ARLINGTON, Texas – The UT Arlington softball team will welcome Georgia State to Allan Saxe Field for a three-game conference series this weekend as this is the first time the two teams have faced each other since the 2019 season.
OPPONENT: Georgia State (12-18) (0-10 SBC)
WHEN: April 10-11
WHERE: Arlington, Texas | Allan Saxe Field
Game 1: Saturday, 1:30 p.m. (DH) | Live Stats | Live Audio
Game 2: Saturday, 4:00 p.m. (DH) | Live Stats | Live Audio
Game 3: Sunday, 12:00 p.m. | Live Stats | Live Audio
UTA NOTES
- The Mavericks are coming off a tough midweek loss to No. 7 Texas Wednesday at Allan Saxe Field with a final score of 12-0 in five innings.
- Jadyn Erickson, Aileen Garcia, Reagan Hukill and Jessica Carreon were responsible for UTA's four hits in Wednesday's contest.
- Freshman Carreon now has a .356 average on the season and sophomore Erickson has a .333 average.
- Senior KJ Murphy continues to pace UTA's offense with a .375 batting average with 20 RBI, 15 walks and 8 doubles.
- In the circle, Jojo Valencia leads the pitching staff with a 3.32 ERA and 24 strike outs (40.2 IP).
KNOW YOUR OPPONENT- Georgia State (12-18) (0-10 SBC)
- The all-time series between Georgia State and UTA is tied at 11-11 as the Panthers won the last series in 2019.
- Sophomore Daisy Hess leads Georgia State with a .362 average at the plate with 9 doubles, 1 triple, 8 home runs and 33 RBI.
- The infielder has a slugging percentage of .739 and a .423 on-base percentage.
- Infielder Bailee Richardson follows Hess with a .360 batting average on the season with 25 RBI.
- The sophomore has tallied 11 walks this year with a .431 on-base percentage.
- Sophomore pitcher Sophie Mooney (4-7) leads the pitching rotation with 50 innings pitched with 32 strike outs.
- Emily Buck has the lowest ERA of 3.88 on the Panther staff with 43.1 innings thrown.
UP NEXT
The Mavericks will face off with North Texas for the third time this season with this being the second matchup at Allan Saxe Field. UTA will welcome the Mean Green Wednesday (Apr. 14) with the first pitch scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
