UTA Drops Four-Set Match to Tarleton State

Tuesday, September 22

Stephenville, TX

6 PM CT

University of Texas Arlington

6-7,0-1UAC

Tarleton State

5-9,1-0UAC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
UT Arlington	15	25	16	22	1
Tarleton St.	25	23	25	25	3

9/22/2026 8:18:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Kensley Walters

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — UT Arlington lost to Tarleton State, 3-1 on Tuesday, falling 15-25, 25-23, 16-25, 22-25 at Wisdom Gym. UTA drops to a 6-7 overall record and 0-1 in UAC play.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Tarleton State scored the first seven points of the opening set behind kills from Onita Davis, Alyssa Dinh and Madison Natori Rice-Locket before Evyn Snook put UTA on the board with a kill. The home side pushed the lead to 12-2, and although Snook and Mazi Smith supplied kills for UTA through the middle of the set, Tarleton St. kept the margin at 19-8. UTA answered with four straight points, using a Hana Aiana kill, an Emilee Sikora kill and blocks involving Camryn McMinn and Aiana to get within 19-12, but TSU reached 24-14 on kills by Breannah Peterson and Natori Rice-Locket before closing the set 25-15.

After the teams traded early points, Tarleton State ran off five straight to move ahead 8-3, with Leddy Rae Guinn serving two aces during that stretch. The Mavericks worked back to 9-8 behind a Camryn McMinn kill, Hana Aiana ace and a block by McMinn and Dixie Nessl, then erased a 12-10 deficit with Evyn Snook's kill and a block by Sikora and Nessl before moving in front 13-12. That was part of a seven-of-eight stretch that also included a Sikora kill, a Smith kill and consecutive Samantha Glenn aces to build a 17-13 lead, and Snook later put UTA ahead 23-19 with another kill. The Texans closed to 23-22 and again to 24-23 after Snook put UTA at set point, but a Texans' service error ended the set 25-23 for the Mavericks.

After Sikora's opening kill gave UTA the first point, Tarleton State answered with seven straight points behind Alyssa Dinh's offense and blocks involving Dinh and Breannah Peterson to move ahead 8-1. UTA later put together a four-point stretch from 14-5 to 14-9, getting kills from Smith and Sikora before a service ace during Evyn Snook's turn at the line. Tarleton State kept the margin in place with kills from Dinh, LaNeah Lara and Madison Frank, then pushed from 20-14 to 23-14 with a Frank kill and a block by Frank and Madison Natori Rice-Locket. After Snook's kill held off one set point at 24-16, Natori Rice-Locket and Dinh combined on the closing block to give the Texans the set, 25-16.

After TSU built a 5-2 lead, Camryn McMinn put down a kill and served consecutive aces to pull UT Arlington even at 5-5. Tarleton St. moved back ahead 11-9, but a service error, Samantha Glenn's ace, a block by McMinn and Hana Aiana and another Glenn ace pushed UT Arlington in front 13-11 before Smith's kill made it 14-12. The set stayed level through ties at 14-14, 16-16, 17-17, 18-18, 19-19 and 20-20, with UT Arlington going back in front on kills from McMinn and Evyn Snook during that stretch. Tarleton St. took four of five points to move ahead 24-21, and after a Texans' attack error kept UT Arlington in the set, an attack error from UTA closed Tarleton State's 25-22 set win.

Game Notes

Mazi Smith led the Mavericks with 14 kills on 30 attacks and added 14 points.
Evyn Snook tallied 11 kills on a team-high 34 attacks.
Camryn McMinn recorded 33 attacks, four blocks and 13.5 points.
Erica Dellesky dished out a team-high 19 assists and added 12 digs.
Samantha Glenn contributed 15 digs and six assists.
Dixie Nessl hit a team-best .500 and added two blocks.
UTA recorded our blocks from McMinn, with Nessl and Hana Aiana each adding two.

UP NEXT
UTA returns to the College Park Center on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. CT. for its first conference opponent at home, West Georgia.

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