No. 3/5 Softball Travels To Arkansas For Top-10 Showdown

Friday, March 27

Fayetteville, Ark.

7 p.m.

Florida Gators

Arkansas

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No. 3/5 Softball Travels To Arkansas For Top-10 Showdown

Thursday, March 26, 2026 | Softball

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By: Lauren Staff

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - It'll be a top-10 showdown in Fayetteville as the No. 3/5 Gators (32-2, 8-1 SEC) travel to the Natural State for a three-game Southeastern Conference series at No. 10/9 Arkansas (28-4, 3-3 SEC).

The series opener is set for Friday night at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2, with games two and three to follow on Saturday (8 p.m. ET) and Sunday (2 p.m. ET) on SEC Network+ from Bogle Park.

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

The Gators are looking for their second straight top-10 SEC series win and fourth conference series win of the season.

No. 10/9 Arkansas	27-1 (5-1 SEC)
Head Coach	Courtney Deifel
Career Record	414-210 (.663)
Florida All-Time Record vs.	52-19
Streak	Arkansas has won eight of the last 10
Last Meeting	April 6,2025 \| ARK 9, UF 5 - Gainesville
Florida Record vs In Fayetteville	24-7

	History vs. Arkansas \| Last 10 Results
Arkansas			52-19

Date	Location	W/L	Score
April 6, 2025	Gainesville, Fla.	L	9-5
April 5, 2025	Gainesville, Fla.	W	10-7 (9)
April 4, 2025	Gainesville, Fla.	L	4-1
March 26, 2023	Fayetteville, Ark.	L	14-1 (5)
March 25, 2023	Fayetteville, Ark.	W	11-4
March 24, 2023	Fayetteville, Ark.	L	6-2
May 13, 2022	Gainesville, Fla.	L	4-1
April 24, 2022	Gainesville, Fla.	L	2-0
April 23, 2022	Gainesville, Fla.	L	5-4
April 22, 2022	Gainesville, Fla.	L	9-1 (6)

Weekend Schedule

Friday	Arkansas	7 p.m. ET	ESPN2	FloridaGators.com - Gators+
Saturday	Arkansas	8 p.m. ET	SEC Network+	98.1 FM / 850 AM WRUF
Sunday	Arkansas	2 p.m. ET	SEC Network+	FloridaGators.com - Gators+

Notables:

The Gators are looking for their first series win over Arkansas since the 2019 season when Florida took 2-of-3 from the Razorbacks in Gainesville
- The Gators' last series win in Fayetteville was a 3-0 sweep in 2017
Florida's last win over Arkansas was a nine-inning 10-7 victory in Gainesville in 2025, when Korbe Otis hit a walk-off grand slam in game that lasted almost four hours
- The Gators hit two grand slams in that series, one from Otis and the other from Reagan Walsh
Jocelyn Erickson is just three RBIs shy of 200 in her Gator career. She would be just the sixth Gator to reach the milestone and first since Reagan Walsh in 2025. Assistant coach Francesca Enea (2007-2010) is one of the five Gators with 200 or more RBIs in their career, finishing with 221
Olivia Miller has not allowed a run in her last 15 innings pitched. She earned her first career SEC victory against No. 1 Tennessee on March 21, throwing 4.1 scoreless innings, allowing just a pair of hits with two strikeouts
- Miller has pitched 12.2 innings in SEC play, a single-season career high. She has not allowed a run in conference play
Taylor Shumaker, the reigning SEC Player of the Week, is on a team and career-long 16 game hitting streak. She's had multi-hit performances in six of Florida's nine conference games and leads the team with a .484 average in SEC play
- She has also reached base in 22 straight games
Shumaker leads the NCAA in runs scored (53) and ranks third in hits (58) and fourth in total bases (108). Keagan Rothrock leads the nation in victories (17) and Erickson ranks fifth in RBIs (52) and sixth in home runs (16)
Erickson was a home run shy of the cycle against Stetson, going 3-for-3, including recording Florida's first triple of the season, and driving in two runs
The Gators have not committed an error in seven straight games and in 51 straight innings
- In SEC play, the Gators have committed just one error overall, holding a .996 fielding percentage
Florida leads the nation in doubles (71) and ranks top-5 in hits (361), home runs (71), walks (167), runs (307), pitching shutouts (12), slugging percentage (.693), RBIs (295) and on-base percentage (.484)