ARLINGTON, Texas – The UT Arlington softball team's comeback bid fell short, 4-5, against Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Thursday night at Allan Saxe Field. After a sixth inning rally, the Mavericks came up short dropping their overall record to 1-8.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KJ Murphy, Sophie Wideman and Amber Langston led UTA's offense going 2-3. All three Mavericks notched a double in their at-bats.

UTA remained scoreless through five innings until five runs were scored courtesy back-to-back singles from Jessica Carreon and Jadyn Erickson plated Amber Langston across which made it a 5-1 game.

Aileen Garcia drew a bases-loaded walk to plate one more across the board before sophomore Cielo Morin recorded a pinch-hit RBI to make it a 5-3 game. Sophomore center fielder Reagan Hukill kept the sixth inning rally going with a sacrifice fly to center field and scored senior KJ Murphy, 5-4.

Freshman Gracie Bumpurs got the start in the circle for the Mavs and threw two innings while allowing five hits before being replaced by senior Jojo Valencia. The lefty went on to throw the rest of the game allowing just one hit while facing 19 batters.

PLAY BY PLAY

• Texas A&M – CC scored 5 runs over the first two innings to take an early lead 5-0.
• UTA remained scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning when back-to-back singles from Jessica Carreon and Jadyn Erickson plated Amber Langston across which made it a 5-1 game.
• Aileen Garcia drew a bases-loaded walk to plate one more across the board before sophomore Cielo Morin recorded a pinch-hit RBI to make it a 5-3 game.
• Sophomore Reagan Hukill kept the sixth inning rally going with a sacrifice fly to center field and scored senior KJ Murphy, 5-4.

 
ON DECK
The Mavericks will face Iowa State Friday night at 7:00 p.m. at Allan Saxe Field.