Florida Gators
33-3, 8-3
Arkansas
29-5, 4-4
Hot Bats Propel Florida Over Arkansas To Even Series
Sunday, March 29, 2026 | Softball
The No. 3/5 Gators (33-3, 9-2 SEC) tallied 15 hits, their most in Southeastern Conference play this season, 10 of which went for extra bases.
Five different Florida players had multi-hit games and four Gators, Ella Wesolowski, Kenleigh Cahalan, Kendall Grover and Cassidy McLellan, hit home runs in the victory.
Florida, the nation's leader in doubles, added to its total with six on the night, the most two-baggers by the Gators in an SEC game since March 29, 2008, against LSU, just a day shy of exactly 18 years ago.
Katelynn Oxley (3-0) earned her second SEC victory of the season, tossing 4.1 innings, allowing four runs on three hits and four walks with a strikeout.
Keagan Rothrock earned her third save of the season, tossing the final two innings, allowing just one run off a solo home run and recording two strikeouts.
NOTABLES:
- Katelynn Oxley now has four top-25 wins in the circle in her career: vs. No. 2 Texas (March 17, 2025), vs. No. 22/17 Alabama (April 19/20, 2025) and vs. No. 10/9 Arkansas (March 29)
- Kenleigh Cahalan opened the seventh inning with a first-pitch solo home run to left field, her 12th home run of the season
- Of her 12 home runs, five have been first-pitch home runs – including vs. Kansas, Jacksonville, Oregon State, Tennessee and now vs. Arkansas
- Cassidy McLellan hit her eighth home run of the season and fourth in SEC play in the top of the fifth
- She has slugged four home runs over the last 10 games
- Ella Wesolowski hit her fifth home run of the season and second in SEC play in the top of the second, a three-run home run to left center
- It was her first three-run home run as a Gator. Her other four home runs include three solo shots and a two-run home run
- Kendall Grover hit her first home run in SEC play and eighth of the season with a solo shot to left field in the top of the third
- It was the senior's first home run since Feb. 28 vs. Oregon State
- Florida's six doubles matched a season-high. The Gators also had six doubles against Oregon State on Feb. 28 in Fullerton, Calif.
- The Gators' 15 hits were their most against a conference opponent since May 4, 2024, vs. Texas A&M
- Florida's 12 runs matched the program record for runs scored against the Razorbacks in 73 meetings between the two schools going back to 1997
- The Gators also had 12 runs in a 12-3 victory in Fayetteville on April 10, 2010
- The Gators have not committed an error in nine straight games and in 65 straight innings
- In SEC play, Florida has committed just one error overall, holding a .997 fielding percentage
The Gators will look to clinch their fourth SEC series of the season on Sunday at 2 p.m. on SEC Network+.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Oxley, Katelynn (3-0)
L: Payton Burnham (7-3)
S: Rothrock, Keagan (3)
Batting:
2B: Erickson, Jocelyn 1 ; Walker, Madison 1 ; Cahalan, Kenleigh 1 ; Grover, Kendall 1 ; McLellan, Cassidy 1 ; Comia, Gabi 1
HR: Cahalan, Kenleigh 1 ; Grover, Kendall 1 ; McLellan, Cassidy 1 ; Wesolowski, Ella 1
RBI: Thomas, Townsen 2 ; Shumaker, Taylor 1 ; Walker, Madison 2 ; Cahalan, Kenleigh 1 ; Grover, Kendall 1 ; McLellan, Cassidy 2 ; Wesolowski, Ella 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Thomas, Townsen 1 ; Shumaker, Taylor 1 ; Cahalan, Kenleigh 2 ; Grover, Kendall 2 ; McLellan, Cassidy 2 ; Wesolowski, Ella 1 ; Sparkman, Allison 1 ; Comia, Gabi 2
SB: Shumaker, Taylor 1
Batting:
2B: Dakota Kennedy 1
HR: Brinli Bain 1 ; Atalyia Rijo 1
RBI: Brinli Bain 2 ; Ella McDowell 1 ; Dakota Kennedy 2 ; Atalyia Rijo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brinli Bain 2 ; Ella McDowell 1 ; Atalyia Rijo 2 ; Karlie Davison 1
HBP: Tianna Bell 1
