Game Info	Opponent Info
Texas Woman's vs. #6 UT Tyler TWU: 14-13 (12-6 LSC) | UTT: 19-5 (11-4 LSC) Tuesday, March, 12th | 6 p.m. Tyler, Texas		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
Texas Woman's vs. #6 UT Tyler TWU: 14-13 (12-6 LSC) | UTT: 19-5 (11-4 LSC) Wednesday, March, 13th | 1 / 3 p.m. (DH) Tyler, Texas		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

LAST TIME OUT

#6 UT Tyler extended their win streak to 10 straight with 12-1 and 4-3 wins over Midwestern State on Saturday afternoon. Four different Patriots notched multi-hit efforts in the game one victory that saw UT Tyler put runs across in all but one inning in the contest. UT Tyler needed just two hits in the game two win, utilizing three RBI from Michelle Arias and four unanswered runs, to notch their third straight Lone Star Conference series sweep. UT Tyler moves to 19-5 on the year and 11-4 in Lone Star Conference play with the wins.

#6 UT Tyler scored 16 first inning runs in route to a historic 26-1 victory over Midwestern State on Friday afternoon. The Patriots' 26 runs are the most scored in the Division II era for the program and the second most in the history of the UT Tyler softball program. UT Tyler scored 23 runs in their first two trips to the plate and never looked back in their eighth straight win of the season. Courtney Plocheck and Michelle Arias each had three hits and four RBI to lead a Patriot offense that notched 17 hits on the day. UT Tyler scored 10 runs before the first out was recorded in the top of a first inning that featured an onslaught of Patriot runs and an extended weather delay.

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- #6 UT Tyler will return to Irwin Field on Tuesday and Wednesday against Texas Woman's winners of 10 straight. The Patriots have swept three straight Lone Star Conference series and have notched five run-rules so far in conference play.
- The Patriots currently own the longest active home winning streak in all of Division II softball with 40 straight at Irwin Field. UT Tyler is 343-43 (.886) all-time on their home field and completed the 2023 season with a perfect 33-0 mark at their home ballpark. 
- UT Tyler is a perfect 10-0 all-time against Texas Woman's and have won all five games contested between the two programs at Irwin Field. The Patriots won last year's contests in Denton by 9-1, 11-2 and 4-3 final tallies.
- Junior Kaylee Davis has been lights out in the circle for the Patriots, notching five straight complete game efforts in her starts entering the week. Davis sports a 1.14 ERA on the year and has surrendered just three earned runs over her last 36.0 innings of work. She is a perfect 6-0 on the year.
- UT Tyler ranks second in the Lone Star Conference with a .339 team batting average on the year. The Patriots have posted the second best batting average (.327) and have scored the second most runs (117) in conference play this season. Four different Patriots in Cassidi Mullen, Courtney Plocheck, Makayla Garcia and Sam Schott have all posted averages north of .400 in league play. 
- The Patriots have produced a staff ERA of 1.87 in 2024. All four arms that have seen time in the circle (Davis, Genesis Armendariz, Crimson Bryant and Christin Haygood) have proven capable. Bryant (1.89) and Armendariz (1.99) have each been dominant in stretches throughout the year, while Haygood hasn't allowed a run in each of her last three appearances. 
- UT Tyler softball is in the midst of the 20th year of the program with an all-time record of 775-148 (.841) dating back to the inaugural 2005 campaign. The Patriots are 180-30 (.865) in four seasons of Division II play and have gone 108-16 (.889) in Lone Star Conference games over that timeframe. UT Tyler has finished as Division II National Semifinalists in both seasons of Division II postseason eligibility in 2022 and 2023.
- The Patriots have won 50-plus games in two seasons after going 50-5 back in 2015 and have not registered double-digit losses in a season in 12 straight years. 
- UT Tyler has made 12 appearances in an NCAA National Championship Tournament between the Division II and III levels, and have advanced to the NCAA World Series in nine of those 12 trips.
- Head coach Mike Reed and his staff garnered ATEC/NFCA South Central Regional Coaching Staff of the Year honors for a third consecutive season. The honors come in each of the first three complete seasons at the NCAA Division II level. Coach Reed and his staff have been named regional staff of the year by the NFCA on nine different occasions (2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2009) dating back to the program's inaugural season in 2005. 
- Head coach Mike Reed is in his 20th season at the helm of the program after previously serving for three seasons as the head coach at East Texas Baptist before taking over at UT Tyler. Reed ranks fourth among all NCAA divisions in career winning percentage (.825), posting a 878-178 career mark through 22 career seasons. He owns the second-highest all-time win percentage among Division III coaches, coaching 18 of his 20 seasons at the Division III level, and is a nine-time American Southwest Conference Coach of the Year, and seven-time NFCA Regional Coach of the Year. He has helped develop 36 All-Americans, 103 all-region and 162 all-conference selections and has led the UT Tyler program to the NCAA World Series in nine of the 13 years since the Patriots became postseason eligible in Division III.
- The home of UT Tyler softball has been recognized as a 2023 Netting Professionals/NFCA Field of the Year honoree by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Irwin Field received recognition as the top softball facility across the Division II landscape as one of seven facilities across seven different levels to earn the award. Opened in 2005, Irwin Field is a continuous host of NCAA postseason competition. The facility has hosted two Division III national championship tournaments, along with 10 regional and six super regional rounds. This award, made possible by NFCA Official Sponsor Netting Professionals, recognizes top fields/stadiums in the nation for their flawless grounds maintenance and exceptional playing surfaces. These locations are selected by the NFCA Awards Committee for NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Cal JC, NWAC, and High School. The winners were nominated by NFCA member coaches and selected by a panel of their peers on the NFCA Awards Committee.