June 3, 2009

2009 UT Arlington Volleyball Schedule

ARLINGTON, Texas - UT Arlington head volleyball coach Diane Seymour released the 2009 schedule on Wednesday, June 3, as the Mavericks will welcome nine returning players for the upcoming season. Two tournaments at Texas Hall and 13 home matches highlight the Mavericks' 2009 schedule that includes 28 regular season matches.

"We start the season on the road with two tournaments against tough competition and with a match at Arkansas," Seymour said.

UT Arlington opens the season at the Illinois State Redbird Classic, August 28-29, in Normal, Ill. The Mavericks take on Oral Roberts (Aug. 28), host-school Illinois State (Aug. 29) and Gardner-Webb (Aug. 29) in the two-day tournament.

Following a match against Arkansas in Fayetteville on Sept. 1, the Mavericks will travel to Fort Collins, Colo., to compete in the Colorado State Hilton Classic, Sept. 4-5. UT Arlington will battle Georgia Southern (Sept. 4), Colorado State (Sept. 5) and Ohio State (Sept. 5) in its final road tourney.

Colorado State finished last season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament and with a No. 22 national ranking.

UT Arlington will host back-to-back tournaments on Sept. 12 and again on Sept. 18-19 at Texas Hall. The first weekend the Mavericks will host UALR and Oklahoma, taking on UALR at 11 a.m. and will face the Sooners at 7 p.m. on Sept. 12.

"It will be good for our team to play our two tournaments at home before beginning conference the following week," Seymour said. "We have some good teams coming to our tournaments to finish our non-conference schedule."

The Mavs will then host a five-team tournament the following weekend, Sept. 18-19, welcoming Arkansas State, Tulsa, Texas Southern and TCU. UT Arlington will battle Arkansas State on Friday night (7 p.m.) and will face Texas Southern (12:30 p.m.) and TCU (7:30 p.m.) on Saturday.

The Mavericks open Southland Conference play at home against UTSA on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. at Texas Hall. After hosting Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday, Sept. 26, the Mavs will make their longest road swing of the season playing defending SLC Tournament champion Lamar (Oct. 2), Sam Houston State (Oct. 3) and Texas State (Oct. 9) in consecutive road matches.

Before concluding the regular season, UT Arlington will have its longest homestand hosting Texas State (Nov. 3), Sam Houston State (Nov. 5) and Lamar (Nov. 7) to conclude its home schedule.

The Mavericks will finish the regular season with matches at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Nov. 13) and UTSA (Nov. 14).

The 2009 Southland Conference Tournament will be held at the Convocation Center on the campus of UTSA on Nov. 20-22.