Match Info	Opponent Info
UT Tyler vs. Texas Woman's UTT: 10-9, 4-4 LSC | TWU: 14-5, 6-2 LSC Friday, Oct. 20th | 6 p.m. Denton, Texas | Kitty Magee Arena		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
UT Tyler vs. Midwestern State UTT: 10-9, 4-4 LSC | MSU: 4-16, 1-7 LSC Saturday,  Oct. 21st | 2 p.m. Wichita Falls, Texas | D.L. Ligon Coliseum		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On how she expects her team to respond this weekend... "I expect that they will battle for two wins this weekend. Nothing will be given in this conference and we need to go earn it.

On this weekend's opponents in Texas Woman's and Midwestern State... "Texas Woman's is having a great season and looks alot different than the last few years. We will have to play a clean game and stay aggressive. Midwestern State is always a tough place to play and our team has to stay focused on executing and taking care of our side of the net."

LAST TIME OUT

UT Tyler fell by a 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-21) final on Friday night at Texas A&M International. UT Tyler put forth a slow offensive night in the first of four straight matches on the road. The Patriots finished with a team hitting percentage of .126 with 32 kills on 111 swings. Freshman Shaye Koski totaled a team high 11 kills in the match. Junior Addison Evans and sophomore Brylee Peterson led the defensive effort with eight digs, respectively. UT Tyler suffered a second-straight 3-0 defeat on Saturday afternoon against Texas A&M-Kingsville. The Patriots battled their way back in both the second and third sets despite a slow afternoon on the offensive side of the net, but couldn't manage to force a fourth set. UT Tyler finished with a season-low 26 kills, finishing the match with a hitting percentage as a team of .055.

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler begins the weekend tied for ninth place in the Lone Star Conference standings with a league record of 4-4 on the year. The top eight teams at season's end will qualify for the Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championships.
- The Patriots have dropped back-to-back Lone Star Conference matches for the first time since the 2019 season.
- The Patriots are 74-40 (.660) since beginning Division II play in 2019, and have posted a record of 48-23 (.695) in Lone Star Conference matches. UT Tyler is 64-24 (.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 ranks fourth in the Lone Star Conference with an average of 13.49 kills per set. Freshman Shaye Koski leads UT Tyler with 241 kills on the year while Jackie Velzis (159), Jeorgia Jones (113) and Brylee Peterson (100) have all eclipsed the 100-kill threshold in 2023.
- Koski ranks third in the LSC with an average of 3.77 kills per set.
- The Patriots rank fourth in the LSC with 17.19 digs per set. Libero Addison Evans ranks third in the league with an average of 5.03 digs per set.
- UT Tyler is 8-14 against opponents associated with the AVCA National Top 25 Coaches Poll since 2020.
- Head coach Lyndsay Mashe is the all-time leader in career wins as head volleyball coach at UT Tyler with a record of 138-59 (.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 332-181 (.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 is 6-2 all-time against Texas Woman's with victories in each of the last six meetings between the two programs. This will be the Patriot's first visit to Denton since the spring of 2020 season.
- UT Tyler is 2-2 all-time against Midwestern State. The Patriots have won each of the last two matches against the Mustangs by a 3-0 final in 2022 and a 3-1 final in 2021.