Volleyball season is just around the corner, with just 50 days until the Tennessee Lady Vols hit the court. While the team was no doubt preparing for the upcoming year, not much news had come out since the last update until the last couple of weeks. Here’s a quick roundup. And look for the site to start updating more frequently as we near the first serve next month!

• Tennessee has announced the schedule for the 2015 season. The team will open the year in Towson MD vs Delaware State. The other non-coherence opponents the Lady Vols will face are Campbell, College of Charleston, Coppin State, Eastern Kentucky, Evansville, Hampton, Jacksonville, North Carolina State, North Florida, Saint Francis U, Tennessee Tech, Towson, UNC Greensboro, and Wofford. Six of Tennessee’s 18 SEC matches will be televised.
• Jen Malcom has been named UT’s new assistant coach after spending the last four years at that position at Virginia Tech.
• Congratulations to Claudia Coco and Kelsey Bawcombe on being named to the 2014-15 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll. The join eight upperclass players on the team in being honored by the league for their academic performance this year.
• Tennessee officially began their new partnership with Nike this month. As part of the switch UT has “enhanced their brand across all athletics“. What in the world does that mean? This statement should make it all clear:
  

  Tennessee Athletics and Nike collaborated on a brand evolution program to create consistent marks across all athletics programs, honoring the Volunteer spirit through tradition, pride and integrity, key characteristics and attributes associated with the Volunteer brand. As Tennessee enters a new chapter in their storied history, developing a modern and consistent athletic identity that encompasses the pride of the university is key.

  The most noticeable way the school has honored the Volunteer tradition and entered this new chapter in their storied history is by dropping the name, logo and colors associated with women’s athletics.

• UT has an image slideshow of the new uniforms for every team, including volleyball.
• The name change has also effected social media handles, so be sure to update your bookmarks if necessary.