Congratulations to Ava Bell on being named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week. This is her second weekly league award of the season, having previous won the Offensive honor.

“Tennessee’s Ava Bell, a senior middle blocker from Austin, Texas, led UT in blocks Friday night as she posted 10 in the four-set victory at Georgia. Bell put down nine kills on a .529 hitting percentage and ended the night with a pair of digs.”

The Lady Vols are up one spot to #20 in the latest Coaches Poll and down one spot to #6 in the RPI. They’re #20 in the RichKern.com Poll, #15 in the Pablo Rankings, and #19 in the Volley Talk Poll.