OREM, UTAH --- The No. 4 UT Arlington volleyball team (20-9) will begin the program's 40th postseason conference tournament appearance with a Western Athletic Conference (WAC) quarterfinal matchup against No. 5 Utah Valley (11-16) at 8 p.m. CT on Thursday inside Lockhart Arena.
 

UTA VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION - WAC QUARTERFINALS
Match 30	No. 4 UT Arlington (20-9) at No. 5 Utah Valley (11-16)
Date | Time	Thursday, Nov. 16 | 8 p.m. CT
Location	Lockhart Arena | Orem, Utah
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Streaming	ESPN+ ($)
Game Notes	UT Arlington (PDF)
Miscellaneous	Tournament Bracket (PDF) | Tournament Central

WHAT TO KNOW
UT Arlington enters Thursday's matchup with a 54-31 record all-time in postseason conference tournaments dating back to 1982 and including appearances in the Southland Conference (45-20), Sun Belt Conference (9-9) and WAC (0-2). The only two seasons the Mavs did not qualify for postseason play were 2005 and 2008.
 
The 54-31 all-time record includes a 17-10 record in quarterfinal games, an 8-2 record against No. 5 seeds and a 6-7 record as a No. 4 seed. UTA has made 16 championship match appearances with a 10-6 record. Head coach J.T. Wenger is 5-6 in conference tournament play as he enters his seventh appearance.
 
The Mavs will get a chance to avenge a quarterfinal round loss to the Wolverines last year. In that matchup, Utah Valley produced a four-set victory in UTA's first WAC tournament appearance since the program's one-year stint in the conference in 2012.
 
UTA previously defeated Utah Valley in both meetings this year, a three-set sweep on the road Sept. 30 and a four-set win inside the College Park Center Nov. 2.

WAC Tournament Schedule
Thursday, Nov. 16 - Quarterfinal Round
Match 1: No. 2 Grand Canyon vs. No. 7 California Baptist | 11 a.m. CT
Match 2: No. 3 UTRGV vs. No. 6 Tarleton | 2 p.m. CT
Match 3: No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 8 Abilene Christian | 5 p.m. CT
Match 4: No. 4 UT Arlington vs. No. 5 Utah Valley | 8 p.m. CT

Friday, Nov. 17 - Semifinal Round
Match 5: Match 1 winner vs. Match 2 winner | 4 p.m. CT
Match 6: Match 3 winner vs. Match 4 winner | 7 p.m. CT

Saturday, Nov. 18 - Championship
Match 7: Semifinal 1 winner vs. Semifinal 2 winner | 7 p.m. CT

