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Box Score<\/a> SAN ANTONIO, TX –\u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n The Mavericks came out swinging in the bottom of the first. Kelsey Creech<\/a> ripped a two-RBI double down the left field line to score Dee McClarity<\/a> and Mia McNulty<\/a>. Peyton Holland<\/a> followed with an RBI bunt single to plate Valeria Feeney<\/a>, and Creech later stole home to give UTA a 4-0 advantage. — #BuckEm \u2013<\/p>\n \nFOLLOW THE MAVS
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\nNorth 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.
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\nUTA continued to battle. In the second, Mia McNulty<\/a> swiped second and Talia Maldonado<\/a> 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.
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\nThe 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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