SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State softball team (29-25) lost to the UT Arlington Mavericks (30-25) in an elimination round of the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Championship on Friday morning at Bobcat Softball Stadium by a tally of 8-0 in six innings.

KEY MOMENTS
- The Mavericks tallied the initial run of the game in the bottom of the first inning. The designated home team collected a pair of infield hits, moved the runners over via sacrifice bunt, and plated the first run on an RBI groundout from junior infielder Aileen Garcia.
- Texas State attempted to find the equalizer early in the second inning. Both junior catcher Haleigh Davis and freshman designated player Samara Lagway garnered base hits into the outfield as TXST loaded the bases with one out. A double play quickly halted the threat.
- The wheels fell off for the Bobcats on defense in the bottom of the third inning. UTA scored five runs on four hits and two Bobcat errors to seize control of the game. The Mavs ended the inning up by a tally of 6-0.
- UT Arlington would tack on a run each in the fifth and sixth innings to earn the walk-off, run-rule victory in the bottom of the sixth inning.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Sophomore infielder Tara Oltmann was the biggest bright spot in the Bobcat lineup. She finished the game 2-for-3 to give her 46 hits during her second season in the Maroon and Gold.
- The Texas State offense was out-hit 12-6 by UT Arlington. The Bobcats stranded seven runners on base with multiple runners being left in three of the six innings played.
- Senior pitched Krista Jacobs (2-7) suffered the loss after pitching the first 2.0-plus innings of the game. She yielded two hits, one walk, and two earned runs to plate.

NOTABLES
- Texas State falls to 9-9 all-time in the Sun Belt Conference Championship and 1-2 in games against in-state rival UT Arlington.
- The run-rule loss was the fifth of the season for the Bobcats. TXST combined to lose six such games in the previous three seasons.
- Lagway finished the 2019 season with a season-long eight game on-base streak. She was 8-for-19 (.421) with four walks drawn, one double, and one RBI down the stretch.

ON DECK
- Texas State will be back on the softball field for the start of the 2020 season next spring.

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