RIVERSIDE, CALIF. --- The UT Arlington volleyball team (19-8, 8-6 WAC) will begin the final week of the regular season on the road Thursday at 9 p.m. against California Baptist (14-11, 7-7 WAC) inside CBU's Events Center.
 

UT ARLINGTON VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION
Match 28	UT Arlington (19-8, 8-6 WAC) at California Baptist (14-11, 7-7 WAC)
Date | Time	Thursday, Nov. 9 | 9 PM
Location	Events Center | Riverside, Calif.
Live Stats	Stat Broadcast
Streaming	ESPN+ ($)
Game Notes	UT Arlington (PDF)

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 this past Saturday against Seattle U. 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 101 career matches with double-digit digs.
 
BACK-TO-BACK FOR BLANK
For the second straight week and third time overall this season, senior Mollie Blank was named the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Setter of the Week on Wednesday.
 
The Mansfield native, who has achieved at least 33 assists in nine straight matches, averaged 10.57 assists, 2.57 digs, 1.64 points and 1.29 kills per set over a pair of wins. She opened the week with 37 assists, 12 digs, three kills, two aces and a block in a win over Utah Valley. It was her sixth double-double of the season and 28th of her career. Following that, she concluded the week with 37 assists, six digs and a season-best six kills in a win over Seattle U.
 
Blank, who also won the award on Sept. 20 along with her Nov. 1 selection, has tallied at least one kill in 13 straight matches. It's her fourth career weekly award along with a WAC Defensive Player of the Week award Nov. 14 of last year. She recently became the 10th player in program history to eclipse 2,000 assists, and her 9.18 assists per set this year easily surpasses her previous career-best of 5.84.
 

Date	Opponent	Assists	Digs	Kills	Blocks
10/7/23	CBU	41	5	2	0
10/12/23	ACU	44	4	1	4
10/14/23	Tarleton	33	8	2	0
10/19/23	Southern Utah	41	6	1	0
10/21/23	Utah Tech	50	7	1	2
10/28/23	UTRGV	49	4	1	1
10/30/23	SFA	39	14	3	21
11/2/23	Utah Valley	37	12	3	1
11/4/23	Seattle U	37	6	6	0

 
THE TERMINATOR
After having her streak of consecutive double-doubles snapped at six against UTRGV on Oct. 28, senior outside hitter Brianna Ford started a new streak against SFA and has now produced nine over the team's past 10 matches, a stretch in which she has averaged 17.5 kills, 13.3 digs, 4.2 blocks, 1.3 aces and 1.2 assists per outing. She will now get a second crack at CBU after tying her career-high with 25 kills against the Lancers on Oct. 7.
 
With her latest double-double, Ford pushed her career total to 41, which breaks a tie with both Caley Smith and Amanda Aguilera for the 12th-most in program history since 1987. She also increased her career termination total to 1,198, which places her 13th on the program's all-time list, trailing Fannie Burton (1,245, 1991-94).
 

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

 
AMONG THE BEST
As a team, UT Arlington ranks 15th nationally in total kills (1,377), 24th in total assists (1,266), 33rd in kills per set (13.63) and 44th in assists per set (12.53). Individually, Brianna Ford ranks among the top 50 individuals in total points (18th, 455.0), total kills (23rd, 383), points per set (29th, 4.69) and kills per set (42nd, 3.95). Paige Reagor, who leads the WAC in hitting percentage, ranks 39th nationally in that category at .384.
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Mavs are 1-1 all-time against CBU including a sweep of the Lancers on Oct. 7 of this year. Thursday's matchup will be the first matchup in the series to take place on the road.
 
BEAST IN THE MIDDLE
After missing most of non-conference play due to an injury, senior middle blocker Paige Reagor is rounding into form, averaging 13.5 kills, a .432 hitting percentage and 5.4 blocks over the past eight matches. She has double-digit terminations in seven of those eight, including a season-best 22 kills against Southern Utah, and she has produced an incredible 49 kills with just four errors while hitting .600.over the past four 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.
 

Date	Opponent	Kills	Errors	Attempts	Pct.	Blocks
10/12/23	ACU	14	3	24	.458	5
10/14/23	Tarleton	13	6	32	.219	10
10/19/23	Southern Utah	22	4	45	.400	7
10/21/23	Utah Tech	10	5	23	.217	8
10/28/23	UTRGV	13	0	19	.684	2
10/30/23	SFA	12	2	21	.476	2
11/2/23	Utah Valley	16	2	24	.583	6
11/4/23	Seattle U	8	0	11	.727	3

 
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

 
A PAIR OF ACES
Alyssa Duran produced a UTA season-best five aces against UTRGV on Oct. 28, becoming the first Mav since Alli Wells on Sept. 9, 2022 against South Florida to produce that many in a match. She also has nine matches with double-digit digs this year.
 
Meanwhile, freshman Evyn Snook produced a season-best four aces on Monday against SFA on Oct. 30, and she has either led or tied for the team-high in aces in each of the past three matches, including two this past Saturday against Seattle U. She has accumulated 10 aces over the past five outings after tallying six total prior to that this season.
 
SHE'S BACK
After missing six matches, senior outside hitter Briana Brown returned to the court on Monday against SFA on Oct. 30, producing six kills and two digs over a pair of sets. She added three kills and two blocks against Utah Valley and slammed down nine more this past Saturday against Seattle U while also pushing her career termination total to 852, which ties her with Bianca Sauls (852, 2007-10) for 26th place on the program's all-time list.
 
RARE DEFEAT
On Monday, UTA handed SFA just its fifth set loss of the season as the Lumberjacks are now 14-0 in conference play with eight sweeps.
   
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