About the Chargers

• The Chargers enter the weekend series with West Florida having won nine of their last 10 contests after taking two in the three-game series with Shorter this past weekend. UAH now sits at 17-3 overall on the season, and UAH is a perfect 8-0 at home to drive its home winning streak to 28 games.
• The national statistical rankings were released for the first time this season on Monday night, and the Chargers rank in the top 25 in Division II in several categories including leading the nation in stolen bases per game with 4.0 per contest. Additionally the Chargers are high in win/loss percentage (11th), earned run average (17th), scoring (22nd), triples per game (23rd) and batting average (25th).
• Four of the nation's top 50 individuals in steals belong to UAH as Victoria Frith is 15th, Brianna Sullivan ranks 35th, Macie Couey places 46th, and Haley Thompson is 50th. Couey also is in a tie with three other players for the nation's lead in triples as she already owns five on the season.
• UAH owns only one home run on the season, but the Chargers have made up for the lack of power with a consistent performance at the plate as the team owns a .336 batting average with seven players hitting better than .300 including three – Couey (.429), Frith (.413), and Tyler Harrison (.408) – that own an average of greater than .400.

About the Opponent

• West Florida currently boasts a record of 18-12 overall this season with a 7-4 record in the GSC, and the team is currently on a five-game winning streak and winners in seven of its previous eight contests.
• Senior Caroline Keston leads the UWF offense and is fourth in the GSC with an average of .402 from the plate while also leading the conference with 45 hits and teammate Jessica Wilkinson has a team-high four home runs and eight doubles, which is tied for second in the conference.
• Taylor Bailey has led the UWF pitching staff with a 9-5 record this season while tossing two complete-game shutouts and is third in the conference with 63 strikeouts to go along with the fifth fewest runs allowed at 32. 

Series History

• The all-time series with West Florida is a storied one with UAH holding a 54-42 advantage as this weekend's contests will mark the 97th, 98th, and 99th meetings between the two programs.
• .A season ago, UWF took three of the five meetings between the two teams. UAH swept both games in Huntsville, while West Florida won twice in Pensacola and also at the GSC Softball Championships in Southaven, Miss.

Twitter Talk

SB NUMBER OF THE DAY: 28 #chargerpride pic.twitter.com/c5P5dAkdJr

— UAH Chargers (@UAHChargers) March 11, 2014