Match Info	Opponent Info
DBU vs. (RV) UT Tyler DBU: 5-3, 0-0 LSC | UTT: 5-3, 0-0 LSC Thursday, Sept. 14th | 3 p.m. Canyon, Texas | WTAMU Fieldhouse		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
Texas A&M International vs. (RV) UT Tyler TAMUI: 7-1, 0-0 LSC | UTT: 5-3, 0-0 LSC Friday, Sept. 15th | 3 p.m. Canyon, Texas | WTAMU Fieldhouse		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
(RV) UT Tyler at #2 West Texas A&M UTT: 5-3, 0-0 LSC | WT: 7-1, 0-0 LSC Friday, Sept. 16th | 3 p.m. Canyon, Texas | WTAMU Fieldhouse		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On her team's efforts at last weekend's Colorado Premier Challenge... "We played some incredible competition, teams in the top 25 that belong there. We really battled. I was super proud of our team and the way that they competed against Wayne State to start off the weekend. We saw some really great things in the way we played. Our offense, the way we passed the ball well, just some things we were really needing to see. We fought back down 0-2 against Central Missouri and just didn't have enough steam in the fifth. Then to come back and finish off the weekend with a win against Western Washington, a top 25 team, I was proud of our team."

On the message this week to her team after seeing what they learned last weekend... "I think the message is still that we're looking for consistency from all of the players when they get their opportunity. When we have all six playing together and working together at a high level, we are a very good team and I think that they saw that and know that. It's just about showing it every single time we step out onto the court. So we're working through those things this week with a tough weekend ahead."

On this weekend's LSC Crossover event... "We have to build upon the bright spots from last weekend and I think our team has to learn how to win together at a more consistent basis. I think we have alot of depth and people that can contribute and help us have a good weekend, we just have to show up with what we talk alot about as a team, a "swag" about ourselves that we are a good team and we know that. I think that's what it's going to take, is for our team to believe in ourselves and what we can do."

LAST TIME OUT

(RV) UT Tyler suffered a pair of 3-0 losses to #3 Wayne State and #19 Regis on day one of the Colorado Premier Challenge last Friday. The Patriots couldn't find an answer to a Wayne State offense in the first match of the day that committed just four attacking errors in 101 swings and then failed to find their rhythm offensively in the evening match against #19 Regis.  Junior Sophie Connor notched a season-high 12 kills in the Wayne State match and Addison Evans totaled 16 digs to highlight the Patriot output in the 3-0 (23-25, 17-25, 20-25) defeat. UT Tyler out-killed the no. 3 nationally-ranked Wildcats by a 46-to-38 margin, but couldn't overcome 21 attacking errors in comparison to just four from Wayne State. Strong finishes in both Saturday matches at the Colorado Premier Challenge culminated in a 3-1 (24-26, 25-17, 25-23, 28-26) victory for (RV) UT Tyler over Western Washington. The Patriots finished the weekend with a 1-3 record after a 3-2 loss in the morning match against (RV) Central Missouri. UT Tyler responded with losses in the first two sets with victories in sets three and four to face a fifth and deciding set. That quality finish to a match was put on display in the evening match against Western Washington as well, as the Patriots dropped the opening set 26-24 and then won three straight frames to cap off the weekend with a win. UT Tyler woke up offensively in the first match against (RV) Central Missouri, posting 16 kills in the third and fourth frames to force a deciding fifth set. Central Missouri dominated the opening two frames to jump ahead 2-0 in the match, but couldn't find an answer to the UT Tyler offense in the ensuing two sets to head to set no. five. The Patriots finished strong in their evening win over Western Washington as well to leave Denver, Colo. with a positive taste in their mouth. UT Tyler committed 12 errors in the opening set to fall 26-24 before rattling off 25-17, 25-23 and 28-26 wins to claim the victory. UT Tyler totaled 60 kills and limited Western Washington to just 43 on the afternoon. Junior Adeline Ortman recorded a second double-double of the season with 28 assists and 15 digs.

