GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida softball team (45-7) will host Florida State (43-7) in the Gators’ regular-season home finale on Tuesday evening.
First pitch is set for 7 p.m. on SEC Network with Danielle Lawrie and Eric Frede calling the action from Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
Fans can also listen on 98.1 FM / 850 AM WRUF where Ryan Urquhart and Sky Lebron will have the radio call with special guest Korbe Otis.
The Gators are looking to even up the two-game series with the Seminoles after dropping a 3-1 contest on April 22 in Tallahassee.
No. 10 FSU (43-7, 18-3 ACC)
Head Coach
Lonni Alameda
Career Record
1,011-391-3 (.721)
Florida All-Time Record vs.
29-25
Streak
Florida State has won eight of the last 10 games
Last Meeting
April 22, 2026 – UF 1, Florida State 3 – Tallahassee, Fla.
Florida Record vs. in Gainesville
14-10
History vs. Florida State | Last 10 Results
Florida State
29-25
Home: 14-10
Away: 15-14
Neutral: 0-1
Date
Location
W/L
Score
April 22, 2026
Tallahassee, Fla.
L
3-1
April 2, 2025
Tallahassee, Fla.
L
4-0
May 1, 2024
Tallahassee, Fla.
W
15-13 (9)
April 24, 2024
Gainesville, Fla.
L
12-3 (5)
May 3, 2023
Gainesville, Fla.
L
8-7
April 26, 2023
Gainesville, Fla.
L
5-3
May 4, 2022
Tallahassee, Fla.
L
2-1
April 6, 2022
Gainesville, Fla.
L
4-2 (10)
March 6, 2021
Tallahassee, Fla.
L
7-2
March 5, 2021
Gainesville, Fla.
W
5-0
EVENLY MATCHED:
NCAA Statistics – National Team Rankings
Batting Average
Florida – No. 5 (.362)
Florida State – No. 6 (.359)
Doubles
Florida – No. 2 (101)
Florida State – No. 4 (99)
On-Base Percentage
Florida – No. 6 (.457)
Florida State – No. 10 (.447)
Fielding Percentage
Florida – No. 2 (.988)
Florida State – No. 4 (.984)
Scoring
Florida – No. 9 – (7.98)
Florida State – No. 14 (7.61)
NOTABLES:
The Gators pitched back-to-back shutouts in their home-and-away series versus No. 22/21 UCF. Florida now has 16 shutouts on the season, the fourth-most in the NCAA
Kenleigh Cahalan has reached base in 48 of the Gators’ 52 games (92.3%)
The senior already has single-season career-bests in runs (33), hits (64), RBIs (50), home runs (15) and doubles (15)
With two home runs in her last three games, Taylor Shumaker has hit 16 home runs this season and 38 in her career
Shumaker is now just two home runs away from moving into a tie with Charla Echols (40) for 10th-most home runs hit in program history
Keagan Rothrock is currently tied with Lauren Haeger (2012-15) for sixth-most wins in program history with 73. Her next win would move her into a tie for fifth-most wins with Stacey Stevens (2004-07) who had 74 in her Gator career
Head coach Tim Walton is two games from his 1,200th win as a head coach
He would become the 18th coach in NCAA Division 1 history to reach the milestone and would be the 7th active coach with 1,200 or more wins
The Gators are 25-3 at home this season, with all three losses coming in Southeastern Conference play
PROMOTIONS:
The first 500 fans in attendance will receive 3D Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium drink coasters
Gator Great and Olympian Aubree Munro Watson will be signing copies of her new book “Born Ready: Making the Most of the Moments That Mark Our Lives” on the third-base concourse pregame and in game. She will also throw out the ceremonial first pitch
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