The Lady Vols earned a season opening win tonight with a 3-0 victory over Texas Tech (25-15, 25-17, 25-18). Breana Runnels and Morgahn Fingall led the team in kills with 17 each. Lily Felts had 11. Natalie Hayward put up 43 assists. Danielle Mahaffey had 5 blocks, 2 of which were solo. Ava Bell had 3. Madison Bryant dug up 18 balls. With 14 digs and 12 digs respectively, Lily Felts and Breana Runnels picked up double-doubles.

The team hit .350, their best percentage since 2019.

Tennessee had no service aces in a match for just the second time in the past four seasons.

UT is now 34-10 since 1978 in season opening matches, and 35-9 in home openers.