PATRIOT NOTES AND TRENDS

- The Patriots are 69-34 (.669) since beginning Division II play in 2019, and have posted a record of 44-19 (.698) in Lone Star Conference matches. UT Tyler is 59-18 (.766) over the course of the last three seasons (2020-22) 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 30-8 inside the Herrington Patriot Center as an NCAA Division II program and have been especially dominant in home Lone Star Conference matches, posting a 21-1 mark in LSC home games since 2020. 
- This weekend's Lone Star Conference Crossover Event will pit the top four finishers in last year's Lone Star Conference Regular Season standings against each over the weekend in Canyon. The Patriots finished fourth in last year's LSC standings with a 12-4 mark in Lone Star Conference play.
- UT Tyler is 8-12 against opponents associated with the AVCA National Top 25 Coaches Poll since 2020.
- UT Tyler is 17-11 as a Division II program in neutral site matches.
- UT Tyler went 3-0 at last year's version of the LSC Crossover Event with a 3-1 win over Lubbock Christian and 3-0 sweeps of Angelo State and West Texas A&M.
- Addison Evans led the Colorado Premier Challenge last weekend with an average of 5.00 digs per set. She finished the weekend with a pair of 20-dig efforts against Central Missouri and Western Washington. Evans ranks sixth in the LSC with an average of 4.87 digs per set.
- Setter Adeline Ortman went for 28 assists and 15 digs against Western Washington, her second double-double of the year. She ranks ninth in the LSC with an average of 5.9 assists per set.
- UT Tyler ranks third in the Lone Star Conference with an average of 13.45 kills per set. Five different Patriots have gone for 10 or more kills in a match in 2023 (Shaye Koski, Jeorgia Jones, Brylee Peterson, Jackie Velzis and Sophie Connor). 
- Freshman Shaye Koski ranks third in the Lone Star Conference with an average of 3.79 kills per set. She averages the fourth most points per set with an average of 4.18.
- Koski and sophomore Jeorgia Jones were named to the 2023 Patriot Classic All-Tournament Team. Koski led UT Tyler in kills in all four matches and averaged 4.13 kills per set. Jones reached double-digit kills total twice and hit .384 for the weekend. 
- Head coach Lyndsay Mashe enters 2023 as the all-time leader in career wins as head volleyball coach at UT Tyler with a record of 133-53 (.715). 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 198-122 over the course of those 10 years in Marshall, and begins this fall with a career record of 327-175 (.652).
- 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.
- Peña ranks second all-time in the UT Tyler record books with 292 total blocks for her career, 14 behind the program's all-time leader Samatha Lee, who totaled 306 from 2015-18. Ortman ranks eighth all-time with 992 career assists. She would become the eighth Patriot to eclipse the 1,000 career assists mark.
- UT Tyler ranked fourth in both hitting percentage (.212) and average kills (13.40) last season. UT Tyler led the LSC in kills per set in both 2021 (14.59) and 2020 (13.84).

IN THE RECEIVING VOTES CATEGORY AGAIN

The University of Texas at Tyler volleyball program remained firmly entrenched in the receiving votes category of the AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II National Coaches Poll after the second week of the regular season. Concordia-St. Paul took over the number one spot this week after claiming the Colorado Premier Tournament championship, and they bump West Texas A&M down to two. MSU Denver (9), Colorado Mesa (12), Regis (16), Angelo State (RV), and Colorado School of Mines (RV) combine to make it seven total teams from the NCAA South Central Region to be associated with the poll this week.
 

Rank	School (First-Place Votes Adjusted)	Total Points Adjusted	Record	Previous Week
1	Concordia- St. Paul [41]	1,169	8-0	2
2	West Texas A&M [6]	1,121	7-1	1
3	Wayne State (NE)	1,055	7-1	3
4	Tampa	1,025	6-0	4
5	Missouri-St. Louis	913	8-0	8
6	St. Cloud State	871	7-1	5
7-T	Minnesota Duluth	801	7-1	7
7-T	Nebraska-Kearney	801	9-0	10
9	MSU Denver	773	5-3	6
10	Cal State San Bernardino	710	7-1	9
11	Southwest Minnesota State	703	7-1	11
12	Colorado Mesa	619	8-0	14
13	Central Washington	514	6-2	23
14	Chaminade	505	11-0	20
15	Washburn	476	6-1	17
16	Regis	411	5-3	19
17	West Florida	384	3-4	13
18	Northwest Missouri State	300	5-3	15
19	Wingate	296	7-1	18
20	Cal Poly Pomona	266	7-1	24
21	Cal State L.A.	219	2-6	16
22	Barry	189	3-3	12
23	Lewis	175	5-3	NR
24	Ferris State	130	5-3	NR
25	Central Oklahoma	116	8-1	NR

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots:?Eckerd 78; Angelo State 52; Harding 49; Alaska-Anchorage 46; Rockhurst 45; Central Missouri 35; Western Washington 33; Quincy 29; Grand Valley State 26; Lynn 24; Seattle Pacific 23; Oklahoma Baptist 22; Missouri Western 18; Sonoma State 17; Clarion 16; Daemen 16; Findlay 16; Gannon 16; Spring Hill 16; Texas-Tyler 16; Winona State 16; Colorado School of Mines 13; Hillsdale 11; Biola 9; Anderson (S.C.) 8; Florida Southern 8; Simon Fraser University 8; Walsh 8; Point Loma 5

10 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 57 combined points

Dropped Out: Alaska-Anchorage 21; Western Washington 22; Harding 25