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Friday, September 26, 2014

2014 Match Notes: at Arkansas and at Missouri

Tennessee begins SEC play this weekend, on the road vs Arkansas and Missouri. (Apologies — I’m running way behind this week, so these notes will be abbreviated.)

  • The Lady Vols have a mixed record in conference openers. Since 1978, the team is 18-18. Under coach Rob Patrick UT is 9-8.
  • UT is 17-16 all-time vs Arkansas. Since 2001, the series is 14-9. Tennessee has an 8-2 advantage in the last ten matches, but both losses have come in the past two seasons. In Fayetteville, the Lady Vols have won seven of the last ten meetings, including every match since 2007.
  • UT has met Missouri only five times in program history and stands at 2-3. Tennessee has lost both matches played in Columbia.
  • This will be just the second match played vs Missouri where neither team is ranked. Tennessee won the first such match in 2012 by a score of 3-2.
  • After an impressive 16-5 run, the Lady Vols haven’t won a televised match in their last six attempts. Tennessee has played 50 matches on TV since 2001, and holds a 24-26 record.
  • Both teams being played this weekend are relative newcomers to the SEC. Since it’s founding, the Southeastern Conference has been extremely stable — especially when compared to others. In 1932, 13 schools created the league. For the first 35 years of it’s existence the only changes were the exit of three teams. For about the next 30 years the conference held firm with ten of it’s charter members. In the early 1990s, Arkansas and South Carolina became the first teams ever invited to join. And about 20 years later, Missouri and Texas A&M were extended invitations.

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LAST TEN MATCHES VERSUS
2008
3-2
AWAY
2009
3-0
HOME
2009
3-2
AWAY
2010
3-2
AWAY
2010
3-0
HOME
2011
3-0
AWAY
2011
3-0
HOME
2012
1-3
HOME
2012
3-0
AWAY
2013
1-3
HOME
2005
0-3
AWAY
2005
3-1
NEUTRAL
2012
2-3
AWAY
2012
3-2
HOME
2013
0-3
HOME

TEAM STATISTICAL RANKINGS
ACES
PER SET
ASSISTS
PER SET
BLOCKS
PER SET
DIGS
PER SET
KILLS
PER SET
HIT
PERCENT
OPP HIT
PERCENT
12th
SEC
302nd
NCAA
0.90
11th
SEC
228th
NCAA
10.96
11th
SEC
93rd
NCAA
2.28
5th
SEC
132nd
NCAA
14.88
11th
SEC
245th
NCAA
11.58
10th
SEC
204th
NCAA
.186
8th
SEC
.189
13th
SEC
323rd
NCAA
0.75
12th
SEC
267th
NCAA
10.45
3rd
SEC
xxx
NCAA
2.72
10th
SEC
240th
NCAA
13.51
12th
SEC
247th
NCAA
11.53
11th
SEC
222nd
NCAA
.177
6th
SEC
.179
8th
SEC
236th
NCAA
1.09
7th
SEC
126th
NCAA
12.04
8th
SEC
70th
NCAA
2.40
8th
SEC
198th
NCAA
14.09
7th
SEC
136th
NCAA
12.86
6th
SEC
76th
NCAA
.240
12th
SEC
.201

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS
ACES
PER SET
Kanisha Jimenez
19th SEC
0.24
Chanell Clark-Bibbs
.023
Emily Thater
14th SEC
xxx NCAA
0.28
ASSISTS
PER SET
Lexi Dempsey
9th SEC
133rd NCAA
9.47
Bailee Hankenson
10th SEC
7.88
Loxley Keala
12th SEC
5.68
BLOCKS
PER SET
Iesha Bryant
9th SEC
123rd NCAA
1.11
Ana Sofia Jusino
5th SEC
29th NCAA
1.38
Whitney Little
13th SEC
1.05
DIGS
PER SET
Bridgette Villano
10th SEC
3.57
Monica Bollinger
7th SEC
3.90
Sarah Meister
9th SEC
3.67
KILLS
PER SET
Jamie Lea
16th SEC
2.92
Meredith Hays
1st SEC
20th NCAA
4.33
Carly Kan
5th SEC
100th NCAA
3.54
POINTS
PER SET
Jamie Lea
19th SEC
350th NCAA
3.32
Meredith Hays
3rd SEC
29th NCAA
4.89
Carly Kan
6th SEC
129th NCAA
3.90
HITTING
PERCENTAGE
Shealyn Kolosky
.303
Chanell Clark-Bibbs
17th SEC
.290
Whitney Little
2nd SEC
16th NCAA
.437