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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

2015 Recap: NC State Classic

Tennessee finished their non-conference schedule this past weekend with a stellar 14-1 record.

  • UT tied their 2004 winning streak record of 14 best-of-five matches in a row. (In 1980, Tennessee won 22 matches in a row, but 17 of them were best-of-three. In 1973, Tennessee won 20 matches in a row, all of which were best-of-three.)
  • The team also ended their season opening winning streak with 14 matches, the top run when only counting best-of-five games.
  • Both streaks are the program record in the NCAA era (1981-present).

NOTE: All records and superlatives below are from the rally-scoring era, since 2001.

201513-johnson-1TENNESSEE vs HAMPTON:

  • Bri Holmes had nine kills and hit .500. Kelsey Bawcombe had eight kills. Stephanie Buss had three blocks. Taylor Johnson had 18 assists. Bridgette Villano and Megan Hatcher had seven digs each.
  • Brooke Schumacher had four aces and Johnson had three. This was just the 17th match where two or more Lady Vols had at least three aces — and the first time since the beginning of the 2012 season.
  • UT had 12 aces, third best in a match.
  • The team hit .400, just the 18th time they’ve reached that milestone in a match. The margin between Tennessee’s hitting percentage and Hampton’s was the third widest.
  • UT had only 65 attack attempts, beating their previous match low by seven swings.
  • UT held Hampton to 73 attack attempts (the fewest by a UT opponent), 20 digs, (second fewest), 38 actual points (third fewest), 18 kills (fourth fewest), 18 assists (fifth fewest), a -.027 hitting percentage (seventh lowest), and 25 statistical points (seventh fewest).

TENNESSEE vs CAMPBELL:

  • Raina Hembry and Kanisha Jimenez had nine kills each. Erica Treiber had seven. Hembry had three blocks. Jimenez and Dempsey had eight digs each. Dempsey had 30 assists.
  • Hembry hit .727, the tenth best with double digit attack attempts.
  • UT had only 46 points, their third fewest in a win.

TENNESSEE vs NORTH CAROLINA STATE:

  • Hembry had 13 kills, hit .417, and had six blocks. Jimenez had ten kills and three blocks. Dempsey had 27 assists and four blocks. Trekker had three blocks. Villano had 16 digs.
  • UT held NC State to a single service ace.
  • NCSU held UT to a .081 hitting percentage, their 14th worst.
  • For the entire weekend, five separate Lady Vols had two or more aces in a match. Tennessee had 21 total aces, while only allowing their opponents nine in return.