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1 UT ARLINGTON VOLLEYBALL SID Contact: Paul Watley C: (402) O: (817) UTA Overall Record: 2-1 Home Record: 2-1 Away Record 0-0 Neutral Record: 0-0 Sun Belt Record: 0-0 North Texas Overall Record: 1-2 Home Record: 0-0 Away Record 0-1 Neutral Record: 1-1 CUSA Record: 0-0 UTA vs. North Texas vs. UTA leads all-time series 53-8 TALE OF THE TAPE Team Stats Aces/set: 2.18 Assists/set: 10.6 Digs/set: Kills/set: 11.7 Blocks/set: 2.14 Team Stats Aces/set: 1.62 Assists/set: 11.6 Digs/set: Kills/set: 12.7 Blocks/set: 0.77 CAN YOU DIG IT UTA Opponent Stats Aces/set: 1.00 Assists/set: 8.82 Digs/set: Kills/set: 9.2 Blocks/set: 1.32 UNT Opponent Stats Aces/set: 1.00 Assists/set: 11.6 Digs/set: 9.85 Kills/set: 12.6 Blocks/set: 1.77 The 2014 season saw the program s best winning percentage since 2004 and the most wins since 2006 UT Arlington averaged a record 559 fans per match in 2014, including the largest volleyball crowd in College Park Center history when UTA took down Texas State in straight sets on October 8 in front of 1,251 fans Through one weekend of play, UTA averaged 548 fans through its three games, including the sixth best College Park Center volleyball crowd of 724 on Saturday night against Texas A&M- Corpus Christi. Caitlyn Cooney broke her way into the UTA career charts for digs in the matchup with AMCC on Saturday night. The senior libero ended the weekend with 1,428 digs which passed Chris Rudiger s 1,413. Cooney enters Wednesday s match 18 digs short of moving into 9th place for career digs and 27 short of 8th. Cassidy Wheeler also chipped her way into UTA history as she moved into 10th place for career assists. The junior setter ended opening weekend with 1,176 assists, passing Dawn Foley who recorded 1,099 assists for the Mavericks. Wheeler now sits 388 assists short of Heidi Christensen s 1,564 assists, which currently is 9th all-time. Stacey Koch was named the Sun Belt Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week for her performance over opening weekend. The senior opposite hitter led UTA with 40 kills over three matches, while also registering a.562 hitting percentage. Diane Seymour is three wins short of moving into third in career wins for a Maverick coach and 24 shy of moving into second, while also being 25 games away from her 200th career victory. SCHEDULE & RESULTS August (2-1) Maverick Classic 8/28 Campbell W, 3-0 8/29 Grambling W, 3-0 8/29 AMCC L, 3-2 September 9/2 North Texas 7:00 p.m. Pioneer Invitational^ 9/4 at Denver 8:00 p.m. 9/5 vs. Villanova 11:30 a.m. 9/5 vs. Air Force 6:00 p.m. 9/9 Abilene Christian 6:30 p.m. Razorback Invitational# 9/11 SE Missouri State 4:00 p.m. 9/12 Northwestern State 1:00 p.m. 9/12 at Arkansas 7:00 p.m. 9/16 at Oral Roberts 7:00 p.m. 9/18 Louisiana* 6:30 p.m. 9/19 Georgia State* 6:30 p.m. 9/25 at Arkansas State* 6:00 p.m. 9/27 at Little Rock* 12:00 p.m. October 10/1 Georgia Southern* 6:30 p.m. 10/3 Little Rock* 1:00 p.m. 10/6 at Texas State* 6:30 p.m. 10/10 at Appalachian State* 5:30 p.m. 10/15 Texas State* 6:30 p.m. 10/23 at Georgia State* 5:00 p.m. 10/24 at Georgia Southern* 5:30 p.m. 10/30 Troy* 6:30 p.m. 10/31 ULM* 6:30 p.m. November 11/6 at Louisiana* 6:30 p.m. 11/7 at ULM* 6:30 p.m. 11/15 South Alabama* 1:00 p.m. Sun Belt Conference Championship 11/20-22 TBA! TBA Bold - Home game at College Park Center * - Sun Belt Conference game ^ - at Denver in Denver, Colo. # - at Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.! - at Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Ga. All times CST BY THE NUMBERS.562 Hitting percentage for senior OPP Stacey Koch who was named the Sun Belt Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week on Monday. 49 Number of matches won by UTA in the first 50 matches between the Mavericks and Mean Green. UTA won 42 matches in-a-row during that stretch. 4 Current UTA players who played when the Mavericks last took on UNT in Wheeler, Koch, Baptiste and Cooney each saw action in the four-set loss to the Mean Green.