UTA'S CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT HISTORY

Date	Seed	Opponent	Conf.	Rd.	Result	Location
11/17/22	5	No. 4 Utah Valley	WAC	QF	L, 1-3	Edinburg, Texas
11/20/21	2W	No. 1E South Alabama	Sun Belt	SF	L, 1-3	Foley, Ala.
11/19/21	2W	No. 3E Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	QF	W, 3-2	Foley Ala.
11/20/20	3W	No. 2E Troy	Sun Belt	Pool	L, 1-3	Foley, Ala.
11/19/20	3W	No. 5E Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	Pool	W, 3-1	Foley, Ala.
11/23/19	7	No. 2 Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	SF	L, 1-3	San Marcos, Texas
11/22/19	7	No. 3 South Alabama	Sun Belt	QF	W, 3-2	San Marcos, Texas
11/21/19	7	No. 6 App. State	Sun Belt	1st Rd.	W, 3-1	San Marcos, Texas
11/16/18	5	No. 4 Little Rock	Sun Belt	QF	L, 0-3	Atlanta, Ga.
11/15/18	5	No. 8 Troy	Sun Belt	1st Rd.	W, 3-0	Atlanta, Ga.
11/16/17	6	No. 7 App. State	Sun Belt	1st Rd.	L, 2-3	Jonesboro, Ark.
11/19/16	4	No. 1 Arkansas State	Sun Belt	SF	L, 0-3	Arlington, Texas
11/18/16	4	No. 5 Little Rock	Sun Belt	QF	W, 3-0	Arlington, Texas
11/20/15	4	No. 5 Little Rock	Sun Belt	QF	L, 0-3	Statesboro, Ga.
11/28/14	4	No. 1 Little Rock	Sun Belt	SF	L, 0-3	San Marcos, Texas
11/27/14	4	No. 5 App. State	Sun Belt	QF	W, 3-1	San Marcos, Texas
11/23/13	4	No. 3 Texas State	Sun Belt	Final	L, 0-3	Troy, Ala.
11/22/13	4	No. 8 Troy	Sun Belt	SF	W, 3-2	Troy, Ala.
11/21/13	4	No. 5 South Alabama	Sun Belt	QF	W, 3-0	Troy, Ala.
11/19/12	8	No. 1 Utah State	WAC	QF	L, 1-3	San Antonio, Texas
11/18/11	6	No. 3 Sam Houston	SLC	QF	L, 2-3	Conway, Ark.
11/20/10	4	No. 1 Central Arkansas	SLC	SF	L, 0-3	Huntsville, Texas
11/19/10	4	No. 5 Sam Houston	SLC	QF	W, 3-1	Huntsville, Texas
11/20/09	5	No. 4 Lamar	SLC	QF	L, 1-3	San Antonio, Texas
11/16/07	3	No. 6 Northwestern St.	SLC	QF	L, 1-3	San Antonio, Texas
11/19/06	2	No. 1 Stephen F. Austin	SLC	Final	L, 0-3	San Antonio, Texas
11/18/06	2	No. 3 McNeese State	SLC	SF	W, 3-0	San Antonio, Texas
11/17/06	2	No. 7 Texas A&M C.C.	SLC	QF	W, 3-1	San Antonio, Texas
11/20/04	3	No. 1 Texas State	SLC	SF	L, 2-3	Beaumont, Texas
11/19/04	3	No. 6 Sam Houston	SLC	QF	W, 3-0	Beaumont, Texas
11/21/03	3	No. 6 Nicholls State	SLC	QF	L, 0-3	San Antonio, Texas
11/24/02	1	No. 2 Lamar	SLC	Final	W, 3-1	Nacogdoches, Texas
11/23/02	1	No. 4 McNeese State	SLC	SF	W, 3-0	Nacogdoches, Texas
11/18/01	5	No. 2 Stephen F. Austin	SLC	Final	W, 3-2	Beaumont, Texas
11/17/01	5	No. 1 Lamar	SLC	SF	W, 3-1	Beaumont, Texas
11/16/01	5	No. 4 SE Louisiana	SLC	QF	W, 3-0	Beaumont, Texas
11/16/00	3	No. 6 McNeese State	SLC	QF	L, 0-3	Beaumont, Texas
11/18/99	4	No. 5 McNeese State	SLC	QF	L, 1-3	Arlington, Texas
11/21/98	1	No. 3 Texas State	SLC	Final	L, 1-3	Arlington, Texas
11/20/98	1	No. 4 McNeese State	SLC	SF	W, 3-0	Arlington, Texas
11/21/97	3	No. 2 Stephen F. Austin	SLC	SF	L, 1-3	Lake Charles, La.
11/20/97	3	No. 6 UTSA	SLC	QF	W, 3-1	Lake Charles, La.
11/22/96	3	No. 2 Sam Houston	SLC	SF	L, 2-3	Nacogdoches, Texas
11/21/96	3	No. 6 Nicholls State	SLC	QF	W, 3-2	Nacogdoches, Texas
11/17/95	5	No. 1 Stephen F. Austin	SLC	SF	L, 1-3	Nacogdoches, Texas
11/16/95	5	No. 4 Sam Houston	SLC	QF	W, 3-1	Nacogdoches, Texas
11/18/94	7	No. 2 Stephen F. Austin	SLC	SF	L, 2-3	Nacogdoches, Texas
11/18/94	7	No. 3 Texas State	SLC	QF	W, 3-2	Nacogdoches, Texas
11/17/94	7	No. 6 Nicholls State	SLC	1st Rd.	W, 3-1	Nacogdoches, Texas
11/19/93	4	No. 1 Sam Houston	SLC	SF	L, 0-3	Huntsville, Texas
11/19/93	4	No. 5 Texas State	SLC	QF	W, 3-2	Huntsville, Texas
11/21/92	1	No. 3 Stephen F. Austin	SLC	Final	W, 3-0	San Antonio, Texas
11/20/92	1	No. 5 UTSA	SLC	SF	W, 3-0	San Antonio, Texas
11/23/91	2	No. 1 Texas State	SLC	Final	L, 1-3	Arlington, Texas
11/22/91	2	No. 3 Sam Houston	SLC	SF	W, 3-1	Arlington, Texas
11/17/90	1	No. 3 Texas State	SLC	Final	W, 3-0	Nacogdoches, Texas
11/16/90	1	No. 4 Stephen F. Austin	SLC	SF	W, 3-0	Nacogdoches, Texas
11/15/90	1	No. 8 North Texas	SLC	QF	W, 3-0	Nacogdoches, Texas
11/18/89	1	No. 3 Texas State	SLC	Final	W, 3-0	San Marcos, Texas
11/17/89	1	No. 4 ULM	SLC	SF	W, 3-0	San Marcos, Texas
11/17/89	1	No. 7 Northwestern State	SLC	QF	W, 3-0	San Marcos, Texas
11/19/88	1	No. 2 Texas State	SLC	Final	W, 3-0	Huntsville, Texas
11/18/88	1	No. 4 Sam Houston	SLC	SF	W, 3-0	Huntsville, Texas
11/18/88	1	No. 8 Northwestern State	SLC	QF	W, 3-0	Huntsville, Texas
11/17/87	1	No. 3 Sam Houston	SLC	Final	W, 3-1	Natchitoches, La.
11/16/87	1	No. 3 Sam Houston	SLC	WB Final	W, 3-0	Natchitoches, La.
11/15/87	1	No. 4 ULM	SLC	WB SF	W, 3-0	Natchitoches, La.
11/15/87	1	No. 8 McNeese State	SLC	WB QF	W, 3-0	Natchitoches, La.
11/22/86	1	No. 2 Lamar	SLC	Final	W, 3-0	Beaumont, Texas
11/21/86	1	No. 2 Lamar	SLC	WB Final	W, 3-0	Beaumont, Texas
11/21/86	1	No. 4 ULM	SLC	WB SF	W, 3-0	Beaumont, Texas
11/23/85	1	No. 2 Lamar	SLC	Final	W, 3-1	Arlington, Texas
11/22/85	1	No. 2 Lamar	SLC	WB Final	W, 3-0	Arlington, Texas
11/22/85	1	No. 4 Arkansas State	SLC	WB SF	W, 3-0	Arlington, Texas
11/17/84	1	No. 2 Lamar	SLC	Final	L, 2-3	Denton, Texas
11/17/84	1	No. 4 ULM	SLC	LB Final	W, 3-0	Denton, Texas
11/16/84	1	No. 2 Lamar	SLC	WB Final	L, 0-3	Denton, Texas
11/16/84	1	No. 4 ULM	SLC	WB SF	W, 3-1	Denton, Texas
11/18/83	1	No. 2 Lamar	SLC	Final	L, 2-3	Beaumont, Texas
11/18/83	1	No. 6 McNeese State	SLC	LB Final	W, 3-1	Beaumont, Texas
11/17/83	1	No. 2 Lamar	SLC	WB Final	L, 1-3	Beaumont, Texas
11/17/83	1	No. 5 North Texas	SLC	WB SF	W, 3-0	Beaumont, Texas
11/20/82	1	No. 2 Lamar	SLC	Final	W, 3-0	Arlington, Texas
11/19/82	1	No. 2 Lamar	SLC	WB Final	W, 3-0	Arlington, Texas
11/19/82	1	No. 4 Louisiana	SLC	WB SF	W, 3-0	Arlington, Texas

