Nov. 5, 2009

Box Score

ARLINGTON, Texas - The UT Arlington volleyball team stunned Sam Houston State in a three set sweep on Thursday night at Texas Hall. The Mavericks 25-22, 25-19, 25-17 victory snapped the Bearkats 11-match win streak as Amanda Aguilera led the Mavs with 14 kills and 10 digs for her fourth double-double of the season.

UT Arlington (10-15, 6-7 SLC) improves to 6-1 at home during SLC play while Sam Houston State (19-11, 11-2 SLC) drops its first match since losing in four sets at Lamar on Sept. 26.

"It was a well played match by our team," UT Arlington head coach Diane Seymour said. "One of the things we talked about before this match was that streaks are meant to be broken and streaks are meant to be started. We set out to stop their streak and to start one of our own. I know that was our mindset tonight and I thought our girls went out and executed very well."

Tara Frantz had 10 kills, Bianca Sauls posted 12 digs and five kills, Raegan Daniel had a career-high six blocks, 30 assists, seven digs and five kills while Alicia Shaffer led the Mavericks with 15 digs.

UTA overcame two five-point deficits in the first set to win 25-22 behind four kills on seven swings from Aguilera. After trailing 16-19, the Mavs went on a quick 5-1 run to grab the lead which they would never relinquish. UTA held Sam Houston State to a .043 hitting percentage in the first frame as UTA tallied only three hitting errors compared to the Bearkats' 14.

After taking the lead 7-6 in the second set, UT Arlington never looked back with a 25-19 victory. Aguilera again paced the Mavs with five kills and the Mavericks notched 6.0 team blocks in the set while SHSU didn't record a block.

"I thought we really buckled down tonight," Aguilera said. "We knew we had the ability to beat this team and we tried to limit their runs and just play really intense volleyball."

UT Arlington had little trouble in the third set completing the sweep with a 25-17 win. Frantz and Aguilera posted five kills in the final frame as Daniel dished out 12 assists.

UT Arlington completes its home schedule on Saturday, Nov. 7, hosting Lamar for Senior Night, as the Mavericks recognize their lone senior Teena Sobczak. On Thursday, Sobczak recorded seven digs moving into 14th place on the all-time UT Arlington digs list with 1,190. In her four-year career with UT Arlington, Sobczak has 36 double-doubles, six matches with at least 20 kills and 10 matches with at least 20 digs.

MATCH NOTES:
UT Arlington improves to 46-17 all-time against Sam Houston State with a dominating 20-3 record over the Bearkats in Arlington... the victory snaps a three-match losing streak to Sam Houston State... UTA has now won 15 of the last 20 meetings against SHSU.

UTA improves to 8-4 at Texas Hall this season with a 27-19 record in sets played.

UTA is now 3-0 playing on Thursday this season... Mavericks also defeated UTSA (Sept. 24, 3-1) and Southeastern Louisiana (Oct. 22, 3-0) in Thursday matches... It is the Mavericks only undefeated day of the week... They have played their most matches on Saturday, where they own a 4-9 record -which is their most wins on any day of the week this season... the Mavericks were 0-1 in Thursday matches last season and 2-13 (0-7 in SLC play) on Saturdays.

Mavericks' 10.0 team blocks marks the eighth time this season with at least 10.0 blocks... UTA is 8-0 when recording at least 10.0 team blocks.

UTA out-hit Sam Houston State .252-to-.094, giving them a 9-0 record (6-0 in SLC) this season when out-hitting their opponent.

It was the fifth time this season the UTA led their opponent in kills (41-to-39), where they own a perfect 5-0 record in those matches.

Mavericks held SHSU to a .094 hitting percentage, marking the seventh time this season they have held their opponent under a .100 clip... it marks the most times in a season the Mavs have held their opponent under a .100 percentage during the Diane Seymour head coaching era, which they also did in 2006.

Amanda Aguilera has led the Mavericks in kills three times this season and 20 times in her career... Aguilera's 14 kills give her four matches this season with at least 10 and 18 double-figure kill matches in her two-year career.... Aguilera has 25 kills in seven sets (3.57 kps) against Sam Houston State this season, her most against any opponent... It was her 11th double-figure digs match of the season and 24th of her career.

Bianca Sauls tallied her 12th double-figure match of the season, which includes seven during SLC play... She has 29 career matches with at least 10 digs.

Tara Frantz posted her 11th double-figure kills match of the season... she has tallied double-figure kills in four of her last five matches... she has at least 10 kills in 13 career matches in two seasons.