{"id":214647,"date":"2026-03-21T20:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/214647\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T20:08:03","slug":"mavericks-claim-weekend-series-despite-7-2-loss-to-acu-in-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/214647\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks Claim Weekend Series Despite 7-2 Loss to ACU in Finale"},"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\/03\/bu-1-color-01.png\" alt=\"Baylor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Baylor<\/p>\n<p>3\/24\/2026 | 6:30 PM CT<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 24 (Tue) \/ 6:30 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\/03\/bu-1-color-01.png\" alt=\"Baylor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Baylor&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/opponent-history\/baylor\/5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>ARLINGTON, TX &#8212;\u00a0The UT Arlington softball team secured the weekend series victory, 2-1, despite falling 7-2 to Abilene Christian in the finale at Poly Wells Field on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Mavericks now move to a 13-15 overall record and a 2-1 record in WAC play.<\/p>\n<p>At the plate, UTA was led by junior <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kaitlyn-sailor\/14670\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14670\" target=\"_blank\">Kaitlyn Sailor<\/a>, who went one-for-four with a two-run home run and two RBI.<\/p>\n<p>HOW IT HAPPENED<\/p>\n<p>Abilene Christian opened the scoring in the first inning as Maxwell doubled to right center, bringing in Arguijo for a 1-0 lead. Maxwell later scored on a Mavericks throwing error to make<\/p>\n<p>The Wildcats added to their lead in the second inning when Garcia delivered a two-RBI double down the right-field line, extending the advantage to 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>ACU continued its momentum in the third, as Schaefer tripled to right center to drive in a run, followed by a sacrifice fly from Hampton to push the lead 6-0.<\/p>\n<p>UTA responded in top of the sixth when Sailor launched a two-run home run to left field, putting the Mavericks on the board, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>However, ACU answered with a solo home run from Arguijo, extending the lead to 7-2 and sealing the game.<\/p>\n<p>UTA played solid defense down the stretch but was unable to generate additional offense.<\/p>\n<p>NEXT UP<\/p>\n<p>The Mavericks continue on the road this Tuesday, March 24 at Baylor at 6:30 p.m. CT at Getterman Stadium.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p 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>.<\/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 Baylor 3\/24\/2026 | 6:30 PM CT &#13; Mar. 24 (Tue) \/ 6:30&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-214647","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\/214647","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=214647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}