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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

2020 Match Notes: vs #8 Florida

After their second week of postponements during this second half of the season, the Lady Vols return to the court to take on #8 Florida on Thursday and Friday afternoon.

Tennessee is 14-51-1 all-time vs Florida. UT is 1-9 in the last ten meetings and 3-7 in the last ten meetings in Knoxville.

The Lady Vols have won 33% of their matches vs ranked opponents during the rally-scoring era (35-71). This season, UT is 3-3 vs top 25 squads.

In televised matches since head coach Eve Rackham took the reins, UT is 10-10.

If the Lady Vols can force a fifth set vs Florida, they almost always win. Out of the 9 five-set matches played throughout the series history, Tennessee has won 7 of them.

In fact, when Tennessee wins any set in a game vs Florida, the outcome is a tossup! UT is 12-12-1 in those situations.

With a win this weekend, Tennessee would tie for the most wins over the Gators by any team in the rally-scoring era.

MOST WINS OVER FLORIDA SINCE 2001
KENTUCKY 9 last in 2019
TENNESSEE 8 2018
TEXAS 7 2018
STANFORD 6 2019
MISSOURI 5 2018
USC 5 2018

The two teams have had a similar schedule this month. Both had the first week of the February schedule postponed. Both were able to play their next week. And both had last week postponed.

Tickets for the match can be purchased online here. Important match information relating to COVID precautions should be read in advance of attending here. There are some promotions this week, including trivia questions which will require an app download. More info can be found here.

Knoxville TN
#8 Florida
February 25th, 2:00pm ET Radio: WRUF | Stats | Video
February 26th, 1:00pm ET Radio: WRUF | Stats | Video
TV: SEC Network