ARLINGTON, Texas – The Maverick baseball team hopes to get back on the winning side of things this weekend as it travels to face Sun Belt Conference foe ULM in a three-game series that will start on Friday at Warhawk Field.

MATCHUP: UTA (28-18, 14-7 Sun Belt) at ULM (20-24, 8-12 Sun Belt)
WHEN: Friday, May 3 | 2:00 p.m.
Friday, May 3 | 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 4 | 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Monroe, La. | Warhawk Field

GAME 1: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
GAME 2: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
GAME 3: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

PROJECTED STARTERS
Game 1 | ULM — LHP Trey Jeans vs. UTA — LHP Drew Gooch
Game 2 | ULM — RHP Ty Barnes vs. UTA — RHP David Moffat
Game 3 | ULM — RHP Kayleb Sanderson vs. UTA —TBA

SCHEDULE CHANGE
With a wet and stormy weather forecast for Friday evening into Saturday, the schedule for the UTA/ULM series was adjusted on Wednesday afternoon.

The Warhawks and Mavericks are now scheduled to open the series at 2 p.m. Friday at Warhawk Field, and if weather permits, the two may play a doubleheader on Friday. The third game of the series is now tentatively set for 2 p.m. Saturday, but could also be adjusted based on the weather conditions and forecast. The two sides still have the option to complete the series on Sunday at Warhawk Field.

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 28-18 overall and are in 2nd place in the West Division of the Sun Belt standings.
• Connor Aube (.355 batting avg.), Will Olson (.294 batting avg.) and Josh Minjarez (.294 batting avg.)  lead the Mavs at the dish.
• UTA is currently third in the Sun Belt in batting average, hitting a combined .275 as a team.
• Andrew Gross leads the Sun Belt and the nation in saves (16).
• 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 3-game SBC series at ULM, the Mavs will return home for the final home games of the 2019 season. UTA will host Coastal Carolina (May 10-12) at Clay Gould Ballpark in a 3-game SBC series. Senior Day is set for Sunday, May 12.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | ULM
• ULM is hitting .260 as a team
• Andrew Beesley leads the squad with a .361 batting average.
• 5 ULM players have multiple HRs on the season (30 total), led by Chad Bell's 12 homers.
• The Warhawk pitching staff currently owns a 5.70 ERA and has struck out 348 batters in 382.0 innings pitched.
• Opposing hitters are hitting.272 against ULM.
• The Warhawks have won four of their last five games.

LAST TIME OUT | BATS QUIET AS UTA FALLS TO DBU TUESDAY NIGHT
UTA couldn't get much going at the plate as they dropped their fifth consecutive game in a 7-1 loss to Dallas Baptist at Clay Gould Ballpark on Tuesday night.

The game started almost two hours after the scheduled start time because of a lightning delay.

The Mavericks (28-18) went through seven pitchers in the loss. Starter Nick Skeffington went 3.2 innings. Only one of the Mavs' relievers pitched more than an inning. DBU went through eight pitchers of their own.

After a scoreless first two innings, both offenses woke up in the third inning. Nick Skeffington got the first batter of the inning to pop out, but the next three Patriots got on base. DBU (31-13) got its first run on a single in the next at-bat.

UTA responded quickly when Connor Aube singled up the left side brought Boone Montgomery home for the Mavs' lone run of the game.

The Patriots grabbed control of the game with a pair of two-out runs in the fourth inning. Will Olson minimized the damage by throwing out a runner at first to end the inning. They took a 4-1 lead on a sac fly in the top of the fifth inning.

Amidst a parade of Mavs pitchers, the Patriots broke the game open with three runs in the eighth inning. Jackson Glenn started the onslaught with an RBI double for DBU's fifth run of the game. Christian Boulware ended the rally with a double for his third RBI of the game.

WATCHIN' THE WATCH LISTS
UTA has had a trio of student-athletes named to Watch Lists for Postseason Awards.

UTA senior right-hander Andrew Gross has been named to the Midseason Watch List for the 15th Annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award. The NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award is given annually to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I Baseball.

Gross was one of 45 players named to the list. The midseason list includes five players who were on the preseason watch list released in February, including Stanford's Jake Little, who is the only returner among last year's five finalists for the award.

Redshirt senior Will Olson and junior Connor Aube were named to the 2019 Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List. The Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award is presented by SR Bats.

The BBCSA, created by the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation, was open to nominations from all Division I baseball programs in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma.  The award 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).

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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