Match Info	Opponent Info
Eastern New Mexico vs. UT Tyler ENMU: 3-14, 0-6 LSC | UTT: 9-5, 6-0 LSC Friday, Oct. 18th | 6 p.m. Tyler, Texas | Herrington Patriot Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
#9 West Texas A&M at UT Tyler WT: 13-3, 6-0 LSC | UTT: 9-5, 6-0 LSC Saturday, Oct. 19th | 2 p.m. Tyler, Texas | Herrington Patriot Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On last week's wins over St. Mary's and St. Edward's... "Anytime you can get road wins it's definitely a victory. We were really excited about the way our team responded. We went up 2-0 against St. Mary's, and then they came back to win the next two, and I really saw a response out of our kids in the fifth. They really turned it on to make sure we went and got that victory. Super proud of them for that. Then to turn around after a three-hour match that was long and exhausting to go out and play really well against St. Edward's, I was really proud of our team. That's an easy match to just relax in after a quick turnaround, but I was proud of their response and the way they played. Our biggest thing moving forward continues to be just cleaning up the mistakes."

On the mentality of the team sitting at 6-0 in LSC play... "We're fighting and battling every single day. We have some really great games coming up that we're going to have to be prepared for. We have a big weekend on campus with the Fall Fest event, alumni coming back and just all that will encompass that, but our team just has goals in mind and they're working every single day to go and achieve those goals. I'm very proud of the way they are battling and the drive that they have right now."

On the outlook for the weekend's matches... "The biggest thing that we are going to talk about this week is that no team can be overlooked. We can't just look towards Saturday just because we're both undefeated and it's West Texas A&M. So we have to take care of business against Eastern New Mexico. They're a solid team and we're going to have to play well. We can't just giveaway free points, that's something we've talked about all year and will be another big message this week, we have to stop giving away free points. And then on Saturday West Texas A&M is good in a lot of positions and we're going to have to play a really, really solid game, but we're excited to be in our gym in front of our home crowd that I expect will help us along the way."

LAST TIME OUT

UT Tyler hit .304 as a team and moved to 6-0 in Lone Star Conference play with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 27-25) win over St. Edward's on Saturday afternoon. The Patriots won convincing 25-17 and 25-18 first and second sets and then solidified the three-set sweep with a 27-25 third set victory. UT Tyler hit a season-high .304 in the match, posting 57 kills while limiting St. Edward's to just 28 in the match. Junior Kota Hartman continued to play at an extremely high level on the offensive side of the net for UT Tyler, totaling a team-high 15 kills, while classmate Jackie Velzis notched 13 kills and a .429 hitting percentage for the match. The Patriots totaled 19 and 20 kills in the first two frames, hitting .484 and .333 as a team in each set.

UT Tyler outlasted St. Mary's on Friday night in a 3-2 (26-24, 25-23, 26-28, 19-25, 15-9) victory to move to 5-0 in Lone Star Conference play. The Patriots set the Division II era record for kills in a second-straight match with 79, using 22-kill outputs from both Kota Hartman and Autumn Perry to win another five-set marathon victory. UT Tyler nearly defeated St. Mary's in three on Friday night, but a 28-26 third set and 25-19 fourth set victory for the Rattlers forced the Patriots to put forth a 15-9 deciding set win to stay unbeaten in LSC play. The Division II era record 79 kills helped overcome 33 hitting errors and 11 service errors for the Patriots in the match. UT Tyler out-killed St. Mary's by a 79-to-60 margin, out-dug the Rattlers 94-to-82, but needed all five sets to come out on top after the mass of unforced errors. Hartman and Perry led four Patriots in double-digit kill figures with their 22-kill performances. Junior Jackie Velzis added 15 kills and Dakota Rogers-Hurtado 10 kills.

