No. 9 Gators Aim to Stay Hot vs. High Point
The series opener is set for Friday night at 6:30 p.m. with games two and three to follow on Saturday (4 p.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m.). All three matchups will air on SEC Network+.
The three-game set represents the first-ever meeting between the Gators (13-1) and Panthers (7-6) on the diamond. Head Coach Kevin O’Sullivan and the Gators have won 30 of their last 36 regular-season games dating back to last season. Since the start of 2025, Florida is 35-5 in regular-season, non-conference play.
Pitching Matchups
CHECKING OUR POLLS
The Gators moved up one spot this week, sitting at No. 9 in the D1Baseball Top 25. Florida is ranked as highly as No. 7 nationally at Perfect Game while coming in at No. 8 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 14 in the Baseball America Top 25.
SERIES PROMOTIONS & GIVEAWAYS
Friday night’s series opener vs. High Point features a Student Prize-a-Palooza, where UF students may enter to win various prizes every inning. On Sunday, one family in attendance will have the opportunity to win four tickets to Walt Disney World and following the matchup, kids will have the chance to run the bases.
FOOD TRUCKS
There will be two food trucks located in the Dizney Grove area beyond the outfield wall on each day of the weekend series.
Friday: Cilantro Tacos, Honey Nitro
Saturday: Smoked Biscuit, B’z Gelati
Sunday: Donut NV, Ferley’s BBQ
PANTHER PREP
High Point enters at 7-6 on the season and 0-2 on the road, having fallen at Wake Forest and at Liberty in midweek contests. Last weekend, the Panthers took two of three for a home series win over Binghamton, but again dropped a Tuesday game to Liberty (this time at home). As a result, High Point is hitting .265/.379/.461 as a team with 18 homers and 17 steals in 21 attempts. The pitching staff has logged a 4.46 ERA, .243 batting average against and 118-to-58 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 115.0 innings, backed by a .971 fielding percentage.
ON A RUN
With 13-consecutive victories since Opening Night, the Gators rep the longest-active win streak in NCAA Division I Baseball. It is Florida’s longest win streak overall since starting the 2020 campaign at 16-0 – a mark the Gators can tie with a weekend sweep. Florida’s current streak is tied for the seventh-longest in team history and would move up to tied-for-third with a weekend sweep.
ANOTHER MIDWEEK MANAGED
By defeating FAU (4-0) and Florida A&M (7-5) on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Gators improved to 6-0 in midweek games in 2026 and 18-2 in midweek play dating back to last season. Highlighted by their third shutout of the season on Tuesday vs. FAU, UF pitchers allowed just four earned runs on 13 hits and seven walks in 18.0 innings while fanning 23 this past midweek. Florida also posted its sixth comeback win across its 13-game win streak on Wednesday.
BRAVED THE STORM
Across Florida’s two-game sweep of the Hurricanes last weekend, Florida pitchers posted a 1.50 ERA, .209 batting average against and 23-to-5 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 18.0 frames. The relief corps was particularly brilliant, contributing 10.0 innings with only one run allowed, 12 strikeouts and three walks. Right-handed relievers Jackson Barberi and Ricky Reeth logged victories, tossing 3 1/3 shutout frames and 4.0 innings of one-run ball in games one and two, respectively.
SERIES-LY WINNING
Following a two-game sweep of No. 17 Miami, the Gators have won nine-straight weekend series dating back to last season. That is three series longer than any other active streak in the SEC. After dropping the first-four conference series of the 2025 campaign, Florida has taken down Missouri, Mississippi State, No. 5 Arkansas, South Carolina, No. 1 Texas, No. 18 Alabama, UAB, Kennesaw State and Miami across consecutive series. The Gators’ last series loss came against No. 23 Vanderbilt from April 4-6, 2025 – a span of 334 days come Friday night’s opener vs. High Point.
DESTINATION OMAHA
Coming off the program’s 17th-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament, O’Sullivan is in his 19th campaign at the helm of the Gators. Since O’Sullivan’s 2008 arrival, Florida leads the sport with 305 SEC wins, 41 MLB debuts, 10 top-eight seeds, nine College World Series trips, nine Super Regionals hosted and six SEC titles. The Gators have advanced to nine of the last 15 College World Series overall – by far the most in the sport.
TICKET INFORMATION
Season tickets and SEC Five-Pack Mini-Plans are currently on sale now in addition to single-game tickets. Tickets can be purchased online or by contacting the Gator Ticket Office at (352) 375-4683.
MOBILE TICKETING & FLORIDA GATORS APP
As a reminder, mobile ticketing is required. There will be two ways to access your tickets:
1) through the Florida Gators app from your mobile device or
2) through FloridaGators.com/myaccount. Fans will also be able to transfer or donate their tickets easily within the app or online.
PARKING/SHUTTLES
Fans are encouraged to park at the Fifield and IFAS lots during the weekend. An increased number of shuttles will be available for transportation to the ballpark each day.
Click HERE for a Parking map.
- General Parking is available in the west Condron Family Ballpark baseball lot and the Fifield parking lot located directly across Hull Road.
- Disabled parking is available on a first-come, first-serve basis in the Condron Family Ballpark west lot with a valid Disabled Placard.
- Fans can follow this link to an interactive parking map.
- RV Parking is available in the Fifield Flat lot. Reserved RV parking is not available for Florida baseball games. All motor home parking is on a first come, first-served basis.
- On-board generators are permitted, however exterior or pull-along generators are prohibited at all times. For safety reasons, all motor homes/RVs are required to utilize exhaust extensions or “smoke stacks” to channel exhaust fumes to the top of the motor home/RV.
- Overnight stays are only allowed on weekend series in the Fifield Flat lot.
- Do Not Park Illegally
- Park in designated parking spots (Do not park on grass or in No Parking Zones).
- Vehicles are subject to towing if they block streets, sidewalks, service drives, or fire lanes, or if illegally parked in a disabled space.
TRAFFIC PATTERNS ON GAME DAY
Those visiting Condron Family Ballpark on game day should be aware of updated traffic patterns surrounding the ballpark. Fans are advised to utilize Ballpark Way, which will serve as a connecting route to the ballpark from Archer Road. For departures, a postgame traffic flow pattern guide can be found here.
BALLPARK PURCHASES
Condron Family Ballpark food and beverage sales are fully cashless. For convenience and to improve speed of service, all concession stands will only accept credit cards, debit cards, or touchless payment with smartphones. Fans with cash can stop at the first base Concession Stand to exchange cash for a Gift Card. Gift Cards can be used at any concession stand within Condron Family Ballpark.
ON DECK
Florida’s lengthy homestand continues into next week, when the Gators host Florida State in a top-25 matchup on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
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