{"id":197283,"date":"2026-03-09T22:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/197283\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:22:12","slug":"uta-heads-to-norman-for-midweek-contest-at-no-9-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/197283\/","title":{"rendered":"UTA Heads to Norman for Midweek Contest at No. 9 Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     ARLINGTON, Texas \u2013\u00a0The UT Arlington Mavericks hit the road on Tuesday, March 10, for a midweek non-conference matchup against No. 9 Oklahoma Sooners baseball. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT\u00a0at Kimrey Family Stadium\u00a0in Norman.<\/p>\n<p>UTA enters the contest at 5\u201310\u00a0following a series victory over ULM\u00a0this past weekend at Clay Gould Ballpark. The Sooners come into Tuesday night&#8217;s matchup at 14\u20132\u00a0on the season.<\/p>\n<p>GAME NOTES&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tUT Arlington enters Tuesday&#8217;s matchup at 5\u201310 overall\u00a0after securing a series win over ULM\u00a0this past weekend at Clay Gould Ballpark.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/xavier-melendez\/14685\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14685\" target=\"_blank\">Xavier Melendez<\/a>\u00a0has been one of the Mavericks&#8217; most consistent hitters, leading the team with a .338 batting average\u00a0and 22 hits\u00a0through 15 games while adding eight\u00a0RBI\u00a0and a .403 on-base percentage.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/preston-knott\/14707\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14707\" target=\"_blank\">Preston Knott<\/a>\u00a0continues to provide production near the top of the lineup, hitting .265\u00a0while leading UTA with 12 runs scored. Knott also has four doubles and two triples\u00a0and has gone 3-for-4 in stolen base attempts.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/caylon-dygert\/14681\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14681\" target=\"_blank\">Caylon Dygert<\/a>\u00a0has contributed both at the plate and on the mound for the Mavericks. Offensively, he is batting .265\u00a0with nine hits\u00a0and a home run, while on the mound he carries a 1.05 ERA\u00a0over a team-high 25.2 innings, striking out 20 hitters\u00a0and holding opponents to a .183 batting average.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>LIVE COVERAGE<br \/>\nUTA vs. No. 9 Oklahoma<br \/>\nKimrey Family Stadium (Norman, Oklahoma)<br \/>\nFirst Pitch: 6:30 p.m. CT<br \/>\nLive Stats: Available via UTAMavs.com<\/p>\n<p>ON DECK<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUT Arlington returns to conference play this weekend as the Mavericks travel to San Antonio\u00a0for a three-game series at University of Texas at San Antonio.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>-#BuckEm-<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW THE MAVS<br \/>\nFor the latest news on UTA Baseball, visit\u00a0UTAMavs.com\u00a0or follow the Mavericks on social media.<br \/>\nX \/ Twitter: @UTAMavsBSB<br \/>\nInstagram: @UTAMavsBSB<br \/>\nFacebook: Facebook.com\/UTAMavsBSB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; ARLINGTON, Texas \u2013\u00a0The UT Arlington Mavericks hit the road on Tuesday, March 10, for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-197283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197283","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=197283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}