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Chad Comer and the Mavs play at 9 a.m. Wednesday against Texas State.

Chad Comer and the Mavs play at 9 a.m. Wednesday against Texas State.

BASEBALL TEAM DRAWS TEXAS STATE IN SOUTHLAND TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND

Sixth-seeded Mavericks and third-seeded Bobcats play at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

May 18, 2008

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ARLINGTON, Texas - - The UT Arlington baseball team opens 2008 Southland Conference Tournament action at 9 a.m. Wednesday against third-seeded Texas State. UTA grabbed the No. 6 seed by earning a series sweep against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to close out the regular season at home.

If the Mavericks win that game, they would play the Southeastern Louisiana-Lamar winner at 4 p.m. on Thursday. A loss would put UTA in an elimination game at 9 a.m. Thursday against the SLU-Lamar loser.

UTA and Texas State faced each other March 20-22 in Sam Marcus with the Bobcats taking two of three at their place. UTA won the first game, 6-5, then lost a 10-9 decision before losing 13-4 to close out the series. The Mavericks (26-29) ended the regular season by winning four consecutive games.

Texas State (29-25) is also playing well right now, taking two of three against UTSA and winning five of its past seven to end the season.