Match Info	Opponent Info
#7 seed St. Mary's vs. #2 seed UT Tyler StMU: 30-21, 22-16 LSC | UTT: 41-11, 33-7 LSC Thursday, May 7th | 2 p.m. Canyon, Texas | Schaeffer Park		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

THE LSC TOURNAMENT
 
UT Tyler finished second to West Texas A&M in the Lone Star Conference regular season and will take the #2 seed in the tournament and head to Schaeffer Park in Canyon, Texas as they look for their second consecutive tournament title.
 
The LSC Tournament consists of the Lady Buffs, Patriots, Angelo State, Oklahoma Christian, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Lubbock Christian, St. Mary's, Texas Woman's, and Western New Mexico.
 
The Patriots will face off with #7 seed St. Mary's at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday in the quarterfinal round. The winner of that matchup will face off with the winner between #3 Angelo State and #6 Lubbock Christian at 2 p.m. on Friday afternoon.
 
The championship game will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.
 
RANKINGS
 
UT Tyler moved one spot this week in the last NFCA/GOROUT Coaches Poll Top 25, now ranking #21.
 
In this week's NCAA South Central Regional Rankings, the Patriots are ranked #4, up one spot from last week. Colorado Christian holds the top spot, with West Texas A&M, Angelo State, the Patriots, and Oklahoma Christian rounding out the top five.
 
The top eight teams in those rankings will be selected to the NCAA South Central Regional Tournament to be played May 14-16.
 
PATRIOTS NOTES AND TRENDS

• UT Tyler softball begins the 21st year of the program with an all-time record of 880-156 (.849) dating back to the inaugural 2005 campaign. The Patriots are 281-38 (.881) in six seasons of Division II play and have gone 174-21 (.892) in Lone Star Conference games over that timeframe.
• The Patriots have won 50-plus games in the last three seasons after going 50-5 back in 2015 and have not registered double-digit losses in a season in 14 straight years. 
• UT Tyler has made 14 appearances in an NCAA National Championship Tournament between the Division II and III levels, and have advanced to the NCAA World Series in 11 of those 14 trips.
• The Patriots coaching staff earned a second straight ATEC/NFCA DII National Coaching Staff of the Year honor, their third in program history. The Patriots have won the award in each of their national championship seasons (2016, 2024, 2025).
• The Patriots coaching staff also garnered ATEC/NFCA South Central Regional Coaching Staff of the Year honors for a fifth consecutive season. The honors come in each of the first five complete seasons at the NCAA Division II level. The Patriots staff have been named regional staff of the year by the NFCA on 11 different occasions (2025, 2024,2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2009) dating back to the program's inaugural season in 2005. 
• UT Tyler softball is 399-48 (.892) all-time on their home field at Irwin Field and completed the 2025 season with a 25-2 mark at their home ballpark. The Patriots are 129-10 (.928) in home Lone Star Conference games and have never lost more than six games at home in a season.
• UT Tyler led all of Division II softball in 2025 in hit by pitches with 101, on-base percentage at .451, RBI at 475, shutouts at 28, sacrifice flies at 30, triples at 36, and win-loss percentage at .925.
• Taryn Barney,  Berlyn Grossman, and Keona Wells will return to the fold as the three players with returning World Series experience. They will lead a host of newcomers into battle this season that include several Division I, Division II, and NJCAA transfers.
• Megan Lau is hitting .400 for the year to lead the offense and is adding 31 runs and a .466 on-base percentage. Taryn Barney is hitting .380 with 12 doubles, 11 homers, and 49 RBI.
• In the circle, the Patriots are led by Kearston Gooch who has a 2.14 ERA with four complete games, 53 strikeouts, and a 13-3 record.
• The Patriots lead the country in 2026 in hit by pitches with a total of 88 thus far. They are fifth in sacrifice flies (26), ninth in total runs (368), 11^th in scoring (7.08), 12^th in RBI (324), 12^th in on-base percentage (.430), and 13^th in doubles (98).

 
THE RATTLERS
 
St. Mary's heads into the LSC Tournament as the #7 seed and finished the regular season 30-21 overall and 22-16 in LSC play. They swept St. Edward's to wrap up the regular season on Saturday afternoon.
 
The offense is led by the pair of Miah Corona and Gabriela Banda. Corona is hitting .366 with 26 RBI and 18 runs. Banda is hitting .364 with 18 doubles, seven homers, 48 RBI, and 25 runs. Ariella Saenz leads the pitching staff with a 3.24 ERA over 159.2 innings. She is 15-7 with 68 strikeouts, 11 complete games, and one save. In her last start, she threw a complete game no-hitter against St. Edwards.
 
UT Tyler is 15-2 all-time against St. Mary's in a series that dates to 2021. The two teams have never met in the LSC Tournament, and have just one postseason matchup. That matchup came in the 2024 NCAA Regional Tournament, where the Patriots took a 5-2 win. UT Tyler has taken each of the last three meetings.