Softball Hosts No. 12/13 Arkansas For Top-15 SEC Series

Friday, April 4

Gainesville, Fla.

6 p.m.

Florida Gators

Arkansas

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Softball Hosts No. 12/13 Arkansas For Top-15 SEC Series

Thursday, April 3, 2025 | Softball

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By: Lauren Staff

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - For the first time since March 17, the No. 3/2 Florida softball will play in front of the home crowd at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.

The Gators host No. 12/13 Arkansas from April 4-6 for a three-game Southeastern Conference series.

The series opener and finale will air on SEC Network+, while game two on April 5 will broadcast on ESPNU with Eric Frede and Madison Shipman on the call.

Florida (33-6, 6-3 SEC) is looking to secure its third conference series victory of the season and first in Gainesville.

No. 12/13 Arkansas (26-7, 6-6 SEC)
Head Coach	Courtney Deifel
Career Record	368-199 (.649)
Florida All-Time Record vs. Auburn	51-17
Last 10	Arkansas has won seven of the last 10 meetings
Last Meeting	March 26, 2023 - UF 1, Auburn 14 (5) - Fayetteville
Florida Record vs. in Gainesville	27-9

	History vs. Arkansas \| Last 10 Results
Arkansas			51-17
Home: 27-9	Away: 24-7		Neutral: 0-1
Date	Location	W/L	Score
3/26/23	Fayetteville, Ark.	L	14-1 (5)
3/25/23	Fayetteville, Ark.	W	11-4
3/24/23	Fayetteville, Ark.	L	6-2
5/13/22	Gainesville, Fla.	L	4-1
4/24/22	Gainesville, Fla.	L	2-0
4/23/22	Gainesville, Fla.	L	5-4
4/22/22	Gainesville, Fla.	L	9-1
4/7/19	Gainesville, Fla.	L	3-1
4/6/19	Gainesville, Fla.	W	8-0
4/5/19	Gainesville, Fla.	W	3-0

WEEKEND SCHEDULE:

Friday	Arkansas	6 p.m. (ET)	SEC Network+	Watch \| Live Stats \| Listen
Saturday	Arkansas	4 p.m. (ET)	ESPNU	Watch \| Live Stats \| Listen
Sunday	Arkansas	2 p.m. (ET)	SEC Network+	Watch \| Live Stats \| Listen

NOTABLES:

The No. 3/2 Florida softball team welcomes No. 12/13 Arkansas to Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium for a three-game series this Friday through Sunday
- The Gators hold a 51-17 program record against the Razorbacks in the all-time series. However, Arkansas took the last two series over Florida
Since the two teams starting playing three-game series against each other in 2002, the Gators have won 8 of the 9 series against Arkansas in Gainesville
Florida has two SEC series wins under its belt so far with a 2-1 series win at Texas A&M and a sweep over Auburn
- The Gators' only series loss was to Texas, falling to the Longhorns 2-1
The Razorbacks are coming off a series sweep over Kentucky and has a series victory over Tennessee. Their two other series were losses to Ole Miss and Oklahoma
This series will be a match up of the two top home-run hitters in the SEC: No. 1 Bri Ellis (18) and No. 2 Taylor Shumaker (13)
Senior Kendra Falby is just seven stolen bases shy of breaking the all-time Florida stolen base record
- The Odessa, Fla. native currently has 113 career stolen bases and only trails Florida legend Skylar Wallace's 119 stolen bases, who broke the record in 2024
Falby has reached base in every game this season (39) and has an on-base streak of 41 games dating back to the 2024 Women's College World Series, a career and team best
- She also ranks first in the SEC and third nationally in hits (58)
Freshman Taylor Shumaker is just four RBI shy of breaking the Florida freshman record of 60
- The standout from Fullerton, Cali., ranks in the top-5 nationally in runs scored (38), RBI (56) and total bases (102). She leads the Gators in home runs (13), doubles (12) and slugging percentage (.843)
Mia Williams had seven hits in 24 SEC games during her freshman season in 2024
- The sophomore second baseman already has eight hits in nine conference games this season, with three of those hits being home runs
In the last five games, senior Rylee Holtorf is hitting a team-best .500 (7-for-14)