By Taylor Wright | UTAMavs.com
ARLINGTON, Texas - The Maverick volleyball team will host the UT Arlington Hilton Classic, their final pre-season tournament of 2012, this weekend. After this tournament and a mid-week match at TCU on Sept. 11, the Mavs will begin Western Athletic Conference play on Sept. 15 at Louisiana Tech.
UT Arlington will open the UTA Hilton Classic on Friday, Sept. 7 at 7:00 p.m. against Marist. This is only the second meeting with the Red Foxes with the last coming in 2006 and the Mavs came out on top, 3-0, to lead all-time, 1-0.
The Mavericks will then face Northwestern State at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8. UTA took on the Lady Demons in Arlington on Oct. 22 last year and won in a tight five-set match to put them at 38-4 all-time.
The Mavs close out the tournament against Southern Mississippi on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 7:00 p.m. This is only the second time UT Arlington has squared off with the Golden Eagles with the last meeting dating back to 1993 where the Mavs earned a win to lead all-time, 1-0.
The UT Arlington volleyball team went 1-2 at the University of Illinois at Chicago Invitational last weekend. Sophomore, setter Amanda Welsh was the only Maverick named to the UIC All-Tournament team. The Mavs then fell in straight sets to the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders on a Labor Day matchup.
The Mavericks currently sit at eighth place in the Western Athletic Conference with a record of 3-5. New Mexico State sits in sole possession of first place at 5-1 overall. Utah State and UTSA are tied for second at 5-2, Seattle is fourth at 4-3, and Texas State takes the fifth spot at 4-4, while Denver and San Jose State are tied for sixth at 3-3, just above UTA. Idaho is currently ninth at 2-5 and Louisiana Tech rounds out the standings at tenth place with a 1-6 record.
WAC plays begins on Sept. 15 and the top eight regular-season finishers will advance to the WAC tournament to take place Nov. 19-21 in San Antonio, Texas.
For the remainder of the 2012 season, UT Arlington will be providing live video and radio streaming for all home matches.
video: www.utamavs.com (click the camera icon for the corresponding match in the calendar section in the center of the webpage)
radio: www.utaradio.com
Season and single game ticket can be purchased online at UTATickets.com. Season tickets are just $49 and include all 15 home games. For more information, questions or to purchase tickets over the phone contact 817-272-6319.
UTA students don't forget to log onto your MyMav account to purchase your All-Sports Combo pack for $50 this gives you entry into all home UTA Athletic events. For more information call 817-272-6319.
