Game Info	Opponent Info
#6 UT Tyler vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville UTT: 28-7 (19-5 LSC) | TAMUK: 24-11 (17-10 LSC) Thursday, March, 28th | 4 / 6 p.m. (DH) Kingsville, Texas		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
#6 UT Tyler vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville UTT: 28-7 (19-5 LSC) | TAMUK: 24-11 (17-10 LSC) Friday, March, 29th | 1 p.m. Kingsville, Texas		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

LAST TIME OUT

#5 UT Tyler used a six-run bottom of the second inning to cruise to an 8-2 victory over Eastern New Mexico on Sunday afternoon. Eastern New Mexico cut the 6-0 deficit to 6-2 with a pair of runs in the top of the third,but runs in the fifth and sixth for the Patriots allowed UT Tyler to stay in control for the entirety of the contest. The victory solidified a series victory for the Patriots and drew their record to 28-7 on the year and 19-5 in Lone Star Conference play. Graduate student Michelle Arias put the momentum solely into the hands of the Patriots with a three-run homer to get a big second inning for UT Tyler started. Classmate Courtney Plocheck put two more runs on the board with an RBI single with the bases loaded to make it 5-0, before an Audrey Escamilla single put the sixth and final run of the frame across a few batters later. Junior Kaylee Davis was credited with the win after taking over for starter Christin Haygood in the top of the fourth inning. Haygood ran into trouble and conceded a two-RBI single for the lone two runs of the day for the Greyhounds. Davis took over from that point, retiring the final batter in the fourth inning, and allowed just one hit throughout the remainder of her 4.1 innings of work to move to 9-0 on the year.

#5 UT Tyler came out on both ends of a pair of low-scoring ballgames against Eastern New Mexico with a 2-0 win and a 3-2 loss. Kaylee Davis and Christin Haygood combined to shutout the Greyhounds in game one and the UT Tyler offense did enough to come out ahead with RBI from Courtney Plocheck and Sam Schott. UT Tyler opened a 2-0 lead in the first three innings of game two, but three unanswered runs by Eastern New Mexico allowed the Greyhounds to even the series at 1-1. Haygood picked up the save in game one after coming on in relief of Davis and didn't allow an earned run in her second relief of the appearance to notch a ninth straight outing without conceding a run.

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler will close the month of March on the road at Texas A&M-Kingsville in a meeting between two of the top clubs in the Lone Star Conference. The Patriots sit second in the regular season standings with a record of 19-5, while Texas A&M-Kingsville sits two games back of UT Tyler in a three way-tie for fourth place with a league record of 17-10. 
- UT Tyler is 7-2 all-time against Texas A&M-Kingsville and have won three straight against the Javelinas. 
- UT Tyler is 6-3 this year against teams associated with the NFCA DIvision II Top 25 Coaches Poll .
- UT Tyler moved back a spot into the no. 6 slot of the latest 2024 NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll as announced by the organization on Tuesday morning. The Patriots swapped places with Indianapolis in the no. 5 and no. 6 spots after earning 310 votes in this week's poll. North Georgia and West Texas A&M share the no. 1 overall spot after each earning eight first-place votes, while Rogers State (no. 3) and Tampa (no. 4) occupy the two spots ahead of no. 5 Indianapolis. The Lady Buffs and Patriots were joined by no. 20 Angelo State as the three representatives from the Lone Star Conference to receive a ranking in this week's national poll.
- The Patriots lead the Lone Star Conference and rank 14th nationally with a team ERA of 1.71 on the year. Kaylee Davis (9-0) and Christin Haygood (5-0) both sport unblemished records in 2024 and have produced ERA's of 1.24 and 1.63, respectively. Davis ranks second in the conference with that 1.24 ERA.
- UT Tyler enters the match-up with Texas A&M-Kingsville with a .324 team batting average. Graduate student Courtney Plocheck leads the team with a .413 average. Junior Sam Schott ranks second in the LSC with 38 runs scored and JT Smith fifth in the league with 34 runs scored. The Patriots rank eighth in all of Division II softball with a team on-base percentage of .431 for the year. UT Tyler sits fifth in the nation with 142 walks as a team and have produced the 16th highest hit total in 2024 with 310. 
- UT Tyler softball is in the midst of the 20th year of the program with an all-time record of 784-150 (.841) dating back to the inaugural 2005 campaign. The Patriots are 189-32 (.865) in four seasons of Division II play and have gone 116-17 (.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 887-180 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.