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 2Â 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.Â
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) |
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| Head Coach |
Beth Torina |
| Career Record |
702-358 (.662) Â |
| Florida All-Time Record vs. LSU |
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 |
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| 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:
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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 2022Â Â
- 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     Â
- The series features last two Florida Gatorade Players of the Year:Â 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)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
- 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 Â
- LSU head coach Beth Torina (Dieter)Â 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        Â
- 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 119Â Â Â Â Â Â
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