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\n \u00a0Little Rock
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History <\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 UT Arlington defeated West Georgia 3-2 (23-25, 25-22, 25-20, 24-26, 15-11) on Thursday at College Park Center. UTA finished with 64 kills and a .210 hitting percentage, while holding West Georgia to 53 kills and a .142 mark.
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\nHOW IT HAPPENED
\nUTA used a West Ga. service error and kills by Camryn McMinn<\/a> and Hana Aiana<\/a> to erase a 6-3 deficit and move in front 7-6 in the opening set. West Georgia. later went back ahead 14-12, but Mazi Smith’s<\/a> kill brought UTA within one before Isabella Camacho<\/a> served a four-point stretch that included an Evyn Snook<\/a> kill, a block by Emilee Sikora<\/a> and Aiana, and a Sikora kill for a 17-14 lead. West Ga. tied the set at 19-19 and again at 22-22, and after Snook put the Mavericks back up 23-22, Valiree Schmus answered with a kill to even it at 23-23. Maddy Kirmer followed with a kill, and West Georgia closed the set on a block by Grace-Blythe Cornett and Kirmer for a 25-23 finish.
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\nUTA built an early 3-1 lead behind kills from Evyn Snook<\/a> and Smith and a block by Hana Aiana<\/a>, but West Georgia pulled even at 3-3 and kept the set tight through the middle stages. West Georgia moved ahead 9-8 and later 17-16, but UT Arlington answered the second deficit with a Dixie Nessl<\/a> kill and a block by Smith and Nessl for an 18-17 advantage. UWG tied the set at 19-19 before Snook’s kill and Samantha Glenn’s<\/a> ace gave the Mavericks a 21-19 edge, and the Mavericks closed the set with kills from Smith, Snook and Camryn McMinn<\/a>, including McMinn’s finish for a 25-22 win.
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\nCamryn McMinn<\/a> helped UTA erase a 7-4 deficit with three straight kills to tie the third set at 7-7, but UWG answered with five of the next six points and led 12-8. A McMinn kill started a six-point UT Arlington run, and Lily Hopkins<\/a> served the next five points as a Nessl block, a Smith kill and a Nessl\/Evyn Snook<\/a> block helped UTA move in front 14-12. After Brooke McCall ended the run, Snook and Hana Aiana<\/a> added kills to push the margin to 16-13, and UTA later moved ahead 20-15 with a Snook kill, a Hana Aiana<\/a> block and a West Georgia attack error. UTA reached set point at 24-17 on consecutive Nessl kills and another West Georgia attack error, and after West Ga. scored three straight, McMinn closed the set with a kill for a 25-20 win.
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\nUTA built a 7-1 lead in the fourth set, with Smith and Evyn Snook<\/a> putting down kills in the opening stretch before Hana Aiana<\/a> capped it with a kill from Erica Dellesky<\/a>. The lead reached 15-10 on a Snook kill, but the Wolves scored four straight points and later tied the set at 16-16 on Giorgia Mandotti’s service ace. After Desha Van Veldhuizen’s ace gave West Ga. an 18-17 lead and the visitors moved ahead 21-19, the Mavericks came back to lead 22-21 on a Snook kill and consecutive West Ga. attack errors. Snook’s kill put UWG back up 23-22 and Aiana’s kill made it 24-23, but Brooke McCall delivered consecutive kills for West Ga. before a UTA attack error ended the set at 26-24.
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\nUTA went up 2-0 on Evyn Snook’s<\/a> kill and a West Georgia attack error, but West Georgia moved in front 6-4 after kills by Maddy Kirmer, Valiree Schmus and Brooke McCall. After a service error, UTA took three points on Hana Aiana’s<\/a> serve, with Camryn McMinn<\/a> tying it at 6-6 before Dellesky and Nessl combined on a block for a 7-6 lead and a Brooke McCall attack error made it 8-6. West Georgia came back to tie the set at 9-9, but McMinn’s kill from Dellesky put UTA ahead 10-9, and Hopkins served four straight points that included a Nessl kill, a Smith-Nessl block and a Snook kill for a 14-9 edge. West Georgia extended the set with two points, but Smith finished Dellesky’s assist for the final kill in UTA’s 15-11 set win.
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\nGame Notes<\/p>\n
\n\tEvyn Snook<\/a> led the game in points with 19.5.
\n\tFreshman Dixie Nessl<\/a> was the hitting leader of the game with a hitting percentage of .333.
\n\tErica Dellesky<\/a> led the game in assists with 45.
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\nUP NEXT
\nUTA will remain at the College Park Center for their next conference match, Thursday, Oct. 1, against Little Rock, which also headlines as Western & FSL Night.
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