2020 UT Arlington Mavericks softball team

The 2020 UT Arlington Mavericks softball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season. The Mavericks played their home games at Allan Saxe Field. The Cajuns were led by third year head coach Peejay Brun.

2020 UT Arlington Mavericks softball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	12–13 (2–1 SBC)
Head coach	Peejay Brun (3rd season)
Assistant coach	Miranda Kramer
Home stadium	Allan Saxe Field
Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Sun Belt Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Louisiana  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			18	–	6		.750
Texas State  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			15	–	9		.625
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			14	–	10		.583
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			12	–	13		.480
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			8	–	17		.320
Troy  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			16	–	6		.727
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			13	–	8		.619
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			13	–	9		.591
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			10	–	14		.417
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			7	–	16		.304
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of March 13, 2020^[1] Rankings from NFCA

On March 12, the Sun Belt Conference announced the indefinite suspension of all spring athletics, including softball, due to the increasing risk of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] On March 16, the Sun Belt formally announced the cancelation of all spring sports, thus ending their season definitely.

Preseason

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on January 29, 2020. UT Arlington was picked to finish third in the Sun Belt Conference with 77 votes.^[3]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Louisiana	100 (10)
2	Troy	85
3	UT Arlington	77
4	Texas State	74
5	Coastal Carolina	56
6	Appalachian State	47
7	Georgia Southern	36
8	South Alabama	31
9	Louisiana-Monroe	26
10	Georgia State	18

Preseason All-Sun Belt team

• Summer Ellyson (LA, SR, Pitcher)
• Megan Kleist (LA, SR, Pitcher)
• Julie Rawls (LA, SR, Catcher)
• Reagan Wright (UTA, SR, Catcher)
• Katie Webb (TROY, SR, 1st Base)
• Kaitlyn Alderink (LA, SR, 2nd Base)
• Hailey Mackay (TXST, SR, 3rd Base)
• Alissa Dalton (LA, SR, Shortstop)
• Jayden Mount (ULM, SR, Shortstop)
• Whitney Walton (UTA, SR, Shortstop)
• Tara Oltmann (TXST, JR, Shortstop)
• Courtney Dean (CCU, JR, Outfield)
• Mekhia Freeman (GASO, SR, Outfield)
• Sarah Hudek (LA, SR, Outfield)
• Raina O'Neal (LA, JR, Outfield)
• Bailey Curry (LA, JR, Designated Player/1st Base)

National Softball Signing Day

^[4][5]

Player	Position	Hometown	Previous Team
Gracie Bumpers	Pitcher	Splendora, Texas	Splendora HS
Jessi Carreon	Infielder	College Station, Texas	College Station HS
Dariane Cram	Outfielder	Dickinson, Texas	Dickinson HS
Reese Scott	Outfielder	Sugar Land, Texas	George Ranch HS
Morgan Westbrook	Outfielder/Infielder	Houston, Texas	Stephen F. Austin HS
Sophie Wideman	Catcher	Woodway, Texas	Midway HS
Raegan Edwards	Pitcher/Infielder	Broken Arrow, Oklahoma	Broken Arrow HS

Roster

2020 UT Arlington Mavericks roster
	Pitchers 00 Allie Gardiner - Sophomore 3 JoJo Valencia - Senior 15 RC Phillips - Junior 19 Kenedy Hines - Freshman 21 Laura Henriksen - Sophomore Outfielders 1 Melanie Mendoza - Senior 4 Reagan Hukill - Freshman 8 Jadyn Erickson - Freshman 17 Amber Langston - Junior		Catchers 10 Courtney Ogle - Junior 20 Cielo Morin - Freshman 23 Jaden Hoelker - Sophomore Infielders 6 Whitney Walton - Senior 7 Madison Miller - Junior 9 kJ Murphy - Junior 11 Anjelica Gonzalez - Freshman 14 Julissa Moreno - Freshman 16 Aileen Garcia - Senior 18 Kimber Cortemelia - Sophomore 26 Emily Evans - Redshirt Sophomore 27 Lindsey Franklin - Freshman 34 Brittany Wyllie - Senior

Coaching staff

2020 UT Arlington Mavericks coaching staff
Peejay Brun – Head Coach – 3rd year Miranda Kramer – Associate head coach – 1st year Megan Low – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 1st year Alix Ezell – Graduate Assistant Alex Dreher – Associate Athletic Trainer – 4th year

Schedule and results

Legend
	UT Arlington win
	UT Arlington loss
	Postponement/Cancellation/Suspensions
Bold	UT Arlington team member

