Match Info	Opponent Info
UT Tyler vs. DBU UTT: 10-5, 3-1 LSC | DBU: 12-3, 3-1 LSC Wednesday, Sept. 28th | 6:00 P.M. Burg Center | Dallas, Texas		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

RETURNING HOME IN STYLE

The UT Tyler volleyball team made their 2022 home opener a pair of matches to remember last weekend, extending their home regular season winning streak to 18 straight matches with 3-0 victories over Eastern New Mexico and Lubbock Christian. The Patriots didn't concede double-digit kill totals in a single set and limited Eastern New Mexico to a -.021 team hitting percentage in Friday night's match. UT Tyler handily maintained the kill advantage 34-to-19, and benefitted from 21 hitting errors by the Greyhounds. The Patriots pulled away late in the first and second sets on Saturday afternoon against Lubbock Christian and used their second highest team hitting percentage of the season with a .283 in the match to complete the weekend with a second consecutive 3-0 sweep. Three different Patriots notched double-digit kills totals, including seniors Hannah Callison and Maiya Peña, who both posted attack percentages north of .500 for the match. UT Tyler is now 10-5 on the year, and have won nine out of their last 11 matches entering this week's action.

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On last weekend's dominance over Eastern New Mexico and Lubbock Christian... "You can't go wrong when you get two sweeps. Overall I thought our team played really well, especially on Friday night against Eastern New Mexico. The energy in the crowd and the ability to be back on our home floor was really fun. Against Lubbock Christian it was a little more back-and-forth, but ultimately we came out with a 3-0 sweep so couldn't be happier with our home debuts."

On the team's improved play in late set situations... "The multiple conversations regarding just finishing, it's something that we were struggling with early on in finishing games after getting up early and then relaxing. There is just no time for that in this conference and playing good teams you have to keep that mentality of finishing the whole entire time. I really think they've just shifted their mindset."

On Wednesday's meeting with DBU... "We better be ready against DBU. They are a really good team that's done a great job recruiting and getting in some new players there this year. We know that we have a tough battle ahead in their gym. Those are some of the games you play for, the ones that you know that you're really going to have to battle it out."

THE MATCH UP

DBU is off to the best start through 15 matches in program history with a 12-3 mark, and have started LSC play alongside UT Tyler with a 3-1 record. The Patriots have been led all season by Baylor transfer AJ Koele, who leads the team and ranks within the top 20 nationally in both kills per set (4.24) and points per set. The Patriots lead the LSC with a .260 hitting percentage for the year and in kills per set with an average of 13.74 per set. DBU has played the same four opposing teams in LSC play as travel partners with UT Tyler, with their lone loss coming at the hands of then-ranked no. 17 West Texas A&M. UT Tyler has won five straight against DBU, and leads the all-time series by a 5-to-3 margin. 

A LOOK AT THE STANDINGS
 

2022 LSC Volleyball Standings

SCHOOL	CONF	CPCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	STREAK	HOME	AWAY	NEUTRAL
West Texas A&M	4-0	1.000	11-4	.733	W4	5-1	4-1	2-2
Angelo State	4-0	1.000	8-8	.500	W5	6-3	2-2	0-3
Texas A&M International	2-0	1.000	11-4	.733	L1	1-0	2-3	8-1
DBU	3-1	.750	12-3	.800	W3	5-0	3-1	4-2
Oklahoma Christian	3-1	.750	11-5	.688	W3	8-2	2-2	1-1
UT Tyler	3-1	.750	10-5	.667	W2	2-0	2-2	6-3
UAFS	3-1	.750	9-6	.600	W1	1-1	3-2	5-3
UT Permian Basin	2-1	.667	7-7	.500	W2	5-1	0-2	2-4
St. Mary's	2-2	.500	6-9	.400	L1	1-1	1-4	4-4
St. Edward's	2-2	.500	5-10	.333	W1	2-7	1-2	2-1
Texas A&M-Kingsville	1-1	.500	9-6	.600	W3	1-0	4-1	4-5
Texas Woman's	1-3	.250	10-6	.625	L3	9-2	0-2	1-2
Lubbock Christian	1-3	.250	5-10	.333	L2	4-2	0-4	1-4
Midwestern State	1-3	.250	3-13	.188	L3	1-1	0-4	2-8
Eastern New Mexico	0-4	.000	9-7	.562	L4	0-2	2-3	7-2
Cameron	0-4	.000	5-11	.312	L7	0-2	0-5	5-4
Western New Mexico	0-5	.000	2-15	.118	L6	0-7	0-4	2-4

FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS

The UT Tyler offense produced it's best cumulative weekends in the matches against Eastern New Mexico and Lubbock Christian, posting team hitting percentages of .244 and .283. The Patriots displayed the much-needed balance that has made the program one of the best offensive units over the past three seasons in Division II volleyball with four different players totaling 10 or more kills between the two matches. Senior Mikayla Ware once again led the team with 27 kills over the weekend, but had a wealth of support from her offensive comrades in Hannah Callison (15), Maiya Peña (12) and Evelyn Torres (10). Peña and Callison were particularly efficient, recording hitting percentages of .444 and .455 for the weekend, respectively.

STAT CHECK

UT Tyler ranks fourth in 2022 in the LSC with a team hitting percentage of .215 for the year, and has posted the fourth-best kills per set total in the league with an average of 13.33 per set. Ware (236) and Torres (127) are the only two Patriots that have eclipsed the 100 kill threshold so far in 2022, while senior Maiya Peña leads the team with a .344 hitting percentage. Senior Savannah Guzman leads the Patriots with 198 digs, while Ware (161) and sophomore Addison Evans (135) rank second and third on the team respectively. Sophomore Dakota Rogers-Hurtado leads the team with 52.0 blocks on the year, and ranks fourth in the LSC with an average of 1.16 blocks 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 118 wins as head coach of the Patriots. Mashe is 118-45 (.720) as the leader of the Patriots. The 2021 Spring Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year is now 312-167 (.650) as a collegiate head coach after six seasons at UT Tyler and 10 seasons at East Texas Baptist. 

RECORD WATCH

Guzman sits third in the program's all-time record books with 1,415 digs and counting. The all-time leader in program history is Megan McCarty, who totaled 1,763 digs in 408 sets from 2005-08. Ware currently holds the program's all-time record with an average of 3.79 kills per set and ranks eighth in program history with 698 total kills for her career.

A WEALTH OF PRODUCTION

UT Tyler volleyball welcomed back 2021 All-Lone Star Conference selections Savannah Guzman, Hannah Callison and Maiya Peña in 2022. Guzman is now a two-time All-LSC selection, adding the 2021 Second Team selection to an All-Conference nod during 2020's shortened spring season. Callison and Peña both found their names on the all-conference list for the first time in 2021, while 2020 All-LSC selection Hattie Murray opted to return for her final season as a Patriot in 2022.