STEPHENVILLE, Texas – The UT Arlington softball team looks to bounce back with its second conference series of the season at Tarleton beginning Friday, Mar. 22 followed by a doubleheader on Saturday, Mar. 23 from Tarleton Softball Complex.
 
UTA opened WAC play with a 1-1 weekend against California Baptist on Mar. 15 as inclement weather caused for the final game of the series to be canceled.
 
In the short series history, this will be just the fourth meeting between the two programs as the Texans lead the overall record, 3-0.
 
SERIES INFO
OPPONENT: Tarleton (12-18, 0-3)
WHEN: March 22-23
WHERE: Stephenville, Texas | Tarleton Softball Complex
GAME 1: Friday, Mar. 22 | 6:30 p.m.
GAME 2: Saturday, Mar. 23 | 1 p.m. (DH)
GAME 3: Saturday, Mar. 23 | 3:30 p.m. (DH)

SERIES HISTORY
Tarleton: Tarleton leads, 3-0
Last 3 Meetings:
Apr. 30, 2023: L, 4-3 | Arlington, Texas
Apr. 29, 2023: L, 6-5 | Arlington, Texas
Apr. 29, 2023: L, 10-7 | Arlington, Texas

UTA NOTES (10-17, 1-1)

• The Mavericks suffered a midweek loss to No. 1 Oklahoma as the team moved on to an overall record of 10-17. Prior to its game at OU, UTA opened conference play at Allan Saxe Field on Mar. 15 as the Mavs split its series with the Lancers of California Baptist.
• UTA's Camille Corona is on a nine-game hitting streak after collecting a 2-3 performance at the plate against the Sooners. It was Corona's lead-off bunt single in the top of the first that got things going for the Mavericks' first base runner. Two batters later, Marley Neises laid a sacrifice bunt down before a throwing error brought Corona around to score UTA's first and only run of the night.
• Corona continues to be the front-runner as the fifth year holds the best batting average of .413 – ranking sixth in the WAC.
• In Norman, fifth year Lindsey Franklin is a top offensive performer in the Mavericks' lineup after the infielder finished 2-3, making that her ninth multi-hit game of the season. Now, Franklin sits on an impressive .400 batting average with 30 hits – just one behind Corona.
• Nikki Donahue and Kaitlyn Sailor share a .306 batting average as the pair have knocked 15 hits each.
• Sophomore Marley Neises leads the Mavericks with a .714 batting average in conference action alone and was named WAC Player of the Week on Mar. 18 after batting .700 with two home runs and six hits across three games.
• On the mound, junior Jessica Adams maintains the leading spot in head coach Kara Dill's staff with an ERA of 2.97. Adams has spent the most time on the mound for UTA with over 42 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 | TARLETON TEXANS (12-18, 0-3)

• The Texans kicked off conference play last weekend with a three-game series at Utah Valley as Tarleton suffered a WAC sweep. Now, the Texans sit on an overall record of 12-18.
• Senior outfielder Kelci Hill has started in all 30 games for Tarleton and leads the lineup in batting average (.430), triples (3), at-bats (100) and hits (43). Hill ranks second in the WAC in overall batting average.
• Fellow senior Katy Schaefer holds the best average in conference play alone of .545. Overall, the infielder has the second-best average of .325 while leading in RBI (29) and home runs (5).
• As a team, the Texans are batting .274 with 19 home runs and have scored 134 runs off 213 hits.
• The six-player staff holds an ERA of 6.12 as redshirt freshman Kendall Daniel leads with a 5.08 across 15 appearances.
• Hannah Blincoe and Alexa Rehmeier share a team-high of 25 strike outs as Rehmeier has spent the most time in the circle with 49.2 inning of work.

ON DECK
The Mavericks will welcome North Texas to Allan Saxe Field for its second matchup with the Mean Green this season on Tuesday, Mar. 26 at 6 p.m.  
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