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PENSACOLA, Fla. – The University of West Florida softball team heads to Huntsville, Alabama, for a series with UAH over the weekend. The series is slated to begin on Friday with a single game at 4 pm, followed by a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 pm at Charger Park.
 
West Florida (8-7, 2-3 Gulf South Conference) stands in the middle of the pack in the GSC standings after two weekends of conference play.
 
All three games will feature live stats and live video, and admission to Charger Park is free.
 
ABOUT LAST WEEK
West Florida took an important series win over Delta State, behind a dominant outing from Montana Young in Game 1 and explosive, timely offense in Games 1 and 3.
 
Young earned the win in Game 1, striking out a career-high 10 batters, and threw 2.1 innings of relief in Game 2. In all, Young posted a 0.95 ERA for the weekend.
 
West Florida hit .427 as a team, with eight extra-base hits. Hannah Harper (.545, 4 runs) and Madelyn Vasquez (.462, 4 RBIs) led the team with six hits apiece. Kayla Mayo went 5-for-11 and Erin Moon went 4-for-9, while Jessica Ford added three triples in the series and Chelsea Dumas went a perfect 3-for-3 with four runs scored.
 
SCOUTING ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE
As they often are, the Alabama Huntsville Chargers have been one of the strongest and most balanced teams in the conference this season. The team is in the top four in the conference in ERA, on-base percentage, scoring, shutouts, stolen bases, and walks, among other categories.
 
Pitcher Katie Bracken has been one of the best in the GSC so far, with a 1.21 ERA and a .163 opponent batting average over 40.2 innings of work. She leads a staff that has posted a 2.80 ERA, leads the league in strikeouts, and ranks third in opponent batting average.
 
The Chargers return a few names to the lineup, including leading batter Lawren Hayes (.448; 11 stolen bases), Jada Henderson (.365; 2 home runs), and All-American Kaylee Vaught (.328; 16 RBIs).
 
A GOOD START FOR HANNAH HARPER
Hannah Harper has been on an absolute tear in her freshman season, batting a ridiculous .476 this year. Not surprisingly, that leads all freshmen in the GSC and is third in the league among all players. She also ranks third in the GSC in on-base percentage (.549) and leads UWF in walks.
 
The rookie was moved to the leadoff spot in the Delta State series and that move paid off -- Harper hit .545, leading the team in both hits and runs for the weekend.
 
MONTANA YOUNG IS IMPRESSIVE
Junior hurler Montana Young has put on a show lately, throwing to a 1.31 ERA with a 4-0 record in her last six appearances.
 
She was as good as ever on Saturday, as she struck out a career-high 10 Lady Statesmen on the way to her second shutout of the year. Young ranks in the top 10 in the GSC in ERA (2.15; 5th), opponent batting average (.235; 8th), innings pitched (42.1; 10th), wins (4; 7th), and strikeouts (35; 9th).
 
MADDIE TWO-BAGS
Madelyn Vasquez is hitting a blistering .451 this season, ranking seventh in the GSC in batting (.451) and third in doubles (8). The junior also has a team-best 12-game hitting streak and has a hit in 14 of UWF's 15 games this year.
 
That's more of the same for Vasquez, who was an All-GSC and All-South Region pick last season, after hitting 11 home runs and ranking second among UWF players with a .604 slugging percentage, 9 doubles, and 24 walks.
 
RISP-Y BUSINESS
A few Argonauts have thrived this season with runners in scoring position -- Chelsea Dumas, Hannah Harper, and Madelyn Vasquez are each hitting .500 or better with runners in scoring position on the year, and Harper is hitting .538 (14-26) with runners on base.
 
Harper (8-15) and Vasquez (8-16) each lead the team with 8 hits with runners in scoring position, and Dumas (6-11) is close behind, hitting .545.