2 GENERAL Name University of Texas at Arlington City/Zip Arlington, Texas Founded 1895 (Senior College 1959) Enrollment 33,500 Nickname Mavericks School Colors Royal Blue, Orange and White Affiliations NCAA Division I Conference Sun Belt Conference President Dr. Vistasp Karbhari Director of Athletics Jim Baker Assoc. AD/SWA Debbie Garcia Athletic Dept HISTORY First Year of Volleyball 1973 Overall All-Time Record 1, No. Years in Final Four/Last 1/1989 No. Years in NCAA Tournament/Last 8/2002 Last NCAA Tournament Opponent Arizona Result L, 3-0 ARENA Home Arena College Park Center All-Time Home Record All-Time CPC Record Capacity 7,000 Press Row (817) COACHING STAFF Head Coach Diane Seymour Alma Mater UT Arlington, 1989 Record at UTA (Yrs.) (12) Overall Record (Yrs.) (12) Office Phone (817) Assistant Coach Keith Anderson (Texas A&M, 2014) Sarah Bullock (Auburn, 2012) TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Overall Record 25-9 Sun Belt Conference Record 14-6 (4) Starters Returning/Lost 4/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 8/4 Newcomers 4 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Assistant (Primary Contact) Paul Watley Volleyball, Baseball Office Phone (817) pwatley@uta.edu Assistant Athletics Director Art Garcia Men s Basketball, Golf Office Phone (817) artgarcia@uta.edu Assistant Director Michael Eldridge Women s Basketball, Softball, Tennis Office Phone (817) michael.eldridge@uta.edu Assistant Drew Harris Track and Field, Cross Country Office Phone (254) MEDIA OUTLETS University Newspaper Area Newspaper Area Newspaper Area Website Area Website QUICK FACTS The Shorthorn Fort Worth Star-Telegram Dallas Morning News espndallas.com foxsportssouthwest.com 2015 SUN BELT STANDINGS School Conf. Conf % Overall Overall % Streak Arkansas State W3 Appalachian State W2 UL Monroe W1 UT Arlington L1 Georgia Southern L1 South Alabama L1 Troy L2 Georgia State L3 Little Rock L3 UL Lafayette L3 Texas State L3 AVCA PRESEASON COACHES POLL RK. SCHOOL (1ST) POINTS RECORD LAST WEEK 1 PENN STATE (54) STANFORD (8) TEXAS (1) T-4 FLORIDA T-4 NEBRASKA (1) ILLINOIS WASHINGTON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLORADO STATE KENTUCKY OREGON BYU WISCONSIN FLORIDA STATE ARIZONA STATE ARIZONA HAWAI I NORTH CAROLINA MICHIGAN STATE WESTERN KENTUCKY NR 21 COLORADO OHIO STATE SAN DIEGO NR 24 PURDUE NR 25 UCLA OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES AND LISTED ON TWO OR MORE BALLOTS: LONG BEACH STATE 79; TEXAS A&M 69; MARQUETTE 64; IOWA STATE 59; KANSAS 59; DUKE 49; MICHIGAN 42; UTAH 30; MIAMI (FL) 22; LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 20; LIPSCOMB 18; WYOMING 13; WICHITA STATE 12; OKLAHOMA 11; OREGON STATE 4 NINE TEAMS MENTIONED ON ONLY ONE BALLOT FOR A TOTAL OF 31 COMBINED POINTS. UT ARLINGTON REFERENCES The UT Arlington Athletic Department respectfully asks your cooperation in referring to the University s sports programs as UT Arlington. UT-Arlington, Texas-Arlington and Texas Arlington are among the versions that are incorrect in referring to our athletic programs. Feel free to use the abbreviation UTA for second references. Also, although we are officially the Mavericks, using Mavs on second reference is acceptable. We thank you for your cooperation in this matter. SOCIAL MEDIA Website Facebook Instagram UTAMavs Snapchat UTAMavs

