JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida softball comes home to host the UNF Invitational beginning on Friday morning.

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ABOUT NORTH FLORIDA (8-9)
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NOTEABLES

• North Florida looks to get back to its winning ways after going 1-4 in the February Freezer.
• Sophomore Navia Penrod is batting a team-best .446 with 29 hits, including five doubles and one triple. She has scored a team-high 16 runs as the leadoff and brought in 10 runs.
• Classmate Dominica Cocuzza has a team-best 13 RBI on 20 hits and is batting .345.
• Freshman Kayla McGory smacked her first career grand slam against Mississippi State on February 24 and is now batting .327 and leads the squad with 15 walks.
• In the circle, Morgan Bloure and Amanda Blanchard each own three wins, while Logan Green has the team's low ERA of 2.35 and leads with 32 strikeouts.
• Green owns two saves as she has pitched in all but three games.
• North Florida is second in the ASUN with 58 walks, 84 runs scored and 75 RBI, while leading the league with 139 hits.

ABOUT ALBANY (4-2)
SERIES HISTORY: UNF 4-1 | Last meeting: Feb 20, 2015 W, 10-2 (FAU Invite)
QUICK HITS

• Started the season 4-0 at the EMU Madeira Beach Spring Invite, but dropped the final two games of the weekend.
• Albany finished first in the America East last season.
• Elizabeth Snow leads the team with a .529 average with six doubles on nine hits and 6 RBI. She was named America East Player of the Week for her opening weekend performance.
• Chelsea Henige brings her teammates home as she was a team-best 11 RBI.
• In the circle, Devin Durando is 2-0, while Celeste Verdolivo owns a staff-high 16 strikeouts.

ABOUT WESTERN CAROLINA (2-3)
SERIES HISTORY: WCU 1-0 | Last meeting: Feb 15, 2009 L 0-2 (UCF Early Bird)
QUICK HITS

• Senior outfielder Courtney Price and junior outfielder Abigail Daniels each earned SoCon Preseason Second Team Honors.
• The Catamounts finished third in the SoCon last season.
• Price is batting .357 with 14 RBI, a double, triple and two home runs.
• Hunter Gibbons leads the team with eight RBI and joins Price with two homers.
• Lily Hayes owns a 1.27 ERA to lead the team.

ABOUT LaSALLE (4-1)
SERIES HISTORY:  UNF 1-0 | Last meeting: March 4, 2016 W, 9-1 (UFC Tournament)
QUICK HITS

• For her opening weekend, McKenzie Price was tabbed A10 Pitcher of the Week. She went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA with six strikeouts.
• Her counterpart, Marlo Roadcap is also 2-0 with 12 strikeouts.
• On offense, Suzanne Swanicke is batting .400 with 8 RBI. 

ABOUT MOUNT ST. MARY'S (2-2)
SERIES HISTORY: UNF 7-0 | Last meeting: February 27, 2014 W, 3-2 (UNF Osprey Invite)
QUICK HITS

• Freshman Jordan Weaver was named the NEC Rookie of the Week after posting a 1-0 mark with a 0.70 ERA in three games.
• Weaver surrendered just six hits in 10 innings of work with 11 strikeouts.
• Morgan Alisauckas is batting .462 in four games with two doubles and two homers to record nine RBI.

LOOKING AHEAD

North Florida takes a break from tournament play to travel to Florida State for a doubleheader on Wednesday March 8 beginning at 5 p.m. UNF then gets a weekend off before coming home to host Columbia on March 14.