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CLINTON, Miss.  –  The No. 3-seeded University of West Florida men's soccer team eyes its 10^th Gulf South Conference Championship on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. when it plays No. 4-seeded West Alabama at 1:00 p.m. in Clinton, Mississippi.
 
WELL, HELLO AGAIN
• With both UWF and UWA winning their semifinal matches, it is the third time in the last four years the Argonauts and Tigers will meet in the GSC Tournament Final.
• West Alabama looks for its third-straight GSC Championship, while UWF looks for its 10th-ever GSC crown.
• UWF will make its ninth GSC Tournament Final appearance in the last 11 years on Sunday against UWA.
• UWA has reached the GSC Tournament Final four times in its five-year existance.
 
TOURNAMENT FINAL HISTORY
• UWF is making its 13th overall GSC Tournament Final appearance, and is 9-3 when playing in the championship-deciding match. UWF has won the tournament in 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006-10 and 2013.
• West Florida has outscored its opponents 25-8 in its 12 GSC Tournament Final appearances.
 
ARGOS CLIP HAWKS
• UWF used a 37th minute Kameron Bethell goal to secure a 1-0 GSC Semifinal win over Shorter on Friday.
• The Argonauts posted its sixth shutout of the season and held Shorter to just four shots on goal in the contest.
 
SUCCESS ALL AROUND
• In addition to the men's soccer team shooting for its 10th GSC title, the women's team will also be playing for its 10th GSC title when playing Mississippi College on Sunday.
• UWF's men's and women's teams have won the GSC Championship in the same year on five occasions (2006, 2008-10, 2013).
 
CAN'T BE STOPPED
• Kameron Bethell has registered at least one point in each of his last seven matches, and became the first UWF player to accomplish the feat since Daniel Martini did so in 2010.
• Should Bethell finish the season as the conference's assist leader, Bethell would be the first UWF player since Frank Cope in 2010 to lead the GSC in helpers. Cope posted 10 for UWF back in 2010.
• UWF is 6-1 in games which Bethell has recorded an assist, and 8-1-1 in games which he has recorded a point.
• Bethell's eight assists are the most by an Argonaut since Fernando Silveira recorded nine in 2013.
• Bethell, a 2016 All-GSC First Team selection, is one of just five 2016 GSC Preseason selections who went on to earn All-GSC honors, and one of just three to be named to the First Team.
• With a pair of assists in the first round against Alabama Huntsville, Kameron Bethell took over as the GSC's assists leader with eight on the season.
 
DEPTH UP FRONT
• Chandler Castleman, Kameron Bethell and Erick Rivera are eighth, ninth, and 10th, respectively, in the GSC's point leaders. UWF is the only school in the conference with three players inside the top 10 in points.
• UWF has five players with double-digit point totals on the year (Castleman, Bethell, Rivera, Urbancic, Gillies) and it is the first time UWF has had five players with 10+ points since the team had six in 2013.
 
FRESHMAN KEEPER
• In his first collegiate season, goalkeeper Phil D'Amico entered the UWF record books after securing his fifth clean sheet of the year against Shorter -- good for the sixth most ever in a single season at UWF.
• D'Amico was the lone player in the GSC this year to earn the Freshman of the Week award twice.
• D'Amico is the first full-time, true freshman goalkeeper for the Argonauts since Matt Gascoigne in 2003.
 
ARGOS CUT THE CHARGERS
• UWF used goals from Chandler Castleman and Isaiah Lopez to top the No. 6 seed Alabama Huntsville at the UWF Soccer Complex on Tuesday.
• UWF improved to 7-1-1 when playing UAH in the postseason.
• West Florida clinched a spot in the GSC Tournament Semifinals for the 10th time in the last 11 years with the victory.
 
GSC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• With a 2-0 win over Spring Hill on Oct. 16, UWF secured its 11th consecutive GSC Tournament appearance.
• Fall sports at UWF traditionally have a strong presence in the GSC Tournament, as the women's soccer team recently secured its 21st consecutive tournament berth while the volleyball team is closing in on clinching its 14th straight appearance (does not include 2004 season shortened by Hurricane Ivan).
• With Christian Brothers not making the tournament for the first time in 12 years in 2016, UWF's streak of 11 GSC Tournament appearances in a row is the longest active streak in the conference.
• West Florida's nine GSC Championships and 12 GSC Tournament Final appearances is the most amongst all current and previous GSC members.
• UWF has appeared in eight of the last 10 GSC Tournament Finals, and will have
• West Florida is the only current GSC member to have a win in the NCAA Division II Tournament, and leads all GSC teams with seven appearances.
• West Florida is 24-7-1 (.750) all-time in the GSC Tournament, and has more than three times as many wins as Christian Brothers who has the second most wins amongst active GSC teams in tournament history with seven.
• UWF is 37-19-9 all-time against the other five teams that make up the GSC Tournament field.
• Against the semifinalists in the tournament, UWF is 13-4-2 all-time against the Tigers, Hawks and Choctaws.
 
#250
• Bill Elliott claimed his 250th career win as the men's soccer coach at UWF on Oct. 27, as the team took down Auburn-Montgomery 5-0.
• Elliott's 250th victory makes him the first coach of a Gulf South Conference school to reach the milestone, and he leads all other GSC coaches by at least 129 overall victories. Elliott stands in the top 20 in Division II history in winning percentage (.662 entering the season), and total wins (267), when combined with his record at Tennessee Wesleyan in the 1993 and 1994 seasons. Elliott is just the 16th coach in DII history to reach the 250-win milestone. He also ranks third in GSC history in winning percentage.
• UWF's first-round win over Alabama Huntsville was Elliott's 350th career win at UWF when including his 98 career wins with the women's team from 1995-2001.
 
BETHELL, KUHNE NAMED ALL-GSC
• Sophomore midfielder Kameron Bethell and senior defender Allan Kuhne became the 87th and 88th players in program history to earn All-GSC honors on Monday. 
• Kuhne manned a backline that allowed 1.53 goals per game in the regular season, and played every minute of action in GSC play. Kuhne provided an offensive presence as well, being the team's point-person on throw-ins near the net to set up numerous goals throughout the year. Kuhne recorded his one assist of the year in the season opener against Tampa, and played a key part in five shutouts.
 
BEAT IT
• UWF currently rides an nine-game unbeaten streak, which is currently tied for longest unbeaten streak in the South Region with No. 5 Lynn.
• The streak stands as the longest for UWF since 2007 when the Argos posted a program-best 18-game winning streak.
• During the streak, UWF has outscored its opponents 25-10 and has averaged 2.78 goals per game while allowing 1.11 goals per game.
 
FRESHMEN FOCUS
• Freshmen and redshirt freshmen have played 5,578 of 17,584 minutes available this year, good for 31.7% of total minutes played -- the highest amongst any class on the team.
• West Florida leads all GSC teams with three GSC Freshman of the Week awards in 2016, split between two from GK Phil D'Amico and one for forward Isaiah Lopez. Erick Rivera, another freshman, won the final GSC Player of the Week award of the season and became the first GSC freshman since 2014 to win POTW.
 
LAST TIME OUT
• West Florida utilized two goals in the final 3:19 of regulation to salvage a 2-2 tie against UWA on Oct. 23.
• Gavin Gillies and Kameron Bethell each scored goals in the match, including Bethell's game-tying tally with 28 seconds remaining.
• UWF outshot UWA 4-2 in 20 minutes of overtime action.
 
 
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