3 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr./Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous College) 2 Mikail Russell 5-7 DS/L FR/HS San Angelo, Texas/San Angelo Central HS 3 Karli Nanny 5-11 OH SR/2L Magnolia, Texas/Magnolia West HS 4 Jordan Holub 5-5 DS SR/1L San Antonio, Texas/Churchill 5 Marisah Ingram 6-1 MB FR/HS Carthage, Texas/Carthage HS 6 Qiana Canete 5-10 OH SO/1L Copperas Cove, Texas/Copperas Cove 7 Cassidy Wheeler 5-9 S JR/2L Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood HS 8 Alexia Jacobson 5-10 OH SO/TR Carrollton, Texas/Hebron HS/Emporia State 10 Madison Helt 5-7 S FR/HS Wylie, Texas/Wylie HS 11 Stacey Koch 6-2 OPP SR/3L The Colony, Texas/The Colony HS 12 Zhanelle Geathers 6-3 MB RS FR/HS Lindale, Texas/Lindale 14 Hannah Baptiste 5-11 OH SR/3L Austin, Texas/Westlake HS 17 Caitlyn Cooney 5-7 L SR/3L Houston, Texas/Jersey Village HS 18 Ashlynn Ford 5-10 OH SO/1L College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated 20 Kaitlyn Granger 5-11 OH JR/TR Arlington, Texas/Arlington/Stephen F. Austin Head Coach: Diane Seymour (UT Arlington, 1989) Assistant Coach: Keith Anderson (Texas A&M, 2014) Assistant Coach: Sarah Bullock (Auburn, 2012) Volunteer Assistant: James Turk (Cameron, 2009) 2015 LEADERS Aces... Total Qiana Canete...7 Assists... Total Cassidy Wheeler...94 Attack Percentage... Total Hannah Baptiste Digs... Total Caitlyn Cooney...44 Kills... Total Stacey Koch...40 Solo Blocks... Total Zhanelle Geathers...3 Total Blocks... Total Marisah Ingram...12 Double-Double Matches Name Total Stat Categories Canete 1 Kills-Digs Seniors (5) K. Nanny J. Holub S. Koch H. Baptiste C. Cooney Texas (14) H. Baptiste Q. Canete C. Cooney A. Ford Juniors (2) C. Wheeler K. Granger PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Number Name Pronunciation #2 Mikail Russell Mih-Kale #3 Karli Nanny Nann-knee #4 Jordan Holub Hall-ub #6 Qiana Canete Key-ahn-uh Kuh-net-ee #11 Stacey Koch Cook #12 Zhanelle Geathers Zjuh-nell Geh-thers #14 Hannah Baptiste Bap-teast #17 Caitlyn Cooney Coo-knee MAVERICKS BY YEAR Z. Geathers K. Granger M. Helt J. Holub M. Ingram Sophomores (3) Q. Canete A. Ford A. Jacobson MAVERICKS BY STATE A. Jacobson S. Koch K. Nanny M. Russell C. Wheeler Freshmen (4) Z. Geathers M. Helt M. Ingram M. Russell

4 2 INDIVIDUAL SEASON AND CAREER SINGLE-MATCH HIGHS Mikail Russell San Angelo, Texas Kills: - - Assists: 1 1 Digs: 1 1 Blocks: Karili Nanny Magnolia, Texas Kills: 8 1 Assists: 1 - Digs: 6 - Blocks: Jordan Holub San Antonio, Texas Kills: 1 1 Assists: 1 1 Aces: 1 1 Digs: Blocks: Marisah Ingram Carthage, Texas Kills: 6 6 Assists: - - Digs: 3 3 Blocks: Qiana Canete Copperas Cove, Texas Kills: Assists: 3 2 Aces: 5 5 Digs: Blocks: Cassidy Wheeler Kingwood, Texas Kills: 3 3 Assists: Aces: 5 5 Digs: 13 7 Blocks: 2 2 Alexia Jacobson Carrolton, Texas Madison Helt Wylie, Texas 8 Kills: - - Assists: - - Digs: - - Blocks: Kills: - - Assists: 5 5 Aces: 2 2 Digs: Blocks: Stacey Koch The Colony, Texas Kills: Assists: 4 - Digs: 5 2 Blocks: Zhanelle Geathers Lindale, Texas Kills: 6 6 Assists: - - Aces: 2 2 Digs: 1 1 Blocks: Hannah Baptiste Austin, Texas Kills: 14 3 Assists: 2 - Aces: 3 - Digs: 9 1 Blocks: 5-17 Caitlyn Cooney Houston, Texas Kills: 2 1 Assists: 13 5 Aces: 3 3 Digs: Blocks: 1 - Ashlynn Ford College Station, Texas 18 Kills: 7 5 Assists: 2 1 Aces: 1 - Digs: 18 2 Blocks: Kaitlyn Granger Arlington, Texas Kills: 8 8 Assists: - - Aces: 1 1 Digs: 3 3 Blocks: 2 2

5 UTA COMBINED STATS RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 14 Hannah Baptiste Stacey Koch Marisah Ingram Cassidy Wheeler Zhanelle Geathers Jordan Holub Qiana Canete Kaitlyn Granger Ashlynn Ford Caitlyn Cooney Karli Nanny Alexia Jacobson Madison Helt Mikail Russell Team UT ARLINGTON Opponents Team Statistics UTA OPP ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Attempts Assist Pct Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Attempts Serve Pct Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Set Attempts Reception Pct DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block Solo 5 2 Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors 4 7 Ball handling errors 0 3 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 3/548 0/0 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 - Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. Aug 28 CAMPBELL W ,25-17, !Aug 29 GRAMBLING STATE W ,25-10, !Aug 29 AMCC L ,25-16,17-25,25-21, Record in 3-set matches: 2-0 Record in 4-set matches: 0-0 Record in 5-set matches: 0-1

