{"id":467432,"date":"2026-10-16T03:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/467432\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T03:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T03:06:11","slug":"mavericks-battle-hard-in-narrow-loss-to-north-alabama-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/467432\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks Battle Hard in Narrow Loss to North Alabama, 3-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

FLORENCE, Ala. \u2014\u00a0UT Arlington lost to North Ala., 3-2 on Thursday night in Florence, Alabama at the CB&S Bank Arena. UTA dropped the first two sets 23-25 and 23-25, answered with 25-23 and 25-20 wins, and fell 9-15 in the fifth. The Mavericks move to 8-11 overall and 2-5 in UAC play.

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\nHOW IT HAPPENED

\nThe opening set moved back and forth early, with UTA getting kills from Hana Aiana<\/a>, Camryn McMinn<\/a> and Evyn Snook<\/a> before North Ala. went ahead 10-9 on Jenna Kolosta’s kill. Dixie Nessl<\/a> tied it with a kill, and the Mavericks later built a 15-11 lead behind Snook’s kill, a Lily Hopkins<\/a> ace and another Aiana kill. North Ala. answered from 16-13 with five straight points to move in front 18-16, then pushed the lead to 21-17 after a Reese Ricketts kill and a Lankford Gurner ace. UTA cut the margin to 23-22 on kills by Karisa Martin<\/a> and Snook, but North Ala. reached set point on a Ricketts kill and closed the set 25-23.

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\nUTA moved ahead 11-8 in the second set when an Evyn Snook<\/a> kill and a Camryn McMinn<\/a> service ace capped an early back-and-forth stretch. North Ala. scored four straight to turn a 12-10 UTA lead into a 14-12 deficit, then later used another four-point run, capped by kills from Dylann Garner and Phoebe Reyes Fortunato, to stretch the margin to 19-14. Hana Aiana<\/a> had a kill and an ace as the Mavericks worked back into the set, and two McMinn kills plus a North Ala. attack error brought the Mavs within 20-19. North Ala. answered with three straight points for 23-19 and later led 24-21, but a Martin kill and a Martin-Aiana block cut it to 24-23 before Reese Ricketts ended the set for North Ala., 25-23.

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\nAfter a series of early ties, North Ala. moved ahead 14-12 on a Jenna Kolosta kill, but UTA answered with six straight points behind a Nessl kill, an Erica Dellesky<\/a> ace and another Nessl kill to go up 18-14. North Ala. cut the margin to 18-17 with kills by Phoebe Reyes Fortunato and Anna Hoffmayer, but Camryn McMinn<\/a> and Evyn Snook<\/a> put down kills for a 20-17 lead, and two more Snook kills helped UTA reach set point at 24-20. North Ala. scored three straight at set point, including a Reese Ricketts kill and a block by Reyes Fortunato and Kolosta, before a service error closed the Mavericks’ 25-23 set win.

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\nNorth Ala. used consecutive Reese Ricketts service aces to move ahead 6-3, but the Mavericks worked back behind multiple Camryn McMinn<\/a> kills, took a 9-8 edge on Karisa Martin’s<\/a> kill and later stretched the lead to 13-9 with Evyn Snook’s<\/a> kill and a block by Martin and Nessl. North Ala. answered with four straight points to tie it at 13-13, and after Snook helped UTA regain a 15-13 lead, Ricketts and Jenna Kolosta kills helped North Ala. move back in front at 18-17. The Mavericks took seven of the next eight rallies, with McMinn tying the set at 18-18 on a kill and then blocking Phoebe Reyes Fortunato for a 19-18 lead before a North Ala. service error and three consecutive UTA blocks made it 24-19. North Ala. got one point back on a Dylann Garner kill, but a Ricketts attack error closed UT Arlington’s 25-20 set win.

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\nEvyn Snook<\/a> twice brought UTA even early in the fifth set, but North Ala. moved from a 2-2 tie to a 6-2 lead behind a Reese Ricketts ace and kills by Phoebe Reyes Fortunato and Dylann Garner. Hana Aiana<\/a> and Camryn McMinn<\/a> helped the Mavericks cut the gap to 7-5, and McMinn added another kill after North Ala. reached 8-5. North Ala. pushed back ahead 12-7 before a service error and a Snook block pulled UTA within 12-9. Ricketts answered with consecutive kills, and North Ala. closed the set 15-9 on a block by Reyes Fortunato and Jenna Kolosta.

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\nGame Notes<\/p>\n

UP NEXT

\nUTA continues conference play on the road, as they take on West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia at The Coliseum on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. CT.

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