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VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL: Vols vs. Ole Miss
November 10, 2016 | Volleyball
Nov. 10, 2016
OXFORD, Miss. — The Tennessee volleyball team returns to the road this weekend with a Friday match at Ole Miss and a Sunday contest at Arkansas.
Friday’s match against Ole Miss starts at noon Eastern at The Pavilion at Ole Miss.
The Vols’ Sunday match at Arkansas begins at 4 p.m. Eastern and will be televised nationally on the SEC Network.
Tennessee (15-10, 5-7 SEC) is coming off an 0-2 weekend after losses to Missouri and Texas A&M. The Vols defeated both Ole Miss (14-11, 3-9) and Arkansas (5-20, 3-10) at home earlier this season.
For more news and notes:
FINAL STRETCH
- The Vols have six matches remaining in the season, three at home and three away.
- The Vols are 5-6 in true road matches this year (1-5 in SEC).
- Individual highs in road matches this year: kills (23 - Grubbs), digs (27 - Villano), blocks (8 - Treiber, Andreno) and assists (56 - Hansen). Five of Hansen’s 10 double-doubles have been on the road.
LAST WEEK
- The Vols went 0-2 last week against a pair of conference leaders, losing to Missouri 3-1 at home and Texas A&M 3-0 on the road.
- Sedona Hansen recorded back-to-back double-doubles (45 assists/13 digs vs. Missouri; 31 assists/10 digs vs. Texas A&M).
- Brooke Schumacher passed 500 career digs. The sophomore libero now has 511 digs, including 258 this year.
- Tessa Grubbs led Tennessee with 12 kills against Missouri and 14 against Texas A&M (3.71 K/S).
- Against Texas A&M, Raina Hembry played RS; Alyssa Andreno started at MB.
SERIES VS. OLE MISS
- Series: UT leads 42-9
- Last 10: UT leads 7-3
- Current Streak: UT W1
- Last Match: Raina Hembry led the Vols with 12 kills and seven blocks as the Vols defeated Ole Miss 3-0 on Oct. 14.
SETTING STATS
- Sedona Hansen is climbing up the UT season charts for sets in a season, entering the match with 896 (11.20 assists/set).
- Her 896 assists rank fifth most by a Vol a season in the 25-point rally scoring era (since 2008). Fourth on the list is Lexi Dempsey’s 976 in 2013.
- Mary Pollmiller ranks first with 1,480 assists (11.94 assists/set) during the Vols’ SEC championship season in 2011.
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