DENTON, Texas – Coming off an 0-3 weekend in the first conference series against Troy, the UT Arlington softball team (3-14) will face North Texas (12-6) for the second time this season Wednesday in Denton for a midweek matchup.

The last contest between the Mavericks and the Mean Green was this season in the 2^nd Boerner Invitational where UTA topped North Texas 2-0 courtesy of senior Aileen Garcia who executed a squeeze play to plate the two runs of the game.

OPPONENT: North Texas (12-6)
WHEN: March 17 at 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Denton, Texas | Lovelace Stadium

UTA NOTES

• Senior third baseman KJ Murphy leads the team with a .326 batting average with 2 home runs on the season – now 12 in her career – and a .565 slugging percentage.
• Murphy has started in all 17 games and has tallied 8 walks and 6 RBI's.
• College Station native Jessica Carreon has an average of .316 on the year with a .395 on-base percentage
• Sophomore Kenedy Hines (1-6) leads the rotation on the mound with 30.2 innings pitched and has recorded 14 strikeouts this season
• With the lowest ERA on the pitching staff of 2.45, Laura Henriksen (0-1) has thrown 14.2 innings so far while only allowing 4 earned runs.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT

• The Mavericks topped the Mean Green 2-0 in their last matchup this season in the 2^nd Boerner Invitational.
• Outfielder Tuesday DerMargosian is batting .378 on the season with a .432 slugging percentage and a .415 on-base percentage.
• Redshirt Freshman Molly Rainey leads North Texas in RBI's (14) with a .634 slugging percentage. Rainey has 2 home runs on the year with a .500 on-base percentage playing in all 18 contests.
• Senior Hope Trautwein (4-3) leads the pitching rotation for the Mean Green with 40.1 innings pitched with 75 strikeouts on the year and a low ERA of 1.09.

ON DECK

The Mavericks will continue Sun Belt Conference competition and welcome No. 15 Louisiana to Allan Saxe Field this weekend (Mar. 19-21) with the first pitch set to begin Friday at 7:30 p.m.