AUSTIN, TEXAS – The UT Arlington Maverick baseball team will face off against the Texas Longhorns in a midweek matchup on Tuesday, April 23, at the UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

QUICK FACTS

• The Mavericks currently sit in 5th place in the WAC standings with a conference record of 12-9. 
• Tyson Pointer currently leads the team with 50 total hits throughout the season. The Dallas native has also tallied the most at bats on the squad with 160 at bats and recorded a team-leading 3 stolen bases on the season, nabbing a base in all three of his attempts. Pointer, during the series against Utah Valley last weekend, mashed 2 homeruns and recorded 4 RBIs.
• The Mavericks boast the 2nd best walks allowed per nine innings in the NCAA with a mark of 2.81. Caylon Dygert leads the way on the team with a 1.19 mark on the season, walking just 9 batters in 68.1 innings pitched and ranks 8th in the entire NCAA. Zach Norris, a native of Paris, Texas, ranks 33rd in the NCAA in walks allowed per nine innings with a rate of 1.65 walks allowed per nine innings. Additionally, Norris currently ranks 38th in the NCAA in strikeout-to-walk ratio with a mark of 5.20.
• Ryan Black, the sophomore out of Grand Prairie, Texas, ranks T-19th in the NCAA with 16 doubles on the season. Black also has 2 triples on the season which not only leads the team, but ranks 2nd in the conference.
• Ryan Ellis, who has drawn a team-leading 27 walks, ranks 2nd in the conference in reaching a base on balls. During the game on Friday, Apr. 19, against Utah Valley, Ellis tied the program's single-game hitting record by racking in 5 hits in the win. The Arizona native went 5-for-5 with 3 doubles with an RBI. He also leads the team in batting average with a mark of .319.

 
OPPONENT HISTORY
This will be the 77th all-time matchup between the Longhorns and the Mavericks dating all the way back to 1981.
 
The Mavericks hold an all-time record of 18-58 against the Longhorns. The last win for UTA came on Mar. 17, 2017 in Arlington, Texas by a score of 6-5. The last maverick victory in Austin came in February of 2012 in a 7-5 victory.
 
ON DECK
The Mavs will head to Space City for a weekend series against the Houston Cougars from April 26-28.
 
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