Match Info	Opponent Info
UT Permian Basin vs. UT Tyler UTPB: 17-8, 8-6 LSC | UTT: 15-10, 9-5 LSC Friday, Nov. 10th | 6 p.m. Tyler, Texas | Herrington Patriot Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
(RV) Angelo State vs. UT Tyler ASU: 22-4, 12-2 LSC | UTT: 15-10, 9-5 LSC Saturday, Nov. 11th | 2 p.m. Tyler, Texas | Herrington Patriot Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On her team's performances over the weekend... "We took a tough loss to St. Mary's on Friday night. Our team played very well at times but the minute we allowed the momentum to shift in the fourth set we were never able to regain it back. That should be a lesson learned for our team to understand the importance of finishing out a set. The team did do a great job of responding and finishing the road trip off with a win against St. Edward's."

On the impact Maiya Peña has made on the program ahead of Senior Weekend... "Maiya has been a joy to coach and always has a smile on her face. She has done some great things for our program as a middle over the past five years and I am so proud of how far she has come since her freshman year. Maiya will definitely be missed, but I am so excited to see where the future takes her!"

On the importance of this weekend's regular season finales... "These last two games of the regular season will be huge for our team and the future of post season. Both UT Permian Basin and Angelo State will be battles and they are both very different styles of play. Our team needs to focus on execution, defending home court and playing with the intensity and passion that will make us successful!"

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler enters the final week of the regular season in seventh place in the Lone Star Conference standings with a record of 9-5 in conference play. The top eight teams in the final regular season standings will qualify for the 2023 Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championships set for Nov. 16-18 at the no. 1 seed's host site. A win on Friday night over UT Permian Basin would clinch a spot in the field for UT Tyler. The Patriots can climb as high as no. 5, or drop outside the top eight in the standings based the results of this weekend's matches.
- UT Tyler is ranked no. 9 in the second edition of the 2023 NCAA Division II South Central Regional Rankings. Wednesday's rankings are the second of three editions, and the first ranked edition, of the regional rankings that will be published 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.
- The Patriots are 79-41 (.660) since beginning Division II play in 2019, and have posted a record of 53-24 (.695) in Lone Star Conference matches. UT Tyler is 69-25 (.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. 
- The Patriots are 35-10 inside the Herrington Patriot Center as an NCAA Division II program and have been especially dominant in home Lone Star Conference matches, posting a 25-3 mark in LSC home games since 2020. 
- Freshman Shaye Koski ranks third in the Lone Star Conference with an average of 3.77 kills per set. The Parkville, Mo. native has reached double-digit kill figures in all but five matches this season and has accumulated 317 total kills this year.
- Libero Addison Evans ranks seventh in the LSC with an average of 4.72 digs per set. 
- Setter Adeline Ortman has averaged the fifth most assists per set (7.31) 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 143-60 (.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 337-182 (.649).
- Graduate student Maiya Peña is the program's all-time leader in career blocks with 344.0 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 Permian Basin will be making the program's first trip to Tyler on Friday evening. The all-time series is even at 1-1, both matches of which went the full five sets. UT Tyler won the most recent battle between the two teams in 2022.
- Angelo State holds a 3-2 all-time advantage in the overall series between the two programs, but UT Tyler has notched back-to-back 3-0 wins in the series. The Rambelles will be making their first trip to back to Tyler since 2020.