Match Info	Opponent Info
(6) St. Mary's vs. (3) UT Tyler STMU: 17-10, 9-7 LSC | UTT: 17-7, 14-2 LSC Thursday, Nov. 21st | 12 p.m. Tyler, Texas | WTAMU Fieldhouse		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On the regular season finales... "Obviously the reverse sweep of Lubbock Christian was a great win. It took us a little while to get going in the first two sets, Lubbock Christian came out and played phenomenal. They played so hard and really gave us our money's worth. I was proud of our team and just the way we responded in the third and really caught fire. It was a quick turnaround the next day at Angelo State. I think we played point for point for the majority of the sets, but at the end of the day you can look back at the unforced errors. We've got to cut those down when we're playing good teams. We can look back and see the things we didn't execute, but we did play very hard and I was proud of that."

On the defensive play that has led the team over the last few weeks... "It really showed against Lubbock Christian. We didn't block well in the first two sets, but then in the third our block became a major factor and I think we ended up with 17 total blocks, which was great. When our block is on, it really helps everything other part of our game. It's been a big part of our success, when they're getting quality touches at the net or blocks. We are at our best as a team when everybody is doing their job and that's been a big emphasis."

On the start of postseason play this weekend... "We have got to be UT Tyler volleyball and continue to worry about our side of the net and execute. I think we need to go have fun, we're a team that plays well when we are loose and have fun and enjoy the process. That will be the message. Let's go enjoy championship season, we've worked hard to get ourselves in the place we're sitting, so that will be the message for us."

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler volleyball earned the no. 3 seed in the 2024 Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament and will play at 12 p.m. on Thursday afternoon in quarterfinal action against no. 6 seeded St. Mary's. The Patriots finished the regular season 17-7 on the year and 14-2 in Lone Star Conference play. The LSC Volleyball Championship Tournament will take place on the campus of West Texas A&M. The full bracket is included HERE.
- UT Tyler is 3-4 all-time at the LSC Volleyball Championship Tournament. They made an appearance in the championship game on their home floor in their inaugural appearance back in 2020.
- The winners of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and Lone Star Conference (LSC) Championship Tournaments will receive the two available automatic qualifying bids into the South Central Regional Tournament, while the final six teams of the eight-team field will be at-large bids determined by the NCAA selection committee. That 2024 NCAA Division II South Central Regional Tournament is scheduled for Dec. 5-7 at the no. 1 seed's host site.
- The University of Texas at Tyler volleyball team debuted at no. 7 in the first ranked edition of the South Central Regional Rankings as announced by the NCAA on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday's rankings are the first ranked edition and the second of three total editions of the regional rankings that will be announced by the NCAA selection committee prior to the announcement of the NCAA Division II National Tournament field on Monday, Nov. 25^th via an online selection show. The Patriots debut at no. 7 ahead of Colorado Christian in the no. 8 spot and behind Dallas Baptist in the no. 6 spot. West Texas A&M sits atop of the rankings, while MSU Denver (no. 2), Angelo State (no. 3), Colorado Mesa (no. 4) and Texas Woman's (no. 5) round out the top five. The Patriots are seeking a fourth straight trip to the NCAA Division II National Tournament in each of the first four years of postseason eligibility for the program.
- The Patriots closed out their 2024 regular season home schedule with a 7-1 record. UT Tyler is 45-11 as a Division II program inside the Herrington Patriot Center and have gone 37-10 in home Lone Star Conference matches. The Patriots have lost just four home matches dating back to the 2021 season, going 32-4 in home matches over the course of the last three seasons.
- UT Tyler ranks third in LSC in conference matches with 14.84 kills per set and rank fourth in hitting percentage (.254) and leads the league in opponent hitting percentage (.151). Kota Hartman has averaged the third most kills per set in league matches (4.29) across the conference and Autumn Perry the 12th (3.52) most kills per set. Setter Saige Rivera has averaged 11.89 assists per set in LSC matches, the second highest mark in league play this season.
- Hartman has been the mark of consistency for the Patriot offense all season, having reached double-digit kill totals in all but three matches. She ranks fourth in the LSC with an average of 3.86 kills per set and has totaled 347 kills on the year.
- UT Tyler ranks fifth in the LSC with a season hitting percentage of .234. The Patriots have averaged 13.76 kills per set on the year, fifth best in the conference.
- 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 fourth all-time with 1,362 digs in her four-year UT Tyler career. She ranks fourth in the LSC in conference matches with an average of 4.85 digs per set.
- 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 162-69 (.698) 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 356-191 (.649) overall record.

SCOUTING ST. MARY'S 

- St. Mary's finished the regular season 17-10 on the year and 9-7 in Lone Star Conference play. The Rattlers enter the LSC Volleyball Championship Tournament winners of three straight, knocking off Western New Mexico, Texas A&M International and St. Edward's in their last three matches.
- Alicia Virthe and Landri Withers have provided the bulk of the offense for St. Mary's this season. Virthe leads the Rattlers with 347 kills while Withers has totaled 305.
- Setter Cali Nims has gone over 1,000 assists this season with a total of 1,091 for the year. 
- The Patriots defeated St. Mary's in San Antonio during the regular season back on Oct. 11th. That match went all the way to five sets before the Patriots pulled out a 15-9 final set victory.
- UT Tyler is 3-1 all-time against St. Mary's. The two programs have exchanged 3-2 results in the last two meetings after the Patriots won 3-0 in the first two matches of the series.