Softball Set For Home Series With No. 22/17 Alabama

Thursday, April 17

Gainesville, Fla.

6 p.m.

Florida Gators

Alabama

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Softball Set For Home Series With No. 22/17 Alabama

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | Softball

By: Lauren Staff

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The No. 8/7 Florida softball team welcomes No. 22/17 Alabama for a top 25 three-game Southeastern Conference series kicking off Thursday.

The series opener is set for 6 p.m. on SEC Network+ with Kyle Crooks and Aleshia Ocasio on the call.

Game two will air on SEC Network on Friday at 6 p.m. and the series finale on Saturday will air on ESPN2 at 2 p.m.

Beth Mowins (play-by-play) and Michele Smith (analyst) will have the call for game two and three.

Coming off its third SEC road victory at No. 19 Ole Miss, Florida (37-9, 9-6 SEC) is looking to secure its first home conference series win of the season against the Crimson Tide.

No. 22/17 Alabama (30-16, 7-8 SEC)
Head Coach	Patrick Murphy
Career Record	1,334-410-2 (.765)
Florida All-Time Record vs. Alabama	43-46
Last 10	The teams are 5-5 in the last 10 meetings
Last Series	Florida took two of three in 2024 in Tuscaloosa
Florida Record vs. in Gainesville	14-22

	History vs. Alabama \| Last 10 Results
Alabama			43-46
Home: 16-24	Away: 15-18		Neutral: 12-4
Date	Location	W/L	Score
6/2/2024	Oklahoma City	W	6-4
3/11/2024	Tuscaloosa	L	3-0
3/10/2024	Tuscaloosa	W	11-2 (5)
3/9/2024	Tuscaloosa	W	2-0
4/11/2022	Gainesville	W	12-7
4/10/2022	Gainesville	L	2-1
4/9/2022	Gainesville	L	8-3
5/15/2021	Tuscaloosa	L	4-0
4/18/2021	Tuscaloosa	L	4-2
4/17/2021	Tuscaloosa	W	9-2

WEEKEND SCHEDULE:

Thursday	Alabama	6 p.m. (ET)	SEC Network+	Watch \| Live Stats \| Listen
Friday	Alabama	6 p.m. (ET)	SEC Network	Watch \| Live Stats \| Listen
Saturday	Alabama	2 p.m. (ET)	ESPN2	Watch \| Live Stats \| Listen

NOTABLES:

Mia Williams earned her first SEC Co-Player of the Week honor on Tuesday afternoon
- The sophomore second baseman slugged 1.455 with three home runs in Florida's series victory at No. 19 Ole Miss, including a pair of solo shots in the series opener, her first multi-home run performance of her career
With three RBI against the Rebels on April 12, Taylor Shumaker set a new Florida freshman record for runs driven in at 61
Florida has scored 41.4% (150-of-362) of its runs this season off of home runs
- 15 of the Gators' 28 runs scored at Ole Miss (53.5%) came off of a combined seven home runs
The Gators are looking for its first home SEC series win of the season. All three of their series victories have been on the road: at Texas A&M, Auburn & Ole Miss
Kendra Falby has reached base in all 46 games this season and in 48 straight dating back to the 2024 Women's College Series
- She's also tallied at least one hit in 42 games this season and in every SEC match up
Falby is four stolen bases shy of tying Skylar Wallace for the Florida career stolen base record (119)
- She has swiped 115 bags in her career, including 33 this season
Assistant coach Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro was a two-time NFCA All-American as a two-way player at Alabama, graduating in 2007. She also spent 2012-2021 as the Tide's pitching coach
Gator third baseman Kenleigh Cahalan spent her first two season as the Crimson Tide's shortstop and was a All-SEC Second team selection in 2024. She is a Trussville, Ala., native
Korbe Otis has tallied multi-hit outings for the Gators in four of the last six-games, including matching her season-high three hits in the series opener at Ole Miss