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Volleyball team defeats rival 3-1

The UTA volleyball team defeated rival University of Arkansas at Little RockFriday at College Park Center with a 3-1 win.

Little Rock swept UTA out of the 2014 Sun Belt Conference semifinals. The Trojans repeated the repeated the 3-0 sweep over the Mavericks in the first round of the 2015 Sun Belt Conference tournament.

“I always think back to my sophomore year conference tournament, where they beat us in the second round," senior setter Cassidy Wheeler said. "Ever since then, it’s just been a dogfight between the two of us."

Little Rock advanced to a 4-0 lead in the first set until an attack error by sophomore blocker Veronica Marin gave the Mavericks their first point.