CONWAY, S.C. – The UTA baseball team will continue its postseason run with a matchup against No. 10 seed ULM on Thursday night (May 23) at Springs Brooks Stadium. The matchup, which is set for a 6:30 p.m. CT first pitch, will be broadcast live on ESPN+ and have an audio only broadcast via UTAMavs.com with the Voice of the Mavericks Josh Sours on the call.

MATCHUP: #10 ULM (26-29) vs. #4 UTA (32-24)
WHEN: Thursday, May 23 | 6:30 p.m. CT
WHERE: Conway, S.C. | Springs Brooks Stadium
LINKS: LIVE AUDIO | LIVE VIDEO (ESPN+) | LIVE STATS

UP NEXT
With a win... UTA will move on in the winners bracket and play Saturday (May 25) at 11:30 a.m. CT
With a loss... UTA will face the winner of #1 Texas State/#5 Coastal Carolina on Friday (May 24) at 5:30 p.m. CT

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.
• UTA won 30+ games for the 25th time in program history.
• The Mavs are 32-24 overall.
• The Mavericks are 1-1 in neutral site contests this season.
• Connor Aube (.343 batting avg.), Anthony Dominguez (.306) and Josh Minjarez (.292) lead the Mavs at the dish.
• UTA is currently sixth in the Sun Belt in batting average, hitting a combined .276 as a team.
• Andrew Gross leads the Sun Belt and is second in the nation in saves (17).
• 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).

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | ULM
• ULM is eighth in the Sun Belt with a .271 team batting average.
• Trent Tingelstad leads the squad with a .342 batting average.
• The Warhawks have 4 players hitting .300+ on the season.
• 5 ULM players have multiple HRs on the season (40 total), led by Chad Bell's 18 homers.
• The Warhawks pitching staff currently owns a 6.04 ERA and has struck out 408 batters in 478.0 innings pitched.
• Opposing hitters are hitting .287 against ULM.
• ULM has won 4 of their last 6 games.
• ULM is 5-2 in neutral site games this season.

SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
The Mavericks are making their sixth straight Sun Belt Championship appearance. UTA is 7-8 all-time in SBC Tournament action.

SBC POSTSEASON HONORS
UTA senior right-hander Andrew Gross earned conference recognition for helping lead the Mavericks to a 31-24 overall record (17-12 SBC) and the No. 4 seed in the Sun Belt Baseball Championship (May 21-26). Gross was selected to the All-Sun Belt Second Team the league announced on Monday (May 20).

Gross, who was named to the Midseason NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Watch List earlier this year, finished the regular season with a 2-3 record in 34 appearances with a conference-leading 17 saves (2nd in nation), posting a 2.70 ERA, .263 opponent batting average and 46 strikeouts in 43.1 innings. In Sun Belt play, Gross had 17 appearances, going 2-2 with nine saves and a 2.40 ERA.

This season, Gross became UTA's leader in single-season saves with his 15th save in UTA's 6-3 win over No. 19 TCU on April 16. The senior is closing in on the SBC single-season saves record of 18 (Hugh Adams - FAU, 2013).

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).

Olson was also selected to the watch list for the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award (formerly the Johnny Bench Award).

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