SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The UT Arlington softball team sits on an overall record of 0-3 after dropping both games to No. 25 Arkansas in UTA's season opener (Feb. 22) then falling to No. 21 Baylor (Feb. 24) in Waco, 6-1. The Mavericks will head to San Antonio for the three-day UTSA Classic beginning Friday, Feb. 26.

UTA will commence action with a doubleheader Friday at 1:00 p.m. taking on the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Islanders before taking the field again to face the Kansas Jayhawks at 3:30 p.m.

The Mavs will open Saturday's action with a 10:00 a.m. start against the Islanders before taking to the diamond five hours later to face the host, UTSA, at 3:00 p.m.

UTA will wrap up tournament play Sunday and face Kansas at 10:00 a.m.
 
TOURNAMENT: UTSA Classic
OPPONENTS: Texas A&M – Corpus Christi (4-2), Kansas (1-3), UTSA (2-0)
WHEN: February 26-28
WHERE: San Antonio, Texas | Roadrunner Field
GAME 1 vs Texas A&M – Corpus Christi (Friday, 1:00 p.m)
GAME 2 vs Kansas (Friday, 3:30 p.m)
GAME 3 vs Texas A&M – Corpus Christi (Saturday, 10:00 a.m.)
GAME 4 vs UTSA (Saturday, 3:00 p.m.)
GAME 5 vs Kansas (Sunday, 10:00 a.m.)
 
UTA NOTES

• UTA's overall record has dropped to 0-3 after a tough contest (Feb. 24) to No. 21 Baylor, 6-1.
• In the Mavericks' last competition, sophomore Reagan Hukill knocked in UTA's only run of the game against the Bears hitting an RBI-double to score freshman pinch runner Dariane Cram.
• The Mavs held Baylor to a close contest before the Bears added three more runs in the bottom of the sixth to extend their lead 6-1.
• Senior first baseman Aileen Garcia is leading the team with a .400 batting average going 4-10 over the three games.
• Sophie Wideman, Courtney Ogle and Kimber Cortemelia are tied for most RBI's (2) this season.
• Freshman Gracie Bumpurs leads the pitching staff with eight innings pitched on the mound with two starts on the season.
• In the three games this season, UTA has utilized five arms in the circle across 21 total innings pitched.
• The Mavericks look for their first win this 2021 season in the UTSA Classic this weekend.

 
KNOW YOUR OPPONENT- Texas A&M – Corpus Christi (4-2)

• After opening up their season in the Scrap Yard Blizzard Challenge in Conroe, Texas, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi finished the weekend 2-2.
• The Islanders fell to No. 10 Oklahoma State twice that weekend, 11-1 and 11-0 but picked up two wins against Tarleton State (13-3) and Wichita State (5-1).
• Coming off a doubleheader Wednesday (Feb. 24) against Texas Southern, the Islanders topped the Tigers both games, 5-3 and 7-1.
• Sophomore Jenika Lombrana leads the rotation with 24 strikeouts over 17.1 innings pitched with a 2.42 ERA.
• Coming in right behind Lombrana, sophomore Beatriz Lara has 12 innings pitched this season with a 1.17 ERA.
• Sophomore infielder Ashleigh Sgambelluri leads the Islanders with a .400 batting average going 6-15 over the course of six games.
• Sammi Thomas leads A&M – Corpus Christi in RBI's (4) with a .647 slugging percentage. Over six games, Thomas has a .353 batting average.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT- Kansas (1-3)

• Kansas opened their season in Baton Rouge, LA at the LSU Tournament finishing the weekend 1-3.
• The Jayhawks are coming off three losses to McNeese State twice and host, No. 11 LSU. Kansas put up a close contest in both games of the doubleheader (Feb. 12) against McNeese, 8-9 and 5-6. LSU topped Kansas with a final score of 3-5 ending Saturday play. A walk-off home run from the Cowgirls in the bottom of the seventh ended the game.
• The only win the Jayhawks recorded was against Central Arkansas (Feb. 13), 4-2.
• Redshirt junior catcher Shelby Gayre recorded her first home run of the season- a grand slam against McNeese State in game one- which added to her total number of career home runs (21).
• Gayre leads the Jayhawks in RBI's (6) while touching base 13 times over 15 at-bats.
• Shortstop Sydnee Ramsey is leading the team with a .429 batting average going 6-14 over the course of four games.
• Tatum Goff and Hailey Reed both share 9 innings pitched in the circle this season while Goff leads the rotation with 11 strikeouts.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT- UTSA (2-0)

• UTSA enters the 2021 season with a 2-0 overall record after sweeping Lamar in a doubleheader (Feb. 13).
• The Roadrunners topped Lamar twice, 7-1 and 11-2. Game two of the doubleheader ended in just five innings.
• The Bearkat Classic (Feb. 20-21) was cancelled due to inclement weather.
• Freshman infielder Kat Ibarra is leading UTSA with a .833 batting average over the two games going 5-6.
• Junior Riley Grunberg sits on a .714 batting average while knocking in 7 RBI's this season.
• Clarissa Hernandez leads the pitching staff with seven innings pitched, eight strikeouts and a 1.29 ERA.

UP NEXT
UTA will welcome Corpus Christi, Iowa State, Missouri State, North Texas and Wichita State for a four-day tournament as part of the 2^nd Boerner Invitational (Mar. 4-7). The Boerner Invitational – named in honor of Melissa Boerner, a former UTA softball captain who was killed by a drunk driver the day before her senior year began in 1998 – is to help raise awareness to the importance of responsible drinking.