ARLINGTON, Texas – Standout performances on the mound and at the plate led the UT Arlington softball team to an 8-2 victory over the Roadrunners of UTSA Saturday night at Allan Saxe Field.

The Mavericks have found their groove after picking up their fourth win of the weekend with three of them ending in run-rule fashion. UTA looks to continue its hot streak heading into Sunday's final game of the four-day Boerner Invitational.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: vs. UTSA (W, 8-2)
UTA tied its second-best outing at the plate this season as the lineup produced 12 hits on the night. Through Boerner Invitational play so far, the Mavericks have pieced a whopping 49 hits together across five games.
 
Freshman Kaitlyn Sailor had herself a game, going 2-3 at the plate as she belted her first career home run and double against the Roadrunners. Thanks to tonight's hot performance, the outfielder raised her overall batting average to .306 – sixth highest on the team.
 
Veteran Lindsey Franklin tabbed her seventh multi-hit contest of the season and third of the tournament with a 3-4 showing.
 
Franklin shares a team-high of 23 hits with Camille Corona as Corona continues to pace the Mavericks' bats with an impressive .434 batting average. Tonight, the fifth-year transfer logged her eighth multi-hit game of the year after going 2-4 at the plate.
 
Sophomore Alaina Hampton snagged hits number five and six on the season as Marley Neises, Morgan Westbrook and Jade Moreno came away with one hit apiece.
 
Head coach Kara Dill gave Moreno the start in the circle – her sixth of the season – and went on to toss two innings before freshman Abi Gutierrez made her tenth appearance on the mound this year.
 
Between Moreno and Gutierrez, the pair did not allow a single walk across a total of 29 batters faced. The duo remained lights out as both came away with two strike outs each.
 
Gutierrez received her third win of the 2024 season as the lefty now sits on an overall record of 3-1.



ON DECK
The Mavericks will round out tournament action with a 12:30 p.m. start against Incarnate Word on Sunday, Mar. 3.

The Boerner Invitational is named in honor of Melissa Boerner, a former UTA softball captain who was killed by a drunk driver the day before her senior year began in 1998. The tournament is put on to help raise awareness to the importance of responsible drinking.

 

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