Tennessee Volleyball at Florida Match Notes

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TENNESSEE (16-6, 9-4) at #13 FLORIDA (19-3, 13-0)

2012 » SCHEDULE & RECORD

TENNESSEE

vs.

WEEKEND OPPONENTS MISSISSIPPI ST. #13 FLORIDA

THE RECORD

NOV. 4, 2012 » O’CONNELL CENTER » GAINESVILLE, FLA. » 2 P.M. ET

OVERALL RECORD:

16-6

SEC 9-4 NON-CONFERENCE 7-2 HOME 6-3 AWAY 7-2 NEUTRAL 3-1

THE SCHEDULE

THE BASICS 2012 RECORD: 16-6, 9-4 SEC Current Rank: RV Kills/Set: 14.1 Assists/Set: 13.2 Aces/Set: 1.0 Digs/Set: 16.0 Blocks/Set: 2.6

STATS LEADERS

INSIDE THE SERIES

KILLS #9 Kelsey Robinson (337 Ks, 4.38 K/Set, .240) ASSISTS #15 Mary Pollmiller (925 Assts., 10.63 A/Set)

MISSISSIPPI STATE Overall: UT, 41-7 Knoxville: UT, 21-2 Starkville: UT, 16-2 Neutral: UT, 4-3 Streak: UT, W8 Last Mtg: UT, 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-16, 25-14) [11/6/11]

DIGS #10 Ellen Mullins (379 Digs, 4.36 D/Set) BLOCKS #8 DeeDee Harrison (75 Blks., 1.17 Blk/Set)

FLORIDA Overall: UF, 42-11 Knoxville: UF, 18-5 Gainesville: UF, 23-5 Neutral: Tied, 1-1 Streak: UT, W2 Last Mtg: UT, 3-1 (25-15, 1725, 25-23, 25-21) [10/28/11]

FIRST SERVE

THE MISSISSIPPI STATE MATCH ¢ Marking the first meeting of the season between the two sides, Tennessee and Mississippi State will meet for the 49th time on Friday night. The Big Orange currently leads the all-time series, 41-7. ¢ The Lady Vols enter the matchup having won 23 of their last 24 meetings against the Bulldogs, including eight-straight. Of the eight consecutive wins, seven have been in straight sets. ¢ This match marks the 19th meeting in Starkville, with the Big Orange leading the series 16-2 on the road. Last season, Tennessee blanked the Bulldogs in straight sets, 25-19, 25-18, 28-26. UT’s last loss in Starkville came in five sets on Oct. 19, 2007. ¢ Since head coach Rob Patrick took over in 1997, UT is an impressive 23-1 against Mississippi State. ¢ Winners of six of their last seven matches, the Lady Vols enter the weekend with a 15-6 overall record and an 8-4 mark in SEC play. UT, which is currently receiving votes in the AVCA poll, is ranked 19th in the NCAA’s most recent RPI rankings.

THE BASICS 2012 RECORD 4-18, 0-13 SEC Current Rank: NR Kills/Set: 10.8 Assists/Set: 10.2 Aces/Set: 0.7 Digs/Set: 16.4 Blocks/Set: 1.5

2012 RECORD 19-3, 13-0 SEC Current Rank: 13th Kills/Set: 14.2 Assists/Set: 12.9 Aces/Set: 1.5 Digs/Set: 13.4 Blocks/Set: 2.5

STATISTICAL LEADERS KILLS #22 Taylor Scott (209 Ks, 2.82 K/Set, .107)

KILLS #9 Ziva Recek (291 Ks, 3.83 K/Set, .285)

ASSISTS #9 Rachel Williams (49 Assts., 5.44 A/Set)

ASSISTS #8 Taylor Brauneis (829 Assts., 11.36 A/Set)

DIGS #1 Roxanne McVey (420 Digs, 5.45 D/Set)

DIGS #5 Taylor Unroe (322 Digs, 4.24 D/Set)

BLOCKS #11 Lainey Wyman (47 Blks., 0.85 Blk/Set)

BLOCKS #10 Chloe Mann (76 Blks., 1.09 Blk/Set)

THE FLORIDA MATCH ¢ Facing one its most-played opponents, Tennessee will take on SEC-leading Florida for the first and only time this season on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. ¢ Florida currently holds a 42-11 advantage in the all-time series, but the Lady Vols pulled off the season sweep of the Gators last season. ¢ Last season, the Big Orange topped the thensixth ranked Gators in a thrilling five set match, 25-21, 20-25, 25-21, 19-25, 18-16, in Gainesville and up-ended Florida in four sets at home en route to UT’s first outright SEC title. ¢ This match marks the 29th meeting in Gainesville, where Florida has defended its home court 23 out of 28 times against Tennessee. Prior to last season, the Lady Vols last win in Gainesville came in five sets on Nov. 14, 2004. ¢ There have been 33 three-set matches played between the two sides, 12 four-setters and only eight five-setters. However, since 2004 – the teams have played five four set matches and four five set matches. ¢ Coach Patrick is 6-28 against the Florida Gators.

DATE Aug. 24 Aug. 25 Aug. 25 Aug. 31 Sept. 1 Sept. 2 Sept. 7 Sept. 8 Sept. 8 Sept. 12 Sept. 16 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Sept. 26 Oct. 5 Oct. 7 Oct. 10 Oct. 14 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Oct. 28 Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 9 Nov. 11 Nov. 16 Nov. 18 Nov. 21 Nov. 23

OPPONENT (TV) Florida State # Cincinnati # Iowa State # vs. Colorado State $ vs. BYU $ at Wichita State $ vs. George Washington & vs. Boston College & at Maryland & at Missouri * (ESPNU) at Alabama * Arkansas * South Carolina * at Kentucky * (ESPNU) Missouri * Georgia * at LSU * (ESPNU) at Arkansas * at Texas A&M * Kentucky * Alabama * (SportSouth) at Mississippi State * at Florida * (CSS/CST) at Ole Miss * at South Carolina * Auburn * LSU * Texas A&M * Mississippi State *

TIME L, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 3-1 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 3-2 W, 3-1 L, 3-1 W, 3-1 L, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-2 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.

# Comcast Lady Vol Classic $ Shocker Volleyball Classic & SpringHill Suites at Arundel Mills Invitational * SEC Match All Times Eastern

ON THE AIR ONLINE (FRI.)

¢

HailState TV ¢ www.HailState.com

TELEVISION (SUN.)

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ONLINE (SUN.)

¢ WatchESPN ¢ www.WatchESPN.COM

LIVE STATS (FRI./SUN.) ¢ NeuLion/GameTracker ¢ UTSports.com

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