Sophomore Caitlyn Ivy's three-run home run in the seventh gave UTSA its 10th win of the season on Sunday.
ARLINGTON — Sophomore Caitlyn Ivy slugged a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to help lift UTSA to a 6-5 victory against UT Arlington on Sunday afternoon at Allan Saxe Field.
Trailing 4-3 in their final at-bat, the Roadrunners rallied to salvage game three of the Southland Conference series and improve to 10-21 overall and 6-9 in the league. The Mavericks fell to 17-15 and 8-6.
Senior Rudi Cantu was hit by a pitch with one out and sophomore Ashley Kappler drew a walk to put a pair of Roadrunners on base. Ivy then sent a Teri Lyles offering over the fence in left-center field to give UTSA a 6-4 advantage.
The Mavericks made things interesting in the bottom of the seventh, as Kelsey Kaiser singled up the middle, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and score on a two-out base hit to left by Cara Hulme. Junior Danye Holmes, who went the distance, got a flyout to end the game and run her record to 4-7 on the year. The Sugar Land struck out two and allowed four earned runs on six hits and also went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs at the plate.
UTA jumped out to an early lead on a three-run home run by Samantha Chumchal in the bottom of the first.
UTSA got one run back in the top of the second, as senior Krista Sitka doubled — one of two hits on the afternoon for the Houston native — and scored on an error in left field off the bat of sophomore Nikki Goff.
The Roadrunners knotted the score at 3-all in the next frame, as Holmes homered to center field with Cantu on base after a base hit.
However, Rebecca Collom broke the tie with a solo home run in the bottom of the third.
Lyles took the loss in relief for the Mavericks, allowing three runs on two hits in 4.1 panels to fall to 9-9 on the season.
UTSA will host nationally-ranked Texas in a non-conference twinbill on Tuesday, March 30. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. at Roadrunner Field.