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Thursday, September 11, 2014

2014 Match Notes: Coastal Carolina Tournament

Tennessee hits the road for the third week in a row, this time for a tournament in Conway SC (just outside Myrtle Beach) where they’ll face Kennesaw State, Loyola, and Coastal Carolina.

  • UT is meeting two of their opponents this week for the first time in program history. They’ve already faced three such opponents this year and will play two more next week.
  • This is the first meeting with Kennesaw State. Last season the Owls went 13-17, and were fifth in the Atlantic Sun with an 8-10 record. This year the team is 4-3 with wins over UNC Asheville, fellow state teams Belmont and Chattanooga, and common opponent Evansville. They’ve lost to Youngstown State, Elon, and Purdue.
  • This is the first meeting with Loyola (MD). Last season the Greyhounds went 8-20, and were sixth in the Patriot League with a 5-11 record. This year the team is 1-6 with a win over Quinnipiac. They’ve lost to Coppin State, NJIT, La Salle, Dartmouth, Saint Francis (PA), and Howard.
  • Tennessee is 1-0 vs Coastal Carolina, winning the 2013 meeting in four. That year the Chanticleers went 19-12, and were second in the Big South with a 10-4 record. This year the team is 4-2 with wins over Eastern Washington, FAU, Jacksonville, and North Florida. Their losses have come to UNC Wilmington and Fairfield.
  • Since 2001, UT is 7-1 vs the A-Sun, 4-0 vs the Big South, and 2-0 vs the Patriot League.
  • The Lady Vols are 1-1 in the rally-scoring era when playing non-conference opponents in the state of South Carolina: a sweep in the last match of 2003 vs Winthrop, and a 3-2 NCAA Tournament loss to Clemson to end the 2008 season.
  • Tennessee will already reach their tenth road game of the season this week. And while teams obviously prefer to play in friendlier confines, the Lady Vols have a great track record for matches outside Knoxville. At home, UT wins over 70% of the time. But on the road, that number only drops to 64%.

    WIN/LOSS PERCENTAGES SINCE 2001
    HOME 128-51 .715
    AWAY 106-67 .613
    NEUTRAL 48-19 .716
    ROAD (A & N) 154-86 .642

  • Iesha Bryant has 31 total blocks in the first seven matches of year. Since 2001, only five other players have gotten off to a better start — Bryant is the only freshman among them.
  • Three NCAA Division I schools feature “Loyola” in their names. UT is 2-1 vs Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles, 1-0 vs Loyola in Chicago, and is meeting Loyola in Baltimore for the first time.
  • Two of the opposing head coaches this season previous served as assistants in the SEC. CCU’s Jozsef Forman coached at Mississippi State and Auburn, while KSU’s Keith Schunzel was on staff at Kentucky.

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