CARROLLTON, Ga.- West Georgia is continuing conference play, welcoming the UT-Arlington Mavericks to the City of Dreams Saturday at 11 a.m. Both teams are looking past UAC losses on Thursday with the Wolves falling to Eastern Kentucky and the Maverick's falling to North Alabama. This is the second time the two clubs have faced each other this season, meeting only 23 days ago where the Mavericks took the match in a five-set thriller.
Thursdays battle against EKU was highlighted by Grace-Blythe Cornett who would tally ten kills and four blocks on the night, making that her third game recording 10+ kills. Defensively Milena Cetkovic would register three block assists, adding to a nine-game stretch of blocking one or more. The redshirt-freshman Maddy Kirmer would stuff one on the night; she has now blocked one in 17 of the 18 games she has appeared in. Giorgia Mandotti would record two service aces against EKU, adding to her total of snagging a service ace in 15 of the 18 games she has appeared in. Eva Erzen would tally two kills to set a new UWG career high for herself.
UT-Arlington's five-set loss at North Alabama was highlighted by Evyn Snook, who struck down 21 kills, giving her back-to-back games with 20+ kills; she also leads UNA as a team in total kills (222) which ranks third in the UAC. Defensively for the Mavericks, Karisa Martin would block 7 of UNA's attacks, setting herself a new Division I career high in blocks.
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