The No. 23 Florida State softball team checked one of its preseason goals off their list, earning the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title on Sunday after defeating Virginia Tech, 4-3, at Tech Softball Park in Blacksburg, Va.

The victory for the Seminoles (37-15, 16-2) gave them a sweep of the series and locked in a No. 1 seed for the ACC Championship that occurs May 9-11. The tournament will be hosted in Tallahassee, Fla. at JoAnne Graf Field.

Florida State's regular-season title is the 11th time in program history it has held or tied for the best record in the ACC heading into the conference postseason. The last time the Seminoles were regular-season champions was in 2004. Florida State also owns 11 ACC postseason championships, with the last one occurring in 2011 in Atlanta, Ga.

No. 6 Florida State (31-6, 13-5 ACC) hits the road this weekend for the fourth time in ACC play this year as the Seminoles visit Charlottesville to face No. 8 Virginia (32-6, 13-5 ACC) beginning Friday, April 19 at 6 pm.

The Seminoles lead the all-time series 48-20 and have had success in Charlottesville with 16 wins in 24 trips. But UVa has won three of the last four games against the Noles on their home turf including consecutive series victories in 2009 & 2011. Prior to 2009, FSU had not dropped a series at UVa winning seven straight.

In 2012, Florida State swept Virginia at home as the `Noles used a pair of three-run eighth innings in games two and three to complete the come-from-behind wins. UVa got its revenge at the ACC Tournament shutting out FSU 7-0 during pool play in Greensboro.

Despite the regular sweep last year, Virginia has held the upper hand in the series as of late winning seven of the last 12 games including four straight wins over FSU at the ACC Tournament.

It won't be anything like what they'll face at Pittsburgh to start the 2013 season but the spring game will be the closest thing to that pressure-packed situation to date for Florida State's quarterback quartet.

Sure, Clint Trickett has started on the road at Clemson and Wake Forest in his career -- but he's never done so in the heat of a nationally scrutinized quarterback battle. Jacob Coker has only ever thrown five passes andJameis Winston and Sean Maguire have never taken a snap in front of FSU fans. 

So Saturday's 2 p.m. Garnet and Gold game inside Doak Campbell Stadium won't just be the next step towards determining the 'Noles' new starter under center, it will also provide a new opportunity for the quarterbacks to show head coach Jimbo Fisher what they've learned and how much they have improved this spring.