The Lady Vols finish off the non-conference portion of their schedule this weekend at the NC State Classic, where they’ll face Hampton, Campbell, and North Carolina State.

• Tennessee is meeting Hampton and Campbell for the first time in school history. All total, UT will have faced eight opponents for the first time this season.
• Tennessee is 7-4 all-time vs North Carolina State. UT lost the last meeting in 1992.
• UT will meet it’s third HBCU opponent of the season this weekend. Historically black colleges and universities are “institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the black community… There are 106 historically black colleges and universities in the United States… Most were created in the aftermath of the American Civil War.” After this week, Tennessee will have faced five HBCUs in program history: Alabama A&M (2010), Coppin State (2015), Delaware State (2015), Hampton (2015), and Tuskegee (1976).
• The Lady Vols have common opponents with all the teams they meet this weekend. Hampton lost to UNC Greensboro 3-0, Campbell lost to North Florida 3-1, and NC State defeated Jacksonville 3-1. The Wolfpack also faced two SEC opponents, falling to Mississippi 3-2 and sweeping South Carolina.
• Since 2001, Tennessee is 2-0 vs the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, 4-1 vs the Big South Conference, 16-6 vs the Atlantic Coast Conference, and 7-4 in matches played in the state of North Carolina.
• Not only has the team began the season with the second best start in program history, their 12 match run is also the fifth longest winning streak at any point in a season in school history.
  

  UT ALL-TIME WINNING STREAKS
  1980	22*
  1973	20*
  2004	14
  2011	13
  2015	12
  * streak includes shorter best of three matches



• Tennessee has cracked the top 100 of the Pablo Rankings for the first time since the opening weeks of the 2013 season. The team is up to the #62 spot after beginning the year at #245.
• This past weekend the team set or matched season highs in attack attempts, service aces, solo blocks, and total blocks. The team was out-dug for the first time and allowed an opponent to hit over .200 for the first time — but just barely (.201).
• Lexi Dempsey earned two double-doubles (CofC and JU) — bringing her season total to six and her UT career total to 28.
• Bridgette Villano reached 20+ digs in a match just once prior to this season. She’s done it four times already this year. Two of those matches came this past weekend (CofC and WOF). Over the course of the tournament she averaged 4.9 digs per set.
• Last week, Raina Hembry knocked back the second most total digs of her career in two separate matches (CofC and JU), had the second most total points of her career in two separate matches (UE and JU), matched her career best in solo blocks (JU), earned her second highest career hitting percentage (WOF), and had the second and third most kills she’s ever gotten in a match (UE and JU).
• UT is 5-0 in three set matches, 6-0 in four set matches, and 1-0 in five set matches.
• After already racing past their win totals from the past two years, Tennessee is just five wins away from guaranteeing their first winning regular season since 2012.

HAMPTON LADY PIRATES
Friday, September 18th 4:30pm ET // Raleigh NC			2015 Record: 0-9 (0-0 MEAC) WEBSITE // STATS
CAMPBELL FIGHTING CAMELS
Saturday, September 19th 10:00am ET // Raleigh NC			2015 Record: 4-6 (0-0 Big South) WEBSITE // STATS
NORTH CAROLINA STATE WOLFPACK
Saturday, September 19th 7:00pm // Raleigh NC			2015 Record: 8-1 (0-0 ACC) WEBSITE // VIDEO // STATS