. The Hokies have six outs left to work with as we head to the bottom of the fifth.

T5 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Ashtyn Danley is now in the circle with two outs in T5 for Florida State. Francik threw 62 pitches (41 strikes), racking up six strikeouts while conceding three hits and a run in 4.2 IP.

E4 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Makenna Sturgis pushed a single to the circle that placed runners on first and second, but Virginia Tech sidestepped any potential damage with a grounder.

B4 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Layton struck out Kennedy Harp for her second K of the day, but then yielded a nine-pitch walk to Shelby McKenzie. Florida State has its first baserunner under Layton's tenure in the circle.

T4 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Michelle Chatfield drove a 1-2 single into the left-field gap. Then, Florida State produced a 6-3 double play to put two outs on the board.

E3 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

That frame ended quickly. Ruggiero grounded out to second on a 3-1 count. Layton made it through her first inning in 10 pitches. Mazzarone threw 50 pitches before handing it off to the freshman.

B3 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Avery Layton's in the circle for Emma Mazzarone to start the back end of the third. She fanned out Ashtyn Danley to start, then Castine snagged a liner from Anna Hinde.

M3 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Lynch drew a two-out, five-pitch walk to keep the Hokies alive in the third, but that quickly fizzled out when Nora Abromavage struck out on a 1-2 pitch. To the bottom of the third.

T3 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Rohs kicks off the third frame with a quick foulout on the first-base side. Then, Addison Foster struck out again (this time, on a 2-2 count). Virginia Tech's last six batters have gone down in order. #Hokies

E2 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

The Hokies found that out with a lineout up the middle to Rachel Castine. Florida State leads 2-1 heading into the third.

B2 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

After the mound visit, McKenzie walked. Virginia Tech found two outs with a pop-up and a strikeout looking. One out from closing the lead-flipping inning.

B2 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Florida State keeps on chugging. Shelby McKenzie worked a five-pitch walk. The Hokies have not produced an out this inning yet.

B2 | Florida State 2, Virginia Tech 1

Florida State is ahead now. Kennedy Harp scored on a passed ball and beat the throw. The Hokies now trail by one, and there's a meeting in the circle.

B2 | Virginia Tech 1, Florida State 1

Bella Ruggiero coaxed a six-pitch walk to lead off the bottom of the second. Then, Kennedy Harp whipped a double that smacked off the center-field wall. She advanced to third on the throw, and Ruggiero scored from first.

M2 | Virginia Tech 1, Florida State 0

Three up, three down for Tech. Francik carved through that inning in 11 pitches.

T2 | Virginia Tech 1, Florida State 0

Castine struck out swinging on a 2-2 count for the second frame's first out. Virginia Tech's batters have been worked up to four two-strike counts through 1 1/3 frames so far.

E1 | Virginia Tech 1, Florida State 0

Mazzarone is through the first frame. She conceded a wild pitch that advanced Beachum to third base, but collected the frame's third out with a strikeout. To the second we go.

B1 | Virginia Tech 1, Florida State 0

Mazzarone issued a five-pitch walk to Jaysoni Beachum on the next at-bat. #Hokies

B1 | Virginia Tech 1, Florida State 0

Emma Mazzarone just struck out Isa Torres (.549 batting average) to open B1. The third strike whistled in at 72 mph.

M1 | Virginia Tech 1, Florida State 0

Jazzy Francik threw 12 strikes on her first 16 pitches, but yielded two hits and a run (unearned). That run came off an errant throw by Torres. The Hokies lead by one.

T1 | Virginia Tech 0, Florida State 0

Lynch sliced a high pitch to just east of the left-field line. She made it around to second and the Hokies have their first hit.

T1 | Virginia Tech 0, Florida State 0

Wow. Foster struck out swinging on a 0-2 count — all three of Francik's first three pitches were strikes.

T1 | Virginia Tech 0, Florida State 0

Here we go. Florida State's Jazzy Francik — who threw a no-hitter against the Hokies last year — fired a first-pitch strike against Virginia Tech center fielder Addison Foster. The ACC title game is underway.

Pre-Game

The Hokies' starting lineup is as follows:

1. Addison Foster - Center Fielder
2. Jordan Lynch - Third Baseman
3. Nora Abromavage - Left Fielder
4. Michelle Chatfield - First Baseman
5. Kylie Aldridge - Designated Player
6. Rachel Castine - Second Baseman
7. Zoe Yaeger - Catcher
8. Gaby Mizelle - Right Fielder
9. Annika Rohs - Shortstop

Starting Pitcher: LHP Emma Mazzarone