Troy Softball Travels to Arlington for Conference Series

ARLINGTON, Texas – The Troy softball team is on the road again to face off with the UT Arlington Mavericks in a conference series at Allen Saxe Softball Field. A doubleheader is slated for Saturday and scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and the series finale on Sunday is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m.

Troy (28-19, 9-9 Sun Belt) is coming off a huge 2-1 series win over Georgia Southern at the Troy Softball Complex this past weekend.

The Trojans have three players batting over .300. Senior Kate Benton is electric at the plate posting a .411 batting average, 62 hits and 45 runs. Benton also leads the Sun Belt with 38 stolen bases and has set the record for single-season stolen bases.

Hannah Day still brings the power at the plate with 15 home runs, 59 RBIs, nine doubles and a .340 batting average. Day leads the Sun Belt in RBIs, total bases and is second in the conference in home runs.

Erica Davis is close behind Benton and Day with 42 runs, 29 RBIs and 38 hits. She posts a .304 batting average, has lifted five home runs out of the park and is third on the team with eight doubles.

Claire Graves (6-4) and Ashley Rainey (15-13) lead the way for the Trojans pitching staff. Graves posts a 3.76 ERA and has tossed four complete games. Rainey has a 3.95 ERA and has only walked 32 batters in 125.2 innings of work.

UT Arlington (28-14, 7-11 Sun Belt) is coming off a series loss against Georgia State this past weekend at Robert E. Heck Softball Complex. The Mavericks won the first game, 8-6, and dropped the final two games with scores of 7-2 and 4-2.

Sandra Mendoza leads the way for the Mavericks offensively. She posts an impressive .471 batting average and has 66 hits, 12 doubles and four triples on the season.

Samantha Clakley leads the Mavericks' pitching staff with a 2.70 ERA. She has thrown 18 complete games, recorded 111 strikeouts and given up 78 runs.

The Mavericks lead the all-time series with Troy, 4-3 but Troy swept the series against UT Arlington last April when they traveled to the Troy Softball Complex by scores of 5-3 and 9-4.

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Players Mentioned

Kate Benton

Erica Davis

Hannah Day

Claire Graves

Ashley Rainey