{"id":430859,"date":"2026-09-09T18:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430859\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:24:31","slug":"uta-travels-to-sfa-for-texas-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430859\/","title":{"rendered":"UTA Travels to SFA for Texas Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     ARLINGTON, TX\u00a0\u2013 The UT Arlington\u00a0volleyball\u00a0team continues tournament play, as the Mavericks head to Stephen F. Austin for the Texas Challenge, set for Thursday, Sept. 10 through Saturday, Sept. 12 at Shelton Gym in Nacogdoches, Texas.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUTA opens the tournament against North Texas on Thursday at 3 p.m., followed by a matchup against Texas State on Friday at 3 p.m. The Mavericks close out the tournament on Saturday against SFA at 2 p.m.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUTA&#8217;s match\u00a0against SFA will be streamed on ESPN+, while live stats will be available for all three matches.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLIVE COVERAGE<br \/>\nUTA\u00a0vs\u00a0North Texas (Thursday\u00a03 p.m. CT)<br \/>\nShelton Gym, Nacogdoches, Texas<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stats.statbroadcast.com\/broadcast\/?id=676516\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/suutbirds.com\/sidearmstats\/wvball\/summary. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live Stats<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUTA\u00a0vs\u00a0Texas State (Friday\u00a03 p.m. CT)<br \/>\nShelton Gym, Nacogdoches, Texas<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stats.statbroadcast.com\/broadcast\/?id=676519\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/suutbirds.com\/sidearmstats\/wvball\/summary. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live Stats<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUTA\u00a0vs\u00a0SFA (Saturday\u00a02 p.m. CT)<br \/>\nShelton Gym, Nacogdoches, Texas<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stats.statbroadcast.com\/broadcast\/?id=670893\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/suutbirds.com\/sidearmstats\/wvball\/summary. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live Stats<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.espn.com\/watch\/player\/_\/id\/58c1dcfa-68cb-45f2-8b97-5ade543b2789\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLAST WEEKEND RECAP<br \/>\nUT Arlington opened its home campaign going 1-2 at the UTA Tournament. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/sophia-krichev\/14838\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14838\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Krichev<\/a> earned a spot on the UTA Tournament All-Tournament team.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUTA 3, Kent State 2<br \/>\nUTA opened the weekend with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Kent State. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/sophia-krichev\/14838\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14838\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Krichev<\/a> led the Mavericks with 19 kills and eight blocks, while <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/camryn-mcminn\/14841\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14841\" target=\"_blank\">Camryn McMinn<\/a> added 13 kills, four blocks and an ace. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/evyn-snook\/14344\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14344\" target=\"_blank\">Evyn Snook<\/a> contributed 12 kills and two aces, and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/hana-aiana\/14834\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14834\" target=\"_blank\">Hana Aiana<\/a> finished 11 kills and seven blocks. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/samantha-glenn\/14341\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14341\" target=\"_blank\">Samantha Glenn<\/a> anchored the defense with an astounding 34 digs, while <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/lucy-tricco\/14943\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14943\" target=\"_blank\">Lucy Tricco<\/a> paced the offense with 29 assists.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nArmy 3, UTA 3<br \/>\nUTA battled Army in its second match of the weekend, falling 3-0. Snook led the Mavericks with 15 kills, one ace and one block, while Krichev added nine kills and a team-high six blocks. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/camryn-mcminn\/14841\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14841\" target=\"_blank\">Camryn McMinn<\/a> chipped in five kills and two aces, and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/erica-dellesky\/14846\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14846\" target=\"_blank\">Erica Dellesky<\/a> paced the offense with 18 assists. Glenn led the defensive effort with 11 digs.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSHSU 3, UTA 2<br \/>\nUTA closed out the tournament with a hard-fought 3-2 loss to Sam Houston. Snook led the Mavericks with 21 kills and one ace, while <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/emilee-sikora\/14939\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14939\" target=\"_blank\">Emilee Sikora<\/a> added 12 kills and Krichev recorded 10 kills and a team-high seven blocks. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/lucy-tricco\/14943\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14943\" target=\"_blank\">Lucy Tricco<\/a> paced the offense with 23 assists, and Glenn anchored the defense with 24 digs. Glenn&#8217;s 24-dig performance pushed her past 1,000 career digs, marking a major career milestone for the senior.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nGAME NOTES<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tUTA ranks first in the UAC in team total blocks, recording 54 on the season.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/sophia-krichev\/14838\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14838\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Krichev<\/a> ranks first in the UAC in hitting percentage (.419), total blocks (33) and blocks per set (1.32).&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/evyn-snook\/14344\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14344\" target=\"_blank\">Evyn Snook<\/a> ranks first in the conference in attacks per set (9.64) and total attacks (241).&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;#BuckEm&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nFOLLOW THE MAVS<br \/>\nFor the latest news on\u00a0UTA\u00a0Volleyball, log on to\u00a0UTAMavs.com\u00a0or stay connected to the Mavs on social media. Follow the Mavericks on X (formally known as Twitter)\u00a0@UTAMavsVB, on Instagram\u00a0@UTAMavsVB\u00a0and on Facebook at\u00a0Facebook.com\/UTAMavsVB.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; ARLINGTON, TX\u00a0\u2013 The UT Arlington\u00a0volleyball\u00a0team continues tournament play, as the Mavericks head to Stephen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-430859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}