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PENSACOLA, Fla. – The University of West Florida softball team will continue its 10-game homestand with a weekend series against West Georgia, beginning at 1 pm Saturday with a doubleheader at the UWF Softball Complex. The series will wrap on Sunday at 1 pm with a single game.
 
Saturday will be Strike Out Cancer Day at UWF. There will be free admission, and UWF will be accepting donations to go toward cancer research.
 
Fans can follow along with all three games with live video broadcasts and live stats. The links for each can be found above or at GoArgos.com.
 
Fans can keep up with the team by following @UWFSoftball on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
 
A LOOK AT WEST GEORGIA
West Georgia comes in at 9-8 overall, with series wins over Lee and Shorter this year.
 
Pitcher Morgan Goree has stood out for UWG so far, with a 2.27 ERA and 78 strikeouts in just 49.1 innings pitched. That puts her at eighth in the country with 11.1 strikeouts per seven innings this year. Offensively, Raven Smith has led the way, with a .412 batting average and a .608 slugging percentage.
 
The Wolves faced off with UWF in the GSC Championship Game in last year's conference tournament, with West Florida taking a 4-1 win. West Florida has won the last 7 and 12 of the last 13 matchups against West Georgia.
 
OUR WEEK SO FAR
UWF has gone 3-1 this week, with doubleheaders against Palm Beach Atlantic and Christian Brothers. West Florida has hit .369 and averaged nearly 7 runs per game during the week, with 15 extra-base hits. Argonaut pitching has impressed as well, with a .207 opponent batting average and a no-hitter against Christian Brothers on Thursday.
 
Teala Howard has a team-high .600 batting average and 9 hits, Kara Wilson leads UWF with 5 RBIs, and Callan Taylor's 1.250 slugging percentage is the highest on the team this week.
 
THE NO-HITTER
UWF threw a combined no-hitter against Christian Brothers on Thursday afternoon, as Grace Gilbert, Kelsey Sweatt, and Megan Warhurst combined to strike out three and allow just one baserunner via hit by pitch for five innings. It was the program's first no-hitter since February 9, 2019 against Cal (Pa.), when now-UWF graduate assistant Tori Perkins no-hit the Vulcans.
 
Gilbert threw three hitless innings in the start, before Sweatt and Warhurst each pitched a perfect inning of relief. Gilbert earned the win, improving to 6-4 on the year.
 
KARA WILSON, ON FIRE
Kara Wilson has been on an absolute tear over her last six games, batting .563 (9-16) with 3 doubles, a home run, and 7 runs scored. The senior has four multi-hit games on the season, with two of those coming on Thursday against CBU. She went a combined 4-for-5 with 5 RBIs, 2 doubles, and a home run in the doubleheader.
 
On the year, Wilson leads the team in slugging (.833) and is second on the team with a .433 batting average. She is tied for the UWF lead with 2 home runs.
 
WOW, TEALA HOWARD
After hitting .700 against Delta State over the weekend, University of West Florida softball sophomore Teala Howard was named the Gulf South Conference Player of the Week. It marked Howard's fourth career weekly conference award and the first time she has earned Player of the Week honors.
 
Howard batted .700 (7-10) and slugged 1.100 in the series against Delta State, scoring five runs and adding two doubles and a triple over the weekend. She had a pair of three-hit games on Saturday, with two RBIs in each.
 
The Lake Butler, Florida, native leads the nation with 40 hits, is second in the country with 30 runs scored, and is eighth with 19 stolen bases. She also ranks second in the GSC with a .494 batting average.
 
She has raised her batting average 81 points since the home-opener against Spring Hill on February 19, when she began her 11-game hitting streak. In that time, Howard is hitting .590 (23-39) with 4 doubles, 2 triples, a home run, 15 runs scored, and 12 stolen bases.
 
IN GSC PLAY
Conference play continues for UWF as West Georgia comes to Pensacola. West Florida has been one of the best teams in the GSC over the last three years, holding a .713 winning percentage (72-29) and the second-most wins in the conference over that time, behind only Alabama Huntsville (74-29; .718). UWF also won its fourth GSC title last season -- its first since 2005.
 
Through nine Gulf South Conference games this year, Teala Howard leads the team in batting (.448), hits (13), runs (11), and stolen bases (7). Angela Agurkis has had no trouble adjusting to the GSC, with a .304 batting average and team highs slugging percentage (.696), doubles (3), home runs (2), and RBIs (10).
 
The pitching has also been sharp. Grace Gilbert, Kelsey Sweatt, and Megan Warhurst have combined for a 1.34 ERA against GSC competition, with a .177 opponent batting average.