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\n Sep. 11 (Fri) \/ 3 PM CT
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\n vs.\u00a0Texas State
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History <\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n NACOGDOCHES, Texas \u2014 UT Arlington defeated North Texas 3-1 on Thursday, the first night of the Texas Challenge at Shelton Gym. The Mavericks hit .266 with 51 kills and limited the Mean Green to a .076 hitting percentage. \u00a0 –#BuckEm–<\/p>\n \u00a0
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\nHOW IT HAPPENED
\nThe Mavericks scored the first three points of the opening set, getting kills from Sophia Krichev<\/a> and Camryn McMinn<\/a> before a Mean Green attack error made it 3-0. After the Mean Green got on the board, the Mavericks stretched the advantage to 9-1 with six straight points, including kills by McMinn, Hana Aiana<\/a> and Lucy Tricco<\/a> during Sophia Krichev’s<\/a> service turn. UNT put together brief answers in the middle of the set, but the Mavericks kept the margin at least nine points from 19-10 on, with McMinn, Mazi Smith<\/a> and Krichev adding late kills. Tricco finished the set with a kill from Krichev as the Mavericks took the opener 25-13.
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\nUTA faced a 6-4 deficit after three early kills from Jahniya Jackson and a Jocelyn Jourdan kill for the Mean Green, but Camryn McMinn’s<\/a> kill from Lily Hopkins<\/a> got the sideout, and Tricco served an ace before two more McMinn kills put the Mavericks ahead 8-6. McMinn later added another kill for 9-7, and the Mavericks stretched the lead to 12-8 on consecutive block points by Sophia Krichev<\/a> and Smith. North Texas pulled within 17-15 on a block by Addison Achilles and Madeline Smith, but Smith answered with a kill, and after the margin reached 19-17, Krichev’s kill and her block with Evyn Snook<\/a> made it 21-17. After Jackson’s kill made it 21-18, a Mean Green service error, a Snook ace, a McMinn kill and a block by Tricco and Krichev gave the Mavericks the final four points and the set, 25-18.
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\nUTA scored the first two points of the third set, but UNT answered with six straight behind Dakota Mitchell’s serve to move in front 6-2. The Mean Green later built the margin to 11-4 and led 16-13 before the Mavericks put together a five-point push, with Camryn McMinn<\/a> recording two kills and combining with Hana Aiana<\/a> on a block before Aiana and Smith teamed for another block and an 18-16 lead. UNT tied the set at 18-18, and after the Mavericks moved back ahead 19-18 on a service error, the Mean Green scored five straight points, including two service aces by Jahniya Jackson, to go up 23-19. The Mavericks cut the margin to 23-21 on kills by Smith and Sophia Krichev<\/a>, but the Mean Green took the final two points to win the set 25-21.
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\nUNT built an 11-3 lead in the fourth set, scoring five straight points on Addison Achilles’ serve with kills from Jocelyn Jourdan, Madeline Smith and Jahniya Jackson. The Mavericks worked back from 14-8 with five straight points, getting a Sophia Krichev<\/a> kill and three Mean Green attack errors during Evyn Snook’s<\/a> serve, and tied it at 15-15 on Camryn McMinn’s<\/a> kill after a Tricco kill. The teams traded points from there, with the Mavericks moving ahead 19-17 on a bad set and a Hana Aiana<\/a> block before Alessandra Romo’s consecutive aces pushed the Mean Green in front 22-21. After the Mean Green reached set point at 24-23, McMinn tied the set with a kill, a Smith attack error gave the Mavericks set point, and Snook finished the 26-24 set win with a kill from Tricco.
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\nGame Notes<\/p>\n
\nUP NEXT
\nUTA will continue tournament play at the Texas Challenge by taking on Texas State on Friday, Sept. 11 at 3 p.m. CT.
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