ATHENS, Ga. \u2013 The No. 6\/8 Florida softball team (47-9, 17-7 SEC) dropped its series finale at No. 17\/14 Georgia (35-17, 12-12 SEC) on Saturday afternoon, 9-1, in five innings at Jack Turner Softball Stadium to finish the regular season.<\/p>\n
With the win, the Bulldogs took 2-1 series win, just the second series loss for the Gators this season.<\/p>\n
Florida got on the board first in the third inning with a two-out RBI double from Jocelyn Erickson<\/a>, her 15th of the season, to drive in Taylor Shumaker<\/a> who reached on a walk.<\/p>\n Georgia put up a four-spot in the bottom of the fourth, scoring four unearned runs, including a two-run home run, to pull ahead, 5-1.<\/p>\n The Bulldogs then hit a walk-off grand slam to secure the five-inning run-rule victory.<\/p>\n Keagan Rothrock<\/a> (26-6, 13-4 SEC) suffered just her fourth loss in conference play, allowing nine runs, four earned, on seven hits with a pair of walks.<\/p>\n Up next, the Gators await their seeding for the 2026 SEC Tournament hosted in Lexington, Ky., from May 5-9 at John Cropp Stadium.<\/p>\n FOLLOW THE GATORS<\/a>
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