(Arlington, Texas - Oct. 18, 2025) - The Trailblazer volleyball team saw its six-match winning streak come to an end on Saturday afternoon falling in four sets to UT Arlington at the College Park Center.
Utah Tech (14-4, 5-1 WAC) was able to tie up the match at one set apiece with a second set win, 25-17, but UT Arlington (10-8, 2-4 WAC) was able to win the match with wins in the opening set, 25-14 and took the final two sets, 28-26 & 25-22.
Led by a career-high 11 kills from
Casidy Fried, the Trailblazers also got double figure kills from
Sydney Reese, who finished with 10 to go along with two blocks and a dig.
Junior outside hitter
Tessa Treanor tallied a career-best 15 digs and
Mya Laufiso also added 15 digs while setter
Marley Roe led the way with 22 assists.
UTA led the match in kills (53-48), service aces (6-5), assists (50-43) & hitting percentage (.180-.163) while the Trailblazers led in blocks (12-11) & digs (71-67).
How It Happened
With the Mavericks taking control of the opening set from the outset, UTA led 16-6 and after the Trailblazers closed to within five (19-14) after a block by
Taylor Snow, the Mavs scored the final six points of the set to take the set in convincing fashion.
The Trailblazers jumped out to a 9-7 lead in the second set and used a 5-0 run to go ahead, 14-7 after a kill by Fried. Blocks by Snow and
Emery Harrison gave UT a double digit lead at 20-10 and the set was capped off by a UTA attack error for a 25-17 set win.
Looking to take a two-to-one set lead, the Trailblazers led early in the third set, 7-5 and pushed their lead to as many as 22-19 after a kill by
Lusia Langi.
Unfortunately, four straight points for UTA pushed the Mavs ahead by one (23-22) and after ties at 23, 24, 25 & 26, the final two points of the set went to the Mavs with a kill & attack error to win a wild third set.
Again taking a lead in the fourth set, the Trailblazers led 11-9 and they continued to lead 18-17 on a kill by Reese.
That was the final lead for the Blazers as UT was able to nab ties at 19, 20 & 21 before the Mavs scored four of the final five points of the set to secure the win.
Up Next
The Trailblazers are back home on Thursday night to host Abilene Christian (8-13, 2-4 WAC) at 6 p.m. at Burns Arena.
