OXFORD, Ala. – The 2025 UWF Softball team (37-15, 22-11) is bringing a Gulf South Conference Trophy back to Pensacola after completing a miraculous comeback in the GSC Championship game. 
 
Freshman Nevaeh Hayes delivered a walk-off 2-RBI single to win 7-6 over the 1-seed Auburn Montgomery Warhawks. The Argos started the game 0 for 9 at the plate and were down by as many as 0-5 in the third inning and 3-6 entering the bottom of the sixth. They scored three in the bottom of the seventh including three straight bunts to load the bases. 
 
It is the fifth GSC Championship in program history and the first since 2019. The Argos earn the GSC's automatic bid into the NCAA DII South Regional and await to see which regional location they will travel to when the NCAA DII Selection Show airs tomorrow at 9:00 AM CST.
 
Hannah Harper (14-6) earned her third win of the tournament after checking in to the game in the fourth and once again lead the Argos to victory. She allowed one earned run in her four innings to go along with five hits and two strikeouts. 
 
Emma Brice and Erin Moon stood out at the plate, scoring five of the seven RBI for UWF in the game. Moon finished 3 of 4 with a run and 2 RBI and Brice finished 2 for 3 with 3 RBI.
 
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
 
UWF placed four players on the GSC All-Tournament Team, with Harper, Guerriero, Moon and Jessie Baughan earning the honor. Harper won the tournament's Most Outstanding Player Award, becoming just the fifth player to win the award in program history. Most recently, Kelsey Sweat won the award in 2019. 
 
 
MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER - Hannah Harper, West Florida
 
ALL-TOURNAMENT:
Hannah Harper, West Florida 
Erin Moon, West Florida
 Jessie Baughan, West Florida
Gianna Guerriero, West Florida
Chloe Baynes, AUM
Arianna Machado, AUM
Reese Cauley, AUM
Sadie Thompson, UAH
Jada Henderson, UAH
Madelyn England, Mississippi College
Madison Jenkins, Mississippi College
 
 
GSC Championship - UWF 7, AUM 6
 
 Auburn Montgomery controlled the first few innings of the game starting with a 2-RBI single in the first and a 2-RBI inside the park home run in the third. In that time, UWF went down in order in all three innings. 
 
Harper came in to pitch in the fourth and the Warhawks still proceeded to do damage, scoring on a double followed by a wild pitch. A walk and a stolen base to second put another in scoring position, but UWF closed the frame, limiting it to a single run. 
 
UWF finally got on the board in the bottom of the fourth when Olivia Keith was hit by a pitch and Moon doubled to score her. Moon advanced to third on a wild pitch and Harper was walked. Brice doubled to left center scoring them both. 
 
Down 3-5 entering the fifth, the Argos held AUM to just a walk but went in order once again in the fifth. In the sixth, AUM knocked a solo home run to jump up to 3-6. In the bottom of the inning, UWF recorded two hits and forced a pitching change for AUM. Brice singled up the middle to score Brianna Jennings as a pinch runner and brought it closer at 4-6 Warhawks. 
 
In the seventh, UWF overcame a bases loaded situation in the bottom of the inning to keep the score intact. The Warhawks recorded two straight singles, a fielder's choice, and a walk to load the bases. With two outs, Harper closed the frame with a swinging strikeout. 
 
The Argos were down to their final three outs in the bottom of the seventh.  Down 5-6, UWF wasted no time loading the bases on three-straight second pitch bunts for singles. With one out, Moon singled to right field scoring Bella Holliday. Hayes stepped up to the plate and delivered the hit of her young career, singling through the middle on her fourth pitch and scoring Kyndal Cornelius and Gianna Guerriero  to walk-off the championship 7-6 and give the Argos their fifth softball conference title in history. 
 
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