• Tennessee is 21-37 all-time vs LSU. The team is 4-6 in their last ten meetings. The Tigers currently hold a four match winning streak in the series. The last time LSU won five in a row over UT was 1992-1993.
• Tennessee is 6-6 all-time vs Texas A&M. The team is 4-6 in their last ten meetings (which date back to 1983). The Aggies currently hold a four match winning streak in the series.
• Eight of the 12 matches in the Texas A&M series have been sweeps for one team or the other.
• Last time vs LSU, the Vols were two points away from forcing a fifth set before falling in four. The team out hit the Tigers and had more kills, assists, and digs. UT’s .266 hitting percentage was their third highest in a loss during the rally scoring era.
• Fifteen of the 17 players on the A&M roster are from the state of Texas. A third of of LSU’s 18 players hail from the Lone Star State.
• While the Aggies are second in the conference in hitting percentage, with .281, they are last in what they give their opponents, allowing a .226 average.
• Eight players from UT, LSU, and TAMU have earned SEC weekly awards this season — two Vols, two Tigers, and four Aggies.
• With just 67 more assists, senior setter Lexi Dempsey would reach 1,000 on the season. She is 12 away from moving up to #2 on the rally-scoring era career list. And with eight games remaining she could become just the fifth Vol to reach 3,000 assists with 272 more. She currently stands at eighth all-time at UT.
• Junior libero Bridgette Villano is just two digs away from cracking the UT season top ten chart. With another year still to play, she’s already just 100 shy of becoming the 14th Vol to reach 1,000 career digs.