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Games 6-9

Dates: Feb. 14-16, 2020
First Pitch (CT): Fri.: 7 p.m.; Sat.: 3 p.m./8 p.m.; Sun.: 12:30 p.m.
Opponents: Creighton, Abilene Christian, Missouri State, UT Martin
Location: Lovelace Stadium (Denton, TX)
Live Stats: MeanGreenStats.com
Twitter Updates: @MeanGreenSB

North Texas returns hope for the first time in 2020 for a four game slate as part of the North Texas Invitational. The Mean Green enter the weekend at 4-1 on the year after winning games over Prairie View A&M, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Louisiana and McNeese State this past weekend.

Junior Hope Trautwein was named the Conference USA Co-Pitcher of the Week after posting a 0.62 ERA and holding opposing hitters to a .128 average. The Mean Green pitching staff as a whole posted a 1.53 ERA through opening weekend and held opponents to a .177 average.

The Mean Green will open up the home slate with a 7 p.m. matchup with Creighton (3-2) on Friday night. North Texas last saw the Blue Jays a year ago, the Mean Green opened the same tournament with a 7-3 win over Creighton to push their overall record over the school from the Big East to 4-5.

Matchups with Abilene Christian (1-3) and Missouri State (1-4) await the Mean Green on Saturday. North Texas last saw the Wildcats on Mar. 26, 2019 in Abilene where they fell 9-1 to push the all-time matchup record to 2-3. This will be the sixth all-time meeting between the Mean Green and Missouri State, North Texas took the last matchup 5-0 on Feb. 27, 2012 for their first win in the all-time series.

North Texas will close out the tournament by taking on UT Martin (3-2). The Skyhawks and Mean Green last met on February 9, 2018 with a 5-2 North Texas win which pushed the all-time series to 3-0 in favor of the Mean Green.

Live stats will be available for all 10 of the weekend's games via StatBroadcast. Fans can still purchase Tournament ticket packages as well as day passes through the North Texas ticket office.

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