UNF Softball Game Notes | 3.6.22

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2022 SCHEDULE

Overall: 29-10 // H: 23-3 // A: 3-4 // N: 3-3 ASUN: 8-4 // H: 5-1 // A: 3-3 // N: 0-0 February (11-5) 11 Campbell 11 Florida A&M 12 Winthrop 12 NC State 13 Winthrop 18 Mercer 18 Mercer 19 Michigan St. 19 Michigan St. 22 #6 Florida 23 #6 Florida 25 Iowa 25 Notre Dame 26 Rutgers 27 Siena 27 Princeton

W, 4-2 W, 2-0 W, 4-0 L, 5-6 (9) W, 10-2 (6) W, 5-2 W, 4-2 W, 4-3 W, 4-3 (8) L, 1-7 L, 0-8 (5) L, 1-3 L, 1-2 W, 10-7 W, 6-0 W, 7-0

March (15-5) 4 4 5 5 6 8 8 9 12 12 13 16 16 19 19 20 26 26 27 30

Fairleigh Dickinson St. Francis Monmouth Monmouth St. Francis Holy Cross Holy Cross Tennessee St. FGCU* FGCU* FGCU* Bucknell Bucknell Lipscomb* Lipscomb* Lipscomb* Jacksonville St.* Jacksonville St.* Jacksonville St.* #2 Florida St.

W, 8-0 (5) W, 6-0 W, 1-0 W, 10-0 (5) W, 6-0 W, 1-0 W, 5-1 W, 6-0 W, 4-2 W, 2-0 L, 1-3 W, 9-0 (5) W, 4-0 W, 5-2 W, 9-1 (5) L, 6-7 (11) L, 1-2 W, 4-0 L, 4-5 (8) L, 3-12

April (3-0) 2 2 3 6 9 9 10 15 15 16 20 20 23 23 24 30 30

Central Arkansas* Central Arkansas* Central Arkansas* #20 UCF Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville Kennesaw St. Kennesaw St. Kennesaw St. Georgia Southern Georgia Southern Stetson* Stetson* Stetson* Liberty* Liberty*

W, 2-0 W, 1-0 (8) W, 3-2 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 3:30 p.m.

May (1) 1 10-14

Liberty* ASUN Softball Championship

Home games in BOLD Italic indicates neutral site game *Indicate ASUN contest

GAME 40 (UNF Softball Complex | Jacksonville, Fla.) NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (29-10. 8-4 ASUN)

#20 CENTRAL FLORIDA (29-10, 3-0 AAC)

Head Coach: Marcie Higgs Record at UNF: 337-319 2021 Record: 21-23

Head Coach: Cindy Ball-Malone Record at UCF: 96-45-2 2021 Record: 41-19-1

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS B AVG.

RUNS

RBI

HOME RUNS

Paige Pfent (.368 AVG)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Kayla Harper (24 runs)

Pfent/Glover (23 RBI)

RUNS

RBI

HOME RUNS

Jada Cody (.350 AVG)

Paige Pfent (5 HRs)

ERA

Jada Cody (29 runs)

Jada Cody (53 RBI)

STRIKEOUTS Halle Arends (1.08 ERA)

Jada Cody (10 HRs)

ERA

Halle Arends (91 strikeouts)

STRIKEOUTS Gianna Mancha (1.72 ERA)

TEAM STATS B AVG. RUNS HOME RUNS SB ERA OB % SLUG % FIELDING %

B AVG.

Gianna Mancha (116 strikeouts)

TEAM STATS UNF .274 4.33 0.51 1.31 1.39 .339 .393 .964

ASUN RANK 3rd 3rd 5th 3rd 1st 4th 5th 6th

NCAA RANK 116th 142nd 171st 75th 6th 169th 148th 105th

#20 UCF .301 6.33 0.69 1.51 2.64 .411 .455 .963

B AVG. RUNS HOME RUNS STOLEN BASES ERA OB % SLUG % FIELDING %

AAC RANK 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd

NCAA RANK 44th 26th 121st 45th 46th 15th 65th 110th

SERIES HISTORY: UNF VS. #20 UCF Overall: UCF leads, 15-6 at UNF: UCF leads, 8-2 at UCF: UCF leads, 7-4 First Meeting: 2/10/07 (UCF W, 2-0) Last Meeting: 3/17/21 (UCF W, 9-1)

WHAT TO KNOW - Morgan Clausen dominated this past weekend in her three appearances recording two wins and a save in sticky situations to help sweep Central Arkansas. Her ERA stays the course at 1.19 on the season, while she now has nine wins and four saves with 76 total strikeouts. - Halle Arends and Erin Kyle joins Clausen as the only other players with sub-2.00 ERAs in the ASUN. The three of them together have combined for 28 wins, 244.2 innings pitched and 199 strikeouts, as well as only 45 earned runs allowed and one home run allowed this season. 12 p.m. - Hayley Bejarano and Takiya London will see familiar faces on Wednesday night, as they both recently transferred from UCF over the summer. They both have been staples in the starting lineup this year and will look for success against their old team.

Last Five Meetings Date 4.11.18 5.01.19 3.03.21 3.17.21 3.17.21

Result UCF W, 5-3 UCF W, 6-2 UCF W, 8-0 UNF W, 9-7 UCF W, 9-1

- Paige Pfent still has a handle on having the best batting average on the team with a .368 BA (43-for-117). She also leads the team with five home runs and 10 extra base hits, along with 69 total bases and 23 RBI. - Abi Annett has been flexing her bat recently with a home run in each of the past three ASUN series, including a go-ahead two-run bomb in the first game against UCA. She entered the season with no home runs in her career and has gotten up to her three total in the last 10 games. - Kayla Harper and Savannah Channell have been a strong presence this past well as well, as they both have been batting over .400 in the past four games. Harper leads the team in stolen bases with 18, while Channell is only behind Pfent for the highest on-base percentage on the team reaching base in 10 of the past 11 games.

Location at UNF at UCF at UCF at UNF at UNF

OPPONENT NOTES - No. 20 UCF is 30-10 this season with wins against No. 12 Georgia, No. 11 Texas, and most recently No. 5 Virginia Tech in walk-off fashion on Monday. They also swept ASUN opponent Florida Gulf Coast in a three-game series, along with beating Liberty earlier in the year. Only one of their losses this season has been on the road, as they hold an 8-1 record in away games. The Knights have six batters hitting over .300 this season, led by Jada Cody who leads the team with a .344 BA (42-for-122). She also leads the team in hits (42), runs (30), RBI (53) and home runs (10) as well. The ace in the circle for the Knights this season has been Gianna Mancha, who is 44th in the nation in total strikeouts (119). She also garners a 1.91 ERA with a 12-3 record in 24 appearances, including eight complete games and two saves. UNF trails in the overall series against the Knights, 15-6, with their last meeting being a 9-1 loss on Mar. 17, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla.


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