# SEC Softball: Florida Gators Defeats Texas Tech Red Raiders 10-2 **Published:** 2026-05-23 — **By:** Stacy Stanfield **Category:** games — **Type:** game-recap **Source:** https://secscouts.com/news/florida-gators-defeat-texas-tech-red-raiders-10-2-sec-softball **Teams:** [Florida](https://secscouts.com/florida/), [Texas](https://secscouts.com/texas/) **Players:** [Keagan - P Rothrock](https://secscouts.com/players/?id=13416), [Kenleigh Cahalan](https://secscouts.com/players/kenleigh-cahalan), [Gabi Comia](https://secscouts.com/players/gabi-comia), [Jocelyn Erickson](https://secscouts.com/players/jocelyn-erickson), [Taylor Shumaker](https://secscouts.com/players/taylor-shumaker), [Madison Walker](https://secscouts.com/players/madison-walker) --- NORMAN, Okla. (05/22/2026) — The Florida Gators dismantled the Texas Tech Red Raiders 10-2 at Pressly Softball Stadium on Friday night, riding a four-hit, three-RBI performance from Jocelyn Erickson and a complete-game effort in the circle from Keagan Rothrock to claim a decisive victory in front of 2,225 fans. Florida pounded out hits in waves, drawing first blood in the opening frame and never surrendering the lead across seven innings. ## How It Happened Florida set the tone immediately. In the top of the first, Erickson launched a two-run home run to center field, scoring Taylor Shumaker and staking the Gators to a 2-0 advantage before Texas Tech ever took an at-bat. The Gators kept the pressure on in the third. Erickson singled to left to bring Shumaker home for a 3-0 lead, though she was tagged out trying to stretch the play at second. Texas Tech answered in the bottom half when Jasmyn Burns lifted a sacrifice fly to center, allowing H. Toney to score and cut the deficit to 3-1. Florida quickly restored the cushion. In the fourth, Madison Walker crushed a two-run homer to left field, plating Kenleigh Cahalan and pushing the lead to 5-1. Texas Tech responded again as L. Quiroga grounded into a fielder's choice that brought Mihyia Davis around to score, trimming the margin to 5-2. That was as close as the Red Raiders would get. The Gators erupted for four runs in the top of the fifth to seize control. Cahalan ripped a single to right that scored both Erickson and T. Thomas. Walker followed with another RBI single to right, bringing Cahalan home. E. Wesolowski then doubled to left, plating C. McLellan and stretching the lead to 9-2. Florida added one more in the seventh when Gabi Comia reached on an infield single to shortstop, scoring Cahalan to close out the 10-2 final. ## Turning Point The fifth-inning explosion proved decisive. After Texas Tech had clawed back to within three runs, Florida's four-run rally — punctuated by Cahalan's two-run single and Wesolowski's RBI double — pushed the lead to seven and effectively closed the door. The sequence flipped a competitive game into a runaway and allowed Rothrock to work the rest of the way with a comfortable margin. ## Star of the Game Erickson set the offensive table from the opening pitch. She finished 3-for-5 with three RBIs, two runs scored, and a home run, accounting for production at both ends of the lineup card. Cahalan was just as relentless, going 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs, including the back-breaking two-run single in the fifth. Walker added a 2-for-3 line with a home run and three RBIs of her own. In the circle, Rothrock delivered a complete-game gem: 7.0 innings pitched, five hits, two runs allowed, and five strikeouts. She navigated traffic when it mattered and never let Texas Tech mount a sustained threat. NiJa'Ree Canady started for Texas Tech, allowing five runs on five hits with five strikeouts across 3.2 innings. Samantha Lincoln followed and was charged with five runs on nine hits over 3.1 innings. ## What It Means For Florida, the result is a statement victory built on balanced offense, power at the plate, and a starter who controlled the game from first pitch to last. Erickson, Cahalan, and Walker combined for 8-for-12 with eight runs scored and eight RBIs — the kind of top-of-the-order output that travels in postseason settings. Rothrock's complete game also preserves the rest of the Gators' staff for what comes next. For Texas Tech, the loss stings despite individual flashes. Mihyia Davis reached twice and scored a run, and Burns drove in a run on the sacrifice fly. But the Red Raiders managed just five hits as a team, and the offense was unable to string together rallies against Rothrock's pitch mix. Texas Tech will need to find more length at the plate and tighten things up in the circle to flip the script moving forward. --- *Original article: [SEC Softball: Florida Gators Defeats Texas Tech Red Raiders 10-2](https://secscouts.com/news/florida-gators-defeat-texas-tech-red-raiders-10-2-sec-softball) — SEC Scouts*