Tennessee begins the SEC portion of their schedule with a mid-week televised match at Arkansas before returning home on Sunday to face Mississippi State.

MATCH NOTES

Tennessee is 19-19 all-time vs Arkansas. The two teams split their meetings last season with the Vols getting a 3-1 win in Knoxville and the Razorbacks getting a sweep in Fayetteville. The teams are 5-5 in their last ten meetings, and 7-3 in their last ten in Arkansas.

Tennessee is 43-12 all-time vs Mississippi State. The Bulldogs won both meetings last season. The teams are 5-5 in their last ten meetings, and 8-2 in their last ten in Knoxville.

The Lady Vols are 18-21 when facing their first conference opponent of the year.

This will be the only time UT plays both these teams this season.

Tennessee has had a string of bad luck in televised games since 2013, losing 21 out of 22. But they have since won their last two in a row.

Today’s notes feature a recap of UT’s statistical rankings and top performances to date during their out-of-conference schedule. You can check those out at the end of this article.

LINKS OF INTEREST

This week’s AVCA Coaches Poll

Daily Beacon weekend recap

Tennessee Journalist weekend recap

MATCH SCHEDULE

	ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS 2017: 10-2 // 2016: 9-21, 7-11 SEC
	Wednesday, September 20, 9:00pm ET Fayetteville AR // ESPNU

	MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS 2017: 9-6 // 2016: 14-18, 6-12 SEC
	Sunday, September 24, 1:30pm ET Knoxville TN // SEC NETWORK+ // LIVE STATS

2017 RANKINGS & TOP PERFORMANCES TO DATE

NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKINGS – TEAM (out of 329)
aces per set	assists per set	attacks per set	blocks per set	digs per set	kills per set	UT hitting	opponent hitting
142	222	206	16	183	190	81	17

SEC STATISTICAL RANKINGS – TEAM (out of 13)
aces per set	assists per set	attacks per set	blocks per set	digs per set	kills per set	UT hitting	opponent hitting
7	12	7	2	6	12	7	2

NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKINGS – INDIVIDUAL (top 150 ranked)
Alyssa Andreno	blocks per set	64
	hitting percentage	90
Brooke Schumacher	digs per set	53
Erica Treiber	blocks per set	34
	hitting percentage	39

SEC STATISTICAL RANKINGS – INDIVIDUAL (top 10 ranked)
Alyssa Andreno	blocks per set	6
	hitting percentage	8
Kanisha Jimenez	aces per set	7
Brooke Schumacher	digs per set	2
Erica Treiber	blocks per set	5
	hitting percentage	4

CAREER HIGHS (matched or exceeded in 2017)
Alyssa Andreno	blocks (solo)	3 (vs Western Michigan)
	blocks (assists)	8 (vs Western Michigan)
	blocks (total)	11 (vs Western Michigan)
Stephanie Buss	blocks (assists)	7 (vs Furman)
	blocks (total)	7 (vs Furman)
Sedona Hansen	aces	3 (vs Wofford)
Kanisha Jimenez	assists	5 (vs UTSA)
	aces	5 (vs Furman)
	blocks (assists)	7 (vs Furman)
	blocks (total)	8 (vs Furman)
Brooke Schumacher	digs	36 (vs UTSA)
Erica Treiber	aces	3 (vs GWU & WMU)
	blocks (assists)	10 (vs Furman)
	blocks (total)	10 (vs Furman)
Kendra Turner	attacks	52 (vs UTSA)

2017 SEASON HIGHS
aces	Kanisha Jimenez	5 (vs Furman)
	Callie Williams	5 (vs USC Upstate)
assists	Sedona Hansen	29 (vs USC Upstate)
attacks	Kendra Turner	52 (vs UTSA)
blocks (solo)	Alyssa Andreno	3 (vs Western Michigan)
blocks (assists)	Erica Treiber	10 (vs Furman)
blocks (total)	Alyssa Andreno	11 (vs Western Michigan)
kills	Kendra Turner	17 (vs UTSA)
points	Kendra Turner	20.5 (vs UTSA)
hitting percentage	Erica Treiber	.800 (vs Wofford)

TEAM MATCH HIGHS (rally scoring era, 2001-2017)
10th most	blocks (assists)	32 (vs Furman)
10th most	blocks (total)	19 (vs Furman)
17th most	aces	9 (vs Wofford)
22nd most	blocks (solo)	4 (vs Western Michigan)

INDIVIDUAL MATCH HIGHS (rally scoring era, 2001-2017)
Alyssa Andreno	3rd most	blocks (solo)	3 (vs Western Michigan)
	11th most	blocks (total)	11 (vs Western Michigan)
Kanisha Jimenez	8th most	aces	5 (vs Furman)
Brooke Schumacher	5th most	digs	36 (vs UTSA)
Erica Treiber	10th most	hitting percentage	.800 (vs Wofford)
	10th most	blocks (assists)	10 (vs Furman)
	17th most	blocks (total)	10 (vs Furman)
Callie Williams	8th most	aces	5 (vs USC Upstate)