It was a tough week on the road for the young Lady Vols squad, as they went 0-3 at the Iowa State Invite before picking up a win at Evansville. Here are a few notes about the games.

• Tennessee is now 0-1 vs Northern Illinois, 1-2 vs Iowa State, 0-1 vs Omaha, and 1-0 vs Evansville. Since 2001, Tennessee is 6-3 vs the MAC, 5-3 vs the Big 12, 2-1 vs the Summit League, and 2-2 vs the MVC.
• Including last week’s match vs Appalachian State, UT was swept a school record-tying four times in a row for just the third time in program history.
• Northern Illinois had ten aces vs the Lady Vols. That’s an NIU three set record and the fourth most in any match in NIU history. It was also the most aces by a UT opponent in a three set match in the rally-scoring era (2001-present).
• Tennessee’s ten points in the second set vs the Huskies was the third lowest number of points scored in a set since 2001.
• Iowa State had 8 aces vs UT. That’s the fifth most aces by an opponent in a three set match since 2001. Adding in the ten Northern Illinois served up earlier that afternoon, and Tennessee tied its rally-scoring record for most aces against them in back-to-back matches.
• The Cyclones match was also tough offensively for the Lady Vols. Since 2001, they had: the fewest assists, the second smallest kill total, the second smallest statistical point total, the fifth smallest actual point total, and the seventh lowest hitting percentage in a match.
• Things didn’t improve much vs Omaha, where they had the ninth smallest kill and points total since 2001.
• A few days later the team turned things around, grinding out a win vs the Purple Aces of Evansville — despite only putting up the fifth lowest hitting percentage in a victory since 2001.
  

  LOWEST HITTING PERCENTAGE IN A WIN SINCE 2001
  2013	Morehead State	.050
  2009	Lipscomb	.089
  2007	Utah	.109
  2004	Florida	.123
  2014	Evansville	.124

• Since the season started, three players have achieved attacking milestones: Raina Hembry reached 500 career attacks vs Northern Illinois, Ashley Mariani reched 1,000 career attacks vs Cleveland State, and Jamie Lea reached 1,000 career attacks vs Northern Illinois.
• Three players (excluding newcomers) matched or exceeded a personal career high this past weekend: Lexi Dempsey (kills in a three-set match, hitting percentage), Jamie Lea (digs), and Ashley Mariani (recorded her first career solo block).