Match Info	Opponent Info
UT Tyler vs. UT Permian Basin UTT: 17-8, 10-4 LSC | UTPB: 11-14, 6-8 LSC Friday, Nov. 4th | 7:00 P.M. Odessa, Texas | Falcon Dome		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
UT Tyler at Angelo State UTT: 17-8, 10-4 LSC | ASU: 11-15, 7-7 LSC Saturday, Nov. 5th | 2:00 P.M. San Angelo, Texas | Junell Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

SENDING THE SENIORS OUT ON TOP

UT Tyler returned home over the weekend following a disappointing loss on Wednesday night against UAFS and honored their 2022 senior class in the last home weekend of their careers with a 3-0 win over St. Mary's on Friday night and a 3-1 win over St. Edward's on Saturday afternoon. Senior Mikayla Ware posted a double-double with team highs in both kills (16) and digs (14) in the win over St. Mary's, while the Patriot defense limited St. Mary's to a -0.010 team hitting percentage for the night. The negative team hitting percentage for St. Mary's is the second time in 2022 the Patriots have forced their opposition into more attacking errors than kills, thanks in large part to spectacular efforts from the back row of the Patriot defense. Libero Savannah Guzman, who climbed into second all-time in the UT Tyler record books with 1,567 digs and counting at the conclusion of the weekend, joined Ware and sophomore Addison Evans (11) in double-digit dig totals on the night with 10. The Patriot offense hit .287 with 44 kills on 101 attacks, led by Ware's .333 percentage with 16 kills on 36 swings. Senior Hannah Callison started her final weekend on her home floor in style as well with eight kills on 16 swings and just a single attacking error. UT Tyler responded to a 25-20 first set defeat with three straight sets of dominating volleyball in Saturday's win over St. Edward's to send Mikayla Ware, Savannah Guzman, Hattie Murray, Hannah Callison and Kylee Becker out with a home victory in their final action on the court inside the Herrington Patriot Center. Ware totaled 24 kills and 13 digs and joined Guzman and setter Adeline Ortman as the three Patriots with double-doubles in the match. Ortman paced the Patriots with 26 assists and 15 digs for an outstanding match for the sophomore, while Guzman added 14 digs and 10 assists to complete a stellar career inside the HPC for the senior. UT Tyler hit north of .300 in each of their three set victories, finishing the match with 58 kills in 144 swings for a .250 team hitting percentage.

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On the turnaround of her team's play for Senior Weekend... "We did not show up on Wednesday night against Arkansas-Fort Smith. It was a disappointing loss for our team, we just couldn't quite get anything going that night, but I am very proud of the way our team did respond. We had one day to get home, recover and just turn it around mentally and I thought they did just that. We knew that both games against St. Mary's and St. Edward's were going to be tough ones, and they were both must wins. I just thought our team did a great job connecting and responding."

On the 2022 seniors playing some of their best volleyball on Senior Weekend... "I couldn't be more proud of just how they played this weekend. I thought we were a little emotional stepping into the first set against St. Edward's, but again they did a great job of just settling down and figuring out our groove. Once we did we started playing well against St. Edward's. Our seniors all did a great job, they all had different plays throughout the game in which they stepped up, Mikayla had a great weekend and responded after Wednesday night's performance. I'm just proud of them for responding well and representing in their final game inside the HPC."

On the a difficult road trip to end the 2022 regular season... "This week is very important. Ever since that Wednesday loss we have been talking as a team about focusing on going 1-0, and that being our only focus. Each game from here on we have to think of it as one game at a time and really focus on every point and not look too far ahead because we need to finish 1-0 every night from this point forward."

STANDING AT NO. 7

The University of Texas at Tyler volleyball program came in at no. 7 in the second edition of the NCAA Division II South Central Regional rankings as announced by the NCAA on Wednesday afternoon. The second edition of the rankings provided the first version of the regional rankings announced in ranking order after the initial list included the teams listed by alphabetical order. Wednesday's rankings are the second of three editions of the rankings that will be announced by the NCAA selection committee prior to the announcement of the NCAA Division II Volleyball National Tournament field on Sunday, Nov. 13^th via an online selection show. The winners of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and Lone Star Conference (LSC) Postseason Tournaments will receive the two available automatic qualifying bids into the tournament, while the final six teams of the eight-team South Central Regional Tournament field will be at-large bids determined by the NCAA selection committee. That South Central Regional Tournament is scheduled for Nov. 17-19 at the no. 1 seed's host site.
 

