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Game 15
Date: Feb. 25, 2020
First Pitch (CT): 6 p.m.
Opponent: UT Arlington
Location: Lovelace Stadium (Denton, TX)
Broadcast: CUSA.tv
Live Stats: MeanGreenStats.com
Twitter Updates: @MeanGreenSB

Quick Hits
• The Mean Green and Mavericks are matching up for the 15th time and North Texas holds an 8-6 record in the previous matchups including the most previous win on Mar. 2, 2019 in Lubbock.
• The Mean Green are playing only their fifth and final home game in February 2020 and have a 21-2 record at home since 2019 under head coach Rodney DeLong.
• North Texas is receiving votes in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll.
• Dollar Hot Dog nights return to Lovelace Stadium for the first time in 2020.
• In celebration of "Fat Tuesday," King Cake and Mardi Gras beads will be available to fans while supplies last.
• This past week, Hope Trautwein became the third pitcher in program history to amass 400 career strikeouts, she currently has 404 career strikeouts and sits in third place all-time trailing only Ashley Kirk (712, 2011-2014) and Kristina Fowler (447, 2005-2008).
• Trautwein just earned her second C-USA co-Pitcher of the Week honor this season after a week that saw her strikeout 30 hitters in three outings. She struck out a program, conference and NCAA record 21 hitters on Feb. 21 at Texas A&M-CC.
• The North Texas pitching staff holds the lowest staff ERA in Conference USA and third lowest in the Nation while also having three of the top-5 lowest individual ERAs so far this season in the Conference with Trautwein and Bailey Tindell going 1-2 respectively.
• Senior Hanna Rebar currently leads the team in batting average (.333) and has reached base safely in nine straight games.
• So far this season four players have started all 14 games, Candain Callahan, Tayla Evans, Lacy Gregory and Rebar.

Scouting UT Arlington
The Mavericks have lost four of their last five games this season including the final three games of the Boerner Invitational last weekend. Despite the losing streak, the Mavericks have an offense that has produced 68 runs in their first 14 games. Led by Kimber Coetemeila and Madison Miller who are hitting .447 and .429 respectively the Mavericks hold a team batting average of .287. They have hit 20 doubles and 11 home runs while slugging at a .43 clip collectively. Coetemeila currently leads the team with five home runs and 16 RBI to go along with her team-best batting average.

UT Arlington's pitching staff sits at a 3.70 staff ERA with opponents hitting .259 against them. Allie Gardiner has gotten the most innings for the Mavericks but only sits at 24.1 IP out of the 89.0 total and sits at a perfect 3-0 record.

Last Meeting
North Texas and UT Arlington last met on March 2, 2019 in Lubbock as part of the Texas Tech Invitational. The Mean Green came away with the 5-1 victory behind a complete game performance from Hope Trautwein and multiple RBI days from Katie Clark and Tayla Evans in the fifth inning. Evans put the Mean Green ahead 3-1 with a two-run home run before a two-run single by Clark made it 5-1.

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Candain Callahan

Katie Clark

Tayla Evans

Lacy Gregory

Hanna Rebar

Bailey Tindell

Hope Trautwein

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