Match Info	Opponent Info
UAFS vs. UT Tyler UAFS: 19-5, 9-2 LSC | UTT: 13-9, 7-4 LSC Wednesday, Nov. 1st | 6 p.m. Tyler, Texas | Herrington Patriot Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
UT Tyler vs. St. Mary's UTT: 13-9, 7-4 LSC | STMU: 10-14, 5-8 LSC Friday,  Nov. 3rd | 4 p.m. San Antonio, Texas | Bell Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
UT Tyler vs. St. Edward's UTT: 13-9, 7-4 LSC | SEU: 7-18, 3-10 LSC Saturday, Nov. 4th | 2 p.m. Austin, Texas | Recreations and Athletics Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On the highlights from last week's 3-1 win over Oklahoma Christian... "Any win you can get at home is a good win. I did think our defense was phenomenal. The stats had five players with double-digit digs, which is impressive. Their effort back there is phenomenal and it's keeping us in those rallies that we maybe weren't winning earlier on in the season. Super proud of that win and how the defense is playing."

On the importance of the regular season matches as it relates to postseason play qualification... "We've definitely been talking about how important these next matches are, but we're also trying to really focus on one game at a time. We've really talked about how big of a week this is for us coming up since the win last Wednesday. Arkansas-Fort Smith is a good team that returned several of the players that they had last year and they play really hard. They're good defensively, great blocking and they've really put up some good offensive numbers. We're going to have to have our offense step up on Wednesday. Then over the weekend going on the road, it's never easy and we know that, and we know that we're going to have to be prepared for both of those teams."

On the presence the middle blocking duo of Maiya Peña and Dakota Rogers-Hurtado bring to the team when they're at their best... "They're both a huge presence at the net. They can both block balls at the net, and not just a little block, but they can get some of those monster blocks that can shut a team down offensively. When they're blocking balls and playing well it brings energy to our side and fires us up. They can also be very good offensive threats for us as well, as long as we're passing the ball well enough to get them the ball. We need them to both continue to be good for the next several weeks for us."

LAST TIME OUT

UT Tyler matched their season high with 12 blocks and did enough offensively late to take down Oklahoma Christian by a 3-1 (20-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-19) final on Wednesday night. Senior Maiya Peña and junior Dakota Rogers-Hurtado totaled five blocks each and aided a defensive effort from UT Tyler that forced Oklahoma Christian into 32 hitting errors on the night. The Eagles hit just .082 in the match against a great block and five different Patriots in double-digit dig totals. Freshman Shaye Koski led the Patriots with 12 kills, while Peña totaled 10 to finish the match with 18 points after the five blocks and four service aces. Libero Addison Evans led the five Patriots in double-digit dig totals with 22 on the night. The Patriot offense put in their best work late in the match, registering kill totals of 12 and 16 in the third and fourth sets. UT Tyler hit .145 as a team with 46 kills on 172 swings.

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler has won three straight matches heading into Wednesday night's showdown against UAFS and currently sits seventh in the Lone Star Conference standings. The top eight teams in the final regular season standings will qualify for the 2023 Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championships to be held on Nov. 16-18 at the no. 1 overall seed's host site. 
- The Patriots will also continue their push towards a third straight qualification into the NCAA Division II National Tournament. Eight teams will be selected into the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Tournament based on the regional advisory committee's recommendation. Automatic bids will be given to the winners of the Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championships and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships, and the six remaining at-large bids to the highest remaining ranked teams in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Rankings. The first of three editions of those rankings will be released tomorrow afternoon. The announcement of the NCAA South Central Regional Tournament field is set for Monday, Nov. 20th via an online selection show.
- Wednesday's match against UAFS will be towards the LSC regular season standings, but also the NCAA South Central Regional Rankings. A win over UAFS, who enters the week as presumably one of the top teams in the region, would bolster the Patriot's resume tremendously. UT Tyler figures to be under consideration for a third straight selection into the national tournament, but have very little room for error in their final five matches of the regular season.
- The Patriots are 77-40 (.660) since beginning Division II play in 2019, and have posted a record of 51-23 (.695) in Lone Star Conference matches. UT Tyler is 67-24 (.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. 
- The Patriots are 34-10 inside the Herrington Patriot Center as an NCAA Division II program and have been especially dominant in home Lone Star Conference matches, posting a 24-3 mark in LSC home games since 2020. 
- UT Tyler ranks fifth in the Lone Star Conference with an average of 13.44 kills per set.
- The Patriots have limited Lone Star Conference opposition to the third lowest team hitting percentage (.170) in league matches this season.
- Freshman Shaye Koski ranks fourth in the Lone Star Conference with an average of 3.63 kills per set. The Parkville, Mo. native has reached double-digit kill figures in all but five matches this season and has accumulated 276 total kills this year.
- Libero Addison Evans ranks sixth in the LSC with an average of 4.86 digs per set. 
- Setter Adeline Ortman has averaged the fourth most assists per set (7.50) in Lone Star Conference play this season.
- 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 141-59 (.705). 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 335-181 (.649).
- Graduate student Maiya Peña is the program's all-time leader in career blocks with 333.0 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.
- UAFS holds a 3-2 all-time advantage over the Patriots. The Lions swept UT Tyler by a 3-0 final on their home court last season. UT Tyler won the previous two matches in 2021 and 2020 in Tyler by 3-0 finals. The Patriots are 2-1 in the series at home.
- UT Tyler is 2-0 all-time against St. Mary's. The Patriots have won both meetings between the two programs by 3-0 finals in Tyler in 2022 and in San Antonio in 2021. 
- The all-time series between UT Tyler and St. Edward's is 2-2. UT Tyler won last year's meeting in Tyler by a 3-1 final.