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- All eyes across Lone Star Conference volleyball will be set on this weekend's slate of games in Tyler and Dallas. #9 West Texas A&M will take on #25 Dallas Baptist on Friday night before making the trip over to Tyler on Saturday afternoon for a potential meeting of unbeatens in Lone Star Conference play. UT Tyler will take on Eastern New Mexico on Friday night ahead of that Saturday match in a weekend that could see a major shake up at the top of the conference standings.
- UT Tyler's offense has evolved into a consistent attack since the start of Lone Star Conference play and will come off of a weekend in which they set the DII era record for kills in a match on Friday night and posted their highest hitting percentage of the season on Saturday afternoon. The Patriots have averaged the most points (19.57), kills per set (16.04) and aces per set (2.13) in Lone Star Conference play this season. Kota Hartman has averaged the third most kills per set in LSC games (4.26) and Autum Perry the ninth most kills per (3.52), providing one of the top offensive duos in league play thus far. Middle blocker Dakota Rogers-Hurtado has hit .439 against LSC foes, third best in the conference, while setter Saige Rivera's 11.83 assists per set is second best in league games.
- The Patriot defense has been rock solid all season and have continued that play in Lone Star Conference play, leading the conference in LSC games with an average of 18.00 digs per set. The unit has limited opposition to the lowest average kill total in the league at 11.04 per set.
- UT Tyler is now 42-10 as a Division II program inside the Herrington Patriot Center and have gone 34-9 in home Lone Star Conference matches. The Patriots have lost just three home matches dating back to the 2021 season, going 29-3 in home matches over the course of the last three seasons.
- Hartman has been the mark of consistency for the Patriot offense all season, having reached double-digit kill totals in all but one match. She ranks sixth in the LSC with an average of 3.60 kills per set and has totaled 205 kills on the year.
- UT Tyler ranks 9th in the LSC with a season hitting percentage of .226. The Patriots have averaged 13.61 kills per set on the year, sixth best in the conference.
- UT Tyler sits fourth in the LSC with an average of 1.68 service aces per set. Emma Vazquez leads the LSC with an average of 0.50 aces per set and has totaled 22 on the year.
- Senior libero Addison Evans became the 10th Patriot to eclipse the 1,000 dig mark for her career over the course of the opening weekend of games. Evans ranks seventh all-time with 1,211 digs in her four-year UT Tyler career.
- Head coach Lyndsay Mashe is in her ninth season as the head coach of UT Tyler volleyball and is the all-time winningest coach in the history of the program with a 194-122 (.614) record. 2024 will mark her 19th season as a collegiate volleyball head coach after serving as head coach at East Texas Baptist University for 10 seasons and holds a 348-189 (.648) overall record.

SCOUTING EASTERN NEW MEXICO

- Eastern New Mexico sits 3-14 on the year and is 0-6 in Lone Star Conference play.
- The Greyhounds rank 15th in the LSC with a .130 hitting percentage on the year.
- Senior Darcy Dodd leads Eastern New Mexico with 186 kills per set. Blockers Brianna Hernandez and Randi Crandall have each totaled 39.0 blocks.
- UT Tyler is 4-0 all-time against Eastern New Mexico. The Patriots have swept the Greyhounds in each of the last three meetings between the two programs.

SCOUTING WEST TEXAS A&M

- The Lady Buffs have finished as 2022 NCAA Division II National Champions and 2023 NCAA Division II National Runner-Ups the last two seasons and have claimed three straight South Central Regional Championships. West Texas A&M sits 13-3 on the year and enter their weekend against #25 DBU and UT Tyler at no. 9 in the latest AVCA/TERAFLEX Division II Top-25 Poll. The Lady Buffs have played nine nationally-ranked foes in 2024.
- West Texas A&M ranks 16th in Division II volleyball with a .264 attack percentage on the year. Middle blocker Taytum Stow ranks 23rd in Division II with 76.0 total blocks.
- Volume has been the strength of the Lady Buffs offense as they currently have six players totaling more than 100 kills on the year. The offense has been led by three different setters throughout the year in Ainsley Malis, Hannah Pemberton and Blair Moreland. Bryli Contreras is one of the top liberos in the Lone Star Conference and averages 4.26 digs per set.
- West Texas A&M holds an 8-3 advantage in the all-time series between the two programs and has won six straight meetings.