Trae Patterson struck out a career-high nine batters over 7 1/3 shutout innings, and Christian Hollie went 4-for-4 to lead UTA baseball to a 5-0 win over Louisiana-Monroe in a Sun Belt Conference baseball game Friday night at Clay Gould Ballpark.
UTA (13-11, 6-2 Sun Belt) clinched its second conference weekend series and has now won nine of its last 11 games after a horrible start.
The Mavs coasted in Friday's win behind a three-run second inning and single tallies in the third and fifth.
UTA collected nine hits in the win, with Hollie leading the charge.