The Mavericks won the opener of a three-game series against the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns 5-4 Friday at Clay Gould Ballpark to take over the top spot in the Sun Belt Conference.
"I'm proud of our guys," head coach Darin Thomas said. "We've played well lately. That's a good team; glad we got off to a good start."
In the fourth inning, UTA took its first lead of the game at 4-3. The Ragin' Cajuns took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but the Mavericks responded with two runs of their own in the second inning.