JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida softball heads to Clearwater for five weekend contests at the Michele Smith-Clearwater Parks & Rec Spring Tournament beginning on Friday

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ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA (13-11)
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SWOOP FACTS

• North Florida is coming off of back-to-back shut out victories against Columbia in a Tuesday match up.
• Sophomore Navia Penrod continues to lead the team at the plate with a .452 average. She owns a team-best 42 hits to rank fourth in the country, just five behind first-place Sydni Emanuel from Georgia.
• The Ospreys are hitting .306 as a team with six players hitting above .300.
• Junior Casey Estes has been racking up bases lately with a eight doubles on her 17 total hits.
• In the circle, senior Logan Green paces the Ospreys with a 2.28 ERA with 55 strikeouts.
• Her counterpart, Morgan Blourne, owns a 5-3 mark with a 3.38 ERA.
• As a team, the Ospreys are 16th in the country in doubles per game and lead the ASUN.

ABOUT LIU BROOKLYN (12-11)
SERIES HISTORY: UNF leads 2-1
LAST MEETING: UNF won 5-4 on March 4, 2016 in Orlando, FL.
  
QUICK HITS

• Eyrnn Sobieski was named NEC Co-Pitcher of the Week after throwing a pair of shutouts against Ball State and Brown. She currently leads the staff with a 7-3 record.
• Sobieski's counterpart in the circle, Tallie Woodson, tops the team with 20 strikeouts. 
• Angie Rizzi tops the team with a .432 batting average, 32 hits, and 21 runs scored.
• Angie Vazquez has a team-high 21 RBI.
• The Blackbirds have faced two ASUN opponents, Stetson and FGCU, which both ended in losses.

 
ABOUT COLGATE (3-10)                       
SERIES HISTORY: First Meeting

QUICK HITS

• The Raiders blanked Yale for their third win on the year. Out of their three wins, one comes from ASUN conference opponent, Stetson.
• Lauren La Terra is batting a team-best .395, ranking fifth in the Patriot League. She also has 11 RBI and four runs scored.
• Jordan Miller leads the conference in slugging percentage (.679) and is third in the conference with three homers.
• In the circle, Kyle Griswold has a team-best 17 strikeouts.

 
ABOUT RUTGERS (4-16)
SERIES HISTORY: UNF lead 1-0
LAST MEETING: UNF won 9-3 on March 19, 2011 in Clearwater, Fla.

QUICK HITS

• Taryn Atlee leads the team with a .418 batting average, 28 hits and 16 runs scored.
• Rebecca Halls leads the Scarlet Knights with 21 RBI.
• With a 3.80 ERA, Shayla Sweeney tops the squad with 29 strikeouts and a 4-4 record.

  
ABOUT MONMOUTH (2-11)
SERIES HISTORY: UNF leads 4-0
LAST MEETING: UNF won 4-3 on March 19, 2015 at home.
 
QUICK HITS

• In the circle, Amanda Riley leads the Hawks with a 4.22 ERA, 49 strikeouts and a 2-7 record.
• Justene Reye bats a team-best .387 with 12 hits, eight RBI and six runs scored.  
• Out of their 11 losses, two have been shutouts against College of Charleston and George Washington. 

ABOUT SAINT JOSEPH'S(3-12)
SERIES HISTORY: First meeting
 
QUICK HITS

• Leading the team in four categories, Sara Ostaszewski has nine RBI, three home runs, 13 hits and five runs scored.
• In addition to Ostaszewski, three other batters have double-figure hits including Amanda Kulp who owns a team-best of .400 average.
• Kulp has 12 hits, while Raelynn Genovese and Kaylyn Zierke each have 11 smacks.
• In the circle, Ashley Ventura leads with a 2.81 ERA, 40 strikeouts and a 2-5 record.

LOOKING AHEAD

UNF returns to action at home against Georgia Tech in a doubleheader on Wednesday, March 22 beginning at 4 p.m.