Tennessee finishes out the first half of its round robin with the other SEC schools this weekend, taking on Mississippi and Arkansas at home.
• The Lady Vols are 6-2 at home so far this season. Both losses came against teams currently ranked in the top 25.
• Tennessee lost both matches to Mississippi last season, but before that had won 14 in a row.
• Despite losing the match, Tennessee had a huge night statistically the last time they played Mississippi. With 19 kills, 18 digs, and 19 assists, Nikki Fowler recorded the first triple-double in UT history. Chloe Goldman got 40 digs, just 2 digs short of the all time Lady Vol record. Kylie Marshall had 26 digs. Jaye Loyd had 36 assists. It was a huge blocking night as Tennessee had 37 block assists — just 5 off the team’s single match record. Farren Powe had 12 blocks, Fowler had 8 (just missing a quadruple-double!), Leah Hinkey had 7, Milan Clarke had 6, and Marshall had 5.
• While not as big as the Mississippi match, Tennessee had another big night the last time they played Arkansas. Jaye Loyd had 56 assists. Chloe Goldman had 35 digs, the 6th best ever UT total and the #1 total for a four set match. Three other players added in 15 digs each. And three players were in double digit kills, led by Fowler with 22.
• Speaking of Loyd, Coach Patrick might want to consider getting her into the matches this weekend. Every one of her career highs has come against either Arkansas or Mississippi!
• Mississippi (8-8, 4-3)
Tennessee leads the all time series 31-6.
Tennessee lost both matches last season 3-2.
Game time is Fri, October 17th at 7:00pm ET
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UM match notes• Arkansas (5-12, 2-5)
Arkansas leads the all time series 8-14.
Tennessee split the matches last season losing the first 3-2 and winning the second 3-1.
Game time is Sun, October 19th at 1:30pm ET
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UA match notes
Tenn. (11-8) Miss. (8-8) Ark. (5-12) Matches / Games 19 / 71 16 / 57 17 / 60 Kills
Errors / Total Attacks
Kills per game
Hitting Percentage898
366 / 2443
12.6
.218700
314 / 2061
12.3
.187704
317 / 2025
11.7
.191Assists
Assists per game831
11.7631
11.1633
10.6Service Aces
Aces per game85
1.270
1.266
1.1Digs
Digs per game1061
14.9848
14.9760
12.7Solo Blocks / Assists
Blocks per game28 / 291
2.436 / 144
1.920 / 196
2.0
Mississippi, Arkansas notes