GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 8/6 Florida softball team is looking for its second top-10 Southeastern Conference series win this weekend when it travels to Baton Rouge, La., for a three-game series at No. 10 LSU.

The series opener is set for April 26 at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN2 with Kevin Brown (play-by-play) and Amanda Scarborough (analyst) on the call.

Game two and three will both air on SEC Network on Sunday and Monday at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. ET, respectively. 

The Gators (40-10, 11-7 SEC) are coming off a weekend series win over Alabama and looking to pick up their fourth road conference series win of the season.

No. 10 LSU (37-10, 9-9 SEC)
Head Coach	Beth Torina
Career Record	702-358 (.662)
Florida All-Time Record vs. LSU	39-37
Last 10	Florida has won eight of the last 10 games
Last Series	Florida took two of three in 2024 in Gainesville
Florida Record vs. in Baton Rouge	15-18

		History vs. LSU | Last 10 Results
Date		Location	W/L	Score
4/8/2024		Gainesville, Fla.	W	6-5
4/7/2024		Gainesville, Fla.	L	4-3 (8)
4/6/2024		Gainesville, Fla.	W	4-2
5/1/2022		Baton Rouge, La.	W	2-1
4/30/2022		Baton Rouge, La.	W	6-1
4/29/2022		Baton Rouge, La.	L	9-1 (6)
3/28/2021		Gainesville, Fla.	W	9-3
3/27/2021		Gainesville, Fla.	W	7-4
3/26/2021		Gainesville, Fla.	W	5-0
5/9/2019		College Station, Texas	W	3-0

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 NOTABLES:

• Florida has won its last three series against LSU, including a 2-1 series win in the team’s the last trip to Baton Rouge in 2022  

  • Under head coach Tim Walton, the Gators have won 11 of their 14 series against the Tigers, including five series wins in Baton Rouge in that span        

• The series features last two Florida Gatorade Players of the Year: LSU freshman pitcher Jayden Heavener (2024) and Florida freshman pitcher Katelynn Oxley (2023)

  • The two faced each other in the 2023/2024 FHSAA Class 6A State Championships in back-to-back years. Oxley and Bartow High School won in 2023, while Heavenar and Pace High School took the title in 2024

• In conference play, Florida leads the SEC in runs scored (119), total bases (259), hits (153), RBI (113) and is second in home runs (26) and on-base percentage (.411)                
• The Gators are looking for their fifth SEC series victory and fourth on the road

  • Florida, who has series wins on the road at Texas A&M, Auburn, Ole Miss, is 7-2 on the road in SEC play  

• LSU head coach Beth Torina (Dieter) was a pitcher for the Gators from 1997-2000

  • She still ranks in the top-10 in program history in wins, appearances and shutouts. She tossed two no-hitters against South Carolina and Georgia during the 2000 season

• The Gators have 23 run-rule victories this season, including three in SEC play            
• Taylor Shumaker is just one RBI short of becoming just the ninth player in program to have 70 RBI in a season

  • Following a seven RBI series against Alabama, Shumaker earned her third SEC Freshman of the Week honor on April 22

• Kendra Falby recorded the 100th multi-hit game of her career against USF
• Falby now has a team-best 34 stolen bases on the year and 116 in her career

  • The senior is three stolen bases shy of tying Skylar Wallace who owns the program record of 119        

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