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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

2015 Match Notes: Towson Invitational

The volleyball drought of 2015 ends this weekend when the Lady Vols head to Maryland for the Towson Invitational where they’ll take on Delaware State, Towson, Coppin State, and Saint Francis.

  • Since 1978, the Lady Vols are 29-8 in season opening matches. In the opening week of the season the team is 79-33. Under Coach Rob Patrick the team is 14-4 in season openers and 45-9 in opening week matches. They’ve won six of their last seven annual debuts.
  • The Lady Vols have won the last three season openers that took place on the road, and seven of their last eight.
  • August matches are a relatively new thing for Tennessee. Prior to the turn of the century the team had only played seven matches before September. Since 2001, they’ve played them every year but one. UT is 36-7 in August.
  • Tennessee is 5-1 in the state of Maryland since 2001, with their last loss being against Michigan State in 2003.
  • UT is meeting all four of their opponents this weekend for the first time in program history — which is why these opening week notes are a little shorter than usual!
  • The Lady Vols have never played a team from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference or the Northeast Conference before, until this weekend when they will play Delaware State and Coppin State of the MEAC and Saint Francis from the NEC. Later this season they’ll face a third member of the MEAC, Hampton.
  • UT is facing Towson, from the Colonial Athletic Association, in their first meeting of a team from that conference since 1999. Tennessee is 2-3 vs the CAA. Later this season they’ll face College of Charleston, also from that league.

DELAWARE STATE HORNETS
Friday, August 28th
12:15pm ET // Towson MD		     2014 Record: 1-26 (1-11)
WEBSITE // VIDEO // STATS
 
TOWSON TIGERS
Friday, August 28th
7:00pm ET // Towson MD		     2014 Record: 27-5 (13-3)
WEBSITE // VIDEO // STATS
 
COPPIN STATE EAGLES
Saturday, August 29th
10:00am ET // Towson MD		     2014 Record: 14-14 (8-5)
WEBSITE // VIDEO // STATS
 
SAINT FRANCIS RED FLASH
Saturday, August 29th
2:30pm ET // Towson MD		     2014 Record: 12-17 (8-6)
WEBSITE // VIDEO // STATS