ARLINGTON, Texas – Riding a 6-game winning streak, the UTA baseball team will look to continue their winning ways when they host Louisiana at Clay Gould Ballpark Thursday through Saturday (April 18-20).

MATCHUP: Louisiana (20-20, 8-7 SBC) vs. #29 UTA (25-13, 11-4 SBC)
WHEN: Thursday, April 18 | 6:30 p.m. (Game presented by Liv + and Lonestar Friends of Animals)
Friday, April 19 | 6:30 p.m.
April 20 | 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Arlington, Texas | Clay Gould Ballpark
GAME 1 - LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO | TICKETS
GAME 2 - LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO | TICKETS
GAME 3 - LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO | TICKETS

PROJECTED STARTERS
Thursday – Louisiana's Austin Perrin (LHP; 3-4 4.72 ERA) vs. UTA's Cade Winquest (RHP; 5-1 3.79 ERA)
Friday – Louisiana's Brandon Young (RHP; 2-3 3.64 ERA) vs. UTA's Drew Gooch (LHP; 2-2 4.21 ERA)
Saturday – Louisiana's Jack Burk (RHP; 1-0 2.95 ERA) vs. UTA's David Moffat (RHP; 3-2 3.66 ERA)

UTA NOTES
• The Mavericks picked up the 1,400th win in program history on Saturday, March 30, defeating South Alabama 9-7 at Clay Gould Ballpark.
• The Mavs are 25-13 overall and have won six in a row, including a pair of wins over ranked opponents (No. 17 Baylor and No. 19 TCU).
• Connor Aube (.357 batting avg.) and Zac Cook (.313 batting avg.) lead the Mavs at the dish.
• 112 of UTA's 360 hits are extra base hits.
• UTA is currently fourth in the Sun Belt in batting average, hitting a combined .273 as a team.
• Andrew Gross leads the Sun Belt and the nation in saves (15).
• Andrew Gross is closing in on Sun Belt single-season records for saves. Gross became UTA's leader in single-season saves with his save in UTA's 6-3 win over No. 19 TCU on April 16. The SBC record for saves in a season is 18 (Hugh Adams - FAU, 2013).

UP NEXT
Following the three-game set against the Ragin' Cajuns, the No. 29 Mavs head to College Station to battle Texas A&M (April 23) before making the trip to Boone, N.C. for a three-game SBC series at Appalachian State.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | LOUISIANA
• The Ragin' Cajuns are hitting .259 as a team.
• Hayden Cantrelle leads the squad with a .322 batting average.
• 7 Louisiana players have multiple HRs on the season (42 total), led by Handsome Monica's 10 homers.
• The Louisiana pitching staff currently owns a 4.63 ERA and has struck out 321 batters in 363.2 innings pitched.

LAST TIME OUT | GROSS SETS UTA SINGLE-SEASPM SAVES RECORD IN WIN OVER NO. 19 TCU
Andrew Gross set the UTA single-season record for saves as he helped UTA beat no. 19 TCU for the first time in three tries this season in a 6-3 Mavs home win Tuesday night at Clay Gould Ballpark.

Trailing by three runs, the Horned Frogs loaded the bases with two outs, but Gross forced a ground out to notch his 15th save of the season. Gross' 15 saves topped the old UTA program record for saves in a season of 14 (Jason Watkins, 1992).
Dylan Paul's sac fly brought Will Olson home for the first run of the game in the bottom of the second inning.

UTA's first two hitters reached base in the bottom of the third inning, setting the stage for Zac Cook to single Aaron Funk home.

In the following at-bat, Boone Montgomery scored on an Anthony Dominguez sac fly. UTA closed out the three-run inning with Olson driving Cook home for a 4-0 Mavs lead.

Paul led the fourth inning off with his third home run of the season to give the Mavs a 5-0 lead.

Olson showed his value behind the plate in the top of the fifth when he and Montgomery combined to pick off Zach Humphreys at third. Humphreys led off the inning with a triple.

The Mavs added another run when Andrew Miller grounded out to third base to score Cook in the bottom of the fifth.

The Horned Frogs (22-13) got on the board when Johnny Rizer cleared the bases with a single up the middle to cut the deficit to 6-2. Dylan Schneider then came in the game, forced a double play and a flyout to get out of the inning.
TCU added another run in the eighth inning, but the Horned Frogs never got closer than three runs.

NATIONALLY RANKED
For the first time this season, the UTA baseball team (24-13 overall, 11-4 SBC) is ranked in a national poll. In this week's Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I Poll presented by Big League Chew, the Mavericks are ranked 29th in the nation.

The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1959 college baseball season.

The Mavs, who are the lone Sun Belt squad to appear in this week's poll, are in the midst of a 5-game winning streak, which includes a win over No. 17 Baylor (2-1; 13 inn.).

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.

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