GAME 1 | GAME 2
 
PENSACOLA, Fla. – A perfect game from Montana Young headlined an outstanding day of UWF Softball, as the Argonauts swept a doubleheader against Shorter with a pair of run-rule victories on Saturday afternoon.
 
Kelsey Sweatt threw a shutout in Game 1, with a two-hitter in six innings of work. Young followed in Game 2 with UWF's first perfect game since 2015, when Becca Taylor and Rebecca Hein combined for five perfect innings against Miles on March 25.
 
Young improved to 2-0 on the year, and she has thrown a combined 10 innings with 11 strikeouts and no walks in her last two starts. The sophomore from Slidell, Louisiana needed just 61 pitches to shutdown the Hawks in the win.
 
Not to be overlooked, the UWF offense was outstanding. The lineup hit .417 on the day and slugged .625, scoring 18 runs. Angela Agurkis went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three walks, Teala Howard had a team-high five hits and four runs scored, while stealing four bases as well. Morgan Zettle hit .600, Madelyn Vasquez was 3-for-6 with a double, a home run, and 6 RBIs, and Erin Moon was 2-for-4 with a triple.
 
West Florida improved to 10-3 on the year and 5-0 in the Gulf South Conference, while Shorter dropped to 4-11 and 1-4 in the conference. The Argonauts also stretched their winning streak to seven games with the pair of victories on Saturday.
 
UWF will wrap the series on Sunday with a single game at noon at the UWF Softball Complex.
 
GAME 1: UWF 8, Shorter 0 (6 innings)
Sweatt turned in a great start, striking out seven over 6.0 innings of work with just two hits allowed and two walks issued. The senior improved to 5-3 on the year and lowered her season ERA to 2.24. Sweatt got stronger as the afternoon went on, retiring 12 of the last 13 batters she faced.
 
Teala Howard, Madelyn Vasquez, Angela Agurkis, and Erin Moon all had multiple hits in the game, and Vasquez drove in four runs. Vasquez homered in the four-run fourth inning for UWF, her team-best second of the year and her first at home.
 
Chelsea Dumas got the action started for UWF with a leadoff single in the bottom of the second, and she scored on a single from Teala Howard, after sacrifice bunts from Morgan Zettle and Kayanna Perez.
 
UWF added two runs in the third, after Jessica Ford led off with a triple off the wall and Vasquez and Angela Agurkis delivered back-to-back RBI doubles.
 
Morgan Zettle delivered the walk-off single in the sixth, lifting a line drive to left-center field to score Ayana Powell from second base.
 
Moon and Jessica Ford each had a triple in the game, and Ford also reached on a pair of walks.
 
Teala Howard stole two bases in the game, giving her the second-most steals in UWF history, with 107.
 
GAME 2: UWF 10, Shorter 0 (5 innings)
Young was clicking from the start of the game, as she battled through a 3-2 count to leadoff hitter Morales and forced a popup. From there, Young retired the next 14 batters in a dominant effort that improved her record to 2-0.
 
The sophomore had seven strikeouts over five innings of work, with two strikeouts in both the fourth and fifth innings.
 
The offense was even better in Game 2, scoring four runs in the first and second innings. Teala Howard had three hits in Game 2, and Morgan Zettle added two herself, with three RBIs.
 
Jessica Ford brought in Howard with a fielder's choice for the first run of the game, and Vasquez delivered a two-run single before Zettle added another run with her own single.
 
In the second, Kayla Mayo brought in Howard with a line drive single to right-center, and Madilynne Webb drew a bases-loaded walk to stretch the lead to 6-0. Zettle put a two-run single into left field to end the inning.
 
UWF wrapped up the scoring in the third inning. Howard had an infield single and she scored on a steal attempt to second from Ford.
 
Howard, Kayla Mayo, and Laurynn Boggs each stole bases in the game, giving UWF seven steals on the day.