MESA, ARIZONA – The UT Arlington Maverick baseball team will face off against the UT Rio Grande Valley in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament on a Tuesday, May 21, at Hohokam Stadium.
 
The winner advances to face No. 3 Utah Valley on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

QUICK FACTS

• The Mavericks finished in 6th place in the WAC standings with a conference record of 16-13. 
• Tyson Pointer currently leads the team with 68 total hits throughout the season. The Dallas native has also tallied the most at bats on the squad with 221 at bats and has recorded a team-leading 6 stolen bases on the season, nabbing a base in all six of his attempts. Pointer, during a 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. Pointer was also named as an All-WAC second team honoree today as well for his stellar season.
• Zach Norris has dominated his previous two starts against Sacramento State and Seattle U, ringing up 14 batters in 13 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 against Sacramento State. The senior finished with 69 strikeouts in the regular season, which is 5th in the conference.
• 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 1.39 mark on the season, walking just 13 batters in 84.1 innings pitched and ranks 7th in the entire NCAA. Zach Norris, a native of Paris, Texas, ranks 42nd in the NCAA in walks allowed per nine innings with a rate of 1.81 walks allowed per nine innings. Additionally, Norris currently ranks 32nd in the NCAA in strikeout-to-walk ratio with a mark of 4.79.
• Ryan Black, the sophomore out of Grand Prairie, Texas, ranks T-2nd in the WAC with 20 doubles on the season, which ranks T-20th in the nation. Black also has 3 triples on the season which is the most on the Mavs and also ranks T-2nd in the conference.
• Ryan Ellis, who has drawn a team-leading 33 walks, ranks T-5th 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 .304.
• 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 39. 
• Both Ryan Black and Tyson Pointer have started in all 55 games this season, the only Mavericks to do so. 

 
 
ON DECK
The winner advances to face No. 3 Utah Valley on Wednesday at 2 p.m.
 
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