University of Tennessee Athletics
VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL: Missouri
November 03, 2016 | Volleyball
Nov. 3, 2016
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Volunteers volleyball team returns to Thompson-Boling Arena to host Missouri on Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern.
The Vols (15-8, 5-5 SEC) have won four of their last five matches to climb into sixth in the conference standings. Missouri (19-4, 10-1) is in a two-way tie for second.
Arena doors open at 6 p.m. The match will be live streamed on WatchESPN and the ESPN app as an SEC Network+ event.
Tennessee concludes the weekend Sunday at Texas A&M, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Eastern.
For more news and notes:
HOME & AWAY
- The Vols have 8 SEC matches left: four at home and four away. Five of the eight remaining matches are against teams ranked in the top four in the SEC.
- Tennessee is 7-1 this season at Thompson-Boling Arena, including 4-1 during conference.
- Individual match highs at TBA: Kills - 15 (Treiber), Assists - 49 (Hansen), Blocks - 7 (Treiber, 2x; Hembry), Digs - 18 (Schumacher).
LAST WEEK...
- The Vols picked up a pair of 3-0 sweeps last week, beating Alabama on the road and Auburn at home.
- Tennessee has won four of its last five matches.
- Setter Sedona Hansen was named SEC Freshman of the Week for the first time. She averaged 12.50 assists/set and 3.50 digs/set over the weekend and had her 10th double-double of 2016 vs. Alabama.
- The Vols posted a season high 13.5 team blocks against Alabama. The whole weekend, the team had 20.5 blocks (3.42 blocks/set).
- Sophomore Brooke Schumacher averaged 5.00 digs/set.
SERIES VS. MISSOURI
- Series: Missouri leads 6-2
- Last 10: Missouri leads 6-2
- Current Streak: MU W4
- Last Match: The Vols lost 3-1 at Missouri in the only meeting between the teams last year. Three Vols had nine kills each.
SETTING STATS
- Sedona Hansen is climbing up the UT season charts for sets in a season, entering the match with 820 (11.23 assists/set).
- Her 820 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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