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\n Sep. 12 (Sat) \/ 2 PM CT
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History <\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n NACOGDOCHES, Texas \u2014 UT Arlington lost to Texas St. 3-2 on Friday at Shelton Gym. The Mavericks won the first two sets 25-20 and 25-23 before dropping the final three 21-25, 14-25 and 10-15. \u00a0 –#BuckEm–<\/p>\n \u00a0
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\nHOW IT HAPPENED
\nThe Mavericks moved in front 5-1 in the opening set behind two kills from Sophia Krichev<\/a>, an Evyn Snook<\/a> ace, a Camryn McMinn<\/a> kill and a block involving Hana Aiana<\/a> and Lucy Tricco<\/a>. Texas State worked back to a 6-6 tie and later built a 13-10 lead, but UTA answered through McMinn kills and a Hana Aiana<\/a> kill before consecutive India Bennett attack errors, the second blocked by McMinn, put the Mavericks ahead 16-14. After Texas St. tied it again at 16-16, McMinn’s kill and two Texas St. attack errors pushed the Mavericks back in front 19-16, and UTA stayed ahead as the set tightened to 21-20. Krichev and Tricco delivered back-to-back kills from there, and two Bobcat attack errors closed out the Mavericks’ 25-20 set win.
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\nIn the second set, UTA moved ahead 5-2 on a Sophia Krichev<\/a> kill from Tricco and early Texas St. attack errors, but Texas State came back to tie it 5-5 behind an Ashley Euston kill, a UTA attack error and a Brooke Bentke kill. The Mavericks built the margin back to 16-11 with kills from Hana Aiana<\/a>, Evyn Snook<\/a> and Camryn McMinn<\/a> and blocks involving Krichev, Tricco and Aiana before TXST scored five straight, including two Bentke aces, to tie the set at 16-16. After the teams traded points through 20-20, Snook put the Mavericks in front with a kill and a Bobcat attack error made it 22-20. Tricco’s kill pushed the Mavericks to 23-21, McMinn added a kill for set point at 24-22, and after Texas St. got one back, McMinn closed the set with another kill for a 25-23 win.
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\nAfter TXST opened the third set with an ace, Sophia Krichev<\/a> tied it with a kill from Tricco, and the Mavericks moved ahead 4-1 behind a block involving Krichev and Tricco and back-to-back Evyn Snook<\/a> aces. The Mavericks built the lead to 12-7 with Mazi Smith<\/a> scoring three kills in that stretch, but Texas State scored four straight to get within 12-11 before Snook’s ace and Krichev’s kill helped push the margin back to 15-11. The Bobcats later erased a 16-13 deficit with four straight points to go in front 17-16, and although Hana Aiana<\/a> and Camryn McMinn<\/a> helped UTA answer for an 18-17 lead, the set tightened again at 21-21 on Smith’s kill and a Smith-Krichev block. Texas St. took the final four points from there, closing the set 25-21.
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\nThe Mavericks recovered from a 2-0 start to tie the fourth set at 2-2 on consecutive Sophia Krichev<\/a> kills from Tricco, and Evyn Snook’s<\/a> ace put UTA in front 3-2. The set stayed even through 7-7 before Texas St. scored three straight points on an Ally Adair kill and back-to-back Peyton McKee kills to move ahead 10-7, and the visitors later stretched the margin to 16-10. The Mavericks got points from a Camryn McMinn<\/a>–Hana Aiana<\/a> block, a Hana Aiana<\/a> kill and a Smith kill during the middle of the set, but Texas State pushed the lead to 23-13 behind a McKee kill, an Ashley Euston kill and a Dylan Gilkey ace, then Euston recorded the final two kills to close the set 25-14.
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\nKills from Sophia Krichev<\/a> and Camryn McMinn<\/a> helped the Mavericks build a 4-2 lead to start the fifth set. Texas State moved in front 6-4 behind two Naara Tanco kills, a Mavericks attack error and an Anna Blaine service ace, and later led 8-5 after Janet Onuorah added a kill and an ace. Smith helped the Mavericks close the gap to 8-7 and the Mavericks were still within 9-8 after a Texas St. attack error, but Texas St. scored the next four points to stretch the lead to 13-8. The Mavericks got late points on an attack error and service error from the Bobcats, but ultimately, Texas State closed the set 15-10.
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\nUP NEXT
\nThe Mavericks will close the Texas Challenge by playing host, Stephen F. Austin on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 2 p.m. CT.
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