ABILENE, Texas - The UT Dallas baseball team lost both games of an American Southwest Conference double-header against McMurry at Walt Driggers Field Saturday afternoon.

The War Hawks (6-7, 3-3 ASC) defeated the Comets (8-3, 4-2 ASC) 5-0 in the seven-inning opener, then won 8-7 on a walk-off home run in the 11th of game two.

Game One
First baseman Nolan Scherencel hit a two-run single in the bottom of the first to put McMurry on the board. They added a run each in the third, fourth and sixth innings.

Ethan Wendel (2-0) earned the win, striking out five batters with three walks and five hits allowed over six innings. Ryan Vera (2-1) struck out five in the loss for UTD.

Game Two
McMurry built a 6-0 lead through six innings before UTD picked up a run in the seventh after left fielder Lucas Rexin led off with a single and later scored on base hit by Jaeger Self.

The Comets took a 7-6 lead in the top of the ninth on six runs, four hits, two errors and three walks. Senior second baseman Will Dolan hit an RBI-infield single and catcher Nico Fernandez had a two-run triple in the inning.

With one out in the bottom of the ninth, third baseman Riley Hood singled to center, moved to second on a Josh Dyer base hit and scored on a Scherencel hit to left, tying it up at 7-7. Dyer hit the walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the 11th with one out on a 1-0 pitch.

Gabriel Aragon (2-0) struck out two in two innings of relief to pick up the win for the War Hawks. Ben Price (0-2) took the loss for the Comets.

UT Dallas Notes
- Rexin went 4-for-8 on the day, stole a base and was hit by a pitch.
- Trevor McGrath threw a scoreless sixth inning in game one.
- Third baseman Dylan Bivins had a double in the first game.
- Fernandez hit his team-leading second triple of the year.
- Shortstop Efren Munoz recorded a hit and drew two walks in game two.
- Caleb Vuono struck out both batters he faced in the ninth inning of game two. The left-hander has 11 strikeouts in 8.2 innings this season.
- Catcher Payton Taylor threw out two base stealers in game one.

McMurry Notes
- Scherencel had three hits, including a double and drove in three runs on Saturday.
- Shortstop Blake Beach scored three runs, hit a double and stole a base.
- Dyer went 3-for-6 with the game-winning home run in game two.
- Center fielder Koy Carpenter was 5-for-10 in the two games.
- Xavier Escobar was 3-for-5 with a dobule in game two.
- Starter Hunter Poe went 6.1 innings, allowing seven hits, one run, one walk and three strikeouts in the nightcap.

Up Next
UTD will travel to Shreveport, La. on Tuesday to face Centenary at 5 p.m.