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 ARLINGTON, Texas UT-Arlington allowed one run for the afternoon in sweeping a softball doubleheader Saturday from the University of Central Arkansas, 7-0 and 6-1.dUTA improves to 26-21 overall and 19-10 in SLC play, while the Bears fall to 6-42 and 4-24.
In game one, UTA's Cara Hulme (16-6) allowed just three hits, three walks and struck out seven for the shutout win. UCA junior Claire Collom (2-9) lasted three innings and gave up seven hits, four earned runs, three walks and fanned three.
UTA struck in the bottom of the first with a leadoff home run by Katie Jones. Kristin Moore added another solo shot in the second to put the Mavs up 2-0. Four hits and two errors led to three-run fourth inning for UTA. Jones and Amanda Swofford hit run-scoring singles in the sixth to give the Mavericks the 7-0 win.
Jones finished the game 3-for-4, while UCA 's Kayla Hitchcock went 2-for-3 with a double.
The Bears hung with the Mavericks for the first five and half innings of the nightcap, but a five-run sixth inning led to the UTA victory.
The Mavs scored in the bottom of the second on a Samantha Chumchal RBI-double. The Bears tied it when Hitchcock drove in Sarah Garcia with a base hit in the fifth.
Whitney Simpson hit a two-run homer and Chumchal followed with a solo shot in the sixth to put UTA up 4-1. A UCA error led to two more runs in the inning.
UTA reliever Laura Jones (6-11) struck out three in two innings of perfect relief. UCA junior Kora Behrens (4-13) gave up 10 hits, five earned runs a walk and struck out two in the loss.
The Bears and Mavericks will wrap up the series at noon Sunday.
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