Softball To Face Auburn In SEC Tournament Semifinals Thursday
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Florida softball crew (47-9, 17-7 SEC) enters the Southeastern Conference Tournament because the No. 3-seed and can face No. 14-seed Auburn (27-27, 4-20 SEC) within the quarterfinal spherical on Thursday.
First pitch is about for 11 am on the SEC Network with Amanda Scarborough and Kevin Brown calling the motion from John Cropp Stadium.
Fans also can pay attention on 98.1 FM / 850 AM WRUF the place Ryan Urquhart and Nevada Cullen may have the radio name.
The Gators confronted Auburn for a three-game sequence in mid-April. Florida took two-of-three from the Tigers in Gainesville.
| Auburn (27-27, 4-20 SEC) | |
| Co-Head Coaches | Chris & Kate Malveaux |
| Record at Auburn | 62-51 (.549) |
| Florida All-Time Record vs. | 55-25 |
| Streak | Florida has received eight of the final 10 video games |
| Last Meeting | April 19, 2026 | UF 7, AU 1 – Gainesville, Fla. |
| UF Record vs. in Neutral Site Games | 5-4 |
| History vs. Auburn | Last 10 Results | ||||
| Auburn | 55-25 | |||
| Home: 28-7 | Away: 22-14 | Neutral: 5-4 | ||
| date | Location | W/L | Score | |
| 5/19/26 | Gainesville, Fla. | W | 7-1 | |
| 5/18/26 | Gainesville, Fla. | l | 4-0 | |
| 5/17/26 | Gainesville, Fla. | W | 9-1 (5) | |
| 3/30/2025 | Auburn, Ala. | W | 4-3 | |
| 3/29/2025 | Auburn, Ala. | W | 10-0 (6) | |
| 3/28/2025 | Auburn, Ala. | W | 11-7 | |
| 4/8/2023 | Gainesville, Fla. | l | 7-0 | |
| 4/7/2023 | Gainesville, Fla. | W | 6-3 | |
| 4/6/2023 | Gainesville, Fla. | W | 3-2 (8) | |
| 4/3/2022 | Auburn, Ala. | W | 3-0 | |
NOTABLES:
- Jocelyn Ericksonwho has hit 49 dwelling runs as a Gator, is one dwelling run shy of changing into simply the fifth Florida participant in program historical past to hit 50 or extra dwelling runs of their profession: Lauren Haeger (71), Megan Bush (65), Francesca Enea (61) and Kelsey Bruder (52)
- The senior is simply three dwelling runs shy of matching the Florida single-season document of twenty-two dwelling runs. The document is at present held by Taylor Shumaker (2025) and Brittany Schutte (2011)
- With 214 RBIs in her Florida profession, fifth-most in program historical past, Erickson is simply three RBIs of transferring right into a tie with Megan Bush (2008-11) for fourth-most in program historical past (217)
- When Florida confronted Auburn in April, Shumaker batted a team-best .556 (5-for-9) with a pair of doubles, whereas Thomas Townsen batted .500 (5-for-10) with a double and a triple
- In the circle, Keagan Rothrock went 2-0 within the sequence, holding a 1.24 ERA in 11.1 innings pitched in opposition to the Tigers, permitting simply two earned runs with 11 strikeouts
- The Gators have received 17-straight regular-season sequence in opposition to Auburn. The final time the Tigers took a sequence over Florida was at Auburn in 2005
- head coach Tim Walton you may have by no means misplaced a three-game sequence to the Auburn
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