Final Stats

By Brooke Ortale | UTAMavs.com

DENTON, Texas - In a pitcher's duel that featured a combined 11 hits, UT Arlington softball fell in a heartbreaker to Metroplex rival North Texas 1-0 in eight innings on Wednesday.

"We left too many runners on base and at the end of the day that stinks," junior Mallory Foster said. " We need to be able to score people from second base and that's what it comes down to."

The Mavs posed their biggest threat in the top of the eighth with a leadoff double by the reigning Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week by Britnea Barilli. A hit-by-pitch to Foster put runners on first and second with one out for Marisa Datko. Datko drove a base hit to left but Barilli was gunned down at the plate to end the inning.

UNT scored the walk-off run in the bottom half on a two-out base hit to right center scoring the winning run from second.

The Mavs put up seven hits overall with Foster leading the way with a career-high two doubles, an intentional walk and a hit-by-pitch. She was the lone player for either side to record multiple hits in the game and reach base in all four of her plate appearances.

"I have been working really hard in the cage and I just went up there with some confidence and I was seeing the ball and trying to get stuff done for my team," Foster said.

Samantha Clakley fell to 14-6 on the season after tying a career-high with eight strikeouts. Clakley gave up just four hits.

UTA threatened early and often but were unable to push any runs across. Foster's first double of the game came in the second with one-out but was left stranded.

The Mavs had another runner reach as far as third in the third after a leadoff single by Krista Rude and a team-leading 10th sacrifice bunt by Stokes moved her to second. A groundout by Mendoza moved her to third but another groundout ended the threat.

Meanwhile, Clakley was dealing on the mound retiring nine of the first 11 batters she would face.

After a leadoff single by the Mean Green in the sixth inning of a scoreless game, Clakley got a huge strikeout for the first out, followed by a strike 'em out, throw 'em out by Kacey Everett to end the inning.

The Mavs stay on the road but return Sun Belt action with a three-game series at SA-Mobile April 9-10.