Softball | 2/15/2018 10:17:00 AM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida softball opens its 2018 home slate in the Courtyard Marriott UNF Invite beginning on Friday, Feb. 16. The games will be played at Atlantic Coast High School.
 
TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

Opponent	Providence	South Dakota St	UT Arlington	Canisius
Date - Time	Friday – 4:30 p.m.	Friday – 7:00 p.m.	Saturday – 2:30 p.m. Sunday – 11:00 a.m.	Saturday – 5:00 p.m.
Series	UNF leads 3-1	UNF leads 1-0	First Meeting	First Meeting

 
QUICK HITS
 

• The Ospreys look to build on their success in Jacksonville after going 18-6 a season ago on their home field.
• Junior Navia Penrod leads the team with 10 hits, including a double, while scoring three runs and four RBI.
• Classmate Dominica Cocuzza with her four doubles this season, leads the ASUN and sits inside the top five in the nation.
• Junior transfer Sydney Matzko leads the league with three complete games and 22 strikeouts.

OPPONENT NOTES
Providence

• The Friars enter the weekend with a 1-4 record after picking up a 2-1 win on Sunday against North Carolina.
• Brittney Veler leads Providence with a .400 average with a double and a triple on the year.
• In the circle, Miranda Trinidad is 1-1 with a  2.69 ERA and two complete games.
• UNF and Providence met last weekend with the Ospreys picking up the 9-0 win in the Friends of Jaclyn Invitational.

South Dakota State

• South Dakota State enters the weekend with a 2-3 record after they won a 19-12 battle with Green Bay the last time out.
• Abbey Murphy led the Jackrabbits last weekend hitting at a .529 clip with two doubles and a triple.
• Mallory McQuistan paced South Dakota State with two long balls in the UNI tournament.
• The Ospreys picked up a 7-5 victory over the Jackrabbits in last year's Osprey Invititational.

UT Arlington

• UTA comes into play with a 3-2 mark after picking up wins last weekend against Syracuse, UMass and Southern Miss.
• Whitney Walton paces the Mavericks with a .353 average, while Sandra Mendoza is hitting at a .333 clip with four RBI.
• On the rubber, Jojo Valencia sits at 2-1 with a 2.14 ERA along with at team-high nine punch outs.
• The Ospreys and Mavericks meet this weekend for the first time in program history.

Canisius

• The Golden Griffins come into play with a 1-3 record as they got a 4-3 win over Robert Morris last weekend.
• Morgan Altman leads the way for the Griffins after batting .444 on the weekend with a double and a triple. Altman was named MAAC player of the week for her performance.
• UNF and Canisius meet this weekend for the first time in program history.

 
LOOKING AHEAD
North Florida welcomes in Hofstra and McNeese State for a pair of midweek contests. The Ospreys face Hofstra Tuesday at 12 p.m. before hosting McNeese at 5 p.m. on Wednesday.