2020 UT Arlington Mavericks softball game log
Regular season (12-13)
February (8-11) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Aggie Classic Feb. 7 at Texas A&M Davis Diamond • College Station, TX L 0-2 Herzog (1-0) Valencia (0-1) None 1,062 0-1 Feb. 7 at Texas A&M Davis Diamond • College Station, TX W 7-2 Gardiner (1-0) Potts (0-1) None 1,062 1-1 Feb. 8 at Texas A&M Davis Diamond • College Station, TX W 5-4 Gardiner (2-0) McBride (0-1) None 1,535 2-1 Feb. 8 vs. Abilene Christian Davis Diamond • College Station, TX L 2-4 Sinnott (1-0) Phillips' (0-1) None 2-2 Feb. 9 vs. Abilene Christian Davis Diamond • College Station, TX W 2-0 Gardiner' (3-0) Bradley (0-1) None 3-2 Maverick Classic Feb. 14 Texas Southern Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX W 8-0 Phillips (1-1) Reyes (0-3) None 480 4-2 Feb. 15 Stephen F. Austin Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX W 11-3 (5 inn) Hines (1-0) Wilbur (1-2) None 682 5-2 Feb. 15 Kansas City Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX W 12-3 (5 inn) Valencia (1-1) Hoveland (0-1) None 682 6-2 Feb. 16 Kent State Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX L 0-1 Scali (2-1) Phillips (1-2) None 509 6-3 Boerner Invitational Feb. 21 UTSA Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX L 5-8 Cortez (3-2) Valencia (1-2) None 524 6-4 Feb. 21 Rutgers Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX W 5-4 Valencia (2-2) Hitchcock (3-2) None 524 7-4 Feb. 22 Kansas Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX L 3-8 Reed (2-3) Phillips (1-3) None 550 7-5 Feb. 22 Kansas Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX L 1-4 Goff (3-3) Valencia (2-3) None 550 7-6 Feb. 23 UTSA Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX L 7-8 Estell (1-0) Phillips (1-4) Cortez (1) 7-7 Feb. 25 at RV North Texas Lovelace Stadium • Denton, TX L 1-10 Trautwein (7-1) Valencia (2-4) None 133 7-8 Easton Crimson Classic Feb. 28 vs. McNeese State Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 5-9 Settle (4-0) Hines (1-1) None 308 7-9 Feb. 28 at No. 8 Alabama Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 3-11 Fouts (3-2) Valencia (2-5) None 193 7-10 Feb. 29 vs. McNeese State Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-4 Valencia (3-5) Flores (5-2) Gardiner (1) 193 8-10 Feb. 29 at No. 8 Alabama Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 2-3 Cornell (2-1) Hines (1-2) Goodman (1) 8-11
March (4-2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 1 vs. No. 7 Arizona Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 1-9 Denham (7-1) Valencia (3-6) None 398 8-12 Mar. 3 at No. 21 Baylor Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX W 1-0 Hines (2-2) Rodoni (7-3) None 650 9-12 Mar. 6 Troy Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX L 2-11 Johnson (9-2) Hines (2-3) None 344 9-13 0-1 Mar. 7 Troy Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX W 2-1 Phillips (2-4) Blasingame (3-2) None 386 10-13 1-1 Mar. 8 Troy Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX W 7-3 Valencia (4-6) Johnson (9-3) Gardiner (2) 378 11-13 2-1 Mar. 10 Western Kentucky Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX W 5-4 Gardiner (4-0) Aikey (10-3) Hines (1) 12-13 Mar. 13 at Louisiana–Monroe Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 14 at Louisiana–Monroe Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 15 at Louisiana–Monroe Geo-Surfaces Field at the ULM Softball Complex • Monroe, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 17 Columbia Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 20 Appalachian State Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 21 Appalachian State Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 22 Appalachian State Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 25 at No. 2 Texas Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 27 at Georgia Southern Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 28 at Georgia Southern Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 29 at Georgia Southern Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
April (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Apr. 1 Sam Houston State Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 3 Coastal Carolina Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 4 Coastal Carolina Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 5 Coastal Carolina Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 7 Baylor Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 9 Georgia State Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 10 Georgia State Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 11 Georgia State Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 14 at Abilene Christian Poly Wells Field • Abilene, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 17 at South Alabama Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 18 at South Alabama Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 19 at South Alabama Jaguar Field • Mobile, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 22 Oklahoma Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 24 No. 8 Louisiana Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 25 No. 8 Louisiana Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 26 No. 8 Louisiana Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 30 at Texas State Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
May (0-0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 1 at Texas State Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 2 at Texas State Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
Post-Season (0-0)
SBC tournament (0-0) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 6 TBD Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA Championship Series canceled to COVID-19 pandemic

Schedule Source:^[6]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.

References

1. "2020 Softball Standings". SunBeltSports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
2. Conference, Sun Belt. "Sun Belt Statement on Spring Sports Competitions". sunbeltsports.org.
3. Rodgers, Scottie (January 28, 2020). "Louisiana, Ragin' Cajuns' Dalton, Ellyson Top Softball Preseason Honors". sunbeltsports.org.
4. "Coach Brun Announces Signing Class". University of Texas Arlington Athletics. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
5. "Brun Bolsters Recruiting Class with Two More Signees". University of Texas Arlington Athletics. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
6. "2020 Softball Schedule". University of Texas Arlington Athletics. Retrieved December 14, 2020.