{"id":453705,"date":"2026-10-01T23:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/453705\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T23:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:26:17","slug":"photos-muddy-mavericks-dig-into-annual-uta-oozeball-tradition-multimedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/453705\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Muddy Mavericks dig into annual UTA Oozeball tradition | Multimedia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"One student hits a volleyball as another lies in the mud. \" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1591\" height=\"1302\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ab9afb96b248.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"164\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Charles Cordell, physics and mathematics junior, grabs the ball during an Oozeball game Sept. 25 on the corner of Summit Avenue and Greek Row Drive. Food and drinks were for sale.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Maricela%20Gonzales\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by Maricela Gonzales<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Students and faculty geared up for UTA\u2019s 37th annual Oozeball tournament Sept. 25 at the corner of Summit Avenue and Greek Row Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This year&#8217;s tournament featured around 76 teams, with the winner being team Ballwans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rally point scoring was applied, with teams having to reach 11 points during 15-minute matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"six students lay in the mud during an Oozeball tournament.\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ab96bd139390.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Members of the team Ballwans lie in the mud during Oozeball Sept. 25 on the corner of Summit Avenue and Greek Row Drive. Ballwans won the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/James%20Ward\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by James Ward<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"A student cheers during an Oozeball tournament.\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ab9b6c45f5cb.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Information systems junior Gaby Carpio celebrates after winning an Oozeball match Sept. 25 at the corner of Summit Avenue and Greek Row Drive. Carpio said she was excited to play with her sorority.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/General%20Mason%20Starks\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo By General Mason Starks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Five students stand in a mud volleyball court as one lies in the mud during an Oozeball tournament. \" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ab975300046d.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Students celebrate after winning an Oozeball game Sept. 25 at the corner of Summit Avenue and Greek Row Drive. Participants were required to wear closed-toe shoes while competing.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/Emmanuel%20Pizano\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo By Emmanuel Pizano <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"A girl hits a muddy volleyball during an Oozeball game. \" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1175\" height=\"1762\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ab96b80658fe.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"300\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mechanical engineering senior Vanessa Tran-Le serves the ball during an Oozeball game Sept. 25 at the corner of Summit Avenue and Greek Row Drive. Tran-Le was on a team called Trauma Bonders.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/James%20Ward\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by James Ward<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Two students lie in a mud volleyball court during an Oozeball tournament. \" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ab96be6b223f.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Civil engineering sophomore Carson Durst, left, gets tackled by Sushanth Ravi Paul, physics and mathematics sophomore, at Oozeball on Sept. 25 at the corner of Summit Avenue and Greek Row Drive. Durst and Ravi Paul were on different teams.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/James%20Ward\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by James Ward<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"A student runs on a mud volleyball court during an Oozeball tournament.\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6ab9b6c535a24.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Biochemistry freshman Isabella Harjavrata runs during Oozeball on Sept. 25 at the corner of Summit Avenue and Greek Row Drive. Harjavrata said she was having fun participating, despite her team losing 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshorthorn.com\/users\/profile\/General%20Mason%20Starks\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Photo By General Mason Starks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charles Cordell, physics and mathematics junior, grabs the ball during an Oozeball game Sept. 25 on the corner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,4629,824],"class_list":["post-453705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-multimedia","tag-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453705","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=453705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}