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Thursday, October 9, 2014

2014 Match Notes: vs Kentucky and LSU
  • Tennessee is 30-44 all-time vs Kentucky — depending on who you ask! The Lady Vols are 6-4 in the last 10 meetings, but have lost three in a row to the Wildcats. UT has won three of the last four home matches vs UK.
  • Tennessee is 21-34 all-time vs LSU. The Lady Vols are 5-5 in the last 10 meetings, with the Tigers taking the last match.
  • Though both teams count it slightly different, the UT/UK match-up is the longest rivalry in program history. Counting matches claimed between each school, they’ve faced each other 74 times. It’s also the longest continuously played match-up with the teams meeting at least once a year every year since 1977.
  • Tennessee faces their second ranked opponent of the year in the #13 Wildcats. Since 2001, the team is 26-45 vs ranked foes. However, they’re 4-2 in that time when the ranked opponent is Kentucky.
  • In their last ten matches combined, Tennessee and Kentucky have identical .202 hitting percentages.
  • Including this match, the last three meetings with LSU will have been played in Knoxville.
  • Tennessee is trying to avoid just the third 0-5 or 0-6 conference start in school history. The 2013 squad went 0-7 before getting their first SEC win. The 1995 team went 0-14 on the season in league play.
  • LSU’s Fran Flory was the Kentucky head coach for 5 years in the 1990s.
  • Besides facing UT as an assistant coach, LSU’s Jill Lytle Wilson also faced off against Tennessee and head coach Rob Patrick as a player there. As a member of the team from 1997-2000 she went 0-4 vs the Lady Vols. As a coach she’s 6-7.
  • LSU assistant coach Sam Ojie is also familiar with Patrick coached Lady Vol teams, having faced them during four of his five coaching jobs: Tulane in 2000, Georgia in 2006, Oklahoma in 2010, and LSU since 2012. His only win vs UT came last year with the Tigers.
  • LSU’s Katie Lindelow and Lady Vol Kendra Turner both played club ball at Louisiana Volleyball.
  • For the seventh year in a row, Tennessee is hosting a Dig for the Cure event to raise money for and awareness of the fight against breast cancer. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to show their support — those doing so will gain free admission to the match.
  • The cause is obviously the most important aspect of this event, but just for fun here are some statistics on the previous Dig for the Cure matches. For the first four years Tennessee always played a team from the state of Alabama. The Lady Vols never lost a set until the fifth year. UT has only lost one match while holding the event. And over the past five years the team and fans have raised almost $10,000.

    UT DIG FOR THE CURE MATCHES
    2008 Auburn W 3-0 $1,000+
    2009 Auburn W 3-0 $1,000+
    2010 Auburn W 3-0 $1,300+
    2011 Alabama W 3-0 $2,650
    2012 Missouri W 3-2 $1,600+
    2013 Arkansas L 1-3 $1,800+

  • Promotions for the UK match: Silent auction with UT volleyball items up for bids; free admission to fans wearing pink; free admission if you show your UTC football ticket; free Dig Pink shirts to first 250 fans.
  • Promotions for the LSU match: Free admission if you show your UTC football ticket stub; free admission, hot dog, and drink for all UT volleyball summer campers; free admission for all kids 12 and under; players will sign autographs after the match.

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LAST TEN MATCHES VERSUS
2008
3-2
AWAY
2009
3-1
AWAY
2009
3-2
HOME
2010
3-0
HOME
2010
3-0
AWAY
2011
2-3
AWAY
2011
3-1
HOME
2012
0-3
AWAY
2012
2-3
HOME
2013
0-3
AWAY
2008
3-0
HOME
2009
2-3
AWAY
2009
1-3
HOME
2010
1-3
AWAY
2010
1-3
HOME
2011
3-1
AWAY
2011
3-0
HOME
2012
3-2
AWAY
2012
3-0
HOME
2013
2-3
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
308th
NCAA
0.89
12th
SEC
260th
NCAA
10.60
10th
SEC
110th
NCAA
2.22
6th
SEC
200th
NCAA
14.19
12th
SEC
264th
NCAA
11.30
11th
SEC
222nd
NCAA
.182
11th
SEC
202nd
NCAA
.210
3rd
SEC
122nd
NCAA
1.32
1st
SEC
20th
NCAA
13.20
12th
SEC
133rd
NCAA
2.15
3rd
SEC
108th
NCAA
15.25
1st
SEC
13th
NCAA
14.42
4th
SEC
35th
NCAA
.263
3rd
SEC
100th
NCAA
.186
7th
SEC
246th
NCAA
1.07
8th
SEC
158th
NCAA
11.83
5th
SEC
52nd
NCAA
2.46
9th
SEC
235th
NCAA
13.69
7th
SEC
145th
NCAA
12.83
9th
SEC
144th
NCAA
.212
13th
SEC
290th
NCAA
.240
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS
ACES
PER SET
Kelsey Bawcombe
14th SEC
0.27
Lauren O’Conner
6th SEC
143rd NCAA
0.33
Briana Holman
11th SEC
0.29
ASSISTS
PER SET
Lexi Dempsey
9th SEC
8.65
Morgan Bergren
3rd SEC
20th NCAA
11.22
Malorie Pardo
8th SEC
127th NCAA
9.65
BLOCKS
PER SET
Iesha Bryant
9th SEC
148th NCAA
1.12
Sara Schwarzwalder
19th SEC
0.88
Briana Holman
1st SEC
4th NCAA
1.63
DIGS
PER SET
Bridgette Villano
12th SEC
3.42
Jackie Napper
2nd SEC
38th NCAA
4.81
Haley Smith,
4th SEC
144th NCAA
4.11
KILLS
PER SET
Jamie Lea
18th SEC
2.71
Shelby Workman
6th SEC
121st NCAA
3.44
Briana Holman
3rd SEC
83rd NCAA
3.69
POINTS
PER SET
Jamie Lea
3.06
Lauren O’Conner
6th SEC
121st NCAA
3.96
Krystal Rivers
3rd SEC
26th NCAA
4.92
HITTING
PERCENTAGE
Shealyn Kolosky
.271
Sara Schwarzwalder
13th SEC
142nd NCAA
.328
Briana Holman
7th SEC
70th NCAA
.363
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