Mavericks Rally for Key UAC Win Against Tarleton State, 3-1 - University of Texas Arlington Athletics

Tuesday, October 20

Arlington, TX

6 PM CT

University of Texas Arlington

10-11,4-5UAC

Tarleton State

8-14,4-5UAC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Tarleton St.	20	25	15	21	1
UT Arlington	25	23	25	25	3

10/20/2026 8:31:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Kensley Walters

ARLINGTON, Texas — UT Arlington (10-11, 4-5 UAC) defeated Tarleton St. (8-14, 4-5 UAC) 3-1 on Tuesday. The Mavericks closed the first set on an 8-0 run after trailing 20-17, taking the set 25-20 before finishing the match in four sets.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Mavericks started with consecutive Evyn Snook kills for a 2-0 lead, but Tarleton St. answered quickly and the opening set stayed tight through ties at 10-10, 12-12, 14-14 and 16-16. After a Tarleton St. service error put the Mavericks ahead 17-16, Tarleton St. scored four of the next five points to move in front 20-17. UTA closed the set with eight straight points, starting with a Tarleton St. service error and continuing through Lucy Tricco's service rotation, as Eliana Collins had a kill, Dixie Nessl added a block and a kill, and Karisa Martin finished the 25-20 set win.

UTA moved in front 5-2 in the second set with kills by Evyn Snook and Martin and a Lily Hopkins service ace, but Tarleton St. came back to tie it at 6-6 on Breannah Peterson's kill. The teams traded points through 13-13 before Tarleton St. scored the next two, while a Hana Aiana kill and a block by Camryn McMinn and Nessl helped UTA pull even at 17-17. Another Nessl-McMinn block tied it 18-18, and the Mavericks later went ahead 20-19 on a Tarleton St. attack error before Karisa Martin's kill made it 21-20. Tarleton St. answered with three straight points for a 23-21 lead, the Mavericks tied it at 23-23, and the visitors closed the set 25-23 on consecutive kills by Onita Davis and Alyssa Dinh.

Four Evyn Snook kills helped the Mavericks open a 4-0 lead in the third set, and they stayed in front after Tarleton St. cut the margin to 6-4. UTA moved ahead 12-8 on a Martin kill, then pulled away to 20-9 with Martin adding two more kills, Hana Aiana and Lucy Tricco contributing kills, and Tarleton St. errors adding to the run. Tarleton St. trimmed the score to 21-13 with two Laci Schoen kills during a three-point stretch, but Snook answered with a kill and Eliana Collins followed with another to push the Mavericks toward set point. After Tarleton St. held off one set point, Collins finished the set with a kill from Tricco for a 25-15 Mavericks win.

UTA built a 4-0 lead in the fourth set with two Tarleton St. attack errors and consecutive Evyn Snook kills from Tricco, but Tarleton St. tied it at 4-4 and later moved in front 11-8. After Tarleton St. led 12-10, the Mavericks scored five straight points behind two Eliana Collins kills, a Tricco service ace and two Tarleton St. attack errors to move ahead 15-12, though Tarleton St. came back to tie the set at 16-16, 17-17, 18-18 and 20-20. Tricco put the Mavericks back in front 21-20 with a kill from Snook, Collins added a kill for 22-20, and after Tarleton St. cut it to 22-21, an Alexa Earle service error and kills by Martin and Collins finished the set at 25-21.

Game Notes

Evyn Snook led the Mavericks with 19 kills and 19 points, while Karisa Martin followed behind at 11 kills and 11.5 points.
Lucy Tricco led the game in assists with 44, while Dixie Nessl led UTA in blocks with 4.0.
Samantha Glenn led the Mavericks with 20 digs.
Nessl recorded a season-high seven kills.
Eliana Collins recorded a season-high eight kills.

UP NEXT
UTA will return home to the College Park Center for Alumni Day vs. North Alabama on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. CT.

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