Final Stats

By Paul Watley | @PRWatley

BOONE, N.C. - UT Arlington dropped a 3-0 match at Appalachian State on Saturday evening at the George M. Holmes Convocation Center, 25-12, 25-13, 25-8.

The loss drops the Mavericks to 13-7 overall and 4-4 in Sun Belt play this season. The Mountaineers improve to 14-4 this season, while keeping their conference record perfect at 7-0.

App State out-blocked, out-hit and out-dug UTA in the match. The Mavs were also held to season lows by the Mountaineers in kills, hitting percentage and blocks.

Stat Leaders
Qiana Canete and Zhanelle Geathers led UTA in kills with five apiece in the match. Canete also led the Mavericks in digs at nine, while Caitlyn Cooney also chipped in with eight. Cassidy Wheeler dished out a team-high 17 assists in the match, while also notching three kills. Hannah Baptiste and Stacey Koch paced the UTA blocking efforts with two total blocks each.

Quotable
"They are by far the best team in the conference. They have efficient hitters who just don't make errors. That makes it difficult because they stay in rhythm and you can't get into a rhythm." -UT Arlington coach Diane Seymour on her biggest takeaway from the match

"Hopefully we can let this one go and move onto the next match. If we wear this on our sleeve, we could have a tough time bouncing back. They just need to let it go and focus on what's in front of them." -Seymour on what UTA needs to do to bounce back

Up Next
UTA will return to action this Thursday as they host Texas State in the Mavericks Dig Pink Match, presented by Ben Hogan Sports Medicine. The match is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. with UTA helping raise money for The Side-Out Foundation. To find out more about the Mavericks' partnership with The Side-Out Foundation, click here.

Tickets for Thursday's match can be found at UTATickets.com or by calling the College Park Center box office at 817-272-9595.