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PENSACOLA, Fla. – Riding an eight-game winning streak, the University of West Florida will head to Memphis, Tennessee, for a three-game Gulf South Conference series with Christian Brothers this weekend.
 
The series will kick off with an 11 am doubleheader on Saturday at Bland Field in Memphis, with the series finale on Sunday at noon.
 
Fans can follow along with the action through live stats at the link above, and by following @UWFSoftball on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. A live video link may be available at game time each day – check CBUBucs.com for updates on live broadcasts.
 
ABOUT LAST WEEK
West Florida put together another banner weekend against Shorter at home. It was a clean sweep for the Argonauts, who did not allow a run all weekend and picked up three run-rule wins over the Hawks.
 
The highlight of the weekend was, without question, Montana Young's perfect game on Saturday. More information about that milestone is below.
 
The team hit .418 and slugged nearly .700 while stealing eight bases and walking 12 times against just 7 strikeouts. The pitching could not have been better -- Young, Kelsey Sweatt, and Jeya Prasad combined to allow just five hits all weekend and struck out 18 Shorter batters over 17 innings of work.
 
ABOUT CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
Christian Brothers enters the weekend with a 5-11 overall record and is 1-2 in conference play, having picked up a win over Mississippi College last weekend.
 
Kendall Westbrooks leads the team offensively, batting .404 with seven doubles and a .673 slugging percentage. Mackenzie Puckett has been the top pitcher for CBU, holding a 3.84 ERA over 34.2 innings of work.
 
West Florida holds a 35-2 all-time record against Christian Brothers, having won each of the last 19 matchups.
MONTANA YOUNG, PERFECTION
UWF sophomore Montana Young was named the Gulf South Conference Pitcher of the Week, after throwing a perfect game against Shorter last Saturday.
 
Young, a native of Slidell, Louisiana, retired all 15 batters she faced on Saturday, striking out seven over five innings. Her perfect game was the first for UWF since 2015 and the ninth in program history.
 
This year, Young holds a 1.70 ERA with 14 strikeouts and just 1 walk over 12.1 innings of work. She also owns a 2-0 record, improving her career record to 10-5. She has not allowed a run over her last 10 innings, with 11 strikeouts in that time as well.
 
IT'S A STREAK
West Florida heads to Memphis riding an eight-game winning streak, and the team could not be playing much better. The Argonauts are hitting .365 and slugging .600, while scoring 7.5 runs per game over the last few weeks. Nobody has hit better than Angela Agurkis, who is batting .563 and slugging 1.250 with a pair of home runs and a team-best .682 on-base percentage. Erin Moon, Jessica Ford, and Teala Howard are all hitting .500 or better during the streak, and Madelyn Vasquez is batting .476 and leads the team with three home runs and 14 RBIs over the last eight games.
 
The pitching staff, to no surprise, has also been excellent. UWF has thrown to a 1.14 ERA over 49 innings with 45 strikeouts. Opponents are hitting just .151 against Jeya Prasad, Kelsey Sweatt, and Montana Young.
 
THE CLASS OF THE GSC
With a 60-16 conference record since 2019, West Florida holds the best winning percentage (.789) in league play among all Gulf South Conference teams. The team's 60 conference wins -- as well as their 115 total wins -- since 2019 are the most in the GSC.
 
West Florida has hit a league-best .420 in six conference games this year, averaging more than eight runs per game over the last two weekends. The pitching staff has been the best in the GSC in conference play by far, with a combined 0.62 ERA over 34.0 innings of work. The Argonauts pitchers hold a .143 opponent batting average in six conference games, more than 30 points better than AUM, which ranks second at .178.
 
West Florida has covered the leaderboards in conference play through the first two weekends of action. Angela Agurkis is second in GSC play with a 1.333 slugging percentage, while Madelyn Vasquez (1.143; fourth), Jessica Ford (1.063; sixth), and Erin Moon (.917; seventh) are also in the top 10. Those same four, along with Teala Howard, each rank in the top 15 in the conference in on-base percentage, OPS (on-base plus slugging), and runs scored.
 
In the circle, Jeya Prasad, Kelsey Sweatt, and Montana Young are all in the top five in the league in opponent batting average, the top 10 in ERA, and tied for second with two wins in conference play.
 
AND SHE'S JUST A FRESHMAN
Freshman Erin Moon has started 12 of UWF's 14 games this season either behind the plate or as the designated player, and the rookie has gotten off to a hot start.
 
In her last four games, Moon's batting average has shot up 126 points, from .238 to .364, and she's driven in four runs and added two doubles and triple. Moon has a six-game hitting streak, batting .529 (9-for-17), with a pair of multi-hit games.