ARLINGTON, Texas – The UTA baseball team will head to the Pacific Northwest to take on Seattle University in a three-game series Thursday-Saturday (March 7-9) at Bannerwood Park. The first game is scheduled for Thursday at 6:00 p.m.

MATCHUP: UTA (8-5) at Seattle (4-7)
WHEN: March 7-9
WHERE: Seattle, Washington | Bannerwood Park
GAME 1 (6:00 p.m.): LIVE STATS | VIDEO
GAME 2 (6:00 p.m.): LIVE STATS | VIDEO
GAME 3 (2 p.m.): LIVE STATS | VIDEO

SERIES HISTORY
Seattle owns a 2-1 all-time record against UTA. The teams played in a three-game series in 2013 in Seattle.  The Redhawks won game one 10-3, but the Mavs bounced back to win the second game of the double header 3-1.  Seattle U took the series with a 5-0 game three victory.

UTA NOTES
• UT-Arlington is 8-5 overall and has won three out of the last four, with the only loss coming in their last time out against Incarnate Word.
• Redshirt junior Dylan Paul picked up his first Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week award for his efforts a week ago. The Allen, Texas native hit .583 on the week, registering seven hits, including a pair of doubles and a home run. He is now hitting .318 on the year.
• UTA is currently third in the Sun Belt in batting average, hitting a combined .279 as a team before conference play begins.
• In eight appearances of relief, Andrew Gross has been a terror for opposing batters. Batters are hitting just .088 against the senior and he has recorded the second most strikeouts on the team (14) despite pitching just 10.0 innings.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | SEATTLE
• Seattle University has lost three of their last four contests, with their only win coming in an 8-1 victory at the University of the Pacific on March 3.  The last time out, the Redhawks fell to Power 5 foe Washington, 6-3.
• Of their regular field position starters, five of them are batting over .300 on the year.  Kyle Sherick leads the regulars with a .357 batting average and is second on the team with 24 total bases.
• Scoring first would be beneficial for the Mavs against the Redhawks.  When scoring first, Seattle U has a 4-1 record.  However, when their opponent crosses the plate first, the Redhawks have yet to win, with an 0-6 record.
• Jake Prizina has been the go-to arm on the mound for the Redhawks.  In three games started, he has a 2-0 record and has not allowed a single run.  He also leads the team is strikeouts, while allowing just eight hits in 67 at-bats.

UP NEXT
The Mavs will end their road trip with a game against Big 12 foe Oklahoma at 6:30 p.m. on March 12 in Norman.  

LAST TIME OUT | Mas Drop Last Game Of Road Series To Incarnate Word (March. 3)
With a series sweep in mind, the UTA baseball team came up short of taking all three road games against Incarnate Word, as UIW defeated the Mavs, 6-2, on Sunday.
 
David Moffat got took the loss for UTA (8-5), dropping his first game of the season. He gave up five earned runs and 10 hits in 4.2 innings of work. In relief, Toby Davis, Nick Skeffington and Dylan Schneider surrendered just one earned run on four hits in a combined 3.1 innings.
 
After a scoreless first inning, UTA got on the board first when Dylan Paul's single brought Zac Cook home. In the next at-bat, David Renning grounded into a double play, scoring Josh Minjarez from third.
 
From there, it was all UIW (8-4). The Cardinals remained in a 2-0 hole until a four-run bottom of the fourth gave them a lead they wouldn't surrender.
 
Jordan Thompson scored off a double to get UIW's first run of the game. Two of the Cardinals other three runs that inning came courtesy of a single. In all, UIW finished the inning with six hits.
 
UIW added one run in both the fifth and sixth innings.

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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