GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 5/8 Florida welcomes No. 1 Tennessee to Gainesville for the first time since 2022 this weekend for a three-game series at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

Friday and Saturday’s games will stream on SEC Network+ with Kristina Wyatt and Ryan Urquhart calling the action. Sunday’s series finale will be a linear broadcast on the ESPN2 with Clay Matvick (play-by-play) and Michele Smith (analyst) on the call.

Fans can also listen to all three games FloridaGators.com with Sky Lebron, Nevada Cullen and Ethan Eibe on the radio call.

The Gators are coming off a 3-0 series sweep at Kentucky with back-to-back-to-back run-rule victories.

Saturday is Florida’s annual Yellow Game, a day to honor children who are battling cancer and remember those who lost their fights. Yellow represents the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s efforts to fund research and eliminate childhood cancer. The Gators wear sunflowers in their hair every Saturday in remembrance of Heather Braswell, an honorary member of the club from 2009-14 and a fixture in the team’s dugout.

Brawell’s mom, Terri, will throw out the first pitch on Saturday.

The Gators (29-1, 6-0 SEC) are looking for their second series victory over the No. 1 team in the last two seasons. Florida took 2-of-3 from No. 1 Oklahoma in the regular-season home finale in 2025.

 





No. 1 Tennessee
27-1 (5-1 SEC)


Head Coach
Karen Weekly


Career Record
1,382-455-2 (.752)


Florida All-Time Record vs.
54-36


Streak
Tennessee has won eight of the last 10


Last Meeting
May 30, 2025 | UT 11, UF 3 – Oklahoma City, Ok.


Florida Record vs In Gainesville
31-11



 






History vs. Tennessee | Last 10 Results



Tennessee

54-36







Date       
Location
W/L
Score


May 30, 2025
Oklahoma City, Ok.
L
11-3 (5)


May 12, 2023
Fayetteville, Ark.
L
4-0


April 24, 2023
Knoxville, Tenn.
L
10-6


April 23, 2023
Knoxville, Tenn.
L
11-10


April 22, 2023
Knoxville, Tenn.
L
9-1 (5)


March 27, 2022
Gainesville, Fla.
W
4-1


March 26, 2022
Gainesville, Fla.
L
7-2


March 25, 2022
Gainesville, Fla.
L
6-0


May 26, 2019
Gainesville, Fla.
W
2-1 (8)


May 25, 2019
Gainesville, Fla.
L
3-2 (9)


Weekend Schedule





Friday
Tennessee
6 p.m.
SEC Network +


Saturday
Tennessee
1 p.m.
SEC Network+


Sunday
Tennessee
12 p.m.
SEC Network+


Promotional Schedule





Blue Out

Friday, March 20
#WearBlue – all fans are encouraged to wear blue to support the Gators


Yellow Game

Saturday, March 21
The first 500 fans in attendance will receive a sunflower sun hat


Salute to Service

Sunday, March 22
The first 500 fans will receive red, white & blue swirl wristbands


Notables:


Townsen Thomas was named the SEC Freshman of the Week on Tuesday, her first weekly honor. Thomas batted a team-best .667 (6-for-9) with four doubles, four RBI, four runs, a stolen base and a walk in Florida’s sweep at Kentucky
Taylor Shumaker ranks first in the NCAA in runs (49) and third in hits (50). Shumaker has plated a run in all but 3 games this season (27 games with a run)
Jocelyn Erickson ranks third in RBIs (49) and fifth in home runs (16). Erickson leads the SEC in home runs in conference play (5)            

Keagan Rothrock leads the country in victories (16). She is 5-0 through six SEC games and 16-1 on the season, already matching her 2025 win total        
As a team, the Gators lead the NCAA in doubles (70) and walks (155) and rank in the top-5 in hits (338), home runs (67), on-base percentage (.501), RBIs (286), scoring (9.83), pitching shutouts (12), slugging percentage (.728), and total runs (295)
Kenleigh Cahalan extended her on-base streak to 30 games at Kentucky and has now reached in every game this season (30)            
Three Gators are on double-digit hitting streaks: Jocelyn Erickson (14 games), Townsen Thomas (14 games) and Taylor Shumaker (12 games)        
Over the last seven games, Jocelyn Erickson has slugged six home runs, including one in each game against Kentucky. She now has 16 home runs this season, a new single-season career best

Her 46 home runs as a Gator ranks sixth all-time in program history


Erickson is five RBIs from 200 as a Gator and would be just the sixth Florida player to have 200 or more in their career
The last time the Gators opened conference play with back-to-back sweeps was 2011 – Florida won both games of its series vs. Mississippi State on March 16 and went 3-0 at Ole Miss on March 18-20 that season

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