2017 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team

The 2017 Texas–Arlington Mavericks baseball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mavericks played their home games at Clay Gould Ballpark.

2017 Texas–Arlington Mavericks baseball
Sun Belt West Division champion
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	West Division
2017 record	30–25 (20–10 SBC)
Head coach	Darin Thomas (10th season)
Home stadium	Clay Gould Ballpark

2017 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East Division
Coastal Carolina^x^† ‍‍‍	22	–	7	–	1		.750			37	–	19	–	1		.658
No. 26 South Alabama^‡^y  ‍‍‍	22	–	8	–	0		.733			40	–	21	–	0		.656
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			38	–	21	–	0		.644
Troy  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			22	–	33	–	0		.400
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			19	–	36	–	0		.345
West Division
UT Arlington^x  ‍‍‍	20	–	10	–	0		.667			30	–	25	–	0		.545
Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍‍‍	19	–	10	–	1		.650			35	–	21	–	1		.623
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	0		.448			28	–	27	–	0		.509
Texas State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			29	–	30	–	0		.492
Little Rock  ‍‍‍	11	–	18	–	0		.379			21	–	34	–	0		.382
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	6	–	24	–	0		.200			12	–	43	–	0		.218
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Schedule and results

Texas–Arlington Mavericks announced its 2017 baseball schedule on November 4, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 26 home and 29 away games in the regular season. The Mavericks hosted Sun Belts foes Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Little Rock, Louisiana, and Troy and will travel to Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia State, Louisiana–Monroe, and Texas State.[1]

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was contested May 24–28 in Statesboro, Georgia, and was hosted by Georgia Southern.[2]

Texas-Arlington finished 1st in the west division of the conference which qualified the Mavericks to compete in the tournament as the 2nd seed seeking for the team's 1st Sun Belt Conference tournament title.

2017 Texas–Arlington Mavericks Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (30–24)
February (2–7) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Feb. 17 vs. Southeast Missouri State Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX L 4–3 150 0–1 – Feb. 18 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX L 2–1^10 349 0–2 – Feb. 18 vs. Southeast Missouri State Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 5–3 85 1–2 – Feb. 19 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 7–4 200 2–2 – Feb. 21 #1 TCU Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 7–2 2,008 2–3 – Feb. 24 Louisiana Tech Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 3–1 442 2–4 – Feb. 25 Louisiana Tech Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 7–3 454 2–5 – Feb. 26 Louisiana Tech Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 6–4 486 2–6 – Feb. 28 #23 Dallas Baptist Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 9–7 497 2–7 –
March (12–7) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Mar. 3 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 7–3 417 3–7 – Mar. 5 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 8–6 477 4–7 – Mar. 5 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 4–2 477 5–7 – Mar. 8 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX W 5–4 225 6–7 – Mar. 10 Milwaukee Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 5–2 335 6–8 – Mar. 11 Milwaukee Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 5–4 375 7–8 – Mar. 12 Milwaukee Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 8–5 317 8–8 – Mar. 14 vs. #4 Texas Tech Globe Life Park • Arlington, TX W 5–1 4,259 9–8 – Mar. 15 Abilene Christian Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 9–1 656 9–9 – Mar. 17 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA W 10–7 268 10–9 1–0 Mar. 18 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA L 2–1 289 10–10 1–1 Mar. 19 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA W 7–1 310 11–10 2–1 Mar. 21 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX L 14–2 1,120 11–11 – Mar. 24 Georgia Southern Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 3–2 310 12–11 3–1 Mar. 25 Georgia Southern Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 4–3 474 12–12 3–2 Mar. 26 Georgia Southern Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 9–5 339 12–13 3–3 Mar. 28 at Dallas Baptist Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX L 12–7 610 12–14 – Mar. 31 Troy Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 9–6 516 13–14 4–3 Mar. 31 Troy Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 5–2 516 14–14 5–3
April (12–3) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall Record SBC Record April 1 Troy Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 13–5 302 14–15 5–4 April 4 #3 TCU Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 5–4 1,187 14–16 – April 7 at Appalachian State Beaver Stadium • Boone, NC W 18–1 172 15–16 6–4 April 8 at Appalachian State Beaver Stadium • Boone, NC W 5–2 378 16–16 7–4 April 9 at Appalachian State Beaver Stadium • Boone, NC W 6–5 398 17–16 8–4 April 13 Little Rock Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 2–0 313 18–16 9–4 April 14 Little Rock Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 9–4 472 18–17 9-5 April 15 Little Rock Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 10–5 464 19–17 10–5 April 18 Texas A&M Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 3–2 1,939 20–17 – April 21 at Louisiana–Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 3–2 913 21–17 11–5 April 22 at Louisiana–Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 10–2 736 22–17 12-5 April 23 at Louisiana–Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 10–3 831 23–17 13-5 April 28 Louisiana–Lafayette Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 5–4 547 24–17 14-5 April 30 Louisiana–Lafayette Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 10–2 574 25–17 15-5 April 30 Louisiana–Lafayette Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 9–3 574 26–17 16-5
May (4–7) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall Record SBC Record May 2 at Texas #23 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 4–1 4,414 26–18 - May 5 at Arkansas State #23 Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR W 11–7 484 27–18 17–5 May 6 at Arkansas State #23 Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR W 15–3 361 28–18 18–5 May 7 at Arkansas State #23 Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR W 2–0 367 29–18 19–5 May 12 Coastal Carolina #24 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 5–4 939 29–19 19–6 May 13 Coastal Carolina #24 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 4–1 505 29–20 19–7 May 14 Coastal Carolina #24 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 5–0 374 29–21 19–8 May 16 at #6 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 6–1 4,376 29–22 – May 18 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 7–6 1,430 29–23 19–9 May 19 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 12–5 1,343 30–23 20–9 May 20 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 7–6 1,313 30–24 20–10
Post-Season (0–1)
SBC Tournament (0–1) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall Record SBCT Record May 26 vs. Arkansas State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 4–2 258 30–25 0–1

• Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

References

1. "UT Arlington Announces 2017 Baseball Schedule" (Press release). University of Texas at Arlington Department of Athletics. November 4, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
2. "2017 Sun Belt Baseball Tournament Coming to Statesboro" (Press release). Georgia Southern University Department of Athletics. December 23, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2017.