UNF Returns Home To Host Osprey Classic

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida softball continues its 2018 campaign with the Osprey Classic Presented by Courtyard Marriott beginning on Friday.

TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

Opponent	Presbyterian	Middle Tenn.	Campbell	Iowa State
Date - Time	Friday -3:30 p.m.	Friday – 6:00 p.m.	Saturday – 2:30 p.m.	Saturday – 5:00 p.m.
Series	UNF leads 6-0	UNF leads 3-0	Campbell leads 8-4	First Meeting

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QUICK HITS

Reigning ASUN Pitcher of the Week, Sydney Matzko, leads the conference with four shutouts and also ranks fourth in the NCAA.
Junior Navia Penrod comes into play after a team-best .458 average with 11 hits and four stolen bases last weekend in Lafayette. Penrod sits eighth in the nation with 26 hits on the season.
Leading the team with seven doubles, junior Dominica Cocuzza sits with a .311 average entering play on Friday. Her doubles put her at six in the nation.
North Florida is leading the league with 28 sacrifices and the Ospreys place second in the ASUN with 106 hits.

OPPONENT NOTES
Presbyterian

The Blue Hose enter the weekend with a 1-11 record after falling 9-0 to USC Upstate on Tuesday night.
Jonnie Petree tops Presbyterian with a .324 average with team-high eight stolen bases.
On the rubber, Camryn Alverson leads the Blue Hose with a 1-0 record in six relief appearances on the year.
UNF won 7-0 last time out against Presbyterian in March of 2005 and have taken all six meetings from the Blue Hose.

Middle Tennessee

The Blue Raiders come in with an 11-5 mark after winning four straight last weekend at Eastern Michigan's tournament.
Sophomore Summer Burgess leads the way hitting at a .491 clip with 26 hits and three doubles on the year. Burgess is tied with Penrod for eighth in the NCAA in hits.
In the circle, Amber Baldwin paces the Blue Raiders at 4-1 with a 1.71 ERA and a pair of complete games.
North Florida picked up a 7-6 win in March of 2016 against Middle Tennessee at UCF as the Ospreys have won each of the prior three meetings.

Campbell

Campbell owns an 8-8 mark after it picked up a 16-2 victory over Virginia on Wednesday night.
Rachel McCollum is hitting a team-best .412 on the year with a team-high five home runs and 24 RBI to rank in the top 10 nationally.
Megan Richards leads the way with a 4-3 record and a 2.83 ERA. Richards has 33 strikeouts and has picked up four complete games and a save this season.
The two teams met for the last time during Campbell's final year in the ASUN with UNF grabbing the 7-6 win in April of 2011.

Iowa State

The Cyclones own an 8-7 mark after falling 3-0 on Sunday to No. 2 Florida.
Iowa State is led at the dish by Sally Woolpert with a .355 average, while Sami Williams is hitting at a .347 clip with a pair of long balls.
Briana Weilbacher leads the Cyclones in the circle with a 4-2 record and a 2.62 ERA.

LOOKING AHEAD
North Florida continues its home stand in Jacksonville on Wednesday as it hosts Radford with first pitch at 5 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Dominica Cocuzza

Sydney Matzko

Navia Penrod

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