Final Stats

­STATESBORO, Ga. - UT Arlington finished a perfect weekend in Georgia with a win over Georgia Southern in straight sets at Hanner Fieldhouse on Saturday night.

The Mavericks improve to 15-8 this season and 6-5 in Sun Belt play. The Eagles dropped to 8-15 overall with a 3-8 conference mark.

UTA was able to dominate the match as it out-blocked Georgia Southern 11 to 6 and outhit the Eagles .239 to .079. UTA is now 14-1 this season when out-hitting its opponent.

Player of the Match
Zhanelle Geathers provided a spark for the Mavericks in the victory, leading the team with nine kills to go along with five blocks. The Lindale native was able to provide her offensive output efficiently, hitting .600 with no attack errors and one service ace.

Stat Leaders
Caitlyn Cooney and Jordan Holub teamed up to lead the UTA digging efforts as the duo each recorded 10 digs on the night. Qiana Canete also made an impact with eight digs to go along with her eight kills.

Cassidy Wheeler directed the Maverick offense, dishing out 29 assists in the three-set match. Wheeler also added four digs, four blocks and three kills to her stat line.

Marisah Ingram spearheaded the blocking efforts as the Carthage native recorded six blocks in the match. She was aided by Stacey Koch who chipped in four blocks to go along with eight kills in the victory.

Milestone Watch
Ingram and Geathers continued to climb up the UTA freshmen all-time charts in total blocks and block assists. Ingram's increased her season totals to 94 total blocks, the seventh most by a Maverick freshmen, and 90 block assists, the fifth most by a UTA first-year player. Geathers now holds the eighth most blocks in a single-season by a UTA freshmen at 88, while her 80 block assists this season is tied for fifth by a Maverick freshmen.

Quotable
"They were really high error tonight and we were able to execute very well. We also served the ball well, even though we didn't have a lot of aces, but we were able to serve the ball to the right person. We were also able to put up a solid block that forced a lot of errors on their end." - UT Arlington coach Diane Seymour on the difference in the match

"Just feeling confident about how we are playing. We were able to get up early and put it to them in the first set. After that they started to play better, but so did we. We just remained calm and constant in our play and were able to gain a lot of confidence with both of our wins this weekend." - Seymour on the team's biggest takeaway from the match

"It was huge. We know that we played the tough half of our schedule at the beginning of the season, so it was important for us to get off of this three match losing streak and to turn our attention towards the end of the season when we need to be playing our best volleyball." - Seymour on the importance of coming out of the weekend with two wins

Up Next
The Mavericks will return to action next Friday and Saturday at College Park Center in matches against Troy and ULM. The Friday match against Troy is set for 6:30 p.m. and is presented by eSix Sportswear, while Saturday's outing against ULM is also slated to begin at 6:30 p.m.