ARLINGTON, Texas – The UTA baseball team will head to San Antonio to take on Incarnate Word in a three-game series Friday-Sunday (March 1-3) at Daniel P. Sullivan Field. The first game is scheduled for Friday at 6:30 p.m.

MATCHUP: UTA (6-4) at Incarnate Word (7-2)
WHEN: March 1-3
WHERE: San Antonio, Texas | Sullivan Field
GAME 1 (6:30 p.m.): LIVE STATS | VIDEO
GAME 2 (2 p.m.): LIVE STATS | VIDEO
GAME 3 (1 p.m.): LIVE STATS | VIDEO

SERIES HISTORY
The Mavericks own a 3-1 all-time record against UIW. The teams first faced off in 2014, when the Cardinals topped the Mavericks, 4-1. UTA and Incarnate Word last played each other on March 26, 2016, when the Mavericks beat the Cardinals, 13-0.

UTA NOTES
• UT-Arlington is 6-4 overall following a 2-0 win against Abilene Christian on Tuesday.
• Anthony Dominguez leads UT-Arlington with a .406 batting average. He has 13 hits in 32 at-bats and has scored eight runs.
• UTA averages 6.2 runs per game.
• 35 of UTA's 100 hits have been extra-base hits and that includes 21 doubles and 10 homers. Connor Aube leads the team with seven doubles, while Anthony Dominguez leads the squad with his three HRs.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | INCARNATE WORD
• The University of the Incarnate Word baseball team secured its second win over a Power 5 team in five days, with a 6-5 victory over No. 23 Texas A&M on Wednesday night at Blue Bell Park.
• The win follows a 15-7 victory over ACC opponent Notre Dame on Saturday afternoon at Wolff Stadium.
• Jordan Thompson led the team with a double and a home run, recording three RBI and a run. His three-RBI home run ended up being the hit that secured the victory for the Cardinals.
• Six Cardinals -- Sean Arnold (2), Ryan Gonzalez (2), Taylor Smith (2), Antonio Valdez (2), Thompson (2), and Ryan Flores (2) -- each had multi-hit games.
• Bernie Martinez (3-0) earned the win for the Cardinals, pitching 4.2 innings and throwing one strikeout. Martinez held the Aggies to just two hits and one run.
• This is the first time in program history that the Cardinals have topped two Power 5 opponents in one week.

UP NEXT
The Mavs continue their long road trip, and head to Baylor for a March 5 (6:35 p.m.) matchup, before heading west to Seattle for a 3-game series (March  7-9).

LAST TIME OUT | BASEBALL SHUTS OUT ABILENE CHRISTIAN (FEB. 26)
Thanks to dominant pitching and some timely hitting, the UTA baseball team picked up a 2-0 road win at Abilene Christian on Tuesday night at Crutcher Scott Field.

The game was scoreless until two outs in the eighth inning when Anthony Dominguez sent a 1-1 pitch over the wall in right field for his team-leading third homer of the season. UTA then added an insurance run in the ninth when David Renning scored on Justin Marino's single to center field.

David Moffat got the start for the Mavs and surrendered just one base hit in three innings for UTA. The Mavericks sent Cade Winquest (2.0 IP), Michael Wong (2.0), Tristan Tom (1.0) and closer Andrew Gross to the bump to complete the shutout. UTA's arms limited the ACU offense to just three hits in the win. Gross registered his third save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.

BARK IN THE PARK…ALL SEASON LONG
UT Arlington Department of Athletics officials announced that all 2019 home baseball games at Clay Gould Ballpark and softball games at Allan Saxe Field will be dog-friendly, thanks to a generous partnership with upstart Lone Star Friends of Animals to create 'Casey's Corner.'

Dogs which are leashed, at least six months old and with the proper vaccinations will be permitted at all UTA baseball and softball games throughout the season.
Casey's Corner is a grassy area between the baseball and softball fields, along the 3rd-base line of the baseball stadium. Multiple pet waste stations have been set up, and the space provides fans and dog owners an opportunity to walk and sit with their canine companions while taking in all the Maverick action.

OLSON ON A WATCH LIST
UTA redshirt senior catcher Will Olson was named to the 2019 Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List, the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation announced.

The award, created by the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation, was open to nominations from all Division I baseball programs in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico. This year's watch list consists of 30 players representing 26 programs in the five states. The BBCSA is based on performance at the plate, academics and personal integrity.

The Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award has had two winners to date, Hunter Hargrove (Texas Tech, drafted by the Oakland A's) and Devlin Granberg (Dallas Baptist, drafted by the Boston Red Sox).

Olson, a native of Sherman, Texas and a graduate of Sherman HS, hit .270 with seven home runs and 30 RBIs last season for the Mavericks. A 2017 Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection, Olson also drew a team-high 30 walks and registered 13 doubles and scored 23 runs.

The BBCSA will announce finalists for the award in May. The winner of the third annual Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award presented by SR Bats will be announced in June and honored at a gala in the fall.

PRESEASON POLL
The UTA baseball team was picked to finish fourth in the Sun Belt Conference West Division in the 2019 SBC Preseason Coaches' Poll that was released on Wednesday (Jan. 30). The Mavericks garnered 36 total points in the poll.

The reigning Sun Belt baseball regular season and tournament champions, Coastal Carolina, and the Ragin' Cajuns of Louisiana are the East and West Division favorites, respectively, in the SBC preseason coaches' poll.

Head coach Darin Thomas and the Mavs return three starters from last year's team that finished the season 22-35 overall and went 11-19 in Sun Belt play.

2019 SCHEDULE
The 2019 schedule for UTA baseball is a 56-game slate that includes 24 home contests, 31 road games and a neutral site match-up at Globe Life Park. 
  
The start to the 2019 slate is road-heavy, as the Mavericks will play 13 of the first 18 games of the season away from home. UTA opens the season in Corpus Christi for a four-game set with Texas A&M - Corpus Christi Feb. 15-18.

The Mavs home slate begins with the Arkansas-Pine Bluff single-game (Feb. 20), followed by the UTA Classic (Feb. 22-24), before the squad heads back out on the road for nine straight games. The Mavs will play four games during the Classic, including a pair against Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 22 and Feb. 24) and two versus Wichita State (Feb. 23 and Feb. 24).

Sun Belt Conference play opens for the Mavericks when Georgia Southern comes to Clay Gould Ballpark for a three-game set (March 15-17).

The 2019 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament will be hosted by Coastal Carolina at Springs Brooks Stadium from May 21-26.

SEASON TICKET INFORMATION
Season tickets are now on sale for the 2019 UT Arlington baseball season, beginning at just $75. All seating is general admission, and tickets can be secured by logging on to UTATickets.com.

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