 
FORD, REAGOR EARN ALL-WAC RECOGNITION
Brianna Ford (First Team) and Paige Reagor (Second Team) earned all-conference recognition from the WAC on Wednesday. For more info on that, visit here.

BLANK STREAK
Senior setter Mollie Blank collected three WAC setter of the week awards this year, thanks in large part to a strong finish to the season that included averages of 40.5 assists, 7.5 digs and 2.3 kills over the final 11 matches. The Mansfield, Texas native has achieved at least 27 assists in those outings and has recorded at least one kill in 15 consecutive matches - including multiple terminations in 11 of those. She also has double-doubles in three of the past five matches and recently became the 10th player in program history to eclipse 2,000 assists. Her 9.19 assists per set this year easily surpasses her previous career-best of 5.84.
 

MOLLIE BLANK - PREVIOUS 11 MATCHES
Date	Opponent	Assists	Digs	Kills
10/7/23	CBU	41	5	2
10/12/23	ACU	44	4	1
10/14/23	Tarleton	33	8	2
10/19/23	Southern Utah	41	6	1
10/21/23	Utah Tech	50	7	1
10/28/23	UTRGV	49	4	1
10/30/23	SFA	39	14	3
11/2/23	Utah Valley	37	12	3
11/4/23	Seattle U	37	6	6
11/9/23	California Baptist	48	12	3
11/11/23	Grand Canyon	27	4	2
AVERAGES		40.5	7.5	2.3

 
THE TERMINATOR
Despite a tough outing in the regular season finale, senior outside hitter Brianna Ford averaged 17.1 kills, a .262 hitting percentage, 12.9 digs, 4.3 blocks, one assist and 1.3 aces over the past 12 matches. After having her streak of consecutive double-doubles snapped at six against UTRGV on Oct. 28, Ford started a new streak against SFA and has now produced 10 over the team's past 12 matches.
 
