ARLINGTON, Texas – The UTA baseball team dropped a pair of games on Sunday to wrap up play at the UTA Classic.

The Mavs (5-4) kicked off Sunday with an 8-6 loss to Wichita State, before dropping a hard-fought game, 11-9 (10 innings), to SFA in their weekend finale. The Mavericks will now hit the road to start a stretch of nine straight road games. UTA will not return to Clay Gould Ballpark until March 15, when they host Georgia Southern in game-one of a three-game Sun Belt Conference set.

GAME 1 | UTA vs. WICHITA STATE
The Shockers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with two runs in the top of the second before the Mavs answered with two runs of their own in the bottom of the second and third innings, gaining a 4-2 advantage.

Wichita State responded and put up four runs – all with two outs – in the top of the sixth to take a 6-4 lead.

The Shockers added two more runs in the top of the seventh, increasing their lead to 8-4, but UTA didn't go away quietly as they plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth, cutting the WSU advantage to 8-6. Justin Marino singled to left center to move Boone Montgomery to third and score Josh Minjarez and Zac Cook and cut the UTA deficit down to two runs.

The Mavs attempted to mount a ninth-inning rally, and brought the tying run to the plate with two outs and a runner on first, but the Shocker's centerfielder made a diving catch on a fly ball off the bat of Cook, to prevent the comeback attempt and securing the win for Wichita State.

Connor Aube and Will Olson each posted two hits, leading UTA.

Reliever Drew Gooch (0-2) suffered the loss for the Mavs after giving up three earned runs on two hits with a walk in zero innings of work.

GAME 2 | UTA vs. SFA
Trailing 9-6 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning, UTA took their game to another level to force extra innings. SFA's Tyler Starks got the frame's first out before giving up a single to Connor Aube. After Aube's single, Will Olson stepped into the box and cranked a two-run homer to right (9-8). The Mavericks weren't done after that long ball as Andrew Miller slapped a one-out double to left, scoring Dominguez to tie the game. The Mavs had a shot to win it, but SFA's outfielder saved the game by throwing out pinch runner Phillip Childs at the plate for the inning's final out.

In the 10th, the 'Jacks didn't waste any time in retaking the lead. After a four-pitch walk and a single to left-center, SFA got a two-run double to left field and would go on to hold off UTA.

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