Pensacola, Fla. --- The GSC Championships begin for the University of West Florida women's soccer team Sunday, Oct. 30 at 12:30 p.m. at the UWF Soccer Complex. Entering the tournament as the one seed, the Argos will take on the eight-seeded West Georgia Wolves.
 
All tournament matches will be streamed exclusively on FloSports. Use the link FloSports.tv/gulfsouth to guarantee a conference preferred pricing ($19.99/mo.) and any other link will result in full subscription cost of $29.99. Additionally, if you have already paid for the month of October for other sports such as football, that subscription will be used towards the opening match of the GSC soccer tournament.
 
A Look Back
The reigning regular season champions (14-2-1 overall, 12-1 GSC) were crowned the title last Sunday evening after a 2-0 weekend against Delta State and the two-seed Mississippi College. Sophomore Ahnalie Layman and defender Destiny Hird recorded a goal each unassisted to defeat Delta State (Oct. 21) and won the battle 3-0 in a top-20 contest against Mississippi College Choctaws (Oct. 23). Layman and Hird's goals were both their second of the season with Hird scoring in back-to-back games.
 
The Argos held Delta State to two shots with one coming on target.
 
Blair Cowan recorded two goals against the Choctaws to climb as the conference leading scorer and tied for the second most goals in division II with a total of 18. After a scoreless 31 minutes, the Argos earned a free kick just outside the box that Cowan sank in that gave the team a lead to keep for the remainder of the match.
 
Julia Comin also had herself a game as she scored the go-ahead goal off a free kick that was headed into the top corner and continued to finish off the game with an assist to Cowan's second goal.
 
Cowan vs. Conference
Leading the GSC with 18 goals and tied for second most goals in division II, Cowan greatly surpasses her most recent single-season high of goals to enter tournament play.
 
All-GSC Teams and Yearly Major Awards
Announced Friday afternoon and decided by the Gulf South Conference women's soccer coaching staff, Cowan was named GSC offensive player of the year, Maciah Lipsey was named GSC defensive player of the year, and head coach Joe Bartlinski was named GSC coach of the year. Bartlinski earned his eighth coach of the year honor since joining the program in 2001. Bartlinski leads the conference with most career wins at 344 and leads the team to its 18^th GSC Championship appearance after winning regular season conference with a 12-1 GSC record.
 
First Team All-GSC:
Maciah Lipsey
Kileigh Whited
Blair Cowan
Manami Okada
 
Second Team All-GSC:
Kaytlyn Larsen
Mya Swinton
Brianna Pope
 
Previous West Florida vs West Georgia Matchup
The Wolves held the Argos to three shots on goal but came out alive in a 2-1 victory.
 
Coming back from a 1-0 deficit, Cowan and Manami Okada answered to earn their third conference win.
 
The game combined a total of four shots on goal, three of which occurred in the first half.
 
Janaisia Smith opened the game with a goal for the Wolves in the 11^th minute off a penalty kick after earning a foul in the box.
 
Scouting the West Georgia Wolves
The Wolves enter the GSC Championships as the eight seed with a 6-6-5 overall record, 4-4-5 GSC.
 
Over the weekend, they concluded with a 3-0 win over Auburn Montgomery (Oct. 20) and resulted in a 1-1 draw against Montevallo (Oct. 23).
 
Catherine Reeves, who leads the team with six goals, recorded a two-goal games followed by freshman Jayden Boswell who scored her first career goal in the 66^th minute.
 
Catherine Reeves continued leading the team up top as she began the scoring late in the 69^th minute to get a 1-0 lead against Montevallo but could not hold out as the Falcons earned a penalty kick in the last nine seconds to tie the game.
 
The Wolves have outscored their opponents 22-15 and 12 of the goals have been assisted. Eight different Wolve players have earned assist and defender Lauren O'Neill leads the pack and tallies three followed by Reeves and Hillary Resendiz with two apiece.
 
Seven players have stepped foot on the pitch in all 17 games played and only two players have consecutively started in 17 games – Smith and Abby McGlamery.
 
Hlaey Brinkman puts on the gloves for the Wolves and has recorded 1260 minutes. In 14 games played, she has 38 saves and has allowed 13 goals in for 0.93 goals allowed average.