When the NCAA began competition, the Mavericks moved over to the Southland Conference, where UTA was a founding member in 1963.

The Mavericks finally won the SLC tournament in 1985 under Head Coach Lisa Love and would also claim the next five after that.

They were no longer the perennial Southland Conference favorite, though they did win three regular season championships in the '90's and two tournament crowns.

Despite having long been removed from the Southland, the volleyball team still is first in regular season championships and three more tournament titles than second place Texas State.

After a later round of conference realignment in the early 2020s led to a major expansion of the Sun Belt's football side, UTA announced in January 2022 that it would return to the WAC that July.

The teams played on the stage, and fans could watch the game from either the theater seats or the bleacher section.