Match Info	Opponent Info
UT Tyler vs. Texas Woman's UTT: 3-3, 0-0 LSC | TWU: 4-3, 0-0 LSC Friday, Sept. 20th | 2 p.m. Kingsville, Texas / Steinke Physical Education Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
UT Tyler at Texas A&M-KIngsville UTT: 3-3, 0-0 LSC | TAMUK: 7-2, 0-0 LSC Saturday, Sept. 21st | 1 p.m. Kingsville, Texas / Steinke Physical Education Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH MASHE IS SAYING

On last week's 3-0 weekend at the OBU Fall Tournament... "It was a great weekend for us. To go 3-0 I really felt like we needed to get that first win under our belt to just feel like 'we can win, we can do this'. The inconsistencies to start weren't great, but I did feel like each game this weekend, we got better. So that was a positive and it's what you want to see. You want to see growth and we had a great response from our team. We had a lot of players step up this weekend and so that was nice to see. I'm especially proud of the two five-set wins on Friday. It's not easy to win two five-set matches in a day, so for them to gut that out really showed the character that we want to see in our team and that's UT Tyler volleyball."

On some key players settling in and stepping up in last weekend's wins... "We worked all week just having conversations with different players to try and just instill confidence and the belief that we had in them. We have a lot of great players on this roster and they just have to go out and be who they truly are. I think Kota Hartman did a great job of embracing just who she is for our team this weekend and I only see it getting better from here for her. Autumn Perry did some great things this weekend, a player that we knew had that ability, she just needed to believe that she could go do that for us. And Alyson Robbins finally got her start this weekend and did some great things as well as a freshman as well."

On playing a pair of quality Lone Star Conference opponents in non-conference competition this weekend... "Another road trip and we're going to have to be road warriors. We've talked about how important that mindset has to be at the beginning of our season. Both Texas Woman's and Texas A&M-Kingsville are solid. They were both teams in the mix last year to make the regional for the NCAA tournament and we expect them to be those types of teams again this year. We're going to have to play consistently and do a great job of just scouting each of them to take away some of the things that help them be successful. Both important in-region games for us, so it is important to come out of there with some wins."

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler navigated the OBU Fall Tournament last weekend with a 3-0 record that featured a pair of five-set victories over Southwestern Oklahoma State and Oklahoma Baptist on Friday and a sweep of McKendree on Saturday. The Patriot offense found it's stride over the course of the weekend, hitting .226 as a team with an average of 12.23 kills per set. Kota Hartman led that offense with 50 kills and extended her streak of matches with double-digit kills to five straight. She and Autumn Perry were both named to the All-Tournament Team for their efforts as Perry ranked second on the team with 37 kills between the three matches.
- That 3-0 weekend evens the Patriot's record up at 3-3 for the year and gives the squad momentum heading into what will be a key pair of games ahead of the Lone Star Conference schedule getting underway. Texas Woman's and Texas A&M-Kingsville give UT Tyler opportunity to add two in-region victories against a pair of teams coming off of banner years for their programs. Texas Woman's went 19-9 last season and were in the mix for a bid into the NCAA South Central Regional Tournament, while Texas A&M-Kingsville went 21-11 and were selected as the no. 6 seed in that regional tournament.
- The program holds an all-time record of 342-277 (.553) across 21 seasons of competition and have produced a record of 84-46 (.653) since beginning Division II play in 2019. The Patriots have qualified for three straight NCAA Division II National Tournaments in each of the first three seasons of postseason eligibility for the program at the Division II level. UT Tyler won 20 games in back-to-back seasons in 2021 and 2022.
- UT Tyler went 17-12 last year and navigated the Lone Star Conference with an 11-5 record in league play. The Patriots earned the no. 8 seed in the 2023 NCAA South Central Regional Tournament after winning seven out of their last eight matches to close out the regular season before ultimately falling in the quarterfinals of that tournament to eventual NCAA Division II National Runner-Up and no. 1 overall seeded West Texas A&M. 
- 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 148-65 (.700) 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 342-187 (.648) overall record.
- UT Tyler is 36-10 as a Division II program inside the Herrington Patriot Center and have gone 30-9 in home Lone Star Conference matches. The Patriots have lost just three home matches dating back to the 2021 season, going 25-3 in home matches over the course of the last three seasons.
- The Patriots are 21-16 at the Division II level in neutral site matches.
- Kota Hartman ranks 10th in the Lone Star Conference with an average of 3.16 kills per set. The Decatur, Texas native has posted double-digit kills in five straight matches and went for a career high 22 kills in last Saturday's victory over Oklahoma Baptist. 
- 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 1,061 digs in her four-year UT Tyler career. She leads the Patriots with 82 digs on the year.

SCOUTING TEXAS WOMAN'S

- Texas Woman's will enter Friday afternoon's match against UT Tyler with a 4-3 overall record through two weeks of play.
- Junior Tori Woods has provided the bulk of the Pioneer offense in 2024 and averages 3.10 kills per set.
- Libero Luna Franca averages 4.76 digs per set, fifth best in the Lone Star Conference.
- UT Tyler has won seven straight meetings between the two teams and holds a 7-2 advantage in the all-time series.

SCOUTING TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE

- The Javelinas have gotten off to a great start after last year's national tournament appearance and enter the weekend's action 7-2 on the year. Texas A&M-Kingsville went 4-0 at the Mountaineer Volleyball Classic in their most recent outings.
- Middle blocker Ayanna Jackson has been the focal point of the Javelinas success, leading the Lone Star Conference in both hitting percentage (.439) and blocks per set (1.26).
- The Javelinas rank second in the LSC in team hitting percentage (.229) and average the third highest kills per set total in the league at 13.38. Texas A&M-Kingsville also defends the net extremely well, averaging the second highest blocks per set total in the LSC at 2.38 per set.
- UT Tyler holds a 4-2 all-time advantage in the series between the two programs. Texas A&M-Kingsville won the most recent outing last season by a 3-0 margin.