Georgia Southern's  softball team welcomes the University of North Florida Ospreys of Jacksonville, Fla., to Eagle Field today for a non-conference doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.
    North Florida was the Eagles’ final opponent in the 2012 Eagle Classic, a game the Ospreys won, 4-1.
    Georgia Southern took a three-game series from College of Charleston last weekend to improve to 28-14 overall and 14-1 in the Southern Conference.
    Against College of Charleston, Georgia Southern pitcher Sarah Purvis won the first and last games of the series.
    In the opener, Purvis went 10 innings with 16 strikeouts. She came on in relief Sunday to pick up the victory, which improved her record to 15-8 this season.
    Purvis has 179 total strikeouts this season and hasn’t allowed more than three hits in her last six appearances, four of which were complete games.
    The Eagles' pitching staff owns a 1.85 team earned-run average with freshman Brooke Red posting a 1.59 ERA.
    GSU's Allie Miles, the SoCon Preseason Pitcher of the Year, has come on strong of late, earning complete-game victories in her last two league outings.
    Marie Fogle is the top batter for the Eagles with a .420 batting average and a .664 slugging percentage.
    Fogle has been moving up the career charts at GSU and ranks third in career batting average (.345) and first in career slugging percentage (.547).
    Mackenzie Williams leads the Eagles with seven home runs and 30 runs batted in to go with a .299 average.
    North Florida is 26-21 with a 7-7 mark in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Ospreys dropped their last two games Saturday against USC Upstate. Both games against the A-Sun’s No. 2 team went to extra innings.
    Mariah Reynolds leads North Florida's offense, while Kaylie Wallace has a 1.62 ERA and 114 strikeouts to lead the Ospreys' pitching staff.
    After today’s doubleheader, the Eagles are back in action at Appalachian State for a series that starts with a 1 p.m. doubleheader Sunday.