THE COACHES
South Alabama
Richard Moodie (Carson-Newman, 2006)
Record at USA: 49-24-6 (4th Year)
Overall Record: 97-63-13 (9th Year)

West Florida
Joe Bartlinski (UNC Asheville, 2000)
Record at UWF: 316-55-22 (20th Year*)
Overall Record: Same
*Team opted out of official competition in 2020-21 for no official results

SERIES INFORMATION
UWF:  3-1 USA leads

Current winning streak: 1 Loss
USA's last win in series:
South Alabama 4, UWF 0 on Sept. 4, 1995 at Mobile, Ala.
UWF's last win in series:
West Florida 3, South Alabama 0 on Oct. 22, 1996 at Pensacola, Fla.
Last meeting:
West Florida 3, South Alabama 0 on Oct. 22, 1996 at Pensacola, Fla.
USA's record at Pensacola against UWF: 1-1
USA's longest winning / losing streak in series: 3 / 1

South Alabama and West Florida will be meeting on the pitch for the fifth time and for the first time in over two decades. The pair had played four times in 25 months from September 1994 through October 1996 with USA taking the first three meetings. The Jaguars outscored the Argonauts 8-1 in the three ties. UWF took the final match 3-0 on the same pitch the teams will play on Saturday.

The Sun Belt Champion Jaguars are 1-2 in the Spring '21 half of the 2020 campaign, but are posting a plus-seven goal differential after slotting eight past Nicholls State. South got a first-half lead against LSU, but fell to a second-half brace from Tinaya Alexander. The Jags were scoreless against Southern Miss, but were missing key players in Gracie Wilson, Kailey Littleford and Morgan Cross. It was also Danielle Fuentes and Laurence Saviana's debut with the team in competitive play.

West Florida had the fall suspended due to COVID and opted out of Spring play with the exception of two matches against USA.

NOTES
- The Argonauts of West Florida have officially opted out of 2020-21 competition, but have a pair of official games against South Alabama, although they will go down in the record books as exhibitions for the team.
- Unofficially, UWF has been scrimmaging teams around the local area with practices against Spring Hill and South Alabama.
- The 2020 Jaguars have equaled last season's assist total (41) in five fewer games.
- This team has scored the second most amount of goals in a single season during Coach Moodie's tenure (2019).
- Last time out, spring-newcomer Laurence Saviana scored her first goal as a Jaguar, punching the home side into the lead against LSU in the first half.
- The junior-transfer has recorded three points in the last two matches.
- Brenna McPartlan and Kailey Littleford notched assists on the Saviana goal.
- Seven newcomers (Freshman and transfers) have recorded a point for South Alabama this season.
- McPartlan extended her team-leading points total to 27, and is the only Jag above 20.
- The junior's seventh assist is tied for 15th for a single season.
- The Lancashire, England, native added another game-winning goal bringing her career total to nine. That ranks tied for fourth all time with Rebecca Kahn (2002-05). Charde Hannah sits above the pair in sole possession of third with 11.
- Littleford notched her 10th point, which leads the freshman on the squad.
- Danielle Fuentes registered her third start in three games on the Jaguar roster. In her second cap, Fuentes picked up the first hat trick in six years, and coupled with a pair of assists earned the fifth most points in a single game.
- Allison Luckhardt recorded a season high in shots faced (14) and saves (6) against LSU last match. Both marks are highs for the Jaguar squad in 2020.
- Deanna Green extended her consecutive start streak to 18 with her team-high 74th appearance.
- Green, McPartlan and Tilly Wilkes have ascended to the top 20 of minutes played in program history. Green is the top ranked at 11th all-time with 5,754 minutes on the pitch.
- No longer with the program, but playing in the Fall, Ana Helmert made 20th on the list with 4,497 minutes played.
- Morgan White has appeared in every game for the Jaguars this season after missing the first contest for COVID contact tracing. Used as a utility player, White has played as a center back and CDM.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Richard Moodie
- On the preparation: "It's tough coming off a loss, especially when you put so much into it and hoped for a different result. I think you have to come back and keep working. You can't lose sight of the fact that the NCAA tournament is just around the corner and we are still trying to get ready for that. We got a couple knocks, so we are trying to get people healthy and fit. We still lack a little bit of match fitness. It's another opportunity and that's why we put these games together; we want them to have the opportunity to get the game fitness in. We will train for Saturday like it is a top opponent, because it is a top opponent."

- On West Florida: "They've played Spring Hill and some other games, Joe Bartlinski does an amazing job and West Florida is a great team. It's a local game, but it's a good game for us and will be a challenging for us in many different ways. The Challenge for us will be for us to be at our best and see what we can get out of it. There are a lot of positives that came from the LSU game and things we have to work on [Saturday]."

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