ARLINGTON – The UT Arlington softball team will open Western Athletic Conference play with a three-game series against California Baptist beginning Friday, Mar. 15 from Allan Saxe Field.
 
Since joining the WAC, this will be the second conference meeting and fourth overall between the two programs as the Lancers lead, 3-0.
 
SERIES INFO
OPPONENT: California Baptist (13-14)
WHEN: March 15-16
WHERE: Arlington, Texas | Allan Saxe Field
GAME 1: Friday, Mar. 15 | 4 p.m. (DH)
GAME 2: Friday, Mar. 15 | 6:30 p.m. (DH)
GAME 3: Saturday, Mar. 16 | 12 p.m.

SERIES HISTORY
California Baptist: CBU leads, 3-0
Last 3 Meetings:
Mar. 25, 2023: L, 12-1 | Riverside, Calif.
Mar. 24, 2023: L, 5-4 | Riverside, Calif.
Mar. 24, 2023: L, 3-2 | Riverside, Calif.

UTA NOTES (9-15)

• The Mavs are coming off an 8-1 midweek win at Houston Christian as the team recorded another double-digit hit total (13).
• The team has completely turned its offense around with six wins in the last eight games as those six wins have ended with at least eight runs.
• Freshman Jade Moreno collected her first career home run as a Maverick with a two-run shot.
• Fifth year Camille Corona continues to lead UTA's offense with a .406 batting average and 26 hits. The infielder is currently on a six-game hitting streak with a multi-hit performance against UTSA on Mar. 2.
• Veteran Lindsey Franklin is currently on her way to a career-best at the plate with a .385 batting average. The power-hitter leads the Mavs with 16 RBI and three home runs – making that 11 total in her career.
•  Freshman Kaitlyn Sailor has made quite the college debut as the newbie holds the third-highest batting average of .311 with 10 RBI off 14 hits.
• In the circle for the Mavs, junior Jessica Adams maintains the leading spot in head coach Kara Dill's staff with an ERA of 3.08. Adams has spent the most time on the mound for UTA with over 38 innings pitched. The Texas native has recorded three complete games as she threw a perfect game on Mar. 3 at Allan Saxe Field against Incarnate Word (W, 1-0). That perfect game was the second in program history and first in a full seven-inning contest. Adams' solid performance led to WAC weekly honors of Pitcher of the Week (Mar. 4).

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | CALIFORNIA BAPTIST LANCERS (13-14)

• Like the Mavericks, the Lancers are heading into their first conference series of the 2024 season.
• CBU moved on to an overall record of 13-14 after taking back-to-back midweek losses against Princeton (3-1) and Rutgers (5-0) at home.
• As a team, the Lancers are batting .294 – just shy of .300 – as their offense has produced 102 runs off 215 hits so far this season.
• Sophomore Kayla Lyon has started in 23 games for California Baptist, leading in RBI (18), doubles (12), hits (27) and slugging percentage (.583). With nine multi-hit games, the third baseman also leads with a .375 batting average.
• With a team-high of four home runs, graduate student Kalena Burns holds the third-highest batting average on the squad with a .338. Burns has knocked 15 RBI off 26 hits with 11 walks.
• CBU sits on an ERA of 2.45 as senior right-handed pitcher Jazmine Castaneda holds the lowest of 1.63. With 25 strike outs, the veteran has thrown two complete games.
• Morgan McConnell leads with the most strike outs on the five-player pitching staff with 31 across 60 innings of work. The junior has started in 10 games for the Lancers with four complete games.

ON DECK
The Mavericks will face-off with No. 1 Oklahoma on Wednesday, Mar. 20 from the Sooners' newly debuted stadium, Love's Field.
   
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