Box Score SAN ANTONIO, TX - The UT Arlington softball team dropped a 16-8 decision to North Dakota after a pair of big innings from the Fighting Hawks proved too much to overcome.

The Mavericks came out swinging in the bottom of the first. Kelsey Creech ripped a two-RBI double down the left field line to score Dee McClarity and Mia McNulty. Peyton Holland followed with an RBI bunt single to plate Valeria Feeney, and Creech later stole home to give UTA a 4-0 advantage.
 
North Dakota answered in the second, stringing together extra base-hits and capitalizing on wild pitches to take control. A three-RBI double and an RBI triple highlighted the inning as the Fighting Hawks surged ahead, 5-4.
 
UTA continued to battle. In the second, Mia McNulty swiped second and Talia Maldonado stole home to generate offense, tying the game 6-6. Feeney added an RBI double to right field, and Holland launched a solo home run to left center in the third to give the Mavericks the lead back, 7-6.
 
The Fighting Hawks pushed even harder to regain their lead, 10-7, in the fifth after a double to left brought in a run from second base. Maldonado drove in a run with a double in the fifth as UTA continue to compete offensively, but North Dakota took control with two home runs and multiple RBIs, taking the game, 16-8.
 
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