GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The No. 5\/8 Florida softball team (25-1, 2-0) earned its first Southeastern Conference series win of the season with an 11-inning marathon victory over Missouri (7-15, 0-2) on Sunday evening, downing the Tigers, 4-3, at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.<\/p>\n
With two outs in the 11th inning with Taylor Shumaker<\/a> on first and Kendall Grover<\/a> on second, Madison Walker<\/a> delivered her biggest hit as a Gator so far, an RBI single to left field to drive in the game-winning run.<\/p>\n Jocelyn Erickson<\/a> put Florida in the position to win with a solo shot in the bottom of the seventh inning that tied up the game at 3.<\/p>\n After giving up three solo home runs in the third inning, the Florida pitching staff was able to lock down the Missouri offense for the next eight innings.<\/p>\n Olivia Miller<\/a> tossed 7.1 shutout innings, a new-career high, allowing just five hits with a pair of strikeouts.<\/p>\n Keagan Rothrock<\/a> (13-1) got the final three outs of the game, picking up her second win of the weekend over Missouri.<\/p>\n NOTABLES:
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\n\tFlorida has won eight straight SEC-opening series going back to 2019
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\n\t\tUnder head coach\u00a0Tim Walton<\/a>, the Gators have won all but three of its SEC-opening series in 21 seasons
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\n\tFlorida is 88-77 in extra-inning games in program history, 40-18 in extra innings at home and 3-3 in 11-inning games
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\n\t\tThis was the first time that the Gators have gone to extras vs. Missouri in 29 meetings
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\n\tTonight’s game was Florida’s longest since playing 11 innings against Auburn on March 20, 2020. The Gators won that game 2-1
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\n\t\tIt was Florida’s first walk-off win since Korbe Otis<\/a> hit a walk-off grand slam vs. Arkansas in the ninth inning on April 5, 2025
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\n\tThe Gators have caught a Missouri runner stealing in both games of the series
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\n\t\tErickson caught the Tigers stealing in the top of the fourth on Saturday and Ella Wesolowski<\/a> ended the top of the fifth on Sunday with a runner trying to steal second
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\n\tMadison Walker<\/a> now has two walk-off hits in her career
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\n\t\tAs a freshman at Missouri, Walker hit an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning vs. Omaha in the 2024 NCAA Columbia Regional, sending the Tigers to Super Regionals
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\n\tBoth Kenleigh Cahalan<\/a> and Jocelyn Erickson<\/a> each extended their hit streaks to 10 games
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\n\t\tCahalan also extended her on-base streak to 26. She has reached in every game this season
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\n\tBoth of Erickson’s hits against the Tigers have been home runs
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\n\t\tThe senior had the go-ahead two-run home run in the sixth inning on Saturday and a game-tying solo home run in the seventh inning tonight
\n\t\tWith 43 home runs as a Gator, Erickson has moved into a tie with Skylar Wallace (2022-24) for seventh-most career home runs in program history
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\n\tTaylor Shumaker<\/a>\u00a0has had multi-hit outings in seven of the last eight games
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\n\t\tShumaker has 15 multi-hit games this season, a team-best, and 39 multi-hit games in her career
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\n\tShumaker had a career-high eight putouts in right field
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\nThe Gators will go for the series sweep against Missouri on Monday at 7 p.m. on the SEC Network.<\/p>\n
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