ST. GEORGE, UTAH --- The UT Arlington volleyball team (16-6, 5-4 WAC) will continue a three-match road swing on Saturday at 2 p.m. against Utah Tech (7-12, 3-6) inside Burns Arena.
 

UT ARLINGTON VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION
Match 23	UT Arlington (16-6, 5-4 WAC) at Utah Tech (7-12, 3-6 WAC)
Date | Time	Saturday, Oct. 21 | 2 PM
Location	Burns Arena | St. George, Utah
Live Stats	Sidearm
Streaming	ESPN+ ($)
Tickets	Utah Tech Ticket Office

WELLS APPROACHES HISTORY
Alli Wells added 18 more digs to her career tally on Thursday against Southern Utah, pushing her career total to 1,965, which puts her just 35 away from the 2,000 milestone and 69 away from breaking Alicia Shaffer's (2,033, 2008-11) all-time program record. Additionally, the graduate libero has produced 96 career outings with double-digit digs, including 69 with at least 15 and 42 with 20-or-more.

SERIES HISTORY
Similar to Thursday's opponent - Southern Utah - the Mavs enter Saturday's tilt against Utah Tech having only met them once previously. That came Nov. 10 last year in Arlington where the Trailblazers produced a five-set victory that included a 20-18 score in the final frame.
 
HISTORY MAKER
Interestingly, that match against Utah Tech last year produced five combined double-doubles, highlighted by a 29-assist, 27-dig performance from Mollie Blank in which she became one of just three players in the program's history since 1987 to tally at least 25 assists and 25 digs in a match, joining Shawn Sweeten and Heidi Christensen.
 
UTA players with 25+ assists, 25+ digs in a match since 1987
Shawn Sweeten – 40 assists, 25 digs vs. Sam Houston (10/2/87)
Shawn Sweeten - 11 kills, 66 assists, 33 digs vs. Arizona (11/26/88)
Heidi Christensen - 61 assists, 28 digs vs Nicholls State (11/17/94)
Mollie Blank - 29 assists, 27 digs vs Utah Tech (11/10/22)
 
REAGOR ASCENDING
Over the past three matches, senior middle blocker Paige Reagor has totaled 50 kills at a .363 clip with 22 blocks. She is coming off a season-best 23 kills in Thursday's win over Southern Utah, and last weekend against Tarleton she became the first UTA volleyball player to record a double-double in kills and blocks since Briana Sharatt totaled 10 kills and 11 blocks against Texas Southern on Sept. 12, 2014. In fact, Reagor produced just the 20th kill-block double-double in the program's history since 1987, and she's just the 12th player since then to record at least one.

Double-doubles in kills and blocks by UTA since 1987
Jackie Bennett – 19 kills, 10 blocks vs. Texas Tech (9/25/87)
Jackie Bennett – 16 kills, 12 blocks vs. Sam Houston (10/2/87)
Jackie Bennett - 22 kills, 21 digs, 11 blocks vs. Arizona (11/26/88)
Yvette Wingate - 12 kills, 10 blocks vs Stephen F. Austin (10/15/93)
Lyndy Stevens - 11 kills, 10 blocks vs Oral Roberts (9/23/94)
Rhonda Rust - 15 kills, 10 blocks vs Lamar (10/30/98)
Melissa Robinett - 11 kills, 10 digs, 11 blocks vs Lamar (9/19/03)
Melissa Robinett - 19 kills, 10 blocks vs Southeastern La. (10/31/03)
Caley Smith - 16 kills, 18 digs, 10 blocks vs Northwestern State (9/17/04)
Caley Smith - 12 kills, 13 digs, 10 blocks vs McNeese (9/24/04)
Melissa Marek - 12 kills, 11 blocks vs Little Rock (9/10/05)
Christy Driscoll - 10 kills, 10 blocks vs Texas State (10/11/08)
Christy Driscoll - 10 kills, 10 blocks vs Texas A&M Corpus Christi (11/14/08)
Emily Shearin - 12 kills, 10 blocks vs North Texas (9/18/10)
Charmaine Whitmore - 11 kills, 13 blocks vs Arkansas State (10/12/13)
Charmaine Whitmore - 10 kills, 11 blocks vs Georgia State (11/1/13)
Charmaine Whitmore - 13 kills, 10 blocks at Troy (11/9/13)
Charmaine Whitmore - 13 kills, 12 blocks (11/22/13)
Briana Sharratt - 10 kills, 11 blocks vs Texas Southern (9/12/14)
Paige Reagor - 13 kills, 10 blocks vs Tarleton (10/14/23)
 
FORD CONTINUES TORRID STRETCH
Senior outside hitter Brianna Ford continued her torrid stretch on Thursday, registering a fifth-consecutive double-double with 17 kills,  with a match-high 19 kills, 11 digs and three blocks. She is now averaging 19.8 kills, 13 digs, 4.4 blocks, 1.6 aces and 1.4 assists.
 

10/5/23	GCU	15 kills	.297	11 digs	4 blocks	1 assist	1 ace
10/7/23	CBU	25 kills	.561	11 digs	3 blocks		2 aces
10/12/23	ACU	23 kills	.347	11 digs	5 blocks	3 assists	3 aces
10/14/23	Tarleton	19 kills	.196	21 digs	4 blocks	3 assists
10/19/23	Southern Utah	17 kills	.200	11 digs	6 blocks		2 aces

 
CLIMBING THE CHART
Brianna Ford enters Saturday's match against Utah Tech with 1,122 career kills, which puts her 11 shy of passing Zhanelle Geathers (1,132, 2014-18) for a spot among the top 15 attackers in program history.
   
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