2025 Florida Gators softball team

2025 Florida Gators softball
NCAA Gainesville Regional champion NCAA Gainesville Super Regional champion
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	48–17 (14–10 SEC)
Head coach	Tim Walton (20th season)
Assistant coaches	Aric Thomas (8th season) Francesca Enea (2nd season) Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro (1st season)
Home stadium	Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium
Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Southeastern Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‡‍y	17	–	7	–	0		.708			51	–	7	–	0		.879
No. 1 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	7	–	0		.696			48	–	11	–	0		.814
No. 3 Texas  ‍‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			52	–	11	–	0		.825
No. 7 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			46	–	16	–	1		.738
No. 4 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	14	–	10	–	0		.583			44	–	14	–	0		.759
No. 8 Florida  ‍‍‍y	14	–	10	–	0		.583			48	–	17	–	0		.738
No. 14 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y	13	–	11	–	0		.542			44	–	16	–	0		.733
No. 18 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	11	–	0		.542			39	–	19	–	0		.672
No. 11 LSU  ‍‍‍y	12	–	12	–	0		.500			42	–	16	–	0		.724
No. 20 Alabama  ‍‍‍y	12	–	12	–	0		.500			40	–	23	–	0		.635
No. 17 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	11	–	13	–	0		.458			42	–	21	–	0		.667
Georgia  ‍‍‍y	7	–	16	–	0		.304			35	–	23	–	0		.603
Kentucky  ‍‍‍y	7	–	17	–	0		.292			31	–	28	–	0		.525
Auburn  ‍‍‍y	6	–	18	–	0		.250			34	–	23	–	0		.596
Missouri  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			25	–	31	–	0		.446
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 30, 2025 [1] Rankings from NFCA/GoRout [2]

The 2025 Florida Gators softball team was an American college softball team that represents the University of Florida during the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season. The Gators, were led by head coach Tim Walton in his 20th season, and played their home games at Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium in Gainesville, Florida.

Previous season

The Gators finished the 2024 season 53–14 overall, and 17–7 in the SEC, finishing in second place in their conference. They won the 2024 SEC tournament, and received an automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament. ^{[3] [4]} During the NCAA tournament they advanced to the Women's College World Series before being eliminated by eventual tournament champion Oklahoma. ^[5]

Roster and personnel

2025 Florida Gators roster   Pitchers 00 – Ava Brown – Sophomore 7 – Keagan Rothrock – Sophomore 13 – Olivia Miller – Sophomore 18 – Kara Hammock – Senior 39 – Katelynn Oxley – Freshman Catchers 8 – Jocelyn Erickson – Junior 51 – Makenna Bellaire – Freshman Outfielders 2 – Kylie Shaw – Freshman 21 – Taylor Shumaker – Freshman 22 – Cassidy McLellan – Sophomore 27 – Kendra Falby – Senior 33 – Korbe Otis – Senior 44 – Townsen Thomas – Freshman   Infielders 4 – Rylee Holtorf – Graduate student 9 – Alyssa Hovermale – Sophomore 10 – Gabi Comia – Freshman 11 – Mia Williams – Sophomore 15 – Reagan Walsh – Senior 31 – Kenleigh Cahalan – Junior Utility 1 – Brooke Barnard – Senior 17 – Layla Lamar – Freshman   Reference: [6]

2025 Florida Gators coaching staff Tim Walton – Head coach Aric Thomas – Assistant coach Francesca Enea – Assistant coach Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro – Assistant coach Reference: [7]

