JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Ospreys travel to Pensacola this weekend for the sixth edition of the Cox Diamond Invitational hosted at the Blue Wahoos Stadium. The invitational features North Florida, Tennessee, Western Kentucky and UL - Monroe, with each team facing each other once in a round robin tournament format.

Live Coverage:
Tickets
Audio (vs. Western Kentucky - Friday, 7 p.m.)
Live Stats (Tennessee - Saturday, 4 p.m.)
Video (UL - Monroe - Sunday, 4 p.m.)

Setting the Table
What: Cox Diamond Invitational  
Where: Pensacola, Fla. | Blue Wahoos Stadium
When: Friday, March 1 - Sunday, March 3

Against The Opponents
Western Kentucky | First meeting
Tennessee | First meeting
UL - Monroe | First meeting

North Florida (7-3)

• UNF is coming off a two-game sweep of visiting Florida Atlantic.
• UNF has picked up three wins against 2018 NCAA Tournament teams thus far.
• The Ospreys have scored seven or more runs in four of the last seven contests.

Last Time Out
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF scored five in the fourth, FAU (3-6) answered with six in the seventh, but when the dust settled the Ospreys (7-3) emerged out of the rain drops with a 9-8 win Wednesday, February 27 at Harmon Stadium.

The Southpaw
Redshirt-junior Eddie Miller is dealing to the start the season and has been a big part of UNF's success out of the bullpen. The lefty has spun 8.0 scoreless frames across five appearances, securing one win and three saves while fanning nine and walking just two. His three saves leads the conference. Senior Trace Norkus isn't far behind, having saved two games this season.

I'll Take That Win
Just 10 games into the season and senior hurler Ethan Michaelis already has four decisions to his name. The Tallahassee, Fla., native is 3-1 across five appearances, fanning seven in 12.1 frames while picking up victories against No. 3 Florida, Fordham and FAU. His three triumphs also leads the ASUN.

UNF Debuts:
12 different players have made their UNF debuts this season, five being position players and seven pitchers.  Righty Max McKinley was tabbed ASUN Pitcher of the Week for February 18. He is 1-1 with a 3.45 ERA, fanning 10 in 15.2 innings of work.

ASUN Player of the Week
Junior Tanner Murphy picked up his first ASUN Player of the Week laurel February 25 after hitting .364 with two home runs and a .774 slugging percentage. Tanner May, Tanner Clark and Tanner Murphy have all been in the same starting lineup four different times this season. On Wednesday at Florida the Ospreys got home runs out of Tanner May and Tanner Murphy, the only time in UNF history that two different Tanners have homered in the same game. The Tanner-trio is hitting a combined .321 (26-81) this season.

Swoopin' in the Swamp:
UNF scored early and often, clubbing three home runs to upend No. 3 Florida, 7-1, Wednesday, February 20. That win marked the second-highest ranked opponent that UNF has defeated in program history following UNF's defeat of Florida, 10-5, in 2012.

Western Kentucky

• Western Kentucky is 6-2. The Hilltoppers have swept UNK, taken two of three against Eastern Illinois and most recently downed Murray State, 9-5.
• WKU brings back junior shortstop Kevin Lambert, a seasoned infielder who has made 100 straight starts at shortstop.
• Western Kentucky went 21-31 and 11-18 in Conference USA a season ago.
• Matt Phipps has been WKU's biggest offensive force this season, hitting .346 with nine RBI, one long ball and four doubles.

Tennessee

• Tennessee is on a blazing start to open the season, going 9-0.
• The Vols have scored 59 runs while only allowing five.
• Tennessee has used six pitchers, all of which have lower than a 1.86 ERA.
• It has swept Indiana and Appalachian State, while picking up single wins against Liberty, Middle Tennessee State and Northern Kentucky.
• This is the third different SEC opponent UNF has faced this season.

UL - Monroe

• UL - Monroe is 3-4, picking up a win against Army and two against SIU - Edwardsville.
• The Warhawks were 23-31 and 10-20 in the Sun Belt last season.
• Monroe returns nine position players, losing 10. It returns eight pitchers, losing seven major contributors.