University of Texas at Dallas Athletics

DENTON, Texas - The UT Dallas volleyball team finished the 2026 regular season with a 21-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-19, 15-9 loss to Texas Woman's at Kitty Magee Arena on Saturday afternoon.

The Comets (14-12, 10-7 Lone Star Conference) will continue the season as the seventh seed in next week's LSC Championship in San Angelo, Texas. This is the team's first year to be eligible for postseason play as a NCAA Division II member.

UTD got off to a hot start, taking the first two sets 25-21 each. They hit .355 on 15 kills in the opening set, then hit .306 with 15 kills in the second. The Comets were down to the Pioneers (11-16, 8-9 LSC) 20-7 in the first frame, but finished it off with an 8-1 run. UTD never trailed in the second.

Tied at 17-17 in the third set, TWU ended the game with an 8-5 rally. The Pioneers never trailed in the fourth.

TWU led 10-6 in the final set, when UTD scored three straight on a kill from Morgan Helms and back-to-back points by Laura See. The Pioneers ended the match with six consecutive points.

For the match, the Comets hit .174 on 64 kills, eight aces, 89 digs and one block. The Pioneers hit .249 with 57 kills, three aces, 11 blocks and 78 digs.

UT Dallas Notes
- See recorded a season-high 14 kills.
- Scarlette Young posted her sixth triple-double of the year with 10 kills, 24 assists and 15 digs.
- Jane Burkhardt had a double-double of 16 kills and 14 digs. She moved into fourth place on UTD's season kills list with 396 on the year.
- Helms finished with 11 kills.
- Lashae Goffney added seven kills, while Lila Westphal had six.
- Abby Gentner came up with 28 assists, 16 digs and two aces. She moved into seventh in program history with 1,097 career assists.
- Avery Gray led the Comets with 26 digs.
- Maya Rhamy also reached double digs with 11 digs.

Texas Woman's Notes
- Charlise Smith hit .391 on 19 kills.
- Teagan Hill had nine kills and eight total blocks.
- Trinity Blackwood recorded nine kills and five blocks.
- Setter Allison Watson had a double-double of 26 assists and 15 digs.
- Lorena Gomez added 19 assists. 
- Alyssa Rojo came up with 17 digs.
- Sydney Garrison had 17 digs and Nia Johnson recorded 12 digs.

Up Next
UTD will face number-two seed DBU at 1:30 p.m. in the quarterfinals of the LSC Championship Tournament on Thursday. The tournament will be in San Angelo, Texas on the campus of Angelo State.

LSC Championship Tournament