LITTLE ROCK – Fresh off a two-match winning streak at home, Little Rock volleyball (9-16, 5-8 Sun Belt) will look to extend the streak this weekend at it travels to Texas to face UT Arlington (11-13, 5-6 and Texas State (18-8, 9-2 Sun Belt). The Trojans will face the Mavericks at 6:30 p.m., on Friday in Arlington before going up against the Bobcats at noon on Sunday in San Marcos.
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To this point, the all-time series between Little Rock and UT Arlington has been a close one as the Trojans trail by just one match at 12-13. When playing in Arlington, the Trojans are
7-9 against the Mavs, and UTA has won the past three meetings at College Park Center. Little Rock took the first match in this season's series with a five-set win at the Jack Stephens Center on Oct. 7.
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Little Rock and Texas State are tied at 5-5 in the all-time series. The Bobcats evened the series with a three-set win over the Trojans in the first game of this season's series at the Jack on Oct. 6. Little Rock owns a 3-2 lead against Texas State when playing in San Marcos, but it's currently on a two-matching losing streak since winning the conference tournament title against the Bobcats in 2014.
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After wrapping up business in Texas, Little Rock will come to home to play its final home match of the season against rival Arkansas State on Nov. 10.
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- Mya Robinson was named Little Rock's first-ever Sun Belt Freshman of the Week on Monday.
- Robinson's six double-doubles for the season are the most by a freshman since Edina Begic in 2011.
- Marina Avram has tallied 11 double-doubles this season and 20 for her career.
- Avram has earned a double-double in six of the last eight matches.
- UT Arlington has a 13-12 advantage in the all-time series against Little Rock.
- A win by Little Rock would be the Trojans' first in Arlington since 2014, and it would give Little Rock the season series for the first time since 2014.
- Little Rock hasn't won at Texas State since winning the conference tournament against the Bobcats in 2014.
- The Trojans are 3-2 all-time when playing in San Marcos.
- At 943 career digs, Sydnee Martin is 46 away from passing Ivana Vracar (2001-04) for the eighth-most in program history.
- At 445 digs for the season, Martin is three away from passing Megan Naborowski (2005) for the seventh-most digs in a single season. Martin is also 24 away from passing Sheila Williams (1991) for the sixth-most digs in a single season.
- Little Rock has had at least one player record a double-double in 12 of its last 13 matches.
- Martin has recorded double-digit digs in all but two matches this season and has recorded nine 20-plus dig matches.
- Little Rock has had no trouble with putting up the block this season as the team ranks first in the Sun Belt with 235 total blocks — 30th-most nationally.