In the Nov. 9 win over CBU, Ford hit .309 with 24 kills, 12 digs and a career-high nine blocks as she nearly became the first player in the program's past 13 years to record a triple-double. She settled for her 42nd career double-double, which moves her into a tie with Shawn Sweeten for the 11th-most in program history (1985-present). Her 1,228 career kills also puts her within 17 of surpassing Fannie Burton (1,245, 1991-94) for 12th on the program's all-time list.
 

BRIANNA FORD - LAST 12 MATCHES
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
10/28/23	UTRGV	18	.333	8	5	1	-
10/30/23	SFA	17	.324	19	2	1	2
11/2/23	Utah Valley	11	.049	17	6	1	1
11/4/23	Seattle U	13	.435	11	3	0	0
11/9/23	California Baptist	24	.309	12	9	1	0
11/11/23	Grand Canyon	6	-.083	10	1	0	2
AVERAGES		17.1	.262	12.9	4.3	1.0	1.3

 
REAGOR ON FIRE
After missing most of non-conference play due to an injury, senior middle blocker Paige Reagor finished the regular season in strong fashion, averaging 13.1 kills, a .426 hitting percentage and 4.8 blocks per match over the final 10 outings. She has double-digit terminations in nine of those 10, including a season-best 22 kills against Southern Utah, and she has produced 72 kills with just 10 errors while hitting .525 over the past six matches.
 
On Oct. 14 against Tarleton, Reagor 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.
 

PAIGE REAGOR - LAST 10 MATCHES
Date	Opponent	Kills	Pct.	Blocks
10/12/23	ACU	14	.458	5
10/14/23	Tarleton	13	.219	10
10/19/23	Southern Utah	22	.400	7
10/21/23	Utah Tech	10	.217	8
10/28/23	UTRGV	13	.684	2
10/30/23	SFA	12	.476	2
11/2/23	Utah Valley	16	.583	6
11/4/23	Seattle U	8	.727	3
11/9/23	California Baptist	11	.400	4
11/11/23	Grand Canyon	12	.391	1
AVERAGES		13.1	.426	4.8

 
BEST OFFENSIVE OUTING IN 30+ YEARS
As a team, UTA hit .550 against Seattle U on Nov. 4 to produce the program's best offensive performance since Nov. 20, 1992 against UTSA (.562). In fact, it was the program's fourth-best hitting percentage in any match since 1985, and they are only the second team to even eclipse .500 since 1992. Overall, it was only the 10th time since 1985 that UTA hit at least .500 in a match.
 

9/25/85	.583	vs North Texas	Arlington, Texas
9/19/92	.567 (44-6-67)	vs Louisiana	Arlington, Texas
11/20/92	.562 (54-4-89)	vs UTSA	San Antonio, Texas
11/4/23	.550 (52-8-80)	vs Seattle U	Arlington, Texas
10/31/89	.532 (39-6-62)	vs SFA	Arlington, Texas
9/30/88	.518 (50-7-83)	vs Rice	Arlington, Texas
10/23/89	.514 (46-9-72)	vs McNeese	Arlington, Texas
10/28/88	.508 (39-6-65)	vs Sam Houston	Huntsville, Texas
10/14/09	.507 (38-1-73)	vs Northwestern State	Arlington, Texas
10/15/88	.500 (44-10-68)	vs McNeese	Arlington, Texas

 
WELLS BREAKS RECORD IN DRAMATIC FASHION
Alli Wells, a graduate year libero, broke UTA's career digs record on the final rally of her home collegiate career against Seattle U on Nov. 4. It was the 2,034th career dig for the Waxahachie native, allowing her to break Alicia Shaffer's (2,033, 2008-11) record, setting off a celebration inside the CPC as the rally was capped by a kill from Briana Brown to clinch a sweep. Wells now has 102 career matches with double-digit digs and enters the WAC tournament with 2,060, which ranks ninth-most among all current Division I players.

MISSING IN ACTION
The Mavs went 1-1 in the final weekend of the regular season, which included a win over California Baptist, without four players due to illness, including three starters - Kortney Puckett, Alyssa Duran and Jalie Tritt. Freshman Samantha Glenn also didn't make the trip.
 
SHE'S BACK
After missing six matches, senior outside hitter Briana Brown returned to the court against SFA on Oct. 30, producing six kills and two digs over a pair of sets. Over the past three matches, she is averaging just over seven kills per outing, and she has pushed her career termination total to 865, which places her 26th in program history.
   
For the latest news on UTA Volleyball, log on to UTAMavs.com or stay connected to the Mavs on social media. Follow the Mavericks on Twitter @UTAMavsVB, on Instagram @UTAMavsVB and on Facebook at Facebook.com/UTAMavsVB.