Box Score

ARLINGTON, Texas - Wichita State lost the final game of its road trip to Texas to UT Arlington 9-3 on Sunday afternoon.

Chris O'Brien went 2-for-4 with a double, while Walker Davidson went 2-for-3 and Ryan Hege went 2-for-4.  Starter Tobin Mateychick took the loss.  Grant Muncrief pitched 3.2 shutout innings in relief.

The Mavericks used an unearned run in the first to jump out to a 1-0 lead.  WSU answered with a run in the top of the second.  Ryan Hege led off the inning with a single through the left side, advanced to second on a passed ball and moved to third on an infield single by Dayne Parker.  Hege came around to score on a double play ball to tie the game at one.

UTA added four more runs in the second inning off of four hits, a walk and two wild pitches to take a 5-1 lead.  The Shockers tacked on another run in the fourth to cut the lead to 5-2.

Two Shocker errors led to three more runs for UTA in the seventh inning to make the score 8-2 and the Mavs added a run in the eighth inning.  A sac fly from Tyler Coughenour in the ninth made the score 9-3.

The Shockers are next in action on Fri., March 11 when they play at Tulane.  First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

-Wichita State-