UTA Volleyball Defeats Georgia State
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ARLINGTON, Texas – UT Arlington relied on a complete team effort on Senior Day at College Park Center on Sunday afternoon as it picked up a three-set sweep (25-20, 25-19, 25-12) over Georgia State in front of 603 fans.
The win pushes the Mavericks to 23-8 on the season with a 14-5 mark in the Sun Belt while Georgia State drops to 9-18 this year with a 7-11 record in the conference.
“To see us get back to who we have been all year is very refreshing because it’s been a couple of weeks here that we have been pretty rocky,” UT Arlington coach Diane Seymour said. “I told them after the match on Friday that over the course of five matches we really hadn’t plead our style and thankfully we were 2-3 because we could have been 0-5 in that stretch.”
Briana Sharratt led the way offensively as the sophomore MB recorded a team high nine kills to go along with a hitting percentage of .600 and six blocks.
“I just knew that this was the last game for our seniors at home and we talked about playing for them,” Sharratt said. “We do a lot better when we have someone to play for and we were playing for those four seniors and that definitely made me step up my game.”
Amanda Welsh and Cassidy Wheeler did their part to guide the
Mavericks offense as the duo registered 14 and ten assists respectively.
Defensively UTA relied heavily on Caitlyn Cooney as she notched a match-high 22 digs.
Senior OH Taylor Gross made her mark in the match as she recorded four kills and four blocks in her final match at College Park Center.
“It being your last game, you’re already pumped up coming into it and we were just excited and everyone came together to play for the seniors and individually I just needed to go out there and do my thing and go out with a bang at home,” Gross said. “We all just focused on playing for each other today.”
The Mavericks controlled the net in the win as they out blocked the Panthers 13-3 while also out hitting Georgia State .194 to .061.
UTA honored four seniors prior to the match as Ashley Bennett, Taylor Gross, Taylor Story and Amanda Welsheach played their final match at College Park Center.
The Mavericks will return to the court for their regular season finale when they travel to Statesboro, Ga. to take on Georgia Southern on Nov. 21 with the match slated to begin at 5 p.m.
