COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The third-ranked Florida softball team opens Southeastern Conference play in College Station, Texas, on Friday, facing No. 5/4 Texas A&M in a three-game series from March 7-9.  

The series between the Gators and the Aggies is one of two Top-10 conference match ups during SEC Opening Weekend.

All three games between Florida and Texas A&M will stream on SEC Network+. 

The Gators (24-1) enter conference play boasting one of the best offensives in the NCAA with 17 run-rule victories on the season and in seven straight games.

The Orange & Blue lead the country in batting average (.403), hits (255), home runs (48), on-base percentage (.494), RBI (219), total runs (243) and is tied for No. 1 in sacrifice flies (15).

The Florida pitching staff has combined for 10 shutouts, third-most in the NCAA, and holds a 1.58 earned run average.

No. 5 Texas A&M (20-2)
Head Coach	Trisha Ford
Career Record	496-264-1 (.652)
Florida All-Time Record vs.	31-6
Streak	Florida won the last six – dating back to March 20, 2022
Last Meeting	May 10, 2024 – SEC Championship | UF 7, TAMU 3
Florida Record In College Station	11-4

		History vs. Texas A&M | Last 10 Results
Texas A&M				31-6
Home: 16-1		Away: 11-4		Neutral: 4-1
Date		Location	W/L	Score
5/10/24		Auburn, Ala.	W	7-3
5/5/24		Gainesville, Fla.	W	11-3 (6)
5/4/24		Gainesville, Fla.	W	9-8
5/3/24		Gainesville, Fla.	W	2-1
5/11/22		Gainesville, Fla.	W	4-1
3/20/22		College Station, Texas	W	11-3
3/19/22		College Station, Texas	L	5-0
3/18/22		College Station, Texas	W	3-2
5/9/21		Gainesville, Fla.	W	6-5
5/8/21		Gainesville, Fla.	W	4-0

Weekend Schedule

 NOTABLES:

• Florida has won six-straight SEC-opening series going back to 2019

  • Under head coach Tim Walton, the Gators have won all but three of its SEC-opening series in 19 seasons

• Florida’s last top-5 road win in the regular season was at No. 3 Alabama on April 17, 2021. The Gators took two of three from the Crimson Tide
• Texas A&M will be the third top-25 ranked team Florida has faced this season. The Gators split their two games over No. 14 Duke in Gainesville and defeated RV/No. 22 Michigan 13-1 in five innings during opening weekend in Tampa
• Florida holds a 64-92 all-time record against teams ranked in the top-5 of the NFCA Coaches Poll and is 60-53 all-time against teams ranked in the top-5 of the USA Softball/ESPN Poll
• The Gators went 4-0 against the Aggies in 2024, sweeping the regular-season series in Gainesville and in the quarterfinals of the SEC Championship in Auburn, Ala.

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