Match Info	Opponent Info
UT Tyler at Midwestern State UTT: 14-6, 11-1 LSC | MSU: 13-12, 5-7 LSC Wednesday, Nov. 7th | 7 p.m. Wichita Falls, Texas | D.L. Ligon Coliseum		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
UT Tyler at Sul Ross State UTT: 14-6, 11-1 LSC | SRSU: 2-16, 2-10 LSC Saturday, Nov. 9th | 11 a.m. Alpine, Texas | Gallego Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On last weekend's Senior Weekend... "It was a great weekend. We had the opportunity to honor our five seniors on Saturday and just really proud of the way we protected home court all season. It's always fun to play in the HPC and I thought our team did a really great job of handling some pressure moments, especially against UT Permian Basin. We were down quite a bit in set two and did a great job of just staying composed. Proud of them in getting two sweeps this weekend and we're excited to go on the road the next couple of weeks."

On the outlook heading into two weeks on the road to close out the regular season... "We've talked all year long about how we were going to have to be road warriors this year in order to achieve our goals. So that is something I think our team has done a great job of so far. We have so many people contributing right now, whether it's passing and defense, on the offensive side of things, everybody is playing a big role for us right now. I also can't speak anymore highly about our bench right now. I can count on any of them right now to go in whenever it's needed, but their energy and the way they cheer for our team, is something that makes me proud everyday. They are a big part of our success whenever we are on the road."

On some of the biggest differences in a team that has improved so much throughout the course of the season... "I think team chemistry is a big piece of things. Our team really does love each other and there is a really big respect for each other, which I think is such an important piece. We have a joyful team that are just joyful as human beings. They enjoy being at practice, they enjoy being on the bus and enjoy being together so I think those are things that really shine through in the way that we play."

LAST TIME OUT

UT Tyler volleyball completed an unblemished weekend with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-13) sweep of Western New Mexico on Saturday afternoon. The three-set victory completes a weekend in which UT Tyler won six straight sets to close out their 2024 regular season home schedule following Friday night's 3-0 win over UT Permian Basin. UT Tyler hit .300 on Saturday against the Mustangs to provide a second efficient performance in a row and were led by sophomore Autumn Perry and Kota Hartman, who totaled 13 and 12 kills respectively. The program honored five seniors prior to first serve as part of the annual Senior Day ceremony and then moved to 14-6 on the year and 11-1 in Lone Star Conference play with the win. Libero Addison Evans totaled 16 digs in her final regular season match inside the Herrington Patriot Center to help lead a UT Tyler defense that limited Western New Mexico to just a .137 hitting percentage.

UT Tyler hit .353 as a team to roll past UT Permian Basin by a 3-0 (25-10, 26-24, 25-19) final tally on Friday night inside the Herrington Patriot Center. Junior Kota Hartman led the effort with 17 kills, hitting .350 on the night, while senior Dakota Rogers-Hurtado put away eight kills on just 11 swings without a hitting error. The Patriots as a whole committed just 10 errors on the evening, matching their lowest total on the season, and limited UT Permian Basin to just a .116 hitting percentage on the defensive side of the net. Junior Jackie Velzis was also ultra-efficient, registering nine kills on just 19 swings without an error as well. UT Tyler totaled 46 kills on the night on 102 swings. UT Permian Basin put down 35 kills on 112 swings. Junior Saige Rivera notched 41 assists and six kills. Libero Addison Evans led the way with 13 digs while sophomore Bella Briceno added 10 digs to the effort.

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler will start their four-game road trip to close out the regular season this weekend with Wednesday-Saturday matches at Midwestern State and Sul Ross State. The Patriots remain in a tie for second in the Lone Star Conference standings with an 11-1 league record alongside Angelo State. This week's action will preclude a trip to Lubbock Christian and Angelo State for the final weekend of the regular season next week.
- The top eight teams in the Lone Star Conference regular season standings at season's end will qualify for the Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament on Nov. 21-23. The no. 1 overall seed will host the eight team bracket.
- 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 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 leads the LSC in conference matches with 15.45 kills per set and rank third in hitting percentage (.269) and third in opponent hitting percentage (.157). Kota Hartman has averaged the second most kills per set in league matches (4.43) across the conference and Autumn Perry the sixth (3.50) most kills per set. Setter Saige Rivera has averaged 12.07 assists per set in LSC matches, the 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 one match. She ranks third in the LSC with an average of 3.86 kills per set and has totaled 293 kills on the year.
- UT Tyler ranks fifth in the LSC with a season hitting percentage of .239. The Patriots have averaged 13.89 kills per set on the year, third 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 1,295 digs in her four-year UT Tyler career.
- Senior Dakota Rogers-Hurtado ranks second all-time in the UT Tyler volleyball record books with 81 solo blocks for her career, just one block shy of matching Maiya Peña for the most in program history. Rogers-Hurtado ranks seventh all-time in program history with 207 total blocks.
- 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 159-68 (.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 353-190 (.649) overall record.

SCOUTING MIDWESTERN STATE

- Midwestern State sits 13-12 on the year, but have gone 8-4 thus far at home. The Mustangs are tied for eighth place in the LSC standings alongside UT Permian Basin with a 5-7 league record.
- The Mustangs feature three offensive options that average north of 3.00 kills per set in Riley Rabedeaux, Isabella Dickens and Demi Stauffenberg. Midwestern State ranks 10th in the LSC with an average of 13.00 kills per set.
- UT Tyler has won three straight meetings with Midwestern State after dropping the first two matches in the series. UT Tyler is 2-1 all-time in Wichita Falls.

SCOUTING SUL ROSS STATE

- Sul Ross State will meet Dallas Baptist on Friday night prior to Saturday's match with UT Tyler. The Lobos are in their first year of NCAA Division II competition after beginning the three-year transition period into full-fledged Division II membership last year. 
- The Lobos have lost seven straight matches and sit 2-16 on the year and 2-10 in Lone Star Conference play.
- Natalie Hernandez leads the team with 162 kills on the year. Cassandra Espinoza ranks second on the team with 134.
- Saturday's match will reignite an old American Southwest Conference series between the two programs. UT Tyl;er is 14-1 against the Lobos having won 14 straight in the series, including all eight road matches.