GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 5/8 Florida softball team (26-1, 3-0) heads to the Bluegrass State for its first Southeastern Conference road test of the season, facing Kentucky (19-6, 1-2) for a three-game series at John Cropp Stadium on March 13-15.

Friday and Sunday’s games will stream on SEC Network+, while Saturday will be a linear broadcast on the SEC Network with Nate Gatter and Jenny Dalton-Hill on the call.

Fans can also listen to all three games FloridaGators.com with Ryan Urquhart and Lance Williams on the radio call.

The Gators are coming off a 3-0 home series sweep over Missouri to open conference play, while the Wildcats went 1-2 at Auburn in their first SEC series.

 

Kentucky	19-6 (1-2 SEC)
Head Coach	Rachel Lawson
Career Record	644-396-1 (.619)
Florida All-Time Record vs.	60-17
Streak	Florida has won four straight and seven of the last 10
Last Meeting	March 24, 2024 | UF 7, UK 1 – Gainesville, Fla.
Florida Record vs In Lexington	25-10

 
 

		History vs. Kentucky | Last 10 Results
Kentucky				60-17
Date		Location	W/L	Score
March 24, 2024		Gainesville, Fla.	W	7-1
March 23, 2024		Gainesville, Fla.	W	9-1 (6)
March 22, 2024		Gainesville, Fla.	W	10-2 (5)
May 11, 2023		Fayetteville, Ark.	W	6-2
May 7, 2023		Lexington, Ky.	L	1-0
May 6, 2023		Lexington, Ky.	L	7-6
May 5, 2023		Lexington, Ky.	W	3-2
May 12, 2022		Gainesville, Fla.	W	9-3
March 14, 2021		Gainesville, Fla.	L	4-2
March 13, 2021		Gainesville, Fla.	W	3-1

Weekend Schedule

 
NOTABLES:

• Keagan Rothrock earned all three wins in the circle against Missouri, becoming the first Florida pitcher to earn all three wins of an SEC series since Hannah Rogers at Ole Miss during the 2011 season          

  • With a 14-1 record, Rothrock leads the NCAA in victories

• Florida graduate assistant Erin Coffel is Kentucky’s all-time career home run (68), slugging percentage (.784) and walks (155) leader. She played for the Wildcats from 2021-24            
• In the Gators’ last series against Kentucky in Gainesville, Florida swept the Wildcats with two run-rule victories

  • The last time the Gators won a series in Lexington was during the 2017 season 

• Florida leads the NCAA in doubles (61) and walks (143) and is ranked in the top-5 in batting average (.406), home runs (60), on-base percentage (.505), hits (307), RBI (259), scoring (9.89), pitching shutouts (10), slugging percentage (.725) and total runs (267)
• Taylor Shumaker leads the nation in total hits (46) and runs (45) and ranks second in total bases (90)        
• Kenleigh Cahalan has reached base in all 27 games this season            
• Both Jocelyn Erickson and Townsen Thomas are on a team-best 11-game hitting streak        
• Under head coach Tim Walton, the Gators are 33-12 over Kentucky
• Both Kentucky and Florida played extra-inning games in the first weekend of SEC play

  • The Gators won an 11-inning battle over Missouri, 4-3, while Kentucky dropped a 13-inning game to Auburn, 6-5

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