ARLINGTON - The UT Arlington baseball team (8-16, 2-4 SBC) will host the ULM Warhawks (8-14-1, 3-2-1 SBC) for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series at Clay Gould Ballpark this weekend (April 1-3).
 

PITCHING MATCHUP
First Pitch	UT Arlington	ULM
Friday, 6:30 pm CT	RHP Tanner King	LHP Cam Barlow
Saturday, 2 pm CT	RHP Michael Wong	RHP Cole Cressend
Sunday, 1 pm CT	RHP Cade Winquest	LHP Tyler Lien
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UTA NOTES

• Texas Southern transfer Oscar Ponce has been a driving factor in scoring runs this season for the Mavericks, leading UTA with 22 RBI on the season, nearly double the next closest Mavericks. The senior hit his first home run of the season on Tuesday at Baylor with a solo shot in the 9th inning.
• Matt Cavanagh played an instrumental part to the Mavericks picking up their first Sun Belt Conference series win this weekend as the redshirt sophomore slashed .667 / .727 / .889 at the plate and drove in a team-high five runs, while score twice himself. He also led the Mavericks with eight total bases.
• Redshirt freshman Zach Henry has been impressive offensively this season, leading the Mavericks in batting average (.323), on-base percentage (.500), slugging percentage (.462), runs scored (13) and walks (17). His 17 walks on the year are more than double the next closest Maverick (Jaden Brown; Matt Cavanagh - 8).
• The Mavericks have played just one game where the opposing pitcher was a lefty, winning that game 4-3 over Nebraska. UTA will have two chances this weekend to face off against left-handed starting pitchers.
• The bats have started to come alive for the Mavericks, as the team has finished with double-digit hits in three of its last four games.  The one game UTA did not achieve double-digit hits, it finished with nine.
• Outfielder Nick Pierce has quietly put together a nine-game on-base streak dating back to March 12 against Incarnate Word. It is the longest active streak on the team and third longest of the season.

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• The Warhawks enter the weekend with an 8-14-1 record overall and 3-2-1 record in the Sun Belt. Their one tie was a 17-17 game against Coastal Carolina which was called dead due to travel requirements.
• Ryan Cupit is currently leading the Sun Belt Conference and is 25th in the NCAA with a .524 on-base percentage.
• There are five Warhawks that are batting at or above .300 on the season - Colby Deaville (.357), Grant Schulz (.326), Mason Holt (.316), Ryan Cupit (.310), and Landon Cato (.300)
• The Warhawks boast a 6.04 team ERA - third lowest in the Sun Belt Conference. 

SERIES HISTORY
Though the Mavericks own the all-time series record 50-36, the Warhawks have been in control of the series as of late, winning six of the last eight games. This will be the first series in Arlington since 2018 when the Mavericks took two out of the three games.

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