ARLINGTON, Texas – The Maverick baseball team looks to get back on track this weekend as it hosts Coastal Carolina in a 3-game Sun Belt Conference series at Clay Gould Ballpark.

MATCHUP: Coastal Carolina (27-20-1, 12-11 Sun Belt) at UTA (29-20, 15-9 Sun Belt)
WHEN: Friday, May 10 | 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 11 | 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 12 | 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Arlington, Texas | Clay Gould Ballpark
GAME 1: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
GAME 2: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
GAME 3: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

PROMOS
FRIDAY, MAY 10 - FREE STUFF FRIDAY - 1st 100 fans receive a #MavCITY shirt
SATURDAY, MAY 11 - BOY SCOUT DAY - Boy scouts receive 1 FREE ticket & can purchase additional tickets for $3
SUNDAY, MAY 12 - SENIOR DAY - We will honor our Seniors with a ceremony that will start at approximately 10:45am

PROJECTED STARTERS
GAME 1 | CCU — LHP Anthony Veneziano  vs. UTA — LHP Drew Gooch
GAME 2 | CCU — TBA vs. UTA — RHP David Moffat
GAME 3 | CCU — TBA vs. UTA —RHP Cade Winquest

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 29-20 overall and are in 2nd place in the West Division of the Sun Belt standings (15-9 SBC).
• The Mavericks are 13-8 at Clay Gould Ballpark this season.
• Connor Aube (.345 batting avg.), Josh Minjarez (.293 batting avg.) and Anthony Dominguez (.291) lead the Mavs at the dish.
• UTA is currently fifth in the Sun Belt in batting average, hitting a combined .272 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).

SENIOR DAY
UTA's Senior Day ceremony is set for Sunday, May 12 at approximately 10:40am. The Mavericks will honor their seven seniors (Ka'ikepono Anderson, Will Olson, Aaron Funk, Drew Gooch, Andrew Gross, Reid Petty, Dylan Schneider) in a pre-game ceremony.

UP NEXT
Following the 3-game home series vs. Coastal Carolina, the Mavs will hit the road for the final four games of the 2019 regular season. UTA head to Waco to face No. 14 Baylor (May 14), before making the trip to San Marcos to face Texas State (May 16-18).

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | COASTAL CAROLINA
• CCU is hitting .300 as a team.
• Jake Wright leads the squad with a .359 batting average.
• Coastal Carolina has 7 players hitting .300+ on the season.
• 10 CCU players have multiple HRs on the season (61 total), led by Parker Chavers 11 homers and Zach Biermann's 10 HRs.
• The Chanticleer pitching staff currently owns a 5.16 ERA and has struck out 432 batters in 429.1 innings pitched.
• Coastal has had eight different pitchers make a start on the mound for them this season in Zach McCambley (9), Austin Kitchen (10), Anthony Veneziano (9), Garrett McDaniels (7), Nick Parker (6), Scott Kobos (3), Matt Eardensohn (3) and Bobby Holmes (1).
• This season, the Chants are averaging 9.06 strikeouts per nine innings this season which leads the Sun Belt and ranks 52nd nationally.
• Opposing hitters are hitting.273 against Coastal Carolina.
• The Chanticleers have lost 5 of their last eight games.
• CCU is 9-10 on the road this season.

SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP TIX
2019 Sun Belt Baseball Championship tickets are on sale now. Coastal Carolina will host the conference championship tournament this year at Springs Brooks Stadium from May 21-26.

The top 10 teams in the Sun Belt will play for the conference championship as well as an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Baseball Championship Tournament.

Both All-Tournament passes and single game tickets can be purchased by calling the Chanticleer Athletics Ticket Office at 843-347-8499, by going online HERE.

All-Tournament passes are $75-$110 and are the most cost-effective way to enjoy all six days of the conference championship event at Springs Brooks Stadium.

Single game tickets start at just $10 per game and can be purchased ahead of time by contacting the ticket office or by going online. Tickets can also be purchased during the tournament at the baseball ticket window located next to Gate 2 at Springs Brooks Stadium.

SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDING
The top two teams in each division will earn the No 1 and No. 2 seeds for the championship with the No. 1 seed being the team that has the highest conference winning percentage between the two division winners.
After that, seeds 3-10 will be determined based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division.

LAST TIME OUT | MAVS DROP RUBBER MATCH AT ULM
UTA dropped the final game of the 3-game Sun Belt Conference series at ULM, 6-3, on Sunday afternoon (May 5) at Warhawk Field.

With the victory, ULM (22-25 overall, 10-13 Sun Belt) picked up their second straight Sun Belt Conference series win, while the Mavericks fell to 29-19 overall and 15-8 in league play and dropped the seventh game in their last eight outings.

ULM struck first on Sunday, scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the second inning thanks to a UTA error and a sacrifice fly (2-0).

The Warhawks added four more runs in the fourth inning to push their lead to 6-0.

UTA answered with a pair of runs in the fifth inning (6-2), with one crossing the plate on an RBI single by Conner Aube and another on an error.

Another ULM error in the sixth inning allowed Will Olson to score (6-3).

UTA was unable manufacture any offense the rest of the way and dropped the rubber match to ULM, 6-3.

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).

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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