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No. 4 Softball Opens Series With 11-7 Win Over Auburn
Friday, March 28, 2025 | Softball
AUBURN, Ala. – The No. 4 Florida softball team took game one of its three-game series at Auburn on Friday evening, downing the Tigers 11-7 at Jane B. Moore Field.
An offensive slug fest, Taylor Shumaker, Reagan Walsh, Kenleigh Cahalan and Rylee Holtorf each turned in multi-hit performances in the victory.
Shumaker was perfect at the plate, going 3-of-3 with two doubles, two RBI, a sacrifice fly and a walk.
Cahalan and Mia Williams each hit solo home runs, while Jocelyn Erickson drew four of Florida's eight walks.
In the circle, Kara Hammock (8-1) picked up her second SEC win, allowing no hits in 1.1 innings pitched with four walks.
NOTABLES:
The Gators (31-5, 4-3 SEC) will look to secure the weekend series against the Tigers (22-12, 0-10 SEC) on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET.
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An offensive slug fest, Taylor Shumaker, Reagan Walsh, Kenleigh Cahalan and Rylee Holtorf each turned in multi-hit performances in the victory.
Shumaker was perfect at the plate, going 3-of-3 with two doubles, two RBI, a sacrifice fly and a walk.
Cahalan and Mia Williams each hit solo home runs, while Jocelyn Erickson drew four of Florida's eight walks.
In the circle, Kara Hammock (8-1) picked up her second SEC win, allowing no hits in 1.1 innings pitched with four walks.
NOTABLES:
- Freshman Taylor Shumaker now has a team-best 12 doubles this season, tied with Melissa Zick (2004) and Aja Paculba (2008) for fourth-most by a Gator freshman
- It's her second times she's recorded two doubles in the same game this season. She also had two vs. Providence on Feb. 14
- Shumaker has recorded a team-best 16 multi-RBI and 15 multi-hit outings
- With 54 RBI this season, Shumaker now has the third-most RBI by a Florida freshman in program history
- Cheyenne Coyle (60) and Brittany Schutte (59) rank first and second in program history, respectively
- In five plate appearances, junior Jocelyn Erickson drew a career-best four walks and was hit by a pitch
- Erickson is the first Gator to draw four walks in the same game since Janell Wheaton on April 22, 2017 vs. Ole Miss
- Junior Kenleigh Cahalan hit a solo home run in the first at-bat of the second inning, her eighth of the season, a new single-season career best
- Both of her hits against the Tigers were for extra bases. She also had a
- Sophomore Mia Williams slugged her 12th home run of the season, a solo shot in the top of the sixth inning to left field
- Of the 12 home runs she's hit, 11 have been solo home runs
- Freshman Layla Lamar made her first start in SEC play as Florida's designated player
- She drew her first career walk in her first plate appearance in the top of the second
- Senior Kendra Falby has reached base in every game, extending her on-base streak to 36 games this season
- It's the longest single-season on-base streak since Kendyl Lindaman reached back in 40-straight during the 2019 season
- She has reached base in 38 straight games dating back to 2024
- In her last eight at-bats, senior Rylee Holtorf has gone 5-for-8 (.625) with two RBI and a double
- Holtorf has six multi-hit performances this season, including in two of the last three games
- The Gators have tallied multiple home runs in 21 games this season
- Florida has hit 64 home runs this season, 35 of which have been solo home runs
The Gators (31-5, 4-3 SEC) will look to secure the weekend series against the Tigers (22-12, 0-10 SEC) on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hammock, Kara (8-1)
L: Haley Rainey (3-3)
Batting:
2B: Shumaker, Taylor 2 ; Cahalan, Kenleigh 1 ; Holtorf, Rylee 1
HR: Cahalan, Kenleigh 1 ; Williams, Mia 1
RBI: Falby, Kendra 1 ; Shumaker, Taylor 2 ; Walsh, Reagan 2 ; Cahalan, Kenleigh 1 ; Williams, Mia 1 ; Holtorf, Rylee 1
SF: Shumaker, Taylor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shumaker, Taylor 2 ; Cahalan, Kenleigh 2 ; Williams, Mia 2 ; Lamar, Layla 1 ; Brown, Ava 1 ; Holtorf, Rylee 3
SB: Williams, Mia 1
HBP: Erickson, Jocelyn 1 ; Williams, Mia 1 ; Brown, Ava 1
Batting:
2B: Anna Wohlers 1
HR: Icess Tresvik 1
RBI: Icess Tresvik 4 ; Kylie Brockman 1 ; Abbey Smith 1
SF: Abbey Smith 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Icess Tresvik 1 ; AnnaLea Adams 1 ; Anna Wohlers 1 ; Amelia Lech 1 ; Georgia Lessmann 1 ; Rose Roach 1 ; Abbey Smith 1
HBP: Kylie Brockman 1
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