Schedule and results

2025 Florida Gators Softball Game Log
Regular Season (43–13)
February (20–1) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record February 6 North Florida No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 8–0 (5) Rothrock (1–0) Cook (0–1) — 1,538 1–0 — February 7 vs. Illinois State USF-Rawlings Invitational No. 3 USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL 10–2 (6) Brown (1–0) McLeod (0–1) — 634 2–0 — February 8 vs. Delaware USF-Rawlings Invitational No. 3 USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL 10–5 Hammock (1–0) Kerwood (2–2) — 989 3–0 — February 8 vs. Michigan USF-Rawlings Invitational No. 3 USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL 11–1 (5) Rothrock (2–0) Hoehn (0–2) — 1,054 4–0 — February 9 vs. Georgia Southern USF-Rawlings Invitational No. 3 USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL 4–0 Brown (2–0) Holland (1–1) — 768 5–0 — February 9 at USF USF-Rawlings Invitational No. 3 USF Softball Stadium Tampa, FL 8–0 (5) Rothrock (3–0) Sardja (1–1) — 1,814 6–0 — February 11 Jacksonville No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 10–1 (5) Hammock (2–0) Harrelson (1–1) — 1,298 7–0 — February 12 Stetson No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 11–1 (5) Rothrock (4–0) Arnold (2–1) — 1,180 8–0 — February 13 vs. Boston College Bubly Invitational No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 12–7 Hammock (3–0) Dunning (1–1) — 1,776 9–0 — February 14 vs. Providence Bubly Invitational No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 5–0 Miller (1–0) Grifone (0–3) — 2,658 10–0 — February 14 vs. No. 14 Duke Bubly Invitational No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 9–0 (5) Rothrock (5–0) Curd (2–1) — 2,658 11–0 — February 15 vs. Boston College Bubly Invitational No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 3–0 Rothrock (6–0) Kendziorski (0–3) — 1,785 12–0 — February 15 vs. Binghamton Bubly Invitational No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 10–2 (5) Brown (3–0) Kennedy (1–3) — 1,520 13–0 — February 16 vs. No. 14 Duke Bubly Invitational No. 2 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 1–8 Curd (3–1) Rothrock (6–1) — 1,721 13–1 — February 19 at North Florida No. 3 UNF Softball Complex Jacksonville, FL Postponed [8] February 21 vs. California Baptist Sun Devil Classic No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium Tempe, AZ 11–0 (5) Brown (4–0) McConnell (1–5) — 307 14–1 — February 21 at Arizona State Sun Devil Classic No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium Tempe, AZ 9–1 Rothrock (7–1) Creager (1–2) — 307 15–1 — February 22 vs. New Mexico State Sun Devil Classic No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium Tempe, AZ 12–1 (5) Oxley (1–0) Bennett (1–2) — 1,159 16–1 — February 22 vs. Grand Canyon Sun Devil Classic No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium Tempe, AZ 6–4 Rothrock (8–1) Darwin (0–1) Brown (1) 1,159 17–1 — February 23 vs. Iowa State Sun Devil Classic No. 3 Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium Tempe, AZ 24–3 (5) Miller (2–0) Schurman (2–4) — 247 18–1 — February 26 vs. FGCU Florida Invitational No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 8–0 (5) Oxley (2–0) Sparkman (4–5) — 1,182 19–1 — February 28 vs. Samford Florida Invitational No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 9–1 (6) Hammock (4–0) Partain (4–4) — 1,372 20–1 —
March (13–4) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record March 1 vs. Troy Florida Invitational No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 11–2 (6) Oxley (3–0) Ames (2–2) — 1,502 21–1 — March 1 vs. Western Michigan Florida Invitational No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 10–2 (6) Brown (5–0) Fazzini (1–3) — 2,207 22–1 — March 2 vs. FAMU Florida Invitational No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 9–1 (6) Miller (3–0) Hughes (2–6) — 1,734 23–1 — March 5 at Houston No. 3 Cougar Softball Stadium Houston, TX 11–0 (5) Hammock (5–0) Solis (3–2) — 935 24–1 — March 7 at No. 5 Texas A&M No. 3 Davis Diamond College Station, TX 2–3 Kennedy (6–2) Oxley (3–1) — 2,362 24–2 0–1 March 8 at No. 5 Texas A&M No. 3 Davis Diamond College Station, TX 12–4 (6) Brown (6–0) Sparks (5–1) — 2,366 25–2 1–1 March 9 at No. 5 Texas A&M No. 3 Davis Diamond College Station, TX 4–2 Hammock (6–0) Kennedy (6–3) — 2,188 26–2 2–1 March 12 UCF No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 4–2 Hammock (7–0) Lopez (2–4) Oxley (1) 1,748 27–2 — March 15 No. 2 Texas No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 2–7 Kavan (10–1) Oxley (3–2) Mac (1) 2,499 27–3 2–2 March 15 No. 2 Texas No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 7–13 Kavan (11–1) Hammock (7–1) — 2,150 27–4 2–3 March 17 No. 2 Texas