ARLINGTON, Texas - A day of rest is all the UT Arlington softball team will get as they prepare to take on the No. 15 Arkansas Razorbacks of the Southeastern Conference on Tuesday at Allan Saxe Field in a doubleheader.

MATCHUP: UTA (16-14, 6-3 SBC) vs #15 Arkansas (22-9, 4-5 SEC)
WHEN: March 26
WHERE: Arlington, Texas | Allan Saxe Field
DH GAME ONE (11:30 a.m.): WATCH LIVE | LIVE STATS | TICKETS
DH GAME TWO (1:30 p.m.): WATCH LIVE | LIVE STATS | TICKETS
GAME NOTES: UTA GAME NOTES

SERIES HISTORY
The Razorbacks lead the series 4-2 with the first game played in 1999 in Arlington.  The last Mavs win came in 2012 in a 4-1 win in Waco.Arkansas took both games in the series a year ago in Fayetteville.  The Razorbacks shut out the Mavs in game one 6-0 before holding off a UTA comeback in game two, 10-6.

UTA NOTES
•The first three batters have been a tough out for opponents this season as Whitney Walton, Krista Rude and Laura Curry have a combined .415 batting average. In 27 out of the 30 games, one of them has reached base safely in the first inning.
• Tuesdays games will be the 6th and 7th games against a Top 25 opponent this season for the Mavericks. They have currently won two - at #16 Baylor x2 - and lost three - at #18 Texas Tech x2, #1 UCLA. The Mavs are looking for their first win at home against a ranked opponent since defeating #22 Louisiana last April.
• Two Mavericks have a streak of reaching base in the double-digits. Laura Curry has the season-long on base streak at 19 games and counting, while Whitney Walton has reached base in 16 straight games. Curry has been a baserunner in every game since February 23, while Walton has reached base in every game since February 27.
• Junior Reagan Wright has been known for her long ball since arriving at UTA in 2017. With her four home runs on the season, she now sits with 22 career bombs, tying her for the 5th most career home runs in UTA program history. She is just three away from being tied for second all-time, but still has 14 more to go to catch Rebecca Collom for the record.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | ARKANSAS
• Arkansas enters the game ranked 15th in the NCAA with a 22-9 overall record. They are coming off a series loss at #5 Tennessee, losing two of the three conference games. They defeated the Vols 1-0 on Saturday's matchup.
• Pitcher Mary Haff has the 5th most shutouts in the nation with five. She enters the game with a 2.04 ERA, tied for the team low, along with Autum Storms.
• The Razorbacks pitching staff has the second best strikeout to walk ratio in the country, trailing only Oklahoma, striking out 206 batters compared to just 30 walks.
• Danie Gibson leads the Arkansas offensive attack in nearly every category, with a team high in batting average (.400), home runs (7), RBI (32), on base percentage (.463) and slugging percentage (.741).

ON DECK
The Mavs will travel to Troy for a three-game Sun Belt series with the Trojans beginning Friday, March 29 at 5 p.m. in Troy, Alabama.

LAST TIME OUT | Mavs Win Series Over Georgia Southern (March 24)
Randi Phillips allowed just two runs in a complete-game effort as the UT Arlington softball team (16-14, 6-3 SBC) clinched a series win over Georgia Southern with a 4-2 win at Allan Saxe Field on Sunday afternoon.

The Mavs got on board early, taking a 1-0 lead when Reagan Wright took at walk with the bases loaded to score Whitney Walton.

Following a scoreless second inning, Wright knocked in her second RBI of the day with a single to centerfield, scoring Krista Rude who scored from second, beating the throw home to put UTA up two runs.

KJ Murphy blasted a two-run home run in the sixth inning, in what would end up being the deciding runs of the game as the Eagles started to rally in the seventh.

Phillips held a perfect game through the first 3.2 innings pitched, and only allowed one hit through the first six innings of play.

In the seventh inning, the first three batters reached safely for Georgia Southern, with the first two scoring to make it a 4-2 ball game. Following a wild pitch, there was a runner on third with no outs, but Phillips ended the threat by forcing two ground outs and striking out an Eagle to end the game, giving the Mavericks the 4-2 win.

The Mavericks outhit the Eagles seven to five, led by Wright's two-hit performance.  Walton, Rude, Laura Curry and Murphy each added a hit of their own in the win.

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.

TICKET INFORMATION
Individual and season tickets are now on sale for the 2019 UT Arlington softball season. All seating is general admission, and tickets can be secured by logging on to UTATickets.com.

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