6 UNT STATS Overall record: 1-2 Conf: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-1 Neutral: 1-1 Attack Set Serve ## Player sp mp-ms k k/s e ta pct a a/s ta pct sa sa/s se ta pct 1 YORK, Karley THORNLOW, McKenna DILLARD, Carnae CHRISTOPHER, McKenzi ABII, Chelsea SHAW, Hannah MILAM, Holly WRIGHT, Alexis HENARD, Amy CHAMBERLAIN, Amanda MYERS, Mikali WILLIAMS, Jordyn BRAMER, Meredith JANAK, Alex NORTH TEXAS Opponents Recept Dig Blocking ## Player sp re ta pct dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe 1 YORK, Karley THORNLOW, McKenna DILLARD, Carnae CHRISTOPHER, McKenzi ABII, Chelsea SHAW, Hannah MILAM, Holly WRIGHT, Alexis HENARD, Amy CHAMBERLAIN, Amanda MYERS, Mikali WILLIAMS, Jordyn BRAMER, Meredith JANAK, Alex TEAM NORTH TEXAS Opponents

7 MAVERICK LEADERS # ATTACK (by K) S K K/S E TA Pct 11 Stacey Koch Qiana Canete Marisah Ingram Zhanelle Geathers Kaitlyn Granger Ashlynn Ford Cassidy Wheeler Hannah Baptiste Caitlyn Cooney Karli Nanny Jordan Holub Mikail Russell Madison Helt # SET (by A) S A A/S TA Pct 7 Cassidy Wheeler Caitlyn Cooney Madison Helt Qiana Canete Jordan Holub Ashlynn Ford Mikail Russell Kaitlyn Granger Zhanelle Geathers Marisah Ingram Stacey Koch # BLOCK (by Total) S BS BA Total Blk/S 5 Marisah Ingram Zhanelle Geathers Stacey Koch Qiana Canete Kaitlyn Granger Cassidy Wheeler Ashlynn Ford Karli Nanny Jordan Holub Mikail Russell MILESTONE WATCH All-Time Dig Leaders 1 Alicia Shaffer...2,033 8 Trisha Walker...1,455 9 Dani Johnson...1, Caitlyn Cooney...1,428 All-Time Assist Leaders 1 Katie Weismiller...5,769 9 Heidi Christensen...1, Cassidy Wheeler...1,176 # KILL (by K) S K K/S 11 Stacey Koch Qiana Canete Marisah Ingram Zhanelle Geathers Kaitlyn Granger Ashlynn Ford Cassidy Wheeler Hannah Baptiste Caitlyn Cooney Jordan Holub Karli Nanny Madison Helt Mikail Russell # SERVE (by SA) S SA SE SA/S TA Pct 6 Qiana Canete Cassidy Wheeler Caitlyn Cooney Zhanelle Geathers Jordan Holub Madison Helt Kaitlyn Granger Mikail Russell Marisah Ingram # DEFENSE (by Dig) S Dig Dig/S BHE 17 Caitlyn Cooney Qiana Canete Jordan Holub Madison Helt Cassidy Wheeler Kaitlyn Granger Marisah Ingram Stacey Koch Mikail Russell Ashlynn Ford Zhanelle Geathers Hannah Baptiste Karli Nanny Alexia Jacobson # RECEPT (by TA) S RE RE/S TA Pct 6 Qiana Canete Caitlyn Cooney Jordan Holub Kaitlyn Granger Mikail Russell Ashlynn Ford Stacey Koch Zhanelle Geathers Madison Helt Marisah Ingram TM Team

8 LAST TIME VS NORTH TEXAS Volleyball Box Score UT Arlington vs North Texas (Sep 03, 2013 at Denton, TX) Attack Serve Block ## UT Arlington S K E TA Pct Ast SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE BH Pts 1 Ashley Bennett Taylor Gross Shelby Dickson Amanda Welsh Megan Casey Charmaine Whitmore Chelsea MarDock Cassidy Wheeler Stacey Koch Hannah Baptiste Caitlyn Cooney Team 1 Totals Team Attack By Set Set K E TA Pct SET SCORES UT Arlington (1) North Texas (3) TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.0 Team Records: Attack Serve Block ## North Texas S K E TA Pct Ast SA SE RE Dig BS BA BE BH Pts 5 DILLARD, Carnae FORST, Hanna FLACK, Karissa WINDHAM, Courtney HENARD, Amy SHANNON, Analisse LAMB, Addason DUDDING, Katie TAMURA, Shelby MCDONALD, Hallie GODFREY, Eboni Totals Team Attack By Set Set K E TA Pct TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 Site: Denton, TX (Mean Green VB Center) Date: Sep 03, 2013 Attend: 850 Time: 1:42 Referees: Steve Robb, Moose Knudtson Total Tie scores Lead change