No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 3–1 Oxley (4–2) Mac (5–1) Brown (2) 2,108 28–4 3–3 March 19 at Jacksonville No. 4 Pruitt Softball Complex Jacksonville, FL 5–2 Brown (7–0) Harwood (2–1) — 312 29–4 — March 19 at North Florida No. 4 UNF Softball Complex Jacksonville, FL 8–0 (5) Oxley (5–2) Ponich (3–2) — 726 30–4 — March 26 at UCF No. 4 UCF Softball Complex Orlando, FL 0–4 Vega (6–2) Oxley (5–3) — 965 30–5 — March 28 at No. 25 Auburn No. 4 Jane B. Moore Field Auburn, AL 11–7 Hammock (8–1) Rainey (3–3) — 2,068 31–5 4–3 March 29 at No. 25 Auburn No. 4 Jane B. Moore Field Auburn, AL 10–0 Rothrock (9–1) Tresvik (0–1) — 2,124 32–5 5–3 March 30 at No. 25 Auburn No. 4 Jane B. Moore Field Auburn, AL 4–3 Brown (8–0) Geurin (15–6) — 1,840 33–5 6–3
April (8–7) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record April 2 at No. 8 Florida State No. 3 JoAnne Graf Field Tallahassee, FL 0–4 Danley (7–1) Rothrock (9–2) Widra (1) 1,737 33–6 — April 4 No. 12 Arkansas No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 1–4 Herron (11–3) Oxley (5–4) — 1,890 33–7 6–4 April 5 No. 12 Arkansas No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 10–7 (9) Brown (9–0) Herron (11–4) — 1,971 34–7 7–4 April 6 No. 12 Arkansas No. 3 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 5–9 Harrison (4–1) Brown (9–1) Burnham (2) 1,907 34–8 7–5 April 9 at Stetson No. 6 Patricia Wilson Field DeLand, FL 13–5 Miller (4–0) Mullen (2–3) — 425 35–8 — April 11 at No. 19 Ole Miss No. 6 Ole Miss Softball Complex Oxford, MS 8–7 Rothrock (10–2) Lopez (7–2) Oxley (3) 999 36–8 8–5 April 12 at No. 19 Ole Miss No. 6 Ole Miss Softball Complex Oxford, MS 14–3 Brown (10–1) Binford (8–1) — 1,287 37–8 9–5 April 13 at No. 19 Ole Miss No. 6 Ole Miss Softball Complex Oxford, MS 6–8 Lopez (8–2) Rothrock (10–3) — 1,204 37–9 9–6 April 17 No. 22 Alabama No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 4–7 Briski (12–10) Rothrock (10–4) Riley (2) 1,963 37–10 9–7 April 18 No. 22 Alabama No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 12–4 (5) Oxley (6–4) Hodges (1–1) — 2,416 38–10 10–7 April 19 No. 22 Alabama No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 4–3 Oxley (7–4) Riley (11–1) — 2,293 39–10 11–7 April 23 USF No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 9–1 (5) Oxley (8–4) Dixon (17–6) — 1,613 40–10 — April 26 at No. 10 LSU No. 8 Tiger Park Baton Rouge, LA 14–4 (6) Rothrock (11–4) Heavener (11–4) — 2,905 41–10 12–7 April 27 at No. 10 LSU No. 8 Tiger Park Baton Rouge, LA 1–2 Berzon (16–5) Oxley (8–5) — 2,213 41–11 12–8 April 28 at No. 10 LSU No. 8 Tiger Park Baton Rouge, LA 2–10 (6) Berzon (17–5) Rothrock (11–5) — 1,924 41–12 12–9
May (2–1) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record May 1 No. 1 Oklahoma No. 9 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 5–6 (9) Landry (18–3) Brown (10–2) — 2,106 41–13 12–10 May 2 No. 1 Oklahoma No. 9 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 9–4 Hammock (8–1) Deal (9–2) Brown (3) 2,505 42–13 13–10 May 3 No. 1 Oklahoma No. 9 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 6–4 Rothrock (12–5) Landry (18–4) Brown (4) 2,653 43–13 14–10
Post-season (5–4)
SEC tournament (0–1) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SECT Record May 7 No. 18 Ole Miss No. 8 Jack Turner Stadium Athens, GA 3–6 (8) Binford (9–3) Brown (10–3) Lopez (2) — 43–14 0–1 Gainesville Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional record May 16 vs. Mercer No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 8–0 (5) Brown (11–3) Pitts (7–9) — 2,140 44–14 1–0 May 17 vs. Florida Atlantic No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 14–6 (5) Rothrock (13–5) Martinez (6–5) Brown (5) 1,115 45–14 2–0 May 18 vs. Nercer No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 8–0 (5) Rothrock (14–5) Pitts (8–10) — 1,782 46–14 3–0 Gainesville Super Regional (2–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Super Reg. record May 23 vs. Georgia No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 6–1 Rothrock (15–5) Roelling (11–9) — 1,980 47–14 1–0 May 24 vs. Georgia No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 1–2 Backes (16–10) Rothrock (15–6) Roelling (4) 2,144 47–15 1–1 May 25 vs. Georgia No. 8 Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 5–2 Rothrock (16–6) Backes (16–11) — 2,146 48–15 2–1 Women's College World Series (0–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCWS record May 29 vs. No. 3 Texas No. 8 Devon Park Oklahoma City, OK 0–3 Kavan (25–5) Rothrock (16–7) — — 48–16 0–1 May 30 vs. No. 7 Tennessee No. 8 Devon Park 3–11 (5) Nuwer (6–4) Hammock (9–2) — — 48–17 0–2
Win   Loss   Postponement Bold: Gators team member Reference: [9] [10] Rankings from NFCA. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Record vs. conference opponents

. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2025 SEC softball records v t e Source: 2025 SEC softball game results, 2025 SEC softball schedule
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	Tm	SR	SW
ALA	12–12		.	.	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	.	1–2	.	.	1–2	ALA	3–5	1–0
ARK	14–10	.		.	2–1	.	3–0	2–1	.	.	0–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	2–1	ARK	6–2	1–1
AUB	6–18	.	.		0–3	2–1	2–1	.	0–3	.	.	.	2–1	0–3	0–3	0–3	AUB	3–5	0–5
FLA	14–10	2–1	1–2	3–0		.	.	1–2	.	.	2–1	2–1	.	.	1–2	2–1	FLA	5–3	1–0
UGA	7–16	1–2	.	1–2	.		.	1–2	.	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	1–2	.	0–2	UGA	0–8	0–0
KEN	7–17	.	0–3	1–2	.	.		0–3	1–2	3–0	.	2–1	0–3	.	0–3	.	KEN	2–6	1–4
LSU	12–12	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	3–0		.	.	.	.	1–2	.	1–2	0–3	LSU	4–4	1–1
MSU	13–11	2–1	.	3–0	.	.	2–1	.		2–1	0–3	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	.	MSU	5–3	1–1
MIZ	6–18	0–3	.	.	.	2–1	0–3	.	1–2		1–2	1–2	.	.	0–3	1–2	MIZ	1–7	0–3
OKL	17–7	1–2	3–0	.	1–2	.	.	.	3–0	2–1		.	3–0	1–2	3–0	.	OKL	5–3	4–0
OMS	11–13	.	2–1	.	1–2	2–1	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	.		1–2	1–2	.	.	OMS	3–5	0–0
SCA	13–11	2–1	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	.	.	0–3	2–1		.	.	.	SCA	5–3	1–1
TEN	15–9	.	1–2	3–0	.	2–1	.	.	2–1	.	2–1	2–1	.		2–1	1–2	TEN	6–2	1–0
TEX	16–8	.	.	3–0	2–1	.	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	.	.	1–2		.	TEX	6–2	3–1
TAM	16–7	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	.	3–0	.	2–1	.	.	.	2–1	.		TAM	6–2	2–0
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	Team	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. One game TAM @ UGA cancelled. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}
Tie breakers: ARK>FLA hd to hd, SCA>MSU KEN common, LSU>ALA hd to hd, MIZ>AUB TAM common.

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I softball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
NFCA / USA Today	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	6	8	8	9	7	8
Softball America	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	11	11	8	8	7	7
ESPN.com/USA Softball	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	8	7	6	7	4	5
D1Softball	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	9	8	8	11	7	7

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