Match Info	Opponent Info
UT Tyler vs. Texas A&M International UTT: 10-7, 4-2 LSC | TAMIU: 11-6, 2-2 LSC Friday, Oct. 13th | 6 p.m. Laredo, Texas | TAMIU Kinesiology and Convocation Building		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
UT Tyler vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville UTT: 10-7, 4-2 LSC | TAMUK: 10-6, 2-2 LSC Saturday,  Oct. 14th | 2 p.m. Kingsville, Texas | Gil E. Steinke Physical Education Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On the two matches last week against DBU and Western New Mexico... "We started off really good against DBU. I thought we played really aggressively and confidently. They made some really good adjustments off of what we were doing and then the adjustments that we made based on that, and really put some pressure on us on the serving line. We did a good job of responding on Saturday against Western New Mexico on Saturday coming off a tough loss. I thought we played with steady energy, our effort and execution was there, and I was really happy with how we performed Saturday consistently for three sets."

On the importance of the upcoming two week stretch... "After saying all the good things we did on Saturday, we immediately went to how it's time to focus on the next couple of weeks on the road, in some high pressure situations. We're going to be playing some good teams. This weekend Texas A&M International and Texas A&M-Kingsville are very, very good teams, in the top of the conference last year, and I think we're going to have to play very consistently to beat them. I keep telling our team that if we have everybody show up, we're a really great team, so that's really got to be the focus this week. Whichever six we call on we have to have them all show up and be ready to go."

LAST TIME OUT

UT Tyler couldn't find a way to ride the momentum of a fast start to fall 3-1 (19-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-18) at the hands of (RV) DBU on Wednesday night inside the Herrington Patriot Center. The Patriots opened play with an 11-3 run in the opening frame in route to a 25-19 first set victory, but couldn't overcome a strong serving night from DBU to fall for just the second time in Lone Star Conference play. Freshman Shaye Koski notched a double-double with a team high 12 kills to go along with 11 digs. Setter Adeline Ortman joined Koski with double-double figures with 20 assists and 14 digs. DBU put forth 16 aces in the match to slow down the Patriot momentum following the first set of play and managed to rattle off three straight set victories on the heels of the strong night at the service line. UT Tyler posted a better hitting percentage on the night with 41 kills on 133 swings for a .173 mark, but managed to eclipse double-digit kill figures in just one of the final three sets of action. UT Tyler posted their second highest hitting percentage of the year and limited the opposition to their lowest point total this season in a 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-17) sweep of Western New Mexico. The Patriots hit .297 as a team, their highest hitting percentage since the opening weekend of the season, and limited Western New Mexico to just 25.0 points to cruise in all three set victories. Sophomore Jackie Velzis led the Patriots with 10 kills on just 21 swings on the afternoon. UT Tyler built 10-plus point leads in each of the first two sets and never relinquished control of the match at any point to move to 10-7 on the year and 4-2 in Lone Star Conference play.

PATRIOTS NOTES AND TRENDS

- The Patriots are 74-38 (.660) since beginning Division II play in 2019, and have posted a record of 48-21 (.695) in Lone Star Conference matches. UT Tyler is 64-22 (.742) over the course of the last four seasons (2020-23) and have made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Division II National Tournament following 20-win seasons in 2021 and 2022. 
- UT Tyler enters this weekend sixth in the Lone Star Conference standings with a 4-2 mark in league play. UAFS and DBU remain as the lone undefeated teams in league play entering this weekend, while West Texas A&M, Angelo State and Texas Woman's all sit 5-1 on the year.
- The Patriots rank second in the Lone Star Conference and 17th nationally with an average of 13.86 kills per set. Freshman Shaye Koski leads UT Tyler with 224 kills on the year while sophomores Jackie Velzis (152) and Jeorgia Jones (105) have both eclipsed the 100-kill threshold in 2023.
- Koski ranks third in the LSC with 3.80 kills per set and averages the fourth most points per set with 4.07.
- The Patriots rank fourth in the LSC with 17.37 digs per set. Libero Addison Evans ranks third in the league with an average of 5.22 digs per set.
- UT Tyler is 8-14 against opponents associated with the AVCA National Top 25 Coaches Poll since 2020.
- The Patriots are coming off of one of their most efficient offensive matches of the season, totaling a season low 13 hitting errors in Saturday's win against Western New Mexico. UT Tyler hit .297 for the match, their highest mark in LSC play and second highest output of the 2023 season.
- Jeorgia Jones has posted three straight matches of eight kills and a hitting percentage north of .350 in all three outings. 
- Head coach Lyndsay Mashe is the all-time leader in career wins as head volleyball coach at UT Tyler with a record of 138-57 (.707). Mashe enters her eighth season as head coach of the Patriots, and 18th season overall as a collegiate head coach having spent 10 seasons on the sidelines of her alma mater East Texas Baptist. Mashe went 199-123 over the course of those 10 years in Marshall, and sports a career record of 332-179 (.649).
- Graduate student Maiya Peña is the program's all-time leader in career blocks with 319.0 for her career.
- Junior Adeline Ortman became the eighth Patriot in the history of the program to eclipse the 1,000 assist mark back on Sept. 14th.
- UT Tyler finished 20-10 overall last fall and 12-4 in Lone Star Conference play. UT Tyler earned a second-straight at-large bid into the South Central Regional Tournament in 2022, earning the no. 7 seed in the field. The Patriots were defeated by eventual NCAA Division II National Champions West Texas A&M by a 3-0 final. UT Tyler notched the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament victory in 2021 as the no. 6 seed in the field, defeating no. 3 seeded Colorado Mesa by a 3-1 final tally. UT Tyler has been selected for the NCAA Division II National Tournament in each of the first two seasons of eligibility for the program.
- UT Tyler features 12 returners and nine newcomers to the 2023 roster this fall. Maiya Peña, Dakota Rogers-Hurtado and Adeline Ortman return as All-LSC selections last season. Peña earned her second All-LSC accolade in 2022 as a Second Team selection following an Honorable Mention nod in 2021. Rogers-Hurtado and Ortman were both selected as 2022 Honorable Mention All-LSC selections.