MATCH NOTES
CLOSING OUT AN SEC ROAD TRIP
at LSU [10-3, 3-0] /// 7 p.m. CT
SUNDAY
at Arkansas [10-4, 2-1] /// 1 p.m. CT /// SPSO
2011 RECORD
[ SEPT. 30 & OCT. 2 /// BATON ROUGE, LA. /// FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. ]
FRIDAY
TO NOTE... CONFERENCE CLASHES
OPPONENTS AT A QUICK GLANCE
Following two victories on the road against Southeastern Conference foes South Carolina and Florida, the Lady Vols will close out their four-match SEC road trip with stops in Baton Rouge, La., and Fayetteville, Ark. Friday’s match against LSU will be a showdown between two SEC division leaders. Tennessee leads the East, while the TIgers sit atop the leaderboard in the West. Something will have to give, as UT has only lost once on the road this season, while LSU has only dropped one match at home. Tennessee has won seven straight meetings over the Arkansas dating back to Nov. of 2007. The overall series however is much closer, as the two teams have met 28 times, with each team winning 14 matches.
LSU enters Friday’s match against UT with an overall record of 10-3. Someone’s “O” has got to go, as both the Tigers and the Lady Vols are perfect in conference matches. Tennessee is 4-0 against SEC opponents, while LSU is 3-0. Arkansas has played three SEC opponents this season in Alabama, Ole Miss and Mississippi State. In their only match last weekend, the Razorbacks swept MSU, 3-0 at home.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT The Lady Vols are coming off a memorable weekend on the road, in which the team defeated South Carolina on Friday and topped the No. 6 Florida in a five-set thriller on ESPNU Sunday evening. In both matches this past weekend, sophomores Kelsey Robinson and Carly Sahagian each registered double-doubles. Sahagian tied a career-high in kills with 19 at UF, along with 13 digs. Robinson blasting 17 kills in addition to 12 digs versus Florida to give her double-double number nine. The SEC took note of Sahagian’s efforts, naming her the conference’s Offensive Player of the Week. The awards weren’t done yet, as junior DeeDee Harrison earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week. In the matches versus USC and UF, Harrison blocked a total of 12 shots, with an average of 1.33 blocks per set. She also set career-highs in blocks assists and total blocks against South Carolina with seven and eight, respectively.
LSU 2011 Record: 10-3 (3-0 SEC) All-Time Series Record: LSU leads 33-17 Rob Patrick vs. LSU: LSU leads 11-8 2010 Meeting Results: 10/10/10 (Baton Rouge): LSU def. Tennessee 3-1 (2523, 30-28, 23-25, 25-20) 11/12/10 (Knoxville): LSU def. Tennessee 3-1 (25-18, 23-25, 26-24, 25-21)
2011
TENNESSEE /// LADY VOLUNTEERS VOLLEYBALL
OVERALL RECORD: 11-2 SEC NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
4-0 7-2 5-0 3-1 3-1
2011 SEASON SCHEDULE AUGUST
Comcast Lady Vol Classic 26 27
Ohio Villanova Maryland
W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-2
SEPTEMBER
Illinois State Farm Classic Champaign, Ill. 2 @ #7 Illinois 3 vs. #21 Dayton vs. Houston
L, 1-3 W, 3-2 L, 2-3
Virginia Tech Invitational Blacksburg, Va. 9 10
vs. Seton Hall vs. American @ Virginia Tech
W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1
16 18 23 25 30
Georgia * Auburn * @ South Carolina * @ Florida @ LSU *
W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-2 7 p.m. CT
Arkansas 2011 Record: 10-4 (2-1 SEC) All-Time Series Record: Tied 14-14 Rob Patrick vs. LSU: UT leads 13-12 2010 Meeting Results: 10/8/10 (Fayetteville): Tennessee def. Arkansas 3-2 (22-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-15) 11/14/10 (Knoxville): Tennessee def. Arkansas 3-0 (25 -17, 25-15, 25-15)
THE SEC (HISTORICALLY SPEAKING) Tennessee has won at least 15 SEC matches each of the last three seasons leading up to 2011, finishing with 15 in 2008 and 2010 and 16 in 2009. Patrick is 148-90 in his career in the SEC. In 12 of his 14 seasons, he led the Lady Vols to a .500 or better record against the conference. In 2004, Tennessee roared through the conference with a 15-1 record, tying for first in the SEC and winning the SEC Tournament a week later.
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TODD MOUNCE
MATT MAGILL
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1 p.m. CT 7 p.m. ET 1:30 p.m. ET 8 p.m. ET 1:30 p.m. CT 7 p.m. CT 1:30 p.m. ET 7 p.m. ET 1:30 p.m. ET
7 p.m. ET 1:30 p.m. ET 7 p.m. CT 1:30 p.m. CT 7 p.m. ET 2 p.m. ET 7 p.m. ET