ABILENE, Texas - The UT Dallas baseball team completed the four-game series sweep of Hardin-Simmons with a 14-5 victory at Hunter Field Friday afternoon. 

The Comets (30-4) posted the ninth 30-win season in program history and have guaranteed the best winning percentage in the 24-year history.

They outhit the Cowboys (7-24) 19-8 in the game, recording six for extra bases. 

Second baseman Albert Garza led off the game with a home run to right field - his third bomb of the series. Jacob Hollingsworth started the second by being hit by a pitch and Jake Trapani doubled, driving in Hollingsworth to tie it up 1-1.

UTD right fielder Jaeger Self singled and later scored on a Kole Kinnison sac fly to go up 2-1 in the third. The Cowboys took a 3-2 lead with two runs on two hits and an error in the third. 

Shortstop Thomas Soto was hit by a pitch and scored on a Self single in the fourth. Nico Fernandez doubled and was knocked in by Jayden Chatman in the fifth to regain the lead for the Comets.

HSU went up 5-4 in the bottom of the fifth on a Brock Calvillo sacrifice fly and a Hollingsworth base hit. The Comets took the lead for good with three runs on five hits in the sixth. Lucas Rexin, Fernandez and Chatman each had RBI-singles in the frame.

Rexin had a two-run triple and scored on a wild pitch in the seventh to make the game 10-5. Austin Wallace drove in Chatman with a sacrifice fly in the eighth and Fernandez connected on a three-run blast to right center in the top of the ninth for the final 14-5 score.

UTD reliever Derek Brieden (1-0) earned the win, allowing one hit and a walk with two strikeouts over 3.1 innings. Brady Bennett (1-4) took the loss for HSU.

UT Dallas Notes
- Rexin went 4-for-5 with three runs scored, three RBI, a triple and a stolen base.
- Self was 4-for-5 with three runs scored and a double. 
- Garza was 2-for-4 with three runs scored, a RBI and two walks.
- Fernandez had three hits, including a home run and a double with four RBI.
- Chatman finished with three hits, including a double, and two RBI.
- Jackson Montee went 2-for-5 with a run scored.
- Brieden's outing was his longest of the season.
- Senior Kenny Garza struck out one batter in a perfect ninth.

Hardin-Simmons Notes
- Hollingsworth went 2-for-3 with a run scored, RBI and a hit by pitch.
- Baylan Vaughan was 2-for-4 and scored.
- Quincy McGraw, Calvillo and Trapani each had a double.

Up Next
UTD will wrap up the season with a four-game series at LeTourneau beginning on Thursday, April 24 at 6 p.m.