How to watch: Florida Gators-Tennessee Vols at the Women's College World Series

It’s a win-or-go-home day for the Florida Gators at the Women’s College World Series. After losing to Texas 3-0 in Game 1 of the event Thursday, UF must beat No. 7 Tennessee in an elimination game on Friday night in Oklahoma City to keep its national championship hopes alive.

“We have a lot to improve on (Friday),” Gators coach Tim Walton said Thursday. “We don’t play the same team tomorrow that we did. Sometimes when you get to this side of the bracket, you have to figure out how to turn the page because you can look at yesterday and yesterday’s team is not playing us tomorrow. So we have to do a really good job at turning the page and figure things out.”

The Vols suffered a heart-breaking walk-off loss to Oklahoma on Thursday. Even though Florida and Tennessee are both in the SEC, this is their first meeting this season. While the Gators are a big-hitting team, the Vols have won mostly because of their pitching so it should be a great contrast in style.

How to watch Florida Gators softball vs. Tennessee

When: Friday
Time: 7 p.m., ET
TV channel: ESPN
Streaming: Watch ESPN, FUBO 

Full Women’s College World Series schedule

Thursday, May 29
Game 1: No. 6 Texas beat No. 3 Florida, 3-0
Game 2: No. 2 Oklahoma beat No. 7 Tennessee, 4-3
Game 3: No. 12 Texas Tech beat Ole Miss, 1-0
Game 4: No. 9 UCLA beat No. 16 Oregon, 4-2

Friday, May 30
Game 5: Florida vs. Tennessee, 7 p.m., ESPN (Elimination game)
Game 6: Ole Miss vs. Oregon, 9:30 p.m., ESPN (Elimination game)

Saturday, May 31
Game 7: Texas vs. Oklahoma, 3 p.m., ABC
Game 8: Texas Tech vs. UCLA, 7 p.m., ESPN

Sunday, June 1
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 8 loser 3 p.m., ABC
Game 10: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 loser 7 p.m., ESPNU

Monday, June 2
Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 9 winner, noon, ESPN
Game 12 (if necessary): Game 7 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 2:30 p.m., ESPN
Game 13: Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Game 14 (if necessary): Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 9:30 p.m., ESPN2

WCWS finals
Game 1 (June 4): Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 8 p.m., ESPN
Game 2 (June 5): Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 8 p.m.,ESPN 
Game 3 (June 6) (if necessary): Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 8 p.m., ESPN

Meet the Florida Gators

Record: 48-16 (No. 3 seed)
Head coach: Tim Walton (17th season)
Top pitchers: Keagan Rothrock, 16-7, 3.24 ERA, 105 Ks, 131.2 IP; Ava Brown, 11-3, 2.59 ERA, 97.1 IP; Katelynn Oxley, 8-5, 2.57 ERA, 73.2 IP.
Top hitters: Kendra Falby, OF, .427 BA, 2 HR, 34 RBI, ..496 OB%; Taylor Shumaker, OF, .390 BA, 22 HR, 86 RBI; Jocelyn Erickson, C, .305 BA, 15 HR, 59 RBI, .479 OB%; Reagan Walsh, INF, .342 BA, 14 HR, 60 RBI; Mia Williams, IF, .339 BA, 19 HR, 44 RBI.
Team BA: .336
Opponent BA: .235
Homeruns: 107
Opponent homeruns: 43
Slugging: .590
Opponent Slugging: .354
Stolen bases: 96-104
Opponent stolen bases: 22-31
Team ERA: 2.90
WCWS appearances: 13 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025)
National titles: 2 (2014, 2015)

Meet the Tennessee Volunteers

Record: 45-16 (No. 7 seed)
Head coach: Karen Weekly (22nd season)
Top pitchers: Karlyn Pickens, 24-10, 1.10 ERA, 288 Ks; Sage Mardjetko, 12-2, 2.33 ERA.
Top hitters: Taylor Pannell, OF, .392 BA, 15 HR, 62 RBI; Saviya Morgan, OF, 338 BA, 25 SB; Sophia Nugent, C, .296 BA, 17 HR, 60 RBI; McKenna Gibson, INF, .299 BA, 11 HR, 42 RBI.
Team BA: .301
Opponent BA: .176
Homeruns: 70
Opponent homeruns: 24
Slugging: .511
Opponent Slugging: .256
Stolen bases: 73-88
Opponent stolen bases: 25-32
Team ERA: 1.76
WCWS appearances: 9 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2023, 2025)
National titles: 0