GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 8/6 Florida softball team is looking for its second top-10 Southeastern Conference series win this weekend when it travels to Baton Rouge, La., for a three-game series at No. 10 LSU.
The series opener is set for April 26 at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN2 with Kevin Brown (play-by-play) and Amanda Scarborough (analyst) on the call.
Game two and three will both air on SEC Network on Sunday and Monday at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. ET, respectively.
The Gators (40-10, 11-7 SEC) are coming off a weekend series win over Alabama and looking to pick up their fourth road conference series win of the season.
No. 10 LSU (37-10, 9-9 SEC)
Head Coach
Beth Torina
Career Record
702-358 (.662)
Florida All-Time Record vs. Alabama
39-37
Last 10
Florida has won eight of the last 10 games
Last Series
Florida took two of three in 2024 in Gainesville
Florida Record vs. in Baton Rouge
15-18
History vs. LSU | Last 10 Results
Date
Location
W/L
Score
4/8/2024
Gainesville, Fla.
W
6-5
4/7/2024
Gainesville, Fla.
L
4-3 (8)
4/6/2024
Gainesville, Fla.
W
4-2
5/1/2022
Baton Rouge, La.
W
2-1
4/30/2022
Baton Rouge, La.
W
6-1
4/29/2022
Baton Rouge, La.
L
9-1 (6)
3/28/2021
Gainesville, Fla.
W
9-3
3/27/2021
Gainesville, Fla.
W
7-4
3/26/2021
Gainesville, Fla.
W
5-0
5/9/2019
College Station, Texas
W
3-0
WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Saturday
LSU
2 p.m. (ET)
ESPN2
Watch<https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/dc107cdf-ae2e-4e19-a47a-ea3a33005024> | Live Stats<https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=571203> | Listen<https://floridagators.com/watch/?Live=5706&type=Live>
Sunday
LSU
6 p.m. (ET)
SEC Network
Watch<https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/59447cf7-2182-490c-ab53-87d7f865499e> | Live Stats<https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=571204> | Listen<https://floridagators.com/watch/?Live=5707&type=Live>
Monday
LSU
7 p.m. (ET)
SEC Network
Watch<https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/2a72c9c6-8fbb-43ee-b75f-07e57f02cc98> | Live Stats<https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=571205> | Listen<https://floridagators.com/watch/?Live=5708&type=Live>
NOTABLES:
* Florida has won its last three series against LSU, including a 2-1 series win in the team’s the last trip to Baton Rouge in 2022
* Under head coach Tim Walton, the Gators have won 11 of their 14 series against the Tigers, including five series wins in Baton Rouge in that span
* The series features last two Florida Gatorade Players of the Year: LSU freshman pitcher Jayden Heavener (2024) and Florida freshman pitcher Katelynn Oxley (2023)
* The two faced each other in the 2023/2024 FHSAA Class 6A State Championships in back-to-back years. Oxley and Bartow High School won in 2023, while Heavenar and Pace High School took the title in 2024
* In conference play, Florida leads the SEC in runs scored (119), total bases (259), hits (153), RBI (113) and is second in home runs (26) and on-base percentage (.411)
* The Gators are looking for their fifth SEC series victory and fourth on the road
* Florida, who has series wins on the road at Texas A&M, Auburn, Ole Miss, is 7-2 on the road in SEC play
* LSU head coach Beth Torina (Dieter) was a pitcher for the Gators from 1997-2000
* She still ranks in the top-10 in program history in wins, appearances and shutouts. She tossed two no-hitters against South Carolina and Georgia during the 2000 season
* The Gators have 23 run-rule victories this season, including three in SEC play
* Taylor Shumaker is just one RBI short of becoming just the ninth player in program to have 70 RBI in a season
* Following a seven RBI series against Alabama, Shumaker earned her third SEC Freshman of the Week honor on April 22
* Kendra Falby recorded the 100th multi-hit game of her career against USF
* Falby now has a team-best 34 stolen bases on the year and 116 in her career
* The senior is three stolen bases shy of tying Skylar Wallace who owns the program record of 119