ARLINGTON, Texas – The UT Arlington women's volleyball program will embark on its 51st season this fall, beginning with the Amy Svoboda Memorial Classic (Aug. 25-26) hosted by the Air Force Academy as part of a 29-match regular season schedule.

Fans can get their first glimpse of this year's squad on Friday, Aug. 18 as the Mavericks will play a preseason exhibition match against Dallas Baptist at 6 p.m. inside the College Park Center.
 
The 13-match non-conference slate includes a Sept. 12 road tilt at Texas Southern and four weekend classics/invitationals.
 
Amy Svoboda Memorial Classic
Air Force Academy, Colo. (Falcon Court at East Gym)
Aug. 25-26
Opponents: Bryant, Rhode Island, Air Force
 
UTA Classic
Arlington, Texas (College Park Center)
Sept. 1-2
Opponents: Incarnate Word, Presbyterian, Louisiana Tech
 
Tulsa Classic
Tulsa, Okla. (Reynolds Center)
Sept. 8-9
Opponents: Central Arkansas, Tulsa, Oral Roberts
 
UTA Invitational
Arlington, Texas (College Park Center)
Sept. 14-16
Opponents: North Texas, McNeese, Texas A&M Commerce
 
The 16-match conference slate begins Sept. 21 against UTRGV inside the College Park Center in what will be the program's 600th all-time regular season conference match. UTA is 384-215 (.641) all-time among tenures in the Southland Conference, Sun Belt Conference and the WAC.
 
Following the regular season, the WAC postseason tournament will be held Nov. 16-19 at Lockhart Arena in Orem, Utah.
 

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TICKET INFO

• Season tickets ($25 general admission) are available here. Single-match ($7 general admission), group and suite tickets will be on sale July 24.
• Group tickets will be $5 per person. Add-ons include: $3 for team photo on court, $5 for a fan tunnel (minimum of 10 and max of 30 per match), $10 for a hat and $15 for everything included.
• Call (817) 272-2213 for more info.

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PROMOS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
9/1 vs Incarnate Word

• White Out | First 200 fans receive a UTA volleyball white out shirt | Magnetic schedule giveaway

9/14 vs North Texas

• End of Summer Bash | First 500 fans receive hurricane glasses

9/16 vs Texas A&M Commerce

• 70s Night | 50th Anniversary of 1973 Team | Let's Make a Deal Game Night

9/21 vs UTRGV

• ARL Night | National Mini-Golf Night | First 200 fans receive a stress ball

10/5 vs Grand Canyon

• Teacher/Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night

10/7 vs California Baptist

• Kids Camp Reunion Day | Poster giveaway | Post-match autographs

10/12 vs Abilene Christian

• UTA Beats Cancer Night | FSL Night | First 200 fans receive pink rally towels

10/14 vs Tarleton

• Alumni Day | 35th Anniversary of 1988 Team

10/30 vs Stephen F. Austin

• Halloween Match | Dress in your favorite costumes | Trick or treat on the main concourse | Post-match pumpkin smashing

11/2 vs Utah Valley

• Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) | Free tickets and tacos

11/4 vs Seattle

• Senior day | Season ticket holder appreciation

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NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENT HISTORY

• UTA will face four opponents for the first time: Bryant, Rhode Island, Presbyterian and Central Arkansas.
• The Mavs will meet Air Force and Texas Southern on the road, which is the first time they've played either of those opponents on their home courts.
• UTA has played nine schools at least 50 times, and two of those are North Texas (65) and McNeese (50). In fact, the Mavs have met only three opponents more than UNT: Texas State (87), Lamar (82) and Sam Houston (74).
• UTA is a combined 134-42 (.761) all-time against their 13 non-conference opponents.
• UTA has never lost to Texas A&M Commerce, Texas Southern and Air Force, going a combined 21-0 against those three, highlighted by a 17-0 record against Commerce.
• UTA is 54-11 all-time against North Texas, which includes an astounding 48-0 record to begin the series history, although North Texas has won seven of the past eight.
• This will be UTA's third-straight neutral site meeting against Incarnate Word.

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TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
The Mavs have one of the richest volleyball traditions in NCAA Division I history with a 1,138-682-8 (.625) all-time record, which puts them among the top 20 programs nationally in all-time wins. UTA has compiled 16 national tournament appearances in either the NCAA or AIAW, including a Final Four appearance in 1989, and captured 10 regular season conference championships.
 
This year's team is coming off a 17-10 season, which included a nine-match winning streak and a 9-5 finish in WAC play. The team graduated Brooke Townsend, who concluded her illustrious career with 1,297 kills, which is 10th-most in program history. However, the Mavs return nine players from last year's team, including Brianna Ford and Alli Wells among a seven-person senior class.
 
Last year, Ford became the first player in program history to achieve First Team All-WAC recognition behind a monster campaign that included career-bests in kills (353), kills per set (3.39), hitting percentage (.243), digs (273), digs per set (2.63), assists (26), aces (26), blocks (87), blocks per set (0.84), solo blocks (13) and points (429.0). She enters this year needing 185 kills to become the 20th player in program history to reach 1,000 in a career.
 
Wells, meanwhile, led the Mavs defensive attack with a team-best 458 digs (4.20/set), a career-high 31 aces, 74 assists and one kill in 2022. She tallied double-digit digs in 24 of 27 matches and pushed her career total to 1,632, which is sixth-most in program history and 401 shy of becoming the all-time leader.
 
Another storyline this year is that head coach J.T. Wenger is nine wins shy of 100 in his career, which has included a 91-78 (.538) record over six seasons. He is coming off his second-best season in Arlington and has added three freshmen as well as Charleston Southern transfer Paige Reagor to a veteran squad.
 
Reagor, a 6-6 middle blocker from Frisco, Texas, joins the Mavs after taking a year off school. She compiled 484 kills, a .279 hitting percentage, 200 blocks (38 solo), 33 digs, six assists and two aces over 55 career matches at Charleston Southern.
 
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