I wanted a fuller post on the end of the softball season and the second-to-last weekend of the baseball regular season, but big news dropped out of the UT Arlington Athletic Department today that will take the bulk of my limited time to produce these entries.
The softball team ended their season with a 4-1 loss to the host California Baptist Lancers in the Western Athletic Conference tournament. I really dislike the WAC's format, as the first games by the five through eight seeds are single-elimination, but UTA ends the year on a 4-13 slide and a once promising winning season, which hasn't happened since 2019, eluded UTA again. The Mavericks finished 24-25 on the year,
The baseball team kept their theme intact for the year. They lost a weekend series 1-2 at the last-place team in the WAC. After winning 11-1 in eight innings against Utah Tech, to open the three-game set UTA dropped game two 10-8 and game three 9-7.
The Mavs trailed late in both the final two games and scored runs in the final inning or two to close the gap but could not get over the hump. The Mavericks now have nine losses by a run, five losses by two runs and three losses by three runs. To put it in perspective, they have ten wins by five runs or more. They don't do well in close games. At 18-29 overall, that's the story of the season right there.
UTA closes out the regular at home with three scheduled against second-to-last place Seattle. UTA is currently sixth and is in the conference tournament. There are scenarios where they can move as high as fourth or as low as eighth. It is an understatement to say they need a good weekend.
As usual, the final conference series starts Thursday.
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