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Softball Picks Up Series-Opening Win Over Kentucky
Friday, March 13, 2026 | Softball
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Cassidy McLellan, Madison Walker and Jocelyn Erickson homered in No. 5/8 Florida's 10-2 six-inning win over Kentucky on Friday afternoon at John Cropp Stadium.
Four different Gators had multi-hit games in the series opener, Taylor Shumaker, Townsen Thomas, McLellan and Gabi Comia, while McLellan drove a team-high four RBIs.
Keagan Rothrock (15-1) picked up her fourth Southeastern Conference win through the first four conference games of the season, tossing her eighth complete-game of her senior season.
The Gators (27-1, 4-0 SEC) have now won five straight over the Wildcats (19-7, 1-3 SEC) going back to the 2024 season.
NOTABLES:
Florida will look to pick up the series win over the Wildcats on Saturday at 12 p.m. on the SEC Network.
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Four different Gators had multi-hit games in the series opener, Taylor Shumaker, Townsen Thomas, McLellan and Gabi Comia, while McLellan drove a team-high four RBIs.
Keagan Rothrock (15-1) picked up her fourth Southeastern Conference win through the first four conference games of the season, tossing her eighth complete-game of her senior season.
The Gators (27-1, 4-0 SEC) have now won five straight over the Wildcats (19-7, 1-3 SEC) going back to the 2024 season.
NOTABLES:
- Keagan Rothrock is 6-0 over Florida's last six games. She's the first Florida pitcher to earn the win in six consecutive games since Lauren Haegar in 2014, who earned seven-straight wins from May 16-31, 2015. That span went from NCAA Regionals to the third game of the Women's College World Series
- The last time a pitcher earned six wins in six consecutive games during the regular season was Hannah Rogers during the 2011 season
- Taylor Shumaker recorded her 16th multi-hit game of the season and eighth in the last 10 games. She has recorded multi-hit outings in over 57% (16-of-28) of games this season
- Cassidy McLellan's home run was her fifth of the season and first since Feb. 26 vs. East Texas A&M in Fullerton, Calif.
- It is was her first SEC home run of her career
- Three of her five home runs have been two-run home runs
- Townsen Thomas set a new career-high of two doubles
- Madison Walker hit her fifth home run as a Gator, a solo home run in the fifth
- With a three-run home run in the sixth, Jocelyn Erickson has now hit a team-best 14 home runs this season, just one shy of matching her single-season career high
- With 44 home runs in her Florida career, Erickson moved into sole possession of seventh-most home runs in program history
- Erickson had three RBI against the Wildcats, her 14th multi-RBI game
- With a single up the middle in the top of the sixth, Kenleigh Cahalan extended her on-base streak to 28 games. She's reached base in every game of her senior season
- Walker scored Cahalan with a sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth, her first sacrifice fly as a Gator and the fourth of her career
- Three different Florida players are on double-digit hit streaks: Erickson (12), Thomas (12) and Shumaker (10)
- The Gators have hit at least one home in 26 of 28 games this season and have slugged multiple home runs in 18 games
Florida will look to pick up the series win over the Wildcats on Saturday at 12 p.m. on the SEC Network.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rothrock, Keagan (15-1)
L: Sarah Haendiges (7-3)
Batting:
2B: Grover, Kendall 1 ; Thomas, Townsen 2 ; McLellan, Cassidy 1
HR: Erickson, Jocelyn 1 ; Walker, Madison 1 ; McLellan, Cassidy 1
RBI: Erickson, Jocelyn 3 ; Walker, Madison 2 ; McLellan, Cassidy 4 ; Comia, Gabi 1
SF: Walker, Madison 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shumaker, Taylor 1 ; Erickson, Jocelyn 1 ; Cahalan, Kenleigh 1 ; Grover, Kendall 1 ; Walker, Madison 1 ; Thomas, Townsen 2 ; Sparkman, Allison 1 ; McLellan, Cassidy 1 ; Comia, Gabi 1
SB: Shumaker, Taylor 1 ; Comia, Gabi 1
Batting:
HR: Carly Sleeman 1
RBI: Peyton Plotts 1 ; Carly Sleeman 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Carly Sleeman 1 ; Emory Donaldson 1
CS: Allie Blum 1
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