Sept. 3, 2011
Final Stats
9.3 UTA-North Dakota State Box
9.3 UTA-UAPB Box Score
TULSA, Okla. - UT Arlington snapped its six-match losing streak by beating Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3-0 Saturday evening at Tulsa in the Hurricane Invitational.
UTA never struggled against the Lions, beating them 25-18, 25-8, 25-7.
Amanda Aguilera notched her first double-double of the season, recording 13 kills and 12 digs while posting a .417 hitting percentage.
Emily Shearin joined her with 13 kills while not recording an error for a .591 attack percentage.
"She was really frustrated after our match earlier today and took it upon herself to do what her job is," UT Arlington coach Diane Seymour said. "We talked about doing individually what we do well and when everybody does what they do well everything will come together more easily. Emily really focused in on what she does well and did her job tonight."
Alicia Shaffer finished with 10 digs and Tara Frantz recorded a career-high seven digs. Shearin also contributed seven digs.
Charae Grosser came off the bench to record six kills.
UTA hit .283 in the match.
Earlier in the day the Mavericks lost 3-0 to North Dakota State, running their skid to six matches. UTA dropped the match in straight sets, falling 25-15, 25-9, 25-18.
The Mavericks struggled offensively against North Dakota State, hitting just .045 for the match. Frantz, who was named to the all-tournament team, led UTA with eight kills. Charae Grosser added seven kills with zero errors in 12 attempts to hit .583.
Shaffer had 15 digs and Aguilera added 10.
The Mavs managed just four total blocks - three for which Emily Shearin accounted.
North Dakota State hit .367 for the match.
UT Arlington plays again Friday when it plays No. 1 California in Berkeley, Calif.
"There is still a lot of work to be done and we just talked about it," Seymour said. "We will take tomorrow off and then come out Monday and look at a lot of teaching moments. It still comes back to the fact that our goal is to win a conference championship. Going and playing a great program like Cal is great for us because if we win the conference tournament we would probably have to play a team like Texas. We will also have to play three consecutive weekends on the road later this season in conference, so hopefully we make the most of this learning experience."
