Match Info	Opponent Info
Cameron vs. UT Tyler CU: 3-9, 0-0 LSC | UTT: 6-5, 0-0 LSC Friday, Sept. 22nd | 6 p.m. Tyler, Texas | Herrington Patriot Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
West Texas A&M vs. UT Tyler WT: 10-1, 0-0 LSC | UTT: 6-5, 0-0 LSC Saturday,  Sept. 23rd | 2 p.m. Tyler, Texas | Herrington Patriot Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On her team's performance at the LSC Crossover... "We did not have our best showing against DBU in the first match. I felt like we just didn't do all the little things well to beat a solid team like DBU. I thought our team did a good job of responding after that loss and coming out with some good energy and did what it took to get a four-set win against Texas A&M International. West Texas A&M is a great team. We put in a lot of really aggressive swings that they were able to dig up and convert on, but at the end of the day we're still making alot of mistakes and not executing. Even though we competed well against them, you have to execute to be a great team like that."

On the positives the team saw throughout the non-conference schedule... "We've definitely been challenged and we've got to figure out how to respond better. You hope at the end of the day that the schedule we have played will help us as we play such a tough schedule in the Lone Star Conference. We hope that we eventually start clicking and learn how to win as a team. When you have such a young team with alot of new pieces, that's the biggest thing, you have to learn is how to win together. We've done it at times throughout the non-conference schedule which is a positive, but we have to learn how to do it more consistently."

On the outlook for this weekend's Lone Star Conference openers... "We're looking forward to being at home. It will be nice to start a more regular schedule where you're getting home games in front of your home crowd. Conference play starts so it's time to get things together and learn how to consistently win. Two touch matches this weekend, we've already seen West Texas A&M so we know what we're getting there on Saturday. Haven't seen Cameron yet this year, but there is nobody in this conference that you can step on the floor not ready to go against and expect to win."

LAST TIME OUT

UT Tyler completed non-conference play with a 1-2 weekend in Canyon, Texas at the Lone Star Conference event. UT Tyler fell by a 3-0 (30-32, 20-25, 16-25) final to DBU in the first match of the Lone Star Conference Crossover on Thursday afternoon. A marathon 32-30 first set gave way to decisive second and third sets in favor of DBU to move UT Tyler to 5-4 on the season. Freshman Shaye Koski led UT Tyler with 13 kills in the match. UT Tyler responded with three-straight set victories to defeat Texas A&M International (19-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-20) on Friday aftermoon. The Patriots picked up their first win of the weekend in the top LSC Crossover across the league thanks to 12 kills from a trio of Patriots in Brielle Worley, Shaye Koski and Jackie Velzis. Koski reached double-double figures alongside setter Adeline Ortman to round out the complete team performance on the afternoon. Koski, Ortman and libero Addison Evans were key pieces to a strong defensive output for the Patriots that kicked it in gear after an opening set 25-19 loss to rattle off three straight victories. Koski paired her 12 kills with 15 digs, Ortman went for 23 assists and 11 digs, and Evans a team-high 23 digs. That defense limited Texas A&M International to 10 or less kills in the final three sets of the match and allowed a Patriot offense that hit .194 in the match to find it's footing. UT Tyler went for kill totals of 16, 14 and 17 to compliment the defensive side of the net. The Patriots wrapped up play on Saturday with a 3-0 loss at the hands of West Texas A&M on their home floor.

PATRIOT NOTES AND TRENDS

- The Patriots are 70-36 (.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 60-20 (.750) 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 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. 
- UT Tyler is 8-13 against opponents associated with the AVCA National Top 25 Coaches Poll since 2020.
- Junior Addison Evans has gone for 20-plus digs in six matches in 2023 and four out of the last five outings. She ranks fourth in the Lone Star Conference with an average of 4.98 digs per set. 
- Freshman Shaye Koski leads UT Tyler with 147 kills on the year and has reached double-digit kills figures in all but two matches. She ranks third in the Lone Star Conference with an average of 3.87 kills per set and fourth in the league with an average of 4.17 points per set. The Parkville, Mo. native has gone for three double-doubles on the season, two of which came in her most recent outings last weekend against Texas A&M International and West Texas A&M.
- Junior Adeline Ortman became the eighth Patriot in the history of the program to eclipse the 1,000 assist mark last weekend. She ranks 10th in the LSC with an average of 6.02 assists per set.
- UT Tyler ranks second in the LSC in kills per set (13.51), fifth in the league in points per set (16.59) and fifth in digs per set (16.78). The Patriots rank 24th in all of Division II volleyball in kills per set. 
- 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 298 total blocks for her career, eight behind the program's all-time leader Samatha Lee, who totaled 306 from 2015-18. Ortman ranks eighth all-time with 1,056 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).

CAMERON AT A GLANCE

- The Aggies navigated non-conference play with a 3-9 overall record and most recently went 1-3 at last weekend's Lone Star Conference Crossover. Cameron defeated Midwestern State 3-1 and then dropped three matches by 3-0 final tallies to Eastern New Mexico, St. Edward's and Western New Mexico.
- Middle blocker Caitlyn Henderson leads the Aggies with 99 kills on the season and ranks 11th in the Lone Star Conference with a .326 hitting percentage for the year.
- Libero Meagan Jimenez ranks third in the Lone Star Conference with 5.14 digs per set.
- Head coach Nathan Martell is in his first year with the program.
- UT Tyler is 4-0 all-time against the Aggies and have won the two previous meetings between the programs by 3-0 final tallies. Friday will be Cameron's second trip to Tyler and first match inside the HPC since the 2019 season.

WEST TEXAS A&M AT A GLANCE

- West Texas A&M begins Lone Star Conference play on Friday night at DBU in the no. 3 spot of the AVCA/Taraflex Division II National Poll with a record of 10-1. The Lady Buffs lone loss came at the hands of no. 2 Concordia St. Paul in five sets.
- West Texas A&M has been elite defensively in 2023, ranking second in the LSC in opponent hitting percentage (.137) and fourth in blocks per set (2.20).
- The Lady Buffs have used balance across the board to find success offensively with three different players totaling 80-plus kills thus far in Emma Becker, Carly Evetts and Torey Miller.
- Kendra Potts is in her fifth season as head coach of West Texas A&M and holds a 101-21 record.
- UT Tyler and West Texas A&M are familiar foes, having met seven times since the spring of '21 season and nine times previously. The two Lone Star Conference powers are the only two teams to qualify for the each of the last two NCAA Division II National Tournaments from the Lone Star Conference, with West Texas A&M knocking out the Patriots in each of those tournaments.
- UT Tyler is 2-0 against West Texas A&M on their home court however, as the last six matches in the series have taken place away from the Herrington Patriot Center. West Texas A&M holds a 6-3 advantage in the series.