{"id":154667,"date":"2026-02-07T03:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/154667\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T03:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:42:10","slug":"mavericks-drop-back-and-forth-contest-to-new-mexico-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/154667\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks Drop Back-and-Forth Contest to New Mexico State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UTEP_logos_full_color_grayoutline_Registered (1).png\" alt=\"UTEP\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at UTEP<\/p>\n<p>2\/7\/2026 | 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 07 (Sat) \/ 12:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UTEP_logos_full_color_grayoutline_Registered (1).png\" alt=\"UTEP\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0UTEP&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/opponent-history\/utep\/58\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>LAS CRUCES, N.M. \u2013\u00a0The UT Arlington softball team earned a split in Friday&#8217;s doubleheader at NM State Softball Complex, opening the day with a 6-1 win over UMass Lowell before falling 11-9 to New Mexico State in the nightcap.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUTA finished with nine runs on the night and showed power throughout the lineup, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/mia-mcnulty\/14668\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14668\" target=\"_blank\">Mia McNulty<\/a>, who recorded two extra-base hits, including a double and a home run, while driving in three runs. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/marley-neises\/11643\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11643\" target=\"_blank\">Marley Neises<\/a> also turned in a strong performance at the plate, going two-for-four with a triple and an RBI.<\/p>\n<p>The Mavericks struck first in the second inning, sending five runs across the plate, highlighted by McNulty&#8217;s three-run home run. UTA later extended its lead to 8-5 in the fourth inning before the Aggies answered back with late runs.<\/p>\n<p>UTA added a run in the seventh inning on an RBI triple from Neises, but the Mavericks were unable to close the gap in the final frame.<\/p>\n<p>GAME NOTES<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb UT Arlington&#8217;s power output was led by McNulty, who had two extra base hits in the ballgame.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb UT Arlington&#8217;s highest scoring inning was the second, when it pushed five runs across.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb McNulty stole two bases in Friday&#8217;s game.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb The Mavericks swiped five bases as a team.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb UT Arlington pitchers faced 34 New Mexico State hitters in the game, allowing five ground balls and nine fly balls while striking out three.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb The Mavericks drew four walks from New Mexico State pitching.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb McNulty led the Mavericks at the plate, going 2 for 4 with a double, a home run and three RBIs.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb New Mexico State was led offensively by Faith Aragon, who went 1 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00bb Jaileen Mancha led the Aggies pitching staff, throwing 3.2 innings of one-run ball.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212; #BuckEm \u2013<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nFOLLOW THE MAVS<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFor the latest news on UTA Softball, log on to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utamavs.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UTAMavs.com<\/a>\u00a0or stay connected to the\u00a0Mavs on social media. Follow the Mavericks on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UTAMavsSoftball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UTAMavsSB<\/a>, on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/utamavssoftball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UTAMavsSB<\/a>\u00a0and on Facebook at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTAMavsSoftball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook.com\/UTAMavsSB<\/a>.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at UTEP 2\/7\/2026 | 12:00 PM &#13; Feb. 07 (Sat) \/ 12:00 PM&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-154667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arlington","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-arlington-headlines","10":"tag-arlington-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}