Softball travels to North Texas Wednesday
5/3/2011 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 3, 2011
Arlington, Texas -
UT Arlington at North Texas Game Notes 
UT Arlington (31-21) at North Texas (21-29)
Wednesday, April 4, 2011 - 6 p.m.
Denton, Texas - Lovelace Stadium
Coverage - meangreensports.com
The UT Arlington softball team takes on North Texas for the second time this season in a non-conference match up on Wednesday, May 4 in Denton. Texas at the Lovelace Stadium.
Both the Mavericks and the Mean Green are joining up to raise money for Texas Women's University softball player Abby Burns who was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
The two teams met back on April 6 in Arlington for their first of two charity games.
The Mavericks fell to 31-21 on the season after dropping two of three against McNeese State last weekend. UTA's lone win of the series came in game one with a 3-2 score. The series loss to the Cowgirls marked only the third time the Mavericks have dropped a series against a conference opponent.
UT Arlington is currently in second place in the Southland Conference standings behind league leader Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
The Mavericks have struggled offensively in their last two conference series only batting .166 as a team. In their last series over McNeese State, UTA hit .114. Freshman Taylor Zink led the team batting .300, going 3-for-10 with a homer, two doubles and two runs scored.
Senior Rebecca Collom leads the team batting .338 with a team high 48 hits, 33 RBI and 11 home runs.
Sophomore Teri Lyles (13-11) finished the McNeese State series with a 1-1 record with a 0.00 ERA in 17 innings pitched. The sophomore also racked up 10 strikeouts and held her opponents to a .132 batting average.
SERIES VS NORTH TEXAS
UTA leads the all-time series against the Mean Green, 24-12. The Mavericks faced UNT earlier this season on April 6, 2011 where they suffered a 1-0 loss. UT Arlington owns a 9-4 series advantage over the Mean Green while playing in Denton. The last time the Mavs earned a win was on March 26, 2008 where they recorded a 10-5 victory in Arlington.
NORTH TEXAS AT A GLANCE
The Mean Green improved to 21-29 overall after winning a 9-1 decision over Troy (Apr. 30) at home. UNT currently sits at the bottom of the Sun Belt Conference. Currently the Mean Green are batting .263 as a team and pitching staff has a 3.74 team ERA. Mallory Cantler leads the team batting .325 with nine home runs and 32 RBI. Brittany Simmons guided the Mean Green to a win against the Mavericks on April 6. Simmons has a 10-14 record with a 3.17 ERA in 185.2 innings pitched. Ashley Kirk also has a 10-14 record with a 4.13 ERA in 123.2 innings pitched and 147 strikeouts.
