Match Info	Opponent Info
No. 6 UT Tyler vs. No. 3 / (RV) Angelo State UTT: 17-10, 11-5 LSC | ASU: 22-6, 12-4 LSC Thursday, Nov. 16th | 12 p.m. Dallas, Texas | Burg Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

TICKETS : 2023 Volleyball Tournament Admission: $10 daily.  Tickets Available Online at  www.DBUTickets.com

LIVESTREAM COVERAGE: Every match of the LSC Volleyball Tournament will be available on the LSC Digital Network or on the LSC Digital Network OTT app. Fans will be able to purchase each match for $15. Customers who have a monthly or yearly LSC Digital Network pass will have access to all tournament matches.

THE BRACKET:



WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On the turnaround the team has made in the final eight matches to close out the regular season... "I think we made some changes to our lineup and it gave us a belief that we could hang in more games. It's allowed us to get more people involved offensively at different times. It's no surprise that if you can pass and defend better than you can have a more efficient offense and so I think that's been part of it. I think when our back's have been against the wall, our team has done a good job of responding and has come to play. We did a great job last weekend, in our mind we wanted to go 2-0, and what a great way to go into the conference tournament with some confidence and I thought our team played great."

On the outlook for the 2023 Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament... "It's championship season and everybody is 0-0. It's a clean slate. What we've done or not done really doesn't matter at this point. We have to have a different mentality and I think our team is just really excited, we at one point were sitting on the brink of maybe not even getting in, so I think our team is so excited for the opportunity to play in the conference tournament again. Angelo State is going to be a different team than the one we saw on Saturday in my opinion. It's a neutral court, everybody is thinking the same thing, you're one loss and done. I expect our team to step up. We're excited we don't have as long of travel and we expect alot of parents, family and friends to show up and what a great opportunity for them to watch our team at a high level." 

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler will make a fourth straight trip to the LSC Volleyball Championship Tournament. The Patriots finished runner-up in the spring 2021 tournament (2020 Covid season) after winning the LSC Central Division title. UT Tyler is is 3-3 all-time in the tournament and won their most recent outing in the quarterfinal round last year 3-2 over Texas A&M-Kingsville.
- The Patriots are 10-18 all-time in postseason play and 4-5 in Division II postseason play since the 2020 season.
- Freshman Shaye Koski highlighted the All-Lone Star Conference accolades for the Patriots as the league's Freshman of the Year and All-Lone Star Conference First Team performer. Koski was the lone freshman recognized on the All-LSC First Team list and finished the regular season ranked fourth in the Lone Star Conference with an average of 3.62 kills per set. She was named to the LSC All-Freshman Team as well. 
- Setter Adeline Ortman and middle blocker Maiya Peña were both named All-LSC Second Team performers. 
- Ortman adds a second All-LSC accolade to her resume in 2023 following an Honorable Mention All-LSC selection in 2022. The Rhome, Texas native found her name on the All-LSC Second Team list this year after averaging the fourth most assists per set in the Lone Star Conference with an average of 7.63. She was also named to the LSC All-Academic Team for a second-straight season as well.
- Peña earns a third-straight All-LSC accolade and second consecutive All-LSC Second Team nod after captaining the UT Tyler defense at the net all season long. Peña leads the team with 83.0 total blocks in 2023 and is now the program's all-time leader in career blocks with 348.0 and counting for her career.
- UT Tyler enters the 2023 LSC Volleyball Championship Tournament with an overall record of 17-10 and as the no. 6 seed following an 11-5 mark in conference play.
- The Patriots sit no. 6 in the final edition of the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Rankings. UT Tyler moved up three spots in the lastest edition of the rankings ahead of the announcement of the 2023 NCAA Division II National Tournament field on Monday, Nov. 20^th via an online selection show. The winners of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and Lone Star Conference (LSC) Postseason Tournaments will receive the two available automatic qualifying bids into the tournament, while the final six teams of the eight-team South Central Regional Tournament field will be at-large bids determined by the NCAA selection committee. That 2023 NCAA Division II South Central Regional Tournament is scheduled for Nov. 30-Dec. 2^nd at the no. 1 seed's host site.
- UT Tyler closed out the regular season winners of seven of their last eight matches.
- Junior Dakota Rogers-Hurtado is the reigning Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week after totaling 10.0 kills last weekend, including seven in the match against Angelo State. The McKinney, Texas native directed a defense that limited UT Permian Basin and Angelo State to a combined .139 hitting percentage, including holding Angelo State to 42 kills and a .113 hitting percentage. The junior added 10 kills while scoring 18.5 points for the weekend.
- Outside hitters Brylee Peterson and Sophie Connor were both highly effective in last weekend's matches, each totaling 30 kills between the two games. Peterson hit .394 for the weekend, including a .423 mark in Saturday's match against Angelo State with 12 kills in just 26 swings. Connor has reached double-digit kill totals in each of her last four matches entering the LSC Volleyball Championship Tournament, and led the Patriot's in Saturday's win over the Rambelles with 16 kills.
- The Patriots are 81-41 (.660) since beginning Division II play in 2019, and have posted a record of 55-24 (.695) in Lone Star Conference matches. UT Tyler is 71-25 (.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 is 37-10 inside the Herrington Patriot Center as an NCAA Division II program and have been especially dominant in home Lone Star Conference matches, posting a 27-3 mark in LSC home games since 2020. 
- UT Tyler is 9-14 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 145-60 (.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 339-182 (.649).
- Libero Addison Evans ranks seventh in the LSC with an average of 4.65 digs per set and leads the Patriots in 2023 with 479 digs.
- 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.
- Thursday's quarterfinal meeting between UT Tyler and Angelo State will be the seventh all-time between the two programs. UT Tyler has won each of the last three meetings of a series that stands 3-3 all-time. The Patriots and Rambelles last met in the postseason in a thrilling 3-2 battle in the championship match of the 2020 spring season finals of the LSC Championship Tournament.