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<\/p>\n ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 UT Arlington defeated Kent St. 3-2 (25-16, 25-17, 23-25, 20-25, 15-3) on Friday. UTA closed the match by hitting .529 with nine kills and no attack errors in the fifth set.<\/p>\n HOW IT HAPPENED After Kent St. built a 9-6 lead in the second set, UTA drew even at 9-9 on a Tricco kill and back-to-back Kent St. attack errors. Kent St. briefly went back in front 10-9, but a service error tied the set and the Mavs scored the next five points with Tricco serving, getting two kills from Hana Aiana<\/a>, two from Camryn McMinn<\/a> and a block by Aiana and Karisa Martin<\/a> to move ahead 15-10. Kent St. cut the margin to 16-14 and later 17-15, but UT Arlington answered with seven straight points, beginning with a Sophia Krichev<\/a> kill and continuing with a Lily Hopkins<\/a> ace and kills by Tricco, Evyn Snook<\/a> and Krichev for a 24-15 advantage. Kent St. took the next two points before a service error closed UT Arlington’s 25-17 set win.<\/p>\n Kent St. built a 7-2 lead early in the third set with two kills from Mercedez Brown and three UTA attack errors before Sophia Krichev’s<\/a> kill made it 7-3. Hopkins then served three UT Arlington points, including a Krichev block and a Camryn McMinn<\/a> kill, and after Kent St. moved to 8-6, Evyn Snook’s<\/a> ace and two blocks involving Tricco and Krichev helped UTA take an 11-8 lead. Kent St. answered by tying the set at 13-13 on Vanessa Imoh’s kill, then scored five straight from 15-15 to 20-15 with the last four coming on Hailey Brenner’s serve. UTA came back to tie it 22-22 on Snook’s ace, but Kent St. reached set point at 24-22 and, after Tricco’s kill, won the set 25-23 on Liliana Mechura’s kill.<\/p>\n Kent St. answered Hana Aiana’s<\/a> opening kill by scoring six of the next seven points, including a Hailey Brenner ace, to move in front 6-2 before UTA got kills from Aiana, Evyn Snook<\/a>, Camryn McMinn<\/a> and Sophia Krichev<\/a> during the early stretch. The visitors pushed the margin to 14-7 on consecutive Vanessa Imoh kills, but UTA came back with two McMinn kills and a block by Martin and Aiana to get within 15-10. After Kent St. later led 18-11, the Mavericks kept closing with a Martin kill, a Martin-Sophia Krichev<\/a> block, a McMinn kill and consecutive Krichev kills, eventually pulling within 22-20 on an Aiana kill and an Aiana-McMinn block. Kent St. stopped the push with an Adalynn Ginley kill, a Brenner ace and a Mercedez Brown kill to finish the set 25-20.<\/p>\n After kills by Evyn Snook<\/a> and Sophia Krichev<\/a> put the Mavericks ahead early, UTA built a 6-1 lead behind a Tricco kill and consecutive block points involving Hana Aiana<\/a> and Camryn McMinn<\/a>. Kent St. got a sideout on a service error, but UTA answered with kills from Snook and McMinn and reached 9-2 before Liliana Mechura’s kill made it 9-3. McMinn’s kill started a six-point closing run, and her service turn included an ace, three Snook kills and a Martin-Hana Aiana<\/a> block as UTA finished the fifth set 15-3.<\/p>\n Game Notes UP NEXT –#BuckEm–<\/p>\n \u00a0
\nAfter Kent St. scored the first point, Hana Aiana<\/a> put the Mavericks on the board with consecutive early kills, and Sophia Krichev<\/a> added a kill and a block as UTA moved ahead 5-2. Kent St. closed to 5-4, but UTA scored nine of the next 10 points, with Krichev recording four kills and Camryn McMinn<\/a> adding two during a stretch that made it 14-5. Kent St. later put together three straight points to make it 20-14, but Krichev answered with a kill and teamed with Evyn Snook<\/a> on a block before adding another kill for a 23-14 lead. A Kent St. service error brought UT Arlington to set point, and Krichev closed the first set with a kill from Lucy Tricco<\/a> for a 25-16 win.<\/p>\n
\n– Sophia Krichev<\/a> recorded 19 kills with no errors on 31 attempts, added eight total blocks, including 3 solo blocks and totaling 24.5 points.
\n– Samantha Glenn<\/a> totaled 34 digs, three assists and one service ace.
\n– Camryn McMinn<\/a> recorded 13 kills, 19 digs, four total blocks, totaling 16.0 points
\n– Hana Aiana<\/a> recorded 11 kills with three errors on 21 attempts. She also had seven total blocks, totaling 14.5 points.
\n– Lucy Tricco<\/a> accumulated 29 assists, five digs and five kills with no errors on 11 attempts.<\/p>\n
\nUTA will face off against Army on Saturday, Sept. 5 at 11 a.m. at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.
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