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PENSACOLA, Fla. – The bracket is set and the 3-seed West Florida Argonauts (35-14, 22-8) will take on the 6-seed Union Bulldogs (28-21, 14-16) in the first round of the Gulf South Conference Softball Tournament starting Wednesday in Oxford, AL. 
 
The Argos faced Union back on April 5-6 and swept the Bulldogs at home. UWF won the first game 8-5 and the second with a 16-0 run rule. Game three was a nail-biter victory for the Argos, as they needed a Jessie Baughan walk-off home run in the ninth inning to get the win. Since then, Union has gone 6-4 through the rest of their regular season and are 2-1 in GSC series.
 
UWF is 48-33 all-time in the GSC Tournament but have struggled in recent seasons in Oxford. The Argos won their fourth conference championship in program history in 2019 under first-year coach Ashliegh McLean but have gone 0-6 since then. The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
UWF is coming off of a 2-1 series win against Lee where they took game one 7-2, dropped game two 5-6, and dominated game three with an 11-0 run-rule on Senior Day. It is the seventh straight conference series win for UWF, and they enter the GSC Tournament on a 21-2 run since the beginning of March.
 
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Tournament schedule: 
 
The Argos take on the Bulldogs starting at 10:00 a.m. CT Wednesday morning. The winner will advance to face the winner of 2-seed AUM vs 7-seed West Alabama, and the loser falls to the loser's bracket to face the loser of AUM-West Alabama. 
 
Choccolocco Park in Oxford, AL is once again the host site for the 2024 GSC Tournament.
 
Game 1: #6 UWF vs #3 Union – 10:00 a.m. CT on Wednesday.
 
(If lose game 1) Game 5: UWF vs Loser of AUM vs West Alabama @ 10:00 a.m. CT on Thursday.
(If win game 1) Game 7: UWF vs Winner of AUM vs West Alabama @3:30 p.m. CT on Thursday.
 
(Full bracket available on GSC Tournament Central, linked above)
 
Guerriero Goes Off against the Flames:
 
Gianna Guerriero batted 7-11 (.636) with four runs, two doubles, and two RBI against the Lee Flames over the weekend, adding in three stolen bases as well. 

Despite missing the first couple weeks of the season with an injury, Guerriero has the best batting average against conference opponents (.472) in the GSC and is third in overall batting average at .460. She leads the team with six triples, is tied for the team lead in hits with 63 and third in runs (44) and doubles (14). Her 24 stolen bases is also a team-high.
 
Montana Young Hits career Milestone on Senior Day:
 
Montana Young crossed the 400-career strikeouts threshold with her eight-strikeout shutout performance Sunday against the Flames. 
 
The senior right-hander now sits at 403 career strikeouts, 8^th all-time in UWF history. The 11-0 shut out was her fifth shutout of the season. In total, the Slidell, La. native pitched a .75 ERA for the weekend with only one earned run allowed on 15 total strikeouts against Lee. 
 
Young is third in the conference in wins with 19 and ninth in strikeouts with 110 in 2024. 
 
Scouting Union (28-21, 14-16):
 
Senior utility infielder Macey Neal continues to be the leading producer for the Bulldogs. She leads the team with a .396 batting average, 45 runs, 65 hits, 12 doubles, and 11 home runs. Against the Argos, she was held to a combined 2-10 at the plate with no runs, hits, or RBI against Montana Young and Hannah Harper. 
 
Courtney Marler and Morgan Jennings have provided a large chunk of the run production for the Bulldogs this season as well, as both are in the top three behind Neal in runs and hits. Zoey Neal provides a power hitting threat, as the junior infielder provided a team second-best 11 doubles and 10 home runs this year. 
 
For the Bulldogs' bullpen, Lainey Baker (8-8) leads the Gulf South Conference in ERA with a 2.41. UWF had success against Baker in game one of their series in early April but struggled in game three during their eventual 2-1 extra innings win. Her 152 strikeouts are fourth in the conference.
 
Other options include Emily Claire Felder (6-6) who enters the weekend with a 3.07 ERA and Riley Vaughan (9-5) with a 4.17 ERA. Addison Abell has also started seven games and has a 4-1 record with a 3.48 ERA. Union has the second-best team ERA in the GSC at 3.25. 
 

The Bulldogs are led by second-year head coach Sydney Sturner. 
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