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Townsen Thomas recorded her first career triple on Sunday.
Softball Downs Auburn, 7-1, To Take Weekend Series
Sunday, April 19, 2026 | Softball
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – With a 7-1 win on Sunday afternoon, the No. 4/7 Florida softball team (43-6, 16-5 SEC) took the rubber game to earn the series win over Auburn (24-21, 3-15 SEC) at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
The Gators have now won six Southeastern Conference series this season and each of their four series at home, including wins over Missouri, No. 1 Tennessee, No. 14/16 Mississippi State and Auburn.
Keagan Rothrock (23-4) threw 6.1 innings, allowing just one run off a solo home run with seven strikeouts. She allowed just three hits and walked four.
The junior now holds a 11-3 record in SEC play.
Kendall Grover opened the game with her ninth home run of the season, a two-run shot to right center, and her second in SEC play.
Taylor Shumaker went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk and two RBIs, her 27th multi-hit game of the season and 11th in conference play. The sophomore hit a team-best .556 (5-for-9) against the Tigers.
Townsen Thomas went 2-for-4, recording her first career triple on Sunday. She finished the series batting .500 (5-for-10).
The Gators are now 24-3 at home on the season and 9-3 against SEC teams.
NOTABLES:
On how the hitters bounced back from yesterday's loss...
"It was good. I mean, we hit the ball fine yesterday too, we just didn't get anything going with runners in scoring position. The tone was set early today with Kendall's big hit and getting the leadoff batter on base with Taylor. Keagan also came out and set the tone. She allowed a couple runners on base early, but then did a really good job getting out of those innings. So, overall, it was good." – head coach Tim Walton
On Cassidy's adjustment to playing in right field the last few games…
"I don't take credit for a lot of things, but we look a lot better in the outfield now than we did before. Townsen made a couple of really beautiful plays in left, and then Cassidy's made some nice, nice plays since moving to right. Taylor has also done a really good job in center. They work really hard in the outfield every single day and Cassidy is getting more and more confident out there for sure."
UP NEXT:
The Gators travel to Tallahassee on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. match up at Florida State which will air on ESPN2.
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The Gators have now won six Southeastern Conference series this season and each of their four series at home, including wins over Missouri, No. 1 Tennessee, No. 14/16 Mississippi State and Auburn.
Keagan Rothrock (23-4) threw 6.1 innings, allowing just one run off a solo home run with seven strikeouts. She allowed just three hits and walked four.
The junior now holds a 11-3 record in SEC play.
Kendall Grover opened the game with her ninth home run of the season, a two-run shot to right center, and her second in SEC play.
Taylor Shumaker went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk and two RBIs, her 27th multi-hit game of the season and 11th in conference play. The sophomore hit a team-best .556 (5-for-9) against the Tigers.
Townsen Thomas went 2-for-4, recording her first career triple on Sunday. She finished the series batting .500 (5-for-10).
The Gators are now 24-3 at home on the season and 9-3 against SEC teams.
NOTABLES:
- With today's win, Keagan Rothrock now moves into a sole-possession of sixth-most career wins in program history with 72, passing Aleshia Ocasio (2015-18) who had 71
- In 12 innings pitched this week, Rothrock held a 1.17 ERA, allowing just two runs with 12 strikeouts and picking up two wins, including a complete game on Friday, and a save against FGCU
- Taylor Shumaker matched her career-best of two doubles on Sunday, her fourth game with two doubles this season
- She now has a team-best 16 doubles. Shumaker is just one double shy of the 17 she had as a freshman, which is tied for seventh-most in a single-season in program history
- Shumaker has now plated 72 runs this season, which ranks as the seventh-most in a single-season in program history
- She also scored 72 runs as a freshman
- With two-run home run, Kendall Grover became the fourth Gator with 40 or more RBIs this season. The others include Jocelyn Erickson (67), Kenleigh Cahalan (59) and Shumaker (49)
- Grover's single-season career high is 46 RBIs that she had as a sophomore at Eastern Illinois in 2024
- With nine home runs, she is just a home run shy of matching her single-season career best of 10 that she had in both 2024 and 2025
- With 10 doubles in over the last four games, the Gators now have 100 doubles as a team this season
- It's just the third time in program history that Florida has had 100 or more doubles in the same season: 2024 (112) and 2008 (102)
- With two home runs against the Tigers in the series, Florida has hit 88 home runs, which ranks as sixth-most in a single-season in program history
On how the hitters bounced back from yesterday's loss...
"It was good. I mean, we hit the ball fine yesterday too, we just didn't get anything going with runners in scoring position. The tone was set early today with Kendall's big hit and getting the leadoff batter on base with Taylor. Keagan also came out and set the tone. She allowed a couple runners on base early, but then did a really good job getting out of those innings. So, overall, it was good." – head coach Tim Walton
On Cassidy's adjustment to playing in right field the last few games…
"I don't take credit for a lot of things, but we look a lot better in the outfield now than we did before. Townsen made a couple of really beautiful plays in left, and then Cassidy's made some nice, nice plays since moving to right. Taylor has also done a really good job in center. They work really hard in the outfield every single day and Cassidy is getting more and more confident out there for sure."
UP NEXT:
The Gators travel to Tallahassee on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. match up at Florida State which will air on ESPN2.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rothrock, Keagan (23-4)
L: Ella Harrison (11-10)
Batting:
HR: Ava Ratliff 1
RBI: Ava Ratliff 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ava Ratliff 1
HBP: Destiny Rodriguez 1
Batting:
2B: Shumaker, Taylor 2 ; Brown, Ava 1
3B: Thomas, Townsen 1
HR: Grover, Kendall 1
RBI: Shumaker, Taylor 2 ; Grover, Kendall 2 ; McLellan, Cassidy 1 ; Comia, Gabi 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shumaker, Taylor 1 ; Grover, Kendall 1 ; Thomas, Townsen 1 ; Matsuno, Kalie 1 ; McLellan, Cassidy 1 ; Wesolowski, Ella 1 ; Comia, Gabi 1
SB: McLellan, Cassidy 1
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