FORT MYERS, Fla.- The #1 Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers finished off a perfect 26-0 season at home at Buccaneers Park on Tuesday, sweeping the #22 Daytona State Falcons to close out the regular season on a 26 game winning streak and put an end to the Falcons 2026 campaign.

With their season on the line, the Falcons came out swinging, getting to Bucs ace Zoe Yzaguirre for a pair of 1^st inning runs to take an early 2-0 lead.

The Bucs answered right back as Stephanie Basso slammed a two run double to the wall in center and Giorgiana Woods stroked a double down the left field line to drive her in to quickly put FSW in front for the first time 3-2.

It looked like the Falcons were going to tie the game back up in the top of the 2^nd after three straight singles, but Kaitlyn Klismith gunned a runner down at the plate to bring the inning to a close with the Bucs continuing to lead it 3-2.

The Bucs offense went quiet from there and Daytona took advantage, using a double steal in the 4^th to tie the score at 3 before a double to right center brought home a second run to put the Falcons back ahead 4-3.

The Bucs bats woke back up in the 5^th as Noelani Livingstone tripled to lead off the inning and scored on a sacrifice fly from Basso to knot things back up at 4 at the end of five complete.

Lizzy Kwakernaak moved from second base to the circle in the 6^th and she worked a quick 1-2-3 frame to keep the game right there and then helped herself in the bottom of the inning with a single to get a rally going before Livingstone drove home the go ahead run with a sac fly of her own to make it 5-4 FSW.

A highlight reel play by Thaima Maximiliana at short saved the Bucs the tying run in the top of the 7^th as a triple behind the web gem put a runner just 60 feet from evening things up for the Falcons with one out in the frame. A pop up on the infield got the Bucs their second out of the inning and a ground out to third allowed FSW fans to exhale as they hung on for a 5-4 win in the opener.

Kwakernaak was a perfect 3 for 3 at the plate and earned the win in the circle for the Bucs, going two scoreless frames out of the bullpen to improve to 10-2 on the year. Woods was 2 for 2 with a pair of stolen bases while Basso drove in three of the five runs for FSW in the victory.

#1 FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN/#22 DAYTONA STATE GAME ONE BOX SCORE

The Bucs jumped on the Falcons right away in game two as Livingstone continued to find the barrel with an RBI single through the right side in the top of the 1^st and a bases loaded walk followed by a bases clearing double off the bat of Mikan Nishiya made it 5-0 FSW at the end of one.

FSW starter Charlotte Graham kept it right there, working a 1-2-3 top of the 2^nd with a pair of strikeouts before putting up another goose egg in the 3^rd to keep it a 5-0 contest.

The Bucs added to their lead in the 3^rd as Nishiya banged another ball to the wall to drive home two to make it 7-0 and it looked like FSW had an 8-0 lead after a single up the middle from Kwakernaak brought Nishiya to the plate, but after the home plate umpire ruled her safe on the play, he was overruled by the field umpire to end the inning for the Bucs and revert it back to a 7-0 advantage for FSW at the end of three.

Daytona put together their best threat of the game in the 4^th, putting two on with two out, but Graham dialed up a big strikeout to end the threat and keep her shutout intact.

Graham needed just eight pitches for a perfect 5^th to keep it a 7-0 game.

Daytona shot themselves in the foot in the 5^th, committing a two base error with one out to allow the Bucs to put the game ending run in scoring position and a walk put two on with one out in the frame. Later in the inning with two outs, Kwakernaak singled on a ball deflected off the Falcons pitcher and Milla Durnell motored around from second to score, making it 8-0 FSW and kicking in the run rule in a Bucs victory.

The bottom of the lineup carried the Bucs in the win as Nishiya had a career game, going 2-3 with a pair of doubles and a career high five RBIs while Kwakernaak picked up two more hits to finish the day with five in the nine hole. Graham was excellent in the circle, throwing a complete game shutout, allowing just three hits while striking out five to improve to 12-1 on the year.

#1 FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN/#22 DAYTONA STATE GAME TWO BOX SCORE

The Bucs finish their 2026 schedule a perfect 26-0 at home and on a 26 game winning streak to end the regular season. They improve to 51-5 overall, topping the 50 win mark for the fifth straight season and eighth time in program history while closing Citrus Conference play 37-3, nine full games in front of second place Santa Fe. Daytona sees their season come to a heartbreaking end, finishing the year 36-24 overall and 21-19 in conference action, one game behind Seminole State for the sixth and final postseason spot from the league for the FCSAA Championships.

Next up for FSW is the postseason where they will begin the FCSAA Championships next Wednesday, May 13^th in Clearwater. The Bucs will learn their seeding for the tournament later this week, but will almost assuredly be the #1 seed which would put them against the winner of next Tuesday's play-in game in the first round Wednesday at 4:00. Stay tuned to FSWBucs.com and @FSWBucs on social media for schedule updates.