GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 5/8 Florida softball team (23-1) opens Southeastern Conference play this weekend at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium, hosting Missouri in a three-game series from March 7-9.

The series opener on Saturday will stream on SEC Network+, while Sunday and Monday’s games will both air on SEC Network with Mark Neely (play-by-play), Michele Smith (analyst) and Amanda Scarborough (analyst) on the call.

Fans can also listen to all three games on 98.1 FM / 850 AM WRUF (Saturday/Monday) or FloridaGators.com (Sunday) with Ryan Urquhart, Sky LeBron and Lance Williams on the radio call.

 

Missouri	7-13
Head Coach	Larissa Anderson
Career Record	382-233-1 (.621)
Florida All-Time Record vs.	19-8
Streak	Florida is 6-4 over the Tigers in the last 10 match ups
Last Meeting	May 11, 2024 – SEC Championship Game | UF 6, Missouri 1
Florida Record vs In Gainesville	6-3

 
 

		History vs. Missouri | Last 10 Results
Missouri				19-8
Date		Location	W/L	Score
May 11, 2024		Auburn, Ala.	W	6-1
April 14, 2024		Columbia, Mo.	W	3-1
April 13, 2024		Columbia, Mo.	L	5-2
April 12, 2024		Columbia, Mo.	L	6-3
March 19, 2023		Gainesville, Fla.	W	4-3
March 17, 2023		Gainesville, Fla.	W	4-3
March 17, 2023		Gainesville, Fla.	L	7-3
May 14, 2021		Tuscaloosa, Ala.	W	7-6
May 2, 2021		Columbia, Mo.	W	3-2
May 1, 2021		Columbia, Mo.	L	10-2 (5)

Weekend Schedule

 
Promotional Schedule

Saturday	Bat Tumbler Giveaway	First 500 fans
Sunday	Hair Bow Giveaway	First 500 fans
Monday	School Night	Kids 12 and under can run the bases post-game. First 100 kids can pick up a goodie bag

 
Mic’d Up Monday
Head coach Tim Walton will wear a microphone during the series finale against the Tigers on Monday on SEC Network. Highlight-like moments will be shown throughout the broadcast, showing interactions with players, coaching staff and officials.

Alachua County Residents Spring Break Offer

Alachua County Residents can enjoy an exclusive 20% off tickets for the series finale on Monday night. Click here for more information.

NOTABLES:

• Florida has won seven straight SEC-opening series going back to 2019

  • Under head coach Tim Walton, the Gators have won all but three of its SEC-opening series in 20 seasons

• The Gators finished their five-game trip to California with a 4-1 record, scoring a combined 76 runs with 86 hits, 15 home runs, 16 doubles and 28 walks. As a team, the Gators hit .515 on the weekend

  • Florida set new program runs in a single inning (17), runs scored in a game (28), hits (26) and RBIs (28) with a 28-0 win over East Texas A&M on Feb. 26 in Fullerton, Calif.
  • The Gators have scored 20 or more runs three times this season and plated double-digit runs in 11 games

• Taylor Shumaker is the SEC Player of the Week and the D1 Softball National Player of the Week
• The last time the Gators and Tigers met was during the 2024 SEC Championship in Auburn. With a 6-1 win, Florida clinched the program’s sixth SEC Tournament title     
• Florida ranks No. 1 in the NCAA in doubles (60) walks (131), No. 2 in batting average (.421), hits (279), on-base percentage (.519), RBIs (247), total runs (253), pitching shutouts (10), and No. 3 in home runs (55) and scoring (10.54)
• Four Gators rank in the top-10 in the NCAA in hits: No. 1 Shumaker (41), T-No. 3 Kenleigh Cahalan and Gabi Comia (37) and No. 6 Jocelyn Erickson (36)      
• Shumaker leads in the NCAA in runs scored (41) and Keagan Rothrock leads the country in victories (1) and games started (12). Cahalan ranks second in RBIs (40) 
• Kenleigh Cahalan’s first-cousin Claire is a junior outfielder for Missouri. Claire is the daughter of Kenleigh’s dad’s brother. This will be the first time the two cousins have played against each other
• Comia and Ella Wesolowski each matched the Florida single-game double record (3) within a game of each other while in California

  • The two are just the third and fourth players in program history to hit three doubles in the same game

• Madison Walker played her first two seasons at Missouri in 2024 & 2025. She joined the Gators this past summer

  • Her 18 home runs in 2025 ranked third in a single-season at Missouri. She also ranked third in the SEC in 2025

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