OREM, Utah – Utah Valley women's volleyball fell to UT Arlington 3-0 (16-25, 21-25, 19-25) on Saturday afternoon inside Lockhart Arena. UTA (13-4, 2-2) out hit Utah Valley (4-11, 1-3) .240 to .111 in the match. Setter Abbie Medeiros had her 100^th career service ace in the loss and is now seventh all-time in aces. Tori Ellis had a match-high ten kills in the defeat.
 
Utah Valley led 9-7 in the opening set following kills from Hailey Cuff and Avery Shewell before UTA used an 8-1 run to come back and take a 15-10 lead and went on a second run of 7-0 to pull away in the opening set for 25-16 win.
 
Both teams went on runs in the second set, with Utah Valley taking advantage of four UTA attack errors to jump out to a 4-2 lead. The Mavericks took their first lead at 6-4 following their own 4-0 run. After the teams traded points, UTA clinging to a 10-9 lead, they would go on a 6-2 run to make it 16-11. UVU fought right back with kills from Shewell and Ellis and a pair of attack errors to make it 16-15. UT Arlington looked to pull going up 22-17, and later won the set at 25-22. Kendra Nock had five block assists to tally 264 for her career, and she now is 11^th all-time in total blocks.
 
The see-saw battle continued early in the third set as The Wolverines took an early 5-3 lead following kills from Cuff and Ellis, with Medeiros adding her 101^st career service ace. The Mavericks were able to come and took their first lead in the set at 6-5 before later using a 4-1 run to take an 11-8 advantage. UVU got back within one at 16-15 after a service ace from Molly Cummard, but UTA found a 5-0 run to go up 20-15 to pull away and win the set 25-19.
 
Utah Valley will stay home and play their next two matches against UTRGV on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 1:00 p.m. MT and Seattle U on Monday, Oct. 9 at 6:00 p.m. MT.