Florida has won six-straight Southeastern Conference opening-weekend series.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The third-ranked Florida softball team opens Southeastern Conference play in College Station, Texas, on Friday, facing No. 5/4 Texas A&M in a three-game series from March 7-9.
The series between the Gators and the Aggies is one of two Top-10 conference match ups during SEC Opening Weekend.
All three games between Florida and Texas A&M will stream on SEC Network+.
The Gators (24-1) enter conference play boasting one of the best offensives in the NCAA with 17 run-rule victories on the season and in seven straight games.
The Orange & Blue lead the country in batting average (.403), hits (255), home runs (48), on-base percentage (.494), RBI (219), total runs (243) and is tied for No. 1 in sacrifice flies (15).
The Florida pitching staff has combined for 10 shutouts, third-most in the NCAA, and holds a 1.58 earned run average.
No. 5 Texas A&M (20-2)
Head Coach
Trisha Ford
Career Record
496-264-1 (.652)
Florida All-Time Record vs.
31-6
Streak
Florida won the last six – dating back to March 20, 2022
Last Meeting
May 10, 2024 – SEC Championship | UF 7, TAMU 3
Florida Record in College Station
11-4
History vs. Texas A&M | Last 10 Results
Texas A&M
31-6
Home: 16-1
Away: 11-4
Neutral: 4-1
Date
Location
W/L
Score
5/10/24
Auburn, Ala.
W
7-3
5/5/24
Gainesville, Fla.
W
11-3 (6)
5/4/24
Gainesville, Fla.
W
9-8
5/3/24
Gainesville, Fla.
W
2-1
5/11/22
Gainesville, Fla.
W
4-1
3/20/22
College Station, Texas
W
11-3
3/19/22
College Station, Texas
L
5-0
3/18/22
College Station, Texas
W
3-2
5/9/21
Gainesville, Fla.
W
6-5
5/8/21
Gainesville, Fla.
W
4-0
Weekend Schedule
Friday
No. 5/4 Texas A&M
– 7 p.m. (ET)
Watch<https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/e8403f8a-c256-4a71-a0ec-e000667cd0dd> | Listen<https://floridagators.com/watch/?Live=5634&type=Live> | Live Stats<https://12thman.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary>
Saturday
No. 5/4 Texas A&M
– 5 p.m. (ET)
Watch<https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/2727e6ae-ea66-48f3-872c-cb7c6a3a4d16> | Listen<https://floridagators.com/watch/?Live=5634> | Live Stats<https://12thman.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary>
Sunday
No. 5/4 Texas A&M
– 1 p.m. (ET)
Watch<https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/64171b60-3633-485e-836d-94223a1c8c7e> | Listen<https://floridagators.com/watch/?Live=5636&type=Live> | Live Stats<https://12thman.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary>
NOTABLES:
* Florida has won six-straight SEC-opening series going back to 2019
* Under head coach Tim Walton, the Gators have won all but three of its SEC-opening series in 19 seasons
* Florida’s last top-5 road win in the regular season was at No. 3 Alabama on April 17, 2021. The Gators took two of three from the Crimson Tide
* Texas A&M will be the third top-25 ranked team Florida has faced this season. The Gators split their two games over No. 14 Duke in Gainesville and defeated RV/No. 22 Michigan 13-1 in five innings during opening weekend in Tampa
* Florida holds a 64-92 all-time record against teams ranked in the top-5 of the NFCA Coaches Poll and is 60-53 all-time against teams ranked in the top-5 of the USA Softball/ESPN Poll
* The Gators went 4-0 against the Aggies in 2024, sweeping the regular-season series in Gainesville and in the quarterfinals of the SEC Championship in Auburn, Ala.
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