WICHITA FALLS, Texas --Midwestern State wraps up its two-match road trip with a visit to the Herrington Patriot Center to face UT Tyler in a Lone Star Conference battle.

MIDWESTERN STATE (4-16, 2-6) vs. UT TYLER (13-7, 6-3)

Saturday, Oct. 15 | 2 p.m.
Herrington Patriot Center| Tyler, Texas

Series History | Midwestern State leads, 2-1

LAST MEETING | UT Tyler hit .304 and defeated the Mustangs at D.L. Ligon Coliseum last season, 25-18, 21-25, 25-16, 25-17. The Patriots set the tone by hitting .400 in the opening set, but the Mustangs played well in the second set. MSU outhit UT Tyler in the second set, .250 - .216. Taylor Anderson had four of her seven kills in the second set, and Lisette Leforge had three of her nine kills in the frame for MSU, which ended a streak of 20 consecutive sets won by UT Tyler. Mikayla Ware had 17 kills to pace the Patriots, who extended their winning streak to 23-straight matches. UT Tyler head coach Lyndsay Mashe earned her 100th win with the Patriots.

LAST TIME OUT | Senior AJ Koele put down 11 kills to lead hot hitting Dallas Baptist to a 25-22, 25-15, 25-16 win over Midwestern State in Lone Star Conference play Friday night. Midwestern State battled its way to hit .132 as a team paced by sophomore Kelli Ell and freshman Sadie Portmann, who had six kills each. Freshman Arrianna Fields notched five kills on 13 swings with two errors for a .231 hitting percentage, while senior Aaliyah Burras hit .444 while putting down four kills and a block. Senior Taylor Anderson added five kills. Freshman Taygon Jones led back row efforts with seven digs, while junior Autumn Roach had six digs.

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 0-7 on the road this season…MSU has lost 14-straight matches on the road…Midwestern last won on the road at Texas A&M International, 3-2, on Sept. 17, 2021…Mustangs are 1-0 at Patriot Center, winning a five-set match in 2019…MSU is first in the LSC and third in the nation with 40.33 attacks per set…Mustangs are second in the conference and 21st in the nation with 2,944 total attacks…Sadie Portmann is eighth in the conference with 677 total attacks…Portmann is 12th in the LSC with 9.27 attacks per set…MSU is third in the conference and 16th in the nation with 17.75 digs per set…Mustangs have 1,296 team digs, which is fourth in the LSC and 29th in the nation…Taygon Jones is second in the LSC and 23rd in the nation with 5.20 digs per set…Jones is sixth in the LSC and 43rd in the nation with 338 total digs…MSU is seventh in the conference with 11.63 assists per set and 849 team assists…Autumn Roach is ninth in the conference with 6.30 assists per set and eighth in the league with 416 total assists…Regan Willms is 13th in the LSC with 4.98 assists per set and 17th in the conference with 324 total assists…MSU is seventh in the LSC with 12.37 kills per set…Portmann leads MSU with 2.63 kills per set…Aaliyah Burras averages 2.35 kills per set…Kelli Ell averages 2.05 kills per set…Portmann is 15th in the LSC with 192 total kills…Burras has 169 total kills…Ell has 135 total kills…Burras is 16th in the LSC with a .270 hitting percentage…Burras leads MSU with 37 blocks…Taylor Anderson has 598 career kills and 1.73 kills per set in her five seasons at MSU…

SCOUTING UT TYLER | UT Tyler swept Texas Woman's on Friday night, 25-16, 25-16, 25-21…UT Tyler improved to 4-1 at home…Patriots only home loss was a five-set loss to Texas A&M International on Oct. 7… Patriots hit  a season-high.366 in the victory... Mikayla Ware had 15 kills in the victory for UT Tyler… Ware had a career-high 25 kills earlier this season against Union (Tenn.) in a 3-1 victory on Sept. 2 at the OBU Fall Tournament in Shawnee, Okla.…Ware is second in the LSC and 13th in the nation with 4.34 kills per set…Ware leads the conference and is 13th in the nation with 295 total kills…Ware leads the LSC and is seventh in the nation with 12.21 attacks per set…UT Tyler is fourth in the conference with a .208 hitting percentage… Maiya Peña is sixth in the conference with a .312 hitting percentage… Patriots are fifth in the LSC with 13.03 kills per set… Dakota Rogers-Hurtado is fourth in the conference and 26th in the nation with 1.17 blocks per set…Hurtado has 69 total blocks, which is eighth in the conference…Adeline Ortman is fourth in the conference with 30 aces, averaging 0.45 aces per set, which is second in the LSC…UT Tyler is ninth in the conference with 108 aces as a team...Patriots average 1.59 aces per set... Ortman averages 8.03 assists per set, which is fifth in the LSC…Ortman has 530 total assists, which is sixth in the conference…UT Tyler head coach Lyndsay Mashe is 315-169 in her 17-year career...Mashe is in her seventh season with UT Tyler after 10 seasons leading her alma mater at East Texas Baptist...UT Tyler is 57-28 (.671) since joining Division II in 2019-20...

UP NEXT | Midwestern State welcomes Texas Woman's to D.L. Ligon Coliseum for the 52nd all-time meeting and a Lone Star Conference clash Wednesday at 6 p.m.