NOTES
STATS/VIDEO

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – The University of West Florida women's soccer team continues its NCAA Tournament run against No. 5 Columbus State in an NCAA Quarterfinal game on Sunday at 1 pm ET in Miami Shores, Florida. The Argonauts took a 1-0 win over Regional Final host Barry to claim the sixth South Region Championship in program history.
 
Live stats and a live video broadcast will be available for the game on Sunday, and links for those can be found at GoArgos.com.
 
We Are Good
- West Florida leads the GSC in points per game (7.73), scoring offense (2.73 goals per game), total goals (61) and total points (173). UWF ranks 10th or better nationally in each of those categories.
- Freshman Marjorie Boilesen has made an immediate impact in the league, ranking fourth or better in the Gulf South Conference in goals (12), assists (14), points (38), points per game (1.73) and game-winning goals (5).
- Argonauts make up several top-15 spots in individual statistical rankings in Division II. Sara Helgadottir is second in DII in total assists (15) and third in assists per game (0.65), Boilesen is third in assists (14) and fourth in assists per game (0.63), Emily Vogler is fifth in game-winning goals (7), and Katelyn Burkhart is fifth in goals against average (0.32).
- The Argonauts' win over Barry marked the team's 17th shutout this year, which ranks as the second-most in GSC history.
- UWF's 19 wins are the sixth-most in a single season in GSC history, matching the 1999 Argonaut team and North Alabama's 2009 squad.
- Katelyn Burkhart has 18 wins as the keeper for UWF, putting her fifth all-time in GSC single-season history.
 
In the NCAA Tournament
- West Florida has reached the NCAA Tournament a total of 14 times, and 13 times in Joe Bartlinski's 16 years at the helm.
- UWF leads all Gulf South Conference teams in tournament appearances (14) and wins (22). West Florida has 11 NCAA Tournament wins over the last five years.
- West Florida defeated Barry 1-0 on Friday to claim its sixth South Region Championship, and its third in the last five years. UWF has also brought the trophy to Pensacola in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2013.
- Top Barry point-scorer Carissa Sanchez was held shotless in her 77 minutes of play, marking the 10th time in UWF's last 11 games that the Argo defense has held the opposition's top point-scorer without a shot. UWF has done so in each of its five postseason games.
- After No. 5 Columbus State defeated North Georgia on Friday evening, the Cougars are set to match up with UWF. CSU took a 3-2 in Pensacola earlier this year.
- Entering this year's NCAA Tournament, teams from the Gulf South Conference had played seven total games in the NCAA Tournament over the last two years and all seven of those were decided by 1-0 scores.
- Of the 8 teams remaining in this year's NCAA Tournament, six are 1-seeds, Kutztown is the lone 2-seed, and UWF is the only 6-seed.
- Lower-seeded teams have seen some success in the NCAA Tournament, as East Stroudsburg won its region as a 6-seed last year, and 5-seed Cal State Chico advanced to the national semifinal in 2011.
 
They See Us Rolling
- Friday's game against Barry continued a hot streak for UWF that dates back to the start of October. Since the North Alabama game on October 2, UWF is 13-1 and has outscored opponents 36-2, which includes a perfect 5-0 mark in the postseason with four shutouts and 11 goals. Friday marked the 17th UWF shutout of the season, which is the second-highest mark in GSC history and ranks 13th in NCAA DII history.
 
Helgadottir's Helpers
- Senior midfielder Sara Helgadottir now ranks fourth all-time in the UWF record books and 10th in GSC history with 33 career assists, after helping on an Emily Vogler goal against Saint Leo on Sunday.
- Helgadottir ranks fourth among all active Division II players with 33 career assists.
- The senior has recorded eight assists in her last 11 games.
 
UWF Career Assists Record
1. 41 - Tawni Davis (1998-01)
2. 35 - Chelsea Palmer (2012-13)
3. 34 - Dernelle Mascall (2007-09)
t-4. 33 - Shaneka Gordon (2008-09)
t-4. 33 - Sara Helgadottir (2013-16)
 
We Love to Help
- UWF ranks sixth in DII in total assists, getting great help from Helgadottir and freshman Marjorie Boilesen, who each rank in the top 5 in the country in total assists.
 
National Assists Leaderboard
Player                                            Assists
Marti Corby, Grand Valley St.             23
Sara Helgadottir, West Florida           15
Marjorie Boilesen, West Florida         14
Mandy Janowitz, Columbus St.          14
Nicola Worthington, Bridgeport          14
 
Wow, This Defense
- West Florida ranks fourth in the country in shutout percentage, recording clean sheets in 17 of the team's 23 games (74 percent). Only No. 3 Central Missouri, No. 2 Grand Valley State have more shutouts.
- Against the top 15 goal-scorers in the Gulf South Conference in the regular season, UWF allowed just six shots, one shot on goal and no goals. Notably, UWF held GSC Co-Player of the Year Summer Lanter without a shot, and did the same against TeMia Pride, who ranked second in the league with 13 goals. UWF continued the trend by holding Nova Southeastern's Hannah Christophe and Saint Leo's Arielle Kabangu without a shot over the weekend. Christophe was the Sunshine State Conference's Freshman of the Year and Kabangu was the SSC Player of the Year, and the pair leads the conference with 10 and 16 goals, respectively.
- The Argos' .52 goals against average is tops in the conference, and West Florida has put up six more shutouts than Lee, which ranks second in the league with a .58 GAA and 11 shutouts.
- UWF allowed just one goal in conference play, which has been done five times in GSC history.
- UWF's scoreless minutes streak reached 723 before coming to an end against Mississippi College. The streak was the sixth-longest in conference history.
- West Florida holds seven of the 11 longest shutout streaks in the history of the conference.
- Current UWF goalkeeper Katelyn Burkhart ranks fifth in DII in GAA at .32, which would rank third in GSC history. Her career GAA of 0.48 would rank second in GSC history.
 
About Columbus State
- At 20-2, the Lady Cougars have four of the top five goal-scorers in the Peach Belt Conference -- Olivia Jarrell (19), Cassandra Wade (12), Nicole Corcione (12), and Mandy Janowitz (11) -- and the top three assisters -- Mandy Janowitz (15), Nicole Corcione (10), and Hugrun Elvarsdottir (8).
- UWF and CSU matched up in September, leading to a 3-2 Columbus State win. Kaley Ward and Marjorie Boilesen had goals in the tough-luck loss.
- Hugrun Elvarsdottir, Olivia Jarrell and Cassandra Wade were first team All-South Region players, and Nicole Corcione, Mandy Janowitz and Maylyn Parsons were second-teamers.
- UWF has allowed just two total goals since the Columbus State game at the end of September, and the Argonauts are 13-2 in that time.
- West Florida is 4-1 all-time against CSU, outscoring the Lady Cougars 15-5.
 
For information on all UWF athletics, visit www.GoArgos.com.
 
#ARGOS#