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Thursday, October 2, 2014

2014 Match Notes: vs Texas A&M and Alabama

Tennessee is home for the next two weeks, starting with their SEC home opener vs Texas A&M this Friday and a Sunday match vs Alabama.

  • UT is 33-13 all-time vs Alabama. Coach Rob Patrick is 20-8. Tennessee has an 9-1 advantage in the last ten matches, but the Crimson Tide won the last meeting. Tennessee hasn’t lost a match in Knoxville since 2007.
  • UT is 6-4 all-time vs Texas A&M. Coach Patrick is 2-2. The Aggies have a two match winning streak going vs the Lady Vols.
  • Alabama is receiving votes in the Coaches Poll this week for the first time in school history and is an unofficial #30.
  • At #21, TAMU is the first ranked opponent Tennessee will face this season. UT is 2-1 vs ranked Aggie squads. Every meeting has taken place in Knoxville.

    UT VS RANKED TEXAS A&M
    1982 #16 Texas A&M at Tennessee W 3-2
    1985 #19 Texas A&M at Tennessee L 0-3
    2004 #18 Texas A&M at #10 Tennessee W 3-1
    2014 #21 Texas A&M at Tennessee ?

  • Since 2001, UT is 26-44 vs ranked opponents. They’ve lost the last four such matches. Their last win was in 2012 when an unranked Tennessee team defeated #13 Florida in Gainesville. When unranked, UT is 14-29 vs ranked opponents.
  • Ten of the last 13 matches with Alabama have been sweeps for one team or the other: seven for UT and three for UA.
  • In the entire 46 match series with Alabama dating back to 1973, only five match have gone to five sets. The Lady Vols won the first three in 1979, 1990, and 1991. The Tide won the last two in 2005 and 2006.
  • A&M has been a member of three different conferences, and the Lady Vols have played them while they were a member of each. Texas A&M was a member of the Southwest Conference from 1915 to 1996 — Tennessee was 4-2 against them during those years. They played in the Big 12 Conference from 1996 to 2012 — Tennessee met them once, a win during the NCAA Tournament in 2004. In 2012, the Aggies joined the SEC — Tennessee is 1-2 since then.
  • Among her many awards, Aggie coach Laurie Corbelli is an Olympic silver medalist as part of the 1984 USA volleyball team.
  • Tennessee’s sole senior, Shealyn Kolosky, is one away from recording her 200th career block. She would be just the 13th player to reach that milestone in the rally scoring era.
  • Ashley Mariani and Texas A&M’s Katelyn Labhart both played club under former UT assistant coach Mike Minnis at Dallas Summit. Shealyn Kolosky and Alabama’s Natalie Murison both played club for Sports Performance. Sabrina Tavakoli and Alabama’s Brooke Feld both were members of Mizuno Long Beach.
  • Tenneessee players have been featured twice in the university newspaper in the last week: Kelsey “Bawcombe stepping up ‘sooner than expected’ for the Lady Vols” and “Jamie Lea becoming all-around player for the Lady Vols”.
  • Promotions: The first 200 fans to the Texas A&M match will receive free sunglasses. Kids 12 and under will free admission to the Alabama match. Anyone showing their ticket/stub from the Florida football game will receive free admission to either match. After Sunday’s match, the team will hold a free youth volleyball clinic for 8th graders and below (see UT website for signup details).

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LAST TEN MATCHES VERSUS
1982
3-2
HOME
1983
3-0
NEUT.
1983
3-0
AWAY
1985
0-3
HOME
1987
3-0
NEUT.
1994
0-3
AWAY
2004
3-1
HOME
2012
3-0
AWAY
2012
2-3
HOME
2013
0-3
AWAY
2008
3-0
AWAY
2009
3-1
AWAY
2009
3-0
HOME
2010
3-0
HOME
2010
3-0
AWAY
2011
3-0
HOME
2011
3-0
AWAY
2012
3-1
AWAY
2012
3-0
HOME
2013
0-3
AWAY

TEAM STATISTICAL RANKINGS
ACES
PER SET		 ASSISTS
PER SET		 BLOCKS
PER SET		 DIGS
PER SET		 KILLS
PER SET		 HIT
PERCENT		 OPP HIT
PERCENT
13th
SEC
318th
NCAA
0.82
11th
SEC
239th
NCAA
10.84
10th
SEC
93rd
NCAA
2.29
5th
SEC
154th
NCAA
14.68
12th
SEC
256th
NCAA
11.46
11th
SEC
209th
NCAA
.185
11th
SEC
.201
12th
SEC
306th
NCAA
0.89
6th
SEC
121st
NCAA
12.13
5th
SEC
43rd
NCAA
2.51
6th
SEC
173rd
NCAA
14.47
6th
SEC
110th
NCAA
13.13
7th
SEC
57th
NCAA
.250
8th
SEC
.192
1st
SEC
10th
NCAA
1.80
4th
SEC
86th
NCAA
12.42
8th
SEC
68th
NCAA
2.39
12th
SEC
291st
NCAA
12.55
2nd
SEC
48th
NCAA
13.68
4th
SEC
27th
NCAA
.272
2nd
SEC
.165
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS
ACES
PER SET
Kanisha Jimenez
20th SEC
0.23
Angela Lowak
0.22
Krystal Rivers
2nd SEC
27th NCAA
0.48
ASSISTS
PER SET
Lexi Dempsey
9th SEC
9.09
Stephanie Aiple
5th SEC
42nd NCAA
10.78
Sierra Wilson
1st SEC
13th NCAA
5.68
BLOCKS
PER SET
Iesha Bryant
9th SEC
116th NCAA
1.12
Jazzmin Babers
4th SEC
34th NCAA
1.33
Leah Lawrence
13th SEC
1.03
DIGS
PER SET
Bridgette Villano
10th SEC
3.51
Victoria Arenas
5th SEC
4.02
Natalie Murison
20th SEC
2.62
KILLS
PER SET
Jamie Lea
17th SEC
2.84
Shelby Sullivan
10th SEC
3.25
Krystal Rivers
2nd SEC
19th NCAA
4.38
POINTS
PER SET
Jamie Lea
19th SEC
3.22
Shelby Sullivan
6th SEC
115th NCAA
3.98
Krystal Rivers
1st SEC
9th NCAA
5.28
HITTING
PERCENTAGE
Shealyn Kolosky
.269
Shelby Sullivan
5th SEC
44th NCAA
.386
Bruna Evangelista
7th SEC
55th NCAA
.374
highest ranked middle ranked lowest ranked