{"id":443222,"date":"2026-09-21T19:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443222\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T19:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:06:12","slug":"uta-opens-conference-play-at-tarleton-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443222\/","title":{"rendered":"UTA Opens Conference Play at Tarleton State"},"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 opens United Athletic Conference play on the road, Tuesday, traveling to Stephenville to take on Tarleton State at 6 p.m. CT in Wisdom Gym.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTuesday marks the Mavericks&#8217; first conference match of the season and their inaugural UAC contest. UTA enters league play following a 2-1 showing at the Ragin&#8217; Cajuns Classic in Lafayette, La., hosted by Louisiana Lafayette.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLIVE COVERAGE<br \/>\nUTA\u00a0vs\u00a0Tarleton State (Tuesday 6 p.m. CT)<br \/>\nWisdom Gym, Stephenville, Texas<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player\/_\/id\/2bf3ebc8-3041-4deb-8995-6978bf43390e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stats.statbroadcast.com\/broadcast\/?id=671344\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstats.statbroadcast.com%2Fbroadcast%2F%3Fid%3D674489&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckensley.walters%40uta.edu%7C660da60942ef455483fa08df14e58088%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C0%7C0%7C639252648090212\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live Stats<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLAST WEEKEND RECAP<br \/>\nUT Arlington finished its final tournament of the season, going 2-1, at the Ragin&#8217; Cajuns Classic, hosted by Louisiana Lafayette.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUTA 3, Jackson State 0<br \/>\nUTA opened the weekend with a huge sweep over Jackson State. The Mavericks led the game in every statistical category. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/evyn-snook\/14840\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14840\" target=\"_blank\">Evyn Snook<\/a> led the game in kills (14) and points (16). <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/hana-aiana\/14834\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14834\" target=\"_blank\">Hana Aiana<\/a> led the game in hitting percentage (.714). <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/mazi-smith\/14938\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14938\" target=\"_blank\">Mazi Smith<\/a> led the game with 26 attacks. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/samantha-glenn\/14842\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14842\" target=\"_blank\">Samantha Glenn<\/a> led the game in digs (16). <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/lucy-tricco\/14943\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14943\" target=\"_blank\">Lucy Tricco<\/a> led the game in assists (37). <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 game in blocks with seven.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUTA 3, Louisiana Lafayette 2<br \/>\nUTA continued their winning streak on Friday, with a five-set victory over tournament host Louisiana Lafayette. Krichev led the game with seven blocks and a .400 hitting percentage, while <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/emilee-sikora\/14939\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14939\" target=\"_blank\">Emilee Sikora<\/a> finished the game with 13 kills on a .360 hitting percentage. Tricco ended the game, finishing second in assists with 23 and Snook accumulated 13 kills and four digs, totaling 13 points.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMS State 3, UTA 0<br \/>\nUTA closed out the tournament with a hard-fought 3-0 loss against Mississippi State. Sikora led the Mavericks with eight kills, while adding 11 digs and two blocks. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/isabella-camacho\/14839\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14839\" target=\"_blank\">Isabella Camacho<\/a> paced UTA with 10 assists. McMinn recorded four kills and three assists. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/karisa-martin\/14847\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14847\" target=\"_blank\">Karisa Martin<\/a> added four kills, while <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/dixie-nessl\/14942\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14942\" target=\"_blank\">Dixie Nessl<\/a> contributed three blocks. UTA had three players record double-digit attacks: Sikora (27), McMinn (19), and Martin (19).\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nGAME NOTES<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tUT Arlington ranks first in the UAC in blocks per set (2.25) and total blocks (108).&#13;<br \/>\n\tSophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/sophia-krichev\/14838\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14838\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Krichev<\/a> continues to top the conference in blocks per set (1.35) and total blocks (62). She also ranks third in hitting percentage at .349.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSenior <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/evyn-snook\/14840\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14840\" target=\"_blank\">Evyn Snook<\/a> ranks second in total attacks with 384.&#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<p>\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; ARLINGTON, TX\u00a0\u2013 The UT Arlington\u00a0volleyball\u00a0team opens United Athletic Conference play on the road, Tuesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-443222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443222","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=443222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}