University of Tennessee Athletics
VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL: South Carolina
November 10, 2015 | Volleyball
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The Tennessee volleyball team opens its final week of road matches with a Wednesday tilt at South Carolina.
The match begins at 6 p.m. and will be televised nationally on ESPNU.
Tennessee (20-9, 6-8 SEC) lost a pair of matches last week, on the road at Alabama and at home against then-No. 21 Kentucky. South Carolina (10-16, 3-10 SEC) lost matches last week at Alabama and Auburn.
The Vols will play at No. 15 Florida on Sunday.
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THE SERIES VS. SOUTH CAROLINA
Series: UT leads 37-27
Last 10: UT leads 8-2
Current Streak: UT W1
Last Match: Tennessee rallied for a 3-2 home win vs. SC on Oct. 18. Erica Treiber led the way with a career-best 16 kills and three aces. Four Vols had 10+ kills.
BY THE NUMBERS
5 - Kanisha Jimenez is five kills away from No. 300 on the season. Raina Hembry is five kills from No. 200.
3 - Kanisha Jimenez is in the top three on the team in this categories: kills (1st), aces (t-2nd), digs (3rd) and blocks (3rd). She has 285 kills this year.
13 - The Vols are 13-0 when winning the first set this season, including 3-0 in SEC play.
NEWCOMERS IN STARTING ROLES
Five newcomers have started for UT: Bri Holmes, Erica Treiber, Stephanie Buss, Brooke Schumacher and Nora Reed. Treiber has started every match.
Treiber, a freshman, has contributed a team-leading 1.13 blocks/set and is third on the team with 2.21 kills/set at the middle hitter position. She currently ranks sixth in the SEC in blocks and 10th in hitting percentage (.355). She had a career match last time against South Carolina (10/16) in which she had 16 kills and three aces.
Holmes is second on the team with 2.69 kills/set. She had a season-best 22 kills vs. LSU (10/7). She and has 14 matches with 10+ kills this season.
Schumacher has started four SEC matches as a defensive specialist and three at libero. She averages 2.11 digs/set and six 11+ dig matches. Schumacher recorded 15 digs against Alabama (11/6), a career best.
Buss has started seven matches; Reed has started five. Buss started her first SEC match against Kentucky on Sunday, recording six kills and five blocks.
