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UTA Baseball drops series, clinches western division

The baseball team lost its final regular season series 2-1 to Texas State University.

The Mavericks closed out the season, losing two consecutive conference series for the first time in 2017.

The Mavericks' lone win in the series clinched the Sun Belt Conference western division and the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.

Thursday: Texas State 7, UTA 6

In the series' opening game, Texas State jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and increased its lead to 7-1.

The Mavericks responded to their largest deficit of the game by scoring three runs in the sixth inning and two more in the seventh.