Softball Faces Stetson In Midweek Tilt

Wednesday, April 9

DeLand, Fla.

6 P.M.

Florida Gators

Stetson

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Softball Faces Stetson In Midweek Tilt

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | Softball

By: Lauren Staff

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The No. 6/8 Florida softball team shifts its attention to Stetson, traveling to Deland on Wednesday for a midweek tilt against the Hatters.

The game will stream on ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET from Patricia Wilson Field.

Ryan Urquhart and Kyle Crooks will have the radio call on ESPN 98.1FM/850AM WRUF.

The Gators (34-8) are looking for its second win over Stetson this season.

Stetson (20-22)
Head Coach	Shellie Cousins
Career Record	84-122 (.408)
Florida All-Time Record vs. Stetson	20-2
Streak	Florida has won 11 straight
Last Meeting	Feb. 12, 2025 - UF 11, Stetson 0 (5) - Gainesville, Fla.
Florida Record in Deland	4-2

	History vs. Stetson - Last 10 Results
Stetson			20-2
Home: 16-0	Away: 4-2		Neutral: N/A
Date	Location	W/L	Score
2/12/25	Gainesville, Fla.	W	11-0 (5)
4/4/24	Deland, Fla.	W	8-0 (5)
3/13/24	Gainesville, Fla.	W	11-2 (5)
3/29/23	Gainesville, Fla.	W	8-0
3/22/23	Deland, Fla.	W	4-1
4/7/22	Gainesville, Fla.	W	5-0
3/22/22	Deland, Fla.	W	7-0
5/17/14	Gainesville, Fla.	W	14-0
2/17/08	Gainesville, Fla.	W	8-0
5/18/07	Gainesville, Fla.	W	7-0

NOTABLES:

Of Florida's 16 runs plated against Arkansas, 15 of those were scored off of home runs
Four different Gators have hit double-digit home runs this season: Taylor Shumaker (14), Mia Williams (13), Reagan Walsh (11) and Jocelyn Erickson (10)
Florida has hit 71 home runs this season, already the seventh-most hit in a single-season in program history
- The 2011 team hit a program-record 124 home runs
Under coach Tim Walton, the Gators are 11-1 against the Hatters
- The sole loss was during Walton's first season when Stetson defeated Florida 4-2 on March 11, 2006 in Deland
Florida has run-ruled Stetson in five innings in the last three meetings
- The Gators have tallied 20 run-rule victories this season
With a team-best six RBI in Florida's series against the Razorbacks, senior Reagan Walsh now has 211 RBI in her career, the fourth-most in program history
- Walsh has hit first-inning home runs in back-to-back games: a three-run home run on Feb. 5 and her third grand slam of the season on Feb. 6
Senior Kendra Falby currently has 114 career stolen bases, second-most in program history
- She is just six stolen bags shy of passing Florida's career stolen base leader Skylar Wallace (119)
- Falby has 32 stolen bases this season alone, currently sixth-most in the NCAA and sixth-most in a single-season in program history
Falby has reached base in all 42 games this season and in 44 straight dating back to the 2024 Women's College World Series
- She's also currently on a team-best nine game hitting streak and has recorded at least one hit in all but three games
Freshman Taylor Shumaker, who currently has the third-most home runs by a freshman in program history, is just four RBI shy of setting a new Florida freshman record in RBI
- She has 57 RBI this season and has recorded a team-best 17 multi-RBI games