The Lady Vols start a three match stretch vs teams from the Magnolia State, beginning at home vs Mississippi then on the road next week at Mississippi State.

UT is 46-11 all-time vs the Rebels. The team is 6-4 in the last ten meetings but 9-1 in the last ten matches in Knoxville.

UT is 51-12 all-time vs the Bulldogs. The team is 8-2 in the last ten meetings and 7-3 in the last ten matches in Starkville. The Lady Vols currently have a seven-match winning streak in the series.

Tennessee’s top two best records over SEC opponents are against the two Mississippi teams.

UT VS THE SEC
	51-12	.810
	46-11	.807
	39-19	.672
	36-20-1	.640
	50-30	.625
	41-32	.562
	25-21	.543
	10-11	.476
	28-39	.418
	7-10	.412
	30-54	.357
	14-54-1	.210

If UT were to win all three matches over the next week, they would be guaranteed their 14th season with 10 or fewer losses since 1978 (not counting the COVID shortened season).

Tennessee will be appearing on ESPN2 for the first time in the rally-scoring era when they take on Mississippi on Sunday. The Lady Vols are 40-59 in televised matches since 2001. They’re 22-25 at home when on TV.

Both Mississippi schools are having stellar seasons. The Rebels started the season 12-0. They currently rank 6th in the conference — they haven’t finished better than 7th since the league went division-less in 2013. The Bulldogs are having in even bigger year. After only 8 winning seasons in 46 years (all but one of them being in the .500s), MSU is currently 19-5 overall (.792) — one win away from their first 20-win season since 1989. They stand 2nd in the SEC at 10-2 — after never previously having a winning conference record! Mississippi is rated 35th in the RPI and Mississippi State 30th.

UM head coach Kayla Banworth faced Tennessee on the court as a player back in 2007. Her #1 Nebraska team defeated UT 3-0.

MSU head coach Julie Darty Dennis has faced Tennessee at every stop in her coaching career. She started as an assistant coach at Villanova where, in 2011, her team lost a match in the Lady Vol Classic 3-0. As an assistant at South Carolina in 2013 and 2014, the Gamecocks went 2-1 vs Tennessee. When she was head coach of Jacksonville, her squad lost to UT in the College of Charleston Invitational in 2015. At MSU, she’s currently 0-6 vs Tennessee.

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	1.13 299 12	12.90 20 2	2.88 4 1	14.90 149 4	14.15 12 1	.265 30 3	.192 113 6
	STAT NCAA SEC	1.24 242 8	11.66 140 9	2.50 42 5	13.31 270 10	13.29 74 6	.258 35 4	.186 81 4
	STAT NCAA SEC	1.16 281 11	12.59 38 4	1.85 236 13	14.36 184 8	13.88 27 4	.243 60 6	.194 118 7

Tickets are available online for $5.

Sunday’s home match will be Kids Day, with free admission for kids under 12 and the first 100 kids receiving an ice cream sundae.

Be sure to look over Thompson Boling Arena’s clear bag policy.

Parking and other gameday information can be found online as well.

Knoxville TN
Mississippi
17-5, 6-5
Sunday, November 7th, 2:00pm ET	Stats | ESPN 2

Starkville MS
Mississippi State
19-5, 10-2
Saturday, November 13th, 2:00pm ET	Stats | SEC Network+
Sunday, November 14th, 2:00pm ET	Stats | SEC Network+