The team plays its home games at Allan Saxe Field in Arlington, Texas.

The Mavericks would play in the AIAW until joining the NCAA for the 1981–82 athletic season.

[3] Shortly after UTA joined the NCAA, they began play in the Southland Conference and won regular season conference championships in 1983, 1986, 1989, 2003 and 2007, while finishing as runners-up in 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 2008 and 2011.

The watershed moment for the Mavericks program came in the 2003 NCAA Tournament.

UTA's first loss occurred to eventual Regional champion Oklahoma, 6–2.