The Lady Vols finish a run of five road matches this week at LSU.

UT is 27-38 all-time vs LSU. They are 6-4 in there last ten meetings but 4-6 in their last ten meetings in Baton Rouge.

LSU head coach Fran Flory earned her 400th win at LSU yesterday, coming back from down 0-2 to rally back vs South Carolina.

Tennessee is ranked in the top 15 nationally in four different categories: assists, blocks, kills, and hitting percentage. Ava Bell is #2 in the country in hitting percentage. Danielle Mahaffey is #9 in the country in blocks per set. And Natalie Hayward is #16 in the country in assists per set.

There have been only 8 five-set matches in the 32 matches played in the past twenty years. 3 of them have come in the last 5 meetings.

In an articled titled 13 fun predictions for the rest of the 2021 college volleyball season on the NCAA website, the writer predicts Tennessee will be a top 16 seed in the Tournament.

Tennessee will have played half their SEC schedule after their first match this weekend. They will be either 8-1 with a win or 7-2 with a loss, either of which will put them in the top two of the conference at the 2021 mid point. They’ll also have one of their top halfway point league records of the past two decades.

UT HALFWAY THROUGH SEC SCHEDULE
YEAR	W-L	RECORD
2021	8-1 7-2	.889 .778
2020	6-4	.600
2019	3-6	.333
2018	7-2	.778
2017	3-6	.333
2016	4-5	.444
2015	4-5	.444
2014	1-8	.111
2013	1-8	.111
2012	7-3	.700
2011	9-1	.900
2010	7-3	.700
2009	8-2	.800
2008	6-4	.600
2007	3-7	.300
2006	6-4	.600
2005	5-3	.625
2004	8-0	1.000
2003	6-2	.750
2002	4-4	.500
2001	3-4	.429

NATIONAL & CONFERENCE STATISTICAL RANKS

		aces per set	assists per set	blocks per set	digs per set	kills per set	hitting percent	opp hit percent
	STAT NCAA SEC	1.05 305 11	13.14 10 1	3.10 2 1	15.27 115 4	14.52 3 1	.276 14 2	.166 39 2
	STAT NCAA SEC	1.05 309 12	11.61 135 8	2.73 12 3	14.69 159 6	12.87 127 9	.230 87 8	.207 186 9

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