Tennessee defeated their hosts at the Western Michigan Invitational 3-1 this morning (25-13, 24-26, 25-19, 25-23). With 13 digs in the match, Bridgette Villano reached career dig #1,000, one of only 14 players in school history to reach that milestone. Bri Holmes had 21 kills, one shy of her career best. She nearly notched a double double with 9 digs as well. Alyssa Andreno had 11 kills. She and Erica Treiber put down 3 blocks each. Sedona Hansen put up 56 assists, the most by a UT player since November 2012. Brooke Schumacher had 13 digs and 2 aces.
The Vols only had 5 team blocks in the match, the 11th fewest blocks by the squad in a winning effort in the rally-scoring era.
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Tennessee moved to 7-1 on the season with another 3-1 win in the afternoon match vs Milwaukee (25-16, 24-26, 25-7, 25-21). Tessa Grubbs led both teams with 16 kills. Stephanie Buss had 9 kills and 6 blocks. Kendra Turner had 8 kills and 5 blocks. Kelsey Bawcombe had another big night serving with 4 aces, giving her 14 on the year — a quarter of the way through the season she’s just 9 short of her team-leading total for all of 2015. Mackenzie Cooler had 40 assists and just missed a double double with 8 digs. Brooke Schumacher had 14 digs.
This match was the first in the rally-scoring era where six Vols with at least 5 attempts hit over .350: Treiber .571 (4-0-7), Buss .500 (9-0-18), Raina Hembry .455 (6-1-11), Cooler .444 (5-1-9), Andreno .400 (2-0-5), and Grubbs .393 (16-5-28).
Tennessee held Milwaukee to 7 points in the third set, which is the second lowest set total by a UT opponent since 2001.
UT has hit over .300 three matches in a row.
Vols win two at Western Michigan tourney