JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After eight games last week, North Florida softball doesn't slow down as it heads into its last full week of non-conference action hosting Georgia Southern before heading to Clearwater for the USF-Michelle Smith Pediatric Cancer Spring Invitational beginning on Friday.

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Wednesday, 5 p.m. - Georgia Southern 

Invitational Schedule

Opponents	Army	Buffalo	Butler	Monmouth	Princeton
Date -Time	Friday - 3:30 p.m.	Friday - 5:45 p.m.	Saturday - 11:30 a.m.	Saturday - 4:15 p.m.	Princeton - 12:15 p.m.
	Field #9	Field #8	Field #8	Field #4	Field #2
All-Time Rec.	First meeting	3-0	1-1	5-0	3-1

North Florida Ospreys

• North Florida is looking for its third straight victory to improve on its 11-8 mark.
• Senior Navia Penrod is chasing the UNF hits record as she owns 236 for her career. Kelly Lee owns the top spot with 246 hits from 1998-2001. She also set the stolen bases record with her first one against Northern Iowa.
• Tying with Lee, senior Dominica Cocuzza has a 109 career RBI. If she wants to get the record, she needs 34 to tie Gwen Williams (1143) from 2005-08. Cocuzza has had more than 30 the past two seasons.
• Cocuzza currently ranks second in the UNF records with 43 doubles, aided by her team-high six this season. She needs 10 more to take over Lee's top spot.
• Tiffany Lower led the Ospreys offense in the 4-2 week with nine hits (3 2B & HR) and a .474 average. She is now on a six-game hit streak.
• Last season in Clearwater, North Florida won four five straight games before falling to USF in the final game.

LOOKING AHEAD
North Florida has a non-conference game at Florida State on Wednesday, March 20 at 6 p.m. before opening ASUN play at North Alabama on Saturday.

OPPONENT QUICK HITS
Georgia Southern (13-10)

• The Eagles have not met UNF since GS had a 2-0 win on Feb. 19, 2016.
• Shelby Wilson leads the team with a .431 average and 24 RBI. 
• With a .408 average, Hannah Farrell has a team-high 29 hits on seven doubles and three home runs. She is one of four players who has started every game.
• Rylee Waldrep is the main hurler for the Eagles with 12 appearances and a team-best 26 strikeouts. She owns a 3.71 ERA and a 3-6 record.
• With a 6-3 mark, Ashleigh Morton is the second go-to in the circle with her 4.30 ERA in 11 games.

Army (7-13)

• Grace Mattimore tops the team with a .417 average, but only played in the first 10 games of the season. Jolie Duong is second with a .347 average.
• Carrie Reilly tops the team with 20 hits, while Ally Snelling owns a team-best 11 RBI.
• In addition to her batting prowess, Duong is Army's top pitcher. She has a 4-7 mark with a team-high 33 strikeouts. Macey Newbary has a 3-1 mark in the circle with 16 strikeouts and is holding opponents to .235 hitting.
• The Black Knights are coming off a 2-3 week in the Clearwater Showcase last weekend and face off with a doubleheader against Butler on Wednesday. 

Buffalo (1-16)

• Anna Aguon is hitting .348 and is the only Bull with double figure hits. Catrell Robertson has 10 RBI on nine hits.
• Four players have two home runs each, while Alicia Peters owns a team-high five doubles.
• In the circle, Ally Power has had 12 appearances with a 1-9 record, striking out 24 and allowing 29 earned runs.
• Buffalo's lone win came against Nebraska-Omaha and have dropped six one-run games.
• North Florida run-ruled the Bulls last year in the final game of the tournament, while also picking up a 5-1 win against them that weekend.

Butler (7-10)

• Four players have double figure hits for the Bulldogs, led by Jenna Foreman's 22 swings. Butler uses short swings as they only have 19 extra-base hits.
• Kaitlin Doud tops the team with 10 RBI on her nine hits, while Madi Christiansen had nine runs hit in on her 10 hits.
• In the circle, three players have two wins with Karli Ricketts owning a team-low 4.28 ERA. Alyssa Graves has a team-best 43 strikeouts in 10 appearances.
• UNF and the Bulldogs met two times in 2018 and split the results. Butler grabbed the first win, 2-0 before UNF won 1-0 in Clearwater in 8 innings in the second meeting.

Monmouth (8-6)

• Junior Kayla Rosado leads in batting average (.359) as well as on-base percentage (.409). Rosado also leads with 14 hits for the season.
• Classmate Sam Tomasetti has made an impact with two homeruns and one triple for the Hawks. She also tops the team with eight RBI.
• The Hawks added four freshmen to their team this year including, Heather Lally, Lindsey Baron, Antonia Browning and Danielle Dominik.
• Alyssa Irons is the ace in the circle with 50 strikeouts and an 8-3 mark on the year.
• UNF is 5-0 against the Hawks as the Ospreys edged them, 7-6, in 2017 at the USF Showcase.

Princeton (1-8)

• The Tigers lone win was an 8-0 victory against Wright State and now have lost eight straight.
• As one of the mainstays in the lineup, Kaylee Grant tops the team with a .263 average and five hits. 
• Keeley Walsh is the lone player with two long balls and a team-best four RBI.
• In the circle, Allie Reynolds has 84 strikeouts, while Ali Blanchard has fanned 58. Blanchard and Riley Wilkinson both have 8.75 ERAs on the season.
• UNF and Princeton have not met since 2015 when they split. The Tigers won 6-0 in the first game before UNF won 3-0 in the second game at FAU.