Match Info	Opponent Info
UT Tyler vs. Western New Mexico UTT: 10-6, 3-2 LSC | WNMU: 2-15, 0-5 LSC Saturday, Oct. 1st | 1:00 P.M. Drag's Court | Silver City, N.M.		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

A FIVE SET BATTLE TILL THE END

The UT Tyler volleyball team came out on the wrong side of a 3-2 (21-25, 25-20, 25-23, 24-26, 11-15) battle against DBU on Wednesday night inside the Burg Center. UT Tyler led 2-1 through three sets of action, but couldn't close out the Patriots in a back-and-forth fourth set, and then fell behind by too large of a margin to recover in the deciding fifth set to drop the match by a 3-2 final. Senior Mikayla Ware and junior Evelyn Torres led the offensive output for UT Tyler with 16 kills, posting hitting percentages of .268 and .379, respectively. DBU played extremely well on their home court in a battle of two LSC teams with just a single loss entering the night's action, and held the advantage in the majority of statistical categories at the end of the night. UT Tyler relied on a strong serve and timely attacks from Ware and Torres throughout the match, while posting a .197 hitting percentage with 55 kills in 147 attacks for the night.

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

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 the difficulty of a long road trip to Silver City... "The road trip is what it is. We're going to have some fun, play some games on the bus, and just make the best of it. We have to have the right mentality."

THE MATCH UP

Western New Mexico enters Saturday on the heels of a six-game losing streak, and have posted a 2-15 overall record in 2022. The Mustangs are 0-5 in Lone Star Conference play. Junior Jazmyne Walker leads the team with 3.46 kills per set and 220 total kills for the year and has combined with graduate student Bria Augustine (144 kills, 3.00 kills per set) to provide the majority of the production this year for the Mustangs. UT Tyler came away with a 3-0 victory in the inaugural meeting between the two programs last season in Silver City. 

A LOOK AT THE 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	3-0	1.000	12-4	.750	W1	1-0	3-3	8-1
DBU	4-1	.800	13-3	.812	W4	6-0	3-1	4-2
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
Oklahoma Christian	3-2	.600	11-6	.647	L1	8-3	2-2	1-1
UT Tyler	3-2	.600	10-6	.625	L1	2-0	2-3	6-3
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	2-3	.400	11-6	.647	W1	9-2	1-2	1-2
Lubbock Christian	2-3	.400	6-10	.375	W1	5-2	0-4	1-4
Midwestern State	1-4	.200	3-14	.176	L4	1-1	0-5	2-8
Eastern New Mexico	0-5	.000	9-8	.529	L5	0-3	2-3	7-2
Cameron	0-4	.000	5-12	.294	L8	0-3	0-5	5-4
Western New Mexico	0-5	.000	2-15	.118	L6	0-7	0-4	2-4

STAT CHECK

UT Tyler ranks fourth in 2022 in the LSC with a team hitting percentage of .214 for the year, and has posted the fourth-best kills per set total in the league with an average of 13.13 per set. Mikayla Ware (252), Evelyn Torres (143) and Maiya Peña (101) have all eclipsed the 100 kill mark in 2022, while Peña leads the team with a .328 hitting percentage. Senior Savannah Guzman leads the Patriots with 213 digs, while Ware (169) and sophomore Addison Evans (142) rank second and third on the team respectively. Sophomore Dakota Rogers-Hurtado leads the team with 55.0 blocks on the year.

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 118-46 (.720) as the leader of the Patriots. The 2021 Spring Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year is now 312-168 (.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 1,430 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 3.78 kills per set and ranks eighth in program history with 714 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.