SEATTLE – The UT Arlington Maverick baseball team will face off against the Seattle U Redhawks in the final road matchup of the season in a three-game series, May 10-12. 

QUICK FACTS

• The Mavericks currently sit in 6th place in the WAC standings with a conference record of 13-11. 
• Tyson Pointer currently leads the team with 62 total hits throughout the season. The Dallas native has also tallied the most at bats on the squad with 196 at bats and recorded a team-leading 6 stolen bases on the season, nabbing a base in all six of his attempts. Pointer, during the last conference series against Utah Valley three weeks ago, he mashed 2 homeruns and recorded 4 RBIs. In the series against Houston, Pointer roped in another 2 HRs (One was inside-the-park) and was a triple shy of the cycle in Sunday's loss to Houston on April 28. Pointer also recorded 3 stolen bases in the loss to Baylor on April 30th.
• Zach Norris dominated during his Friday start last week against Sacramento State, ringing up 7 batters in 7 innings pitched. The Senior from Paris, Texas gave up just 4 hits and 0 earned runs in his start to help propel the Mavs to its first shutout win of the season. During his start, Norris also picked up his 5th win of the season, improving his record to 5-5. The senior currently sits T-5th in the conference with 60 strikeouts on the season.
• The Mavericks boast the 2nd best walks allowed per nine innings in the NCAA with a mark of 2.91. Caylon Dygert leads the way on the team with a 1.38 mark on the season, walking just 12 batters in 78.1 innings pitched and ranks 6th in the entire NCAA. Zach Norris, a native of Paris, Texas, ranks 49th in the NCAA in walks allowed per nine innings with a rate of 1.84 walks allowed per nine innings. Additionally, Norris currently ranks T-42nd in the NCAA in strikeout-to-walk ratio with a mark of 4.62.
• Ryan Black, the sophomore out of Grand Prairie, Texas, ranks 2nd in the WAC with 20 doubles on the season, which ranks T-11th in the nation. Black also has 2 triples on the season which not only is tied for the most on the Mavs, but also ranks T-2nd in the conference.
• Ryan Ellis, who has drawn a team-leading 30 walks, ranks T-6th 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 sits 2nd on the team in batting average with a mark of .308.
• Parker Airhart leads the team in homeruns with 10 longballs on the season and has also brought in the most RBIs on the team with 37. 
• Both Ryan Black and Tyson Pointer have started in all 49 games this season, the only Mavericks to do so. 

 
OPPONENT HISTORY
This will be the 11th – 13th all-time matchup between the Redhawks and the Mavericks dating all the way back to 2013.
 
The Mavericks hold an all-time record of 6-4 against the Redhawks. The last win for UTA came during the 2023 WAC Tournament in a 11-3 win in Mesa, Arizona. 
 
ON DECK
The Mavs return home to face the Tarleton Texans for the final conference clash of the season from May 16-18 at Clay Gould Ballpark.
 
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