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Sports
Tuesday, November 22,2011
Sean Gorman, Sports Editor
seangorman@my.unt.edu
U VOLLEYBALL
OLLEYBAL
Photo by Alex J. Hernandez/Courtesy of Sun Belt Sports
UNT freshman outside hitter Eboni Godfrey tips the ball Nov. 18 against Middle Tennessee State. The Blue Raiders
defeated UNT 3-0 to advance to the finals of the 2011 Sun Belt Volleyball Tournament at the U.S. Century Bank Arena
in Miami, Fla.
on erence oe ends
NTs season in semis
Volleyball
Brett Medeiros
Staff Writer
The UNT volleyball team's
season came to a close last
weekend, as the Mean Green
fell to the highly favored Middle
Tennessee State Blue Raiders in
the semifinals of the Sun Belt
Conference Tournament.
Despite the loss, the Mean
Green (17-17) became the first
UNT volleyball team since 1977
to earn a .500 record in consecu-
tive years.
"We played a Top 35 team and
they played like it. Unfortunately,
we didn't put too much pres-
sure on them and their hitting
percentage reflected that," head
coach Ken Murczek said. "We
really had some adversity this
year; we could have shut it
down this year and just cashed
it in for the year, but I really give
these girls credit for fighting
through everything."
After beating UNT, MTSU
advanced to the tournament
final and fell to top-seeded
Western Kentucky in four
sets.
UNT struggled to keep
the high-powered MTSU
offense in check, as the Blue
Raiders notched a .443 hitting
percentage and committed
just nine errors. After a strong
blocking performance against
Arkansas State in the tour-
nament's quarterfinals, the
Mean Green failed to record
a single block against the Blue
Raiders.
"This season was still a great
accomplishment, especially
since we had such ayoung team
on the on the court," senior
libero Sarah Willey said. "Itwas
tough going out in three sets.
We would have liked to give
them a better match."
Senior outside hitter
Madison Barr said UNT's five
freshmen will continue to help
the Mean Green improve in the
next few seasons.
"One of the hardest things
about the season ending is just
seeing where the program is
heading and knowing that as
a senior your time is now and
the program will be going in a
great direction without you,"
Barr said. "The underclassmen
are definitely going to be doing
great things."
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UNIVERSITY 0F NORTH TEXAS
Mean reen resumes
riva ry with Mavericks
Men's Basketball
Austin Schubert
Staff Writer
The UNT men's basketball
team will face a familiar foe in
Arlington tonight when it visits
the Texas Arlington Mavericks, a
team it has faced 51 times.
The contest will be the last
teams's last meeting at Texas
Hall, as the Mavericks will open
a new arena next year.
"This is basically the battle
over the Metroplex right here,"
senior forward Roger Franklin
said. "That's how UTA looks at
it, and that's how we look at it.
We're looking for a great game
and that's what we're going to
give everybody."
UNT leads the all-time series
between the two schools 30-21
and has won three of the last five
meetings, including an 87-83 win
in Denton last season.
Tonight's game will be the
second of seven straight road
games for UNT in a stretch that
includes games against No. 24
Mississippi State and Texas.
"I think this road stretch will
help us down the road," head
coach Johnny Jones said. "Playing
in Arlington will be a great chal-
lenge for us and a tough environ-
ment to play in."
The Mean Green (1-1) will try
to rebound from a disappointing
69-64 loss on Wednesday to the
Texas Tech Red Raiders. Despite
a 31-point effort from freshman
guard Chris Jones, UNT came up
short. Porous shooting proved
detrimental as the team shot
just 37 percent for the game
while allowing Tech to shoot
45 percent.
"The loss to Tech was because
Photo by Kalani Gordon/Contributing Photographer
SeniorguardTyler Hall passes the ball to a teammate during UNT's gameagainst
St. Gregory's on Nov. 11. UNT will face UTA at 7 p.m. tonight in Arlington.
of our mental absence," senior
forward Alonzo Edwards said.
"A lot of people might say we are
young and inexperienced, butwe
can't use that as an excuse."
The Mavericks (2-0) come in
after a lopsided win over East
Texas Baptist and a hard-fought
win against Louisiana Tech. The
Mean Green hopes to break the
stingy UTA defense that held its
opponents to 38 percent shooting
in both its victories.
"We have to execute better
than we did against Tech,"
Johnny Jones said. "When we
get open shots, we have to take
advantage of them since UTA is
a good defensive team."
This game has personal
meaning for Franklin. Against
UTA, he will have the chance
to square off against his former
Duncanville High School team-
mate, Kevin Butler.
"It's going to be fun to face my
old teammate," Franklin said.
"We're definitely going to get
in each other's heads. It will be
fun."
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"When you can't knock
the ball] in from the half-
yard line on offense and you
get no turnovers or sacks
on defense - I don't know
about other schools - but
we can't win games doing
that," McCarney said.
The WKU offense
controlled the tempo of
the game, possessing the
ball for nearly 40 minutes
of the game.
The Hilltoppers relied
on running back Bobby
Rainey. The senior finished
the night with 214 yards
rushing on 37 attempts,
48 yards receiving on four
catches and two touch-
downs - one rushing and
one receiving.
"We had too many turn-
overs and gave up too many
plays on defense," Dunbar
said. "They came in and
executed their offense
well and we had too many
mistakes."
UNT will conclude its
season Dec. 3 at Apogee
Stadium against the Middle
Tennessee Blue Raiders.
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Photo by James Coreas/Senior Staff Photographer
Sophomore wide receiver Brelan Chancellor finds an opening during a kick re-
turn. The Mean Green lost 31-21 Saturday night at Apogee Stadium.
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The UNT women's basketball team will face
a foe it has struggled against recently when
t hosts the SMU Mustangs at 7 p.m. today.
SMU has had the Mean Green's number,
winning each of the last five and eight of
the last nine meetings between the teams.
When was the last time UNT defeated its
rival from Dallas?
Hint: The last time the Mean Green prevailed over the
Mustangs came during the same year that the Miami Heat
defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals.
Those who think they know the answer can tweet their
guesses to the NT Daily Sports Twitter, @NTDailySports!
People who answer correctly will be mentioned in
Wednesday's paper.
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