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Saturday, October 10, 2015

2015 Match Notes: Arkansas and Florida

Tennessee takes on two ranked opponents this week: #22 Arkansas and (currently) #17 Florida.

  • Tennessee is 17-18 all-time vs Arkansas. The team is 6-4 in their last ten matches.The Razorbacks currently hold a three match winning streak in the series. The last time Arkansas won four in a row over UT was 2002-2003.
  • Tennessee is 13-45-1 all-time vs Florida. The team is 4-6 in their last ten matches.The Gators currently hold a three match winning streak in the series. The last time Florida won four in a row over UT was 2007-2009.
  • The Vols are a respectable 26-48 (.351) against ranked opponents since 2001, and 14-33 (.298) when they themselves are unranked.
  • Tennessee hasn’t faced a ranked Razorbacks team since 1999. The Vols are 0-5 all-time vs an Arkansas in the polls.
  • The first time UT faced a ranked Florida team was 1991 — and the Gators have amazingly been ranked in every Tennessee game since then! Unless they move up at least three spots in the next poll, this will be their lowest ranking when playing the Vols.
  • Florida has already lost three SEC matches this season. Under head coach Mary Wise they have only lost four conference games in a single season once — 2009.
  • The Arkansas roster features six players from outside the 50 United States: three from Puerto Rico, and one each from Croatia, Mexico, and France.
  • Arkansas’ blocking leader, Chanell Clark-Bibbs, played against Tennessee two years ago with Georgia Tech.
  • New Arkansas assistant coach Sarah Rumley played in every match between Tennessee and her alma mater Kentucky from 2006 to 2009. In rally scoring era matches, she has the most career aces and the third most career assists vs the Vols.
  • All three coaches this week have Final Four and National Championship match experience.
    • Arkansas’ Robert Pulliza was an assistant coach with Wisconsin when they defeated USC in the national semi-finals before falling to Nebraska in the championship game in 2000.
    • Florida head coach Mary Wise has played in seven national semi-finals, the first in 1992. In 2003, her team defeated USC in the the Final Four match before losing to Stanford for the championship.
    • Tennessee head coach Rob Patrick was an assistant coach at Stanford when they won the National Championship in 1994 and 1996, defeating UCLA and Hawaii in those matches. The 1995 team made the national semi-finals but lost to Texas. In 2005, Patrick led Tennessee to their first Final Four, losing to eventual champion Washington.

#22 ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
Sunday, October 11th
1:30pm ET // Knoxville TN
    2015 Record: 13-3 (3-1 SEC)
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#17 FLORIDA GATORS
Wednesday, October 14th
6:00pm ET // Knoxville TN
    2015 Record: 10-4 (2-3 SEC)
WEBSITE // VIDEO (ESPNU) // STATS


LAST TEN MATCHES VERSUS
2009
3-2
AWAY
2010
3-2
AWAY
2010
3-0
HOME
2011
3-0
AWAY
2011
3-0
HOME
2012
1-3
HOME
2012
3-0
AWAY
2013
1-3
HOME
2014
0-3
AWAY
2014
1-3
HOME
2009
0-3
AWAY
2009
3-1
HOME
2010
1-3
HOME
2010
0-3
AWAY
2011
3-2
AWAY
2011
3-1
HOME
2012
3-2
AWAY
2013
0-3
AWAY
2013
0-3
HOME
2014
0-3
HOME

TEAM STATISTICAL RANKINGS
ACES
PER SET
ASSISTS
PER SET
BLOCKS
PER SET
DIGS
PER SET
KILLS
PER SET
HIT
PERCENT
OPP HIT
PERCENT
11th
SEC
235th
NCAA
1.10
9th
SEC
131st
NCAA
12.00
5th
SEC
78th
NCAA
2.34
2nd
SEC
40th
NCAA
16.21
9th
SEC
132nd
NCAA
12.85
6th
SEC
86th
NCAA
.236
1st
SEC
9th
NCAA
.141
12th
SEC
251st
NCAA
1.07
2nd
SEC
49th
NCAA
12.85
6th
SEC
92nd
NCAA
2.26
11th
SEC
255th
NCAA
13.45
8th
SEC
77th
NCAA
13.43
4th
SEC
30th
NCAA
.259
5th
SEC
93rd
NCAA
.181
8th
SEC
200th
NCAA
1.18
5th
SEC
59th
NCAA
12.74
1st
SEC
6th
NCAA
3.07
7th
SEC
215th
NCAA
13.94
1st
SEC
39th
NCAA
13.86
1st
SEC
7th
NCAA
.296
3rd
SEC
50th
NCAA
.166

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS
ACES
PER SET
Kelsey Bawcombe
9th SEC
0.31
Okiana Valle
0.25
Mackenzie Dagostino
0.31
ASSISTS
PER SET
Lexi Dempsey
5th SEC
56th NCAA
10.49
Adrien Wohlschlaeger
4th SEC
41st NCAA
10.90
Mackenzie Dagostino
3rd SEC
29th NCAA
11.07
BLOCKS
PER SET
Erica Treiber
8th SEC
107th NCAA
1.13
Chanell Clark-Bibbs
5th SEC
87th NCAA
1.17
Rhamat Alhassan
1st SEC
1st NCAA
2.02
DIGS
PER SET
Bridgette Villano
2nd SEC
71st NCAA
4.60
Okiana Valle
3.22
Nikki O’Rourke
4th SEC
105th NCAA
4.38
KILLS
PER SET
Kanisha Jimenez
8th SEC
3.24
Pilar Victoria
2nd SEC
14th NCAA
4.47
Alex Holston
3.17
POINTS
PER SET
Kanisha Jimenez
11th SEC
3.78
Pilar Victoria
2nd SEC
17th NCAA
4.99
Rhamat Alhassan
4h SEC
4.02
HITTING
PERCENTAGE
Erica Treiber
8th SEC
78th NCAA
.361
Chanell Clark-Bibbs
6th SEC
52nd NCAA
.385
Rhamat Alhassan
1st SEC
7th NCAA
.439

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