EDINBURG, TEXAS --- The UT Arlington volleyball team (16-7, 5-5 WAC) is slated to face UTRGV (14-10, 8-3) inside the UTRGV Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. as Alli Wells and Brianna Ford look to continue their historic statistical chases.
 

UT ARLINGTON VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION
Match 24	UT Arlington (16-7, 5-5 WAC) at UTRGV (14-10, 8-3 WAC)
Date | Time	Saturday, Oct. 28 | 2 PM
Location	UTRGV Fieldhouse | Edingburg, Texas
Live Stats	Sidearm
Streaming	ESPN+ ($)
Game Notes	UT Arlington (PDF) | UTRGV (PDF)

WELLS CLOSES IN ON 2,000 DIGS
Graduate senior libero Alli Wells enters Saturday's matchup with 1,980 career digs, which puts her just 20 shy of reaching 2,000 and 54 away from breaking Alicia Shaffer's (2,033, 2008-11) all-time program record. On top of that, she is just three away from achieving 100 career matches with double-digit digs, as well as one shy of 70 career outings with at least 15.
 
THE TERMINATOR
Senior outside hitter Brianna Ford has exploded for six consecutive double-doubles, registering at least 15 kills in each outing while averaging 19.3 kills, 13 digs, 4.3 blocks, 1.7 aces and 1.3 assists per match over that stretch.
 

Date	Opponent	Kills	Pct.	Digs	Blocks	Assists	Aces
10/5/23	GCU	15	.297	11	4	1	1
10/7/23	CBU	25	.561	11	3	-	2
10/12/23	ACU	23	.347	11	5	3	3
10/14/23	Tarleton	19	.196	21	4	3	-
10/19/23	Southern Utah	17	.200	11	6	-	2
10/21/23	Utah Tech	17	.132	13	4	1	2

 
In addition to her recent play, Ford has elevated herself into a spot among the top 15 attackers in program history. The Amarillo native now has 1,139 career kills, which puts her in 15th place on the program's all-time list - just behind Shari Parks (1,148, 1984-87). Furthermore, her 38 career double-doubles - including 12 this year - is also 15th-most in program history since 1987, just behind Chris Rudiger, who produced 39 double-doubles in the late 80s.

GOING THE DISTANCE
The Mavs went five sets in each of the past four matches, splitting them at 2-2. Overall, UTA is 3-3 this season and 29-24 in the J.T. Wenger era in five-set matches,

SERIES HISTORY
UTRGV has won two consecutive head-to-head matchups with UTA dating back to last season, but the Mavs are 5-2 all-time in the series that dates back to a 1976 neutral site match, which UTA won by a combined 30-2 advantage in points. This will be just the second meeting in Edinburg with the first one resulting in a three-set win for UTRGV on Oct. 29 last year.
 
BEAST IN THE MIDDLE
After missing most of non-conference play due to an injury, senior middle blocker Paige Reagor is rounding into form, totaling 59 kills at a .331 clip along with 30 blocks over the past four matches. She has at least 10 kills and five blocks in each of those outings, recorded a season-best 22 terminations against Southern Utah and even became the first UTA volleyball player to record a double-double in kills and blocks on Oct. 14 against Tarleton 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)
 
DISHING IT OUT
Senior setter Mollie Blank has turned it up a notch over the past five outings, recording at least 40 assists in four of those with at least 33 in every one. Against Utah Tech this past Saturday, the Mansfield, Texas native notched 50 assists for the second time this year and the third time in her career. On top of that, she sits 10th in program history in total assists with 2,009.
 
MAV BITES

• Alyssa Duran has notched nine matches with double-digit digs this season, including three of the past four and five of the past eight.
• Redshirt freshman Sophie Ocampo jumped into the starting lineup against Utah Tech and matched her season-high with 11 kills while adding five digs. It was her third double-digit termination performance of the campaign. She has at least seven kills in the past three outings and recorded season-bests in digs (7) and blocks (7) in the win over Tarleton on Oct. 14.
• Sophomore setter Sophie Skinner led the Mavs with three aces - while adding four digs - in the win over Southern Utah. She has 10 outings this year with at least 10 assists, as well.

 
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