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| Written by Clint Utley, The Shorthorn sports editor | ||||
| Thursday, 05 November 2009 09:53 PM | ||||
  Senior defensive specialist Teena Sobczak serves against Sam Houston State Thursday at Texas Hall during the Mavericks’ 3-0 victory. This brings the Mavericks to 6-13 in conference play. (The Shorthorn: Michael Rivera) The Mavericks (10-15, 6-7 SLC) defeated Sam Houston State in three sets. The win snapped the Bearkats’ 11-match win streak and was their second conference loss. The Mavs had a .252 hitting percentage compared to Sam Houston State’s .094. “I don’t think Sam [Houston State] played their best match by any means,” head coach Diane Seymour said. “One of the things we talked about before this match was that streaks are made to be broken and streaks are made to be started.” The Mavs started the first set with poor passing to trail 7-12, but were able to correct their initial mistakes to win 25-22. Sophomore outside hitter Amanda Aguilera had four kills on a .429 hitting percentage and junior setter Raegan Daniel had 10 assists in the first set. Senior defensive specialist Teena Sobczak matched sophomore libero Alicia Shaffer with four digs. The Bearkats were held to a .043 hitting percentage. Seymour said her team needed to do a better job of getting the ball to Daniel. “If our block gets a good deflection and you’re going to be able to make a good play on it, we need to do a better job of putting a good ball to Raegan,” she said. “Our kids settled down and did that well.” The Mavs hit their best of the night in the second set with a .286 hitting percentage. Shaffer had six digs and Aguilera put down five more kills. The Mavs had three team blocks compared to none from the Bearkats. Aguilera said her team was able to contain rallies from Sam Houston State. “We didn’t let them have more runs than in the very beginning,” she said. “We said we have to ability to beat this team so let’s just do it.” Aguilera and sophomore middle blocker broke a 5-5 tie in the third set with a block-assist. That point sparked an 11-5 rally before Sam Houston State took a timeout. A kill from Raegan Daniel iced the three-set victory for the Mavs. Aguilera and sophomore outside hitter Tara Frantz each posted five kills in the set and Daniel contributed 12 assists. For Sobczak, the Mavericks’ home game on Saturday against Lamar isn’t only her last home game of the season, it’s the last home game of her UTA career. “It just hit me that it’s coming,” Sobczak said. “The season’s ending and I can’t believe it went by so fast. I feel like I was just a freshman.” Sobczak, who played for Seymour for seven years with club volleyball, said she learned a lot under her coach. “I was still pretty raw at that age,” she said. “[I learned] All the knowledge of the game and things I would have never thought of. Without learning the things she’s taught us, I wouldn’t be the player that I am today.” Views: 858 | E-mail
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