NCAA Division II South Central Regional Rankings

1	Metropolitan State University of Denver	21-0	23-1
2	West Texas A&M	21-3	22-4
3	Colorado Mesa	17-2	19-4
4	Regis (Colorado)	15-6	18-6
5	Colorado School of Mines	16-3	18-6
6	Dallas Baptist University	17-4	21-5
7	University of Texas at Tyler	16-7	17-8
8	Colorado State University Pueblo	16-6	18-6
9	Texas A&M-Kingsville	17-8	18-8
10	Texas A&M International	14-4	20-6

FIGHTING FOR SEEDING

The final week of the 2022 regular season will establish the seeding for next weekend's Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament, hosted by the no. 1 seed. West Texas A&M is one win this weekend away from clinching the top seed in the eight-team field, but the seeding following the Lady Buffs is still up in the air heading into this week's matches. DBU and Texas A&M International both sit 12-2 in LSC play in a tie for second place, while Texas A&M-Kingsville holds a one match advantage over UT Tyler in third place. The Patriots do hold the first tie breaker over the Javelinas, but barring a pair of losses from DBU or Texas A&M International, it seems that UT Tyler and Texas A&M-Kingsville will be meeting each other as the no. 4 and no. 5 seeds in the first round of the tournament.
 

SCHOOL	CONF	CPCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	STREAK	HOME	AWAY	NEUTRAL
West Texas A&M	14-0	1.000	22-4	.846	W15	10-1	10-1	2-2
DBU	12-2	.857	21-5	.808	W1	11-0	6-3	4-2
Texas A&M International	12-2	.857	21-6	.778	W2	7-1	6-4	8-1
Texas A&M-Kingsville	11-3	.786	19-8	.704	W8	9-0	6-3	4-5
UT Tyler	10-4	.714	17-8	.680	W2	7-1	4-4	6-3
St. Mary's	10-6	.625	14-13	.519	L3	7-1	3-8	4-4
UAFS	7-7	.500	15-12	.556	W3	6-3	4-6	5-3
Angelo State	7-7	.500	11-15	.423	L5	7-6	4-6	0-3
Oklahoma Christian	6-8	.429	15-12	.556	W2	11-6	3-5	1-1
UT Permian Basin	6-8	.429	11-14	.440	L4	6-4	3-6	2-4
Lubbock Christian	6-9	.400	10-16	.385	L1	7-4	2-8	1-4
St. Edward's	6-10	.375	9-18	.333	L2	6-9	1-8	2-1
Texas Woman's	5-9	.357	14-12	.538	L1	11-3	2-7	1-2
Eastern New Mexico	5-10	.333	14-13	.519	W1	3-4	4-7	7-2
Midwestern State	4-10	.286	6-21	.222	L3	4-3	0-10	2-8
Western New Mexico	1-13	.071	3-23	.115	W1	1-11	0-8	2-4
Cameron	0-14	.000	5-24	.172	L20	0-8	0-12	5-4

CLIMBING UP THE RECORD BOOKS

A host of Patriots begin the final week of the regular season near the top of all-time record marks in the UT Tyler volleyball record books. Savannah Guzman now ranks second all-time in program history with 1,567 career digs in her five-year Patriot career. Mikayla Ware ranks sixth all-time with 854 career kills, and holds the all-time program record with 3.88 kills per set in her three-year career. Ware also ranks sixth all-time with 959.0 points scored. Hattie Murray ranks fifth all-time with 207 career blocks, and in the top 10 in program history in both solo blocks (37) and block assists (148). Maiya Peña also ranks as one of the best blockers in the history of the program, ranking seventh all-time with 185 total blocks, and has the second-best career hitting percentage at .339. Hannah Callison's quality play over the last few weeks allowed her to climb within the top-10 all-time in career kills, ranking eighth with 716 for her career.

STAT CHECK

UT Tyler ranks third in the Lone Star Conference with a team hitting percentage of .221 for the year, and fourth in the league with an average of 13.43 kills per set. Defensively the Patriots have limited their opposition to a .165 hitting percentage in 2022, seventh best in the LSC, and average 1.98 blocks per set. Ware leads the Lone Star Conference in points per set (4.99) and kills per set (4.51). She ranks seventh in all of Division II volleyball in kills per set and fifth in the country in points per set. Sophomore Adeline Ortman ranks fourth in the LSC with an average of 0.40 service aces per set, and fifth in the league with an average of 7.65 assists per set.

COACH MASHE

Head coach Lyndsay Mashe is in the midst of her seventh season as the program's all-time winningest coach with 125 wins as head coach of the Patriots. Mashe is 125-48 (.723) as the leader of the Patriots. The 2021 Spring Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year is now 319-170 (.652) as a collegiate head coach after six seasons at UT Tyler and 10 seasons at East Texas Baptist.