{"id":165898,"date":"2026-02-15T18:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/165898\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:46:12","slug":"uta-edges-tulsa-to-end-first-day-of-dream-city-2-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/165898\/","title":{"rendered":"UTA edges Tulsa to End First Day of Dream City, 2-1"},"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\/Iowa_State.png\" alt=\"Iowa State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Iowa State<\/p>\n<p>2\/14\/2026 | 7 PM CT<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 14 (Sat) \/ 7 PM CT&#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\/Iowa_State.png\" alt=\"Iowa State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Iowa State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/opponent-history\/iowa-state\/22\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    GAME 2 | UT Arlington 2, Tulsa 1<\/p>\n<p>ARLINGTON, Texas &#8212; The UT Arlington softball team secured a 2-1 victory over Tulsa on Friday night at Allan Saxe Field, using timely hitting and a strong performance in the circle to open the matchup.<\/p>\n<p>UT Arlington plated both of its runs in the fourth inning to take control of the game. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/dee-mcclarity\/14666\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14666\" target=\"_blank\">Dee McClarity<\/a> led the charge with an RBI double, while <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/peyton-holland\/14898\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14898\" target=\"_blank\">Peyton Holland<\/a> added an RBI to give the Mavericks the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Holand finished 0-for-3 with an RBI, while McClarity went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/mia-mcnulty\/14668\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14668\" target=\"_blank\">Mia McNulty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kailee-bautista\/11642\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11642\" target=\"_blank\">Kailee Bautista<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kaitlyn-sailor\/14905\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14905\" target=\"_blank\">Kaitlyn Sailor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kelsey-creech\/14802\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14802\" target=\"_blank\">Kelsey Creech<\/a> recorded hits for the Mavericks.<\/p>\n<p>In the circle, <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kynlee-bowlin\/14892\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14892\" target=\"_blank\">Kynlee Bowlin<\/a> earned the win after throwing a complete game. Bowlin allowed one run on three hits, striking out eight and working through multiple scoreless frames to preserve the lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tulsa scored its lone run in the second inning but was held in check the rest of the way, as UTA&#8217;s defense limited the Golden Hurricanes to just three hits.<\/p>\n<p>HOW IT HAPPENED<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTulsa struck first with a run in the top of the second inning, but UTA responded in the bottom of the fourth. McClarity doubled to drive in the tying run before Holland followed with a sacrifice fly to put the Mavericks ahead for good.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bowlin settled in after the early run, retiring Tulsa hitters efficiently and standing runners when needed to close out the victory.<\/p>\n<p>GAME NOTES&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tUTA improved to 1-1 at home this season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tBowlin recorded eight strikeouts in her complete-game effort.&#13;<br \/>\n\tMcClarity tallied UTA&#8217;s lone extra-base hit with a double.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Mavericks were held to six hits but capitalized on scoring opportunities in the fourth inning.&#13;<br \/>\n\tTulsa was limited to three hits and left five runners on base.&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212; #BuckEm \u2013<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW 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<\/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: Iowa State 2\/14\/2026 | 7 PM CT &#13; Feb. 14 (Sat) \/ 7&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-165898","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\/165898","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=165898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}