GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 3-seeded Florida softball team is set to host Southeastern Conference rival Georgia in a best-of-three NCAA Super Regional series kicking off on Friday morning.

The Gators (46-14) will face the Bulldogs (34-21) on Friday at 11 a.m. on ESPN2 and on Saturday at 11 a.m. on ESPN. 

If necessary, Sunday’s game time and TV information will be announced at a late time.

Tiffany Greene and Erin Miller will be calling the action for TV, while Kyle Crooks and Sky Lebron will have the radio call on SIRUSXM Channel 191 and ESPN 98.1FM/850AM WRUF.

SERIES SCHEDULE

Friday, May 23 – 11 AM – Georgia vs. No. 3 Florida – ESPN2

Saturday, May 24 – 11 AM – Georgia vs. No. 3 Florida – ESPN

*Sunday, May 25 – TBD – Georgia vs. No. 3 Florida – TBD

*If necessary

NOTABLES:

• This is the third time that Florida and Georgia will face each other in an NCAA Super Regional. The two programs also faced each other in 2021 and 2016, both in Gainesville

  • The Gators hold a 47-32 all-time record over Georgia and a 20-18 record against the Bulldogs at home
  • Florida did not face Georgia in the regular season

• This weekend will mark Florida’s 16th NCAA Super Regional appearance. The Gators are seeking the program’s 13th berth to the Women’s College World Series and the program’s third appearance in the last four seasons
• For the first time in program history, six different Gators have hit double-digit home runs in the same season: Taylor Shumaker (21), Mia Williams (19), Jocelyn Erickson (15), Reagan Walsh (13), Kenleigh Cahalan (10) and Ava Brown (10)
• If sophomore Mia Williams hits one more home run this season, her and Taylor Shumaker will be just the second pair of Gators to each hit 20 home runs in the same season

  •  Brittany Schutte (22) and Megan Bush (21) did it in 2011

• With 21 home runs, Shumaker is a home run shy of tying the Florida single-season record held by Brittany Schutte (22) in 2011

  • With 83 RBI, which ranks second in the NCAA, she is also just three RBI shy of tying the Florida single-season RBI record which is held by Jocelyn Erickson (86), who set it in 2024

• Sophomore Ava Brown has hit a team-high six home runs in the last 10 games. She had two in Florida’s sweep of the Gainesville Regional. She’s also picked up three saves in the circle in that same 10-game frame 
• 17 of the 30 runs (57%) scored by Florida in the Gainesville Regional came with two outs
• On Tuesday, senior Kendra Falby was named the Softball America Defender of the Year and First Team All-American. Shumaker was named the Softball America Freshman of the Year, Second Team All-American & All-Freshman  
• Senior Korbe Otis and Georgia junior Sarah Gordon were teammates at Louisville during the 2023 season. Both were All-ACC First Team selections that season
• Taylor Shumaker was named a Top-3 finalist for the NFCA National Freshman of the Year on Thursday

  • She is the second straight Gator – Keagan Rothrock in 2024 – and the fourth overall (Kelly Barnhill & Amanda Lorenz in 2016) to reach the top three for the prestigious award
  • Lorenz won the award in 2016

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