ARLINGTON, Texas - The UT Arlington women's volleyball team picked up another conference win by sweeping Georgia Southern 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-17) on Friday night inside College Park Center.
 
With the win, the Mavs end a two-game skid and improve to 11-7 overall and 3-3 in Sun Belt action, while the Eagles fall to 6-10 on the season and 1-4 in conference play.
 
Brooke Townsend finished the match with a double-double by leading the Mavs with 15 kills and 15 digs. Townsend's strong play was matched by teammate Kylie Jedlicka who recorded a double-double with 12 kills and 13 digs.
 
The Mavs offense was run through setter Jessica Stancliff all night as she recorded 39 assists to go along with 4 kills, a block and two service aces. Alli Wells and Madelyn St. Germain both chipped in two service aces as well, in addition to recording ten digs and nine digs, respectively. Madison Hill and Bre Walp made their presence felt both offensively and defensively, as Hill recorded 11 kills and 4 blocks while Walp chipped in 6 kills and 2 blocks in the match.
 
UTA outhit Georgia Southern .267 to .149, while UTA also won the block battle 7-6.
 
SET 1 | UTA 25, GSU 21 | UTA LEADS 1-0
 
After the Mavs scored six straight points to go up 6-2, the Eagles came out of a timeout and scored five straight to retake the lead at 6-7. UTA called a timeout of their own and soon retook the momentum with the help of Townsend scoring three of the next five Maverick points. After Alli Wells made her second outstanding dig in the set, Stancliff set up Hill for her second consecutive kill to increase the Mavs lead to 22-13. At match point, the Eagles fought back again to score six straight points to cut the lead back down to three points at 24-21, but Townsend came up huge once again with the final kill to take the set 25-21. Townsend and Jedlicka finished the first set with 5 kills and 5 digs a piece, while Stancliff finished with nine of UTA's 13 assists.
 
SET 2 | UTA 25, GSU 17 | UTA LEADS 2-0
 
UTA jumped out to a 6-0 lead before Georgia Southern quickly called a timeout. This time it didn't help the Eagles as the Mavs continued to pour it on, increasing their lead to 9-1. After some back and forth action, Jedlicka stood tall at the net and perfectly timed her jumped for a solo block, increasing the Mavs lead to 19-12. At one point the Eagles cut the lead from 10 all the way down to five points at 21-16, but Stancliff went on to set up her teammate Walp for consecutive kills to go up 23-16. Once again it was Townsend who finished off the set with a kill from the left side down the middle, taking the set 25-17. Stancliff recorded 10 assists and 2 kills in the second set, while Townsend and Hill both recorded 4 kills apiece.
 
SET 3 | UTA 25, GSU 17 | UTA WINS 3-0
 
The Mavs once again jumped out to a big lead at 12-2 and never looked back, as the closest the Eagles would cut the lead back down to was five points at 22-17. Townsend and Jedlicka both scored the next two kills for the Mavs to go up 24-17 before Walp and Devon Martinka rose up for a double-block to score match point and take the set 25-17. Townsend and Jedlicka both finished the set with 6 kills each while Stancliff showed off with 19 assists to cap off her night.
 
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The Mavericks return to the court on Saturday, Oct. 12 when they play host to the Georgia State Panthers for another conference showdown at 6:30 p.m. inside College Park Center.