ARLINGTON, TEXAS - The Western Athletic Conference regular season and tournament champion UT Arlington volleyball team (29-2, 16-0 WAC) will face off against the USC Trojans (21-9, 13-7 BIG10) in the first round of the NCAA volleyball tournament at the Gregory Gymnasium in Austin at 4 p.m. CT.
The Mavericks return to the NCAA volleyball tournament for the first time since 2002, the longest hiatus of any team in the tournament this season.
All-session tickets for NCAA postseason matches will go on sale on Monday at 10 a.m. at
TexasLonghorns.com/Tickets. If tickets remain, single-session tickets will go on sale on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 10 a.m. For any questions, call 512-471-3333 (Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Central).
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MATCH NOTES
• The Mavs finished the regular season at 26-2, including 17 sweeps, for their first undefeated conference season since 1992. Additionally, the Mavs finished the season on a 20-game win streak to win its first Western Athletic Conference championship, and first conference championship since 2002.
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Paige Reagor holds a hitting percentage of .411 which not only leads the Western Athletic Conference, but also ranks 12th in the nation.
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Brianna Ford continues to lead the conference in kills per set with a mark of 4.47, which also ranks 19th in the NCAA. Ford also leads the conference in points per set with a 5.36 clip, which ranks her 12th in the nation. Ford, who has 487 kills so far this season, is currently second all-time in program history with 1,772 kills, and is 15 kills away from being tied with Heather Hoy for the most in UT Arlington history,
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Mollie Blank ranks first in the conference in assists per set with a strong mark of 10.60, which also ranks 21st in the country. Blank currently ranks eighth in the program record book with 3,539 assists throughout her career.
• As a team, the Mavericks lead the conference in hitting percentage (.275), assists per set (12.70), kills per set (13.85) and have held teams to a .160 hitting percentage.
• The Mavericks are one of seven teams in the country with at least 27 wins. Additionally, the Mavs hold the 2nd highest winning percentage in the nation with a .935 mark.
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Samantha Glenn has put together 432 digs throughout the season for a mark of 3.89 digs per set, which ranks her sixth in the conference.
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The winner of the matchup will face off against the winner of the Texas Longhorns vs Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Friday, Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m.
The first and second round will be December 5-7 and Regionals will take place from Dec. 12-15. The National Semifinals will be held December 19. The National Championship will take place December 22, at 2 p.m. CT on ABC. The semifinals and championship will be held at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
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