Tennessee Volleyball vs Texas A&M/Mississippi State Notes

Page 1

9 COMBINED SEC TITLES 1981&T, 1982&T, 1984&T, 2004&T, 2011 13 NCAA APPEARANCES 1981-1984, 1993, 2000, 2004-06, 2008-11 13 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES » 9 COMBINED SEC TITLES » 16 ALL-AMERICANS » 21 20-WIN SEASONS

TENNESSEE (21-6, 14-4) vs. TEXAS A&M (22-5, 14-4)

2012 » SCHEDULE & RECORD

TENNESSEE (21-6, 14-4) vs. MISS. ST. (4-23, 0-18) NOV. 23, 2012 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE, TENN. » 7 P.M. ET

TENNESSEE

vs.

THIS WEEK’S OPPONENTS TEXAS A&M

MISS. ST.

THE RECORD

NOV. 21, 2012 » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA » KNOXVILLE, TENN. » 7 P.M. ET

OVERALL RECORD:

21-6

SEC 14-4 NON-CONFERENCE 7-2 HOME 8-3 AWAY 10-2 NEUTRAL 3-1

THE SCHEDULE

THE BASICS 2012 RECORD: 21-6, 14-4 SEC Current Rank: RV Kills/Set: 14.2 Assists/Set: 13.2 Aces/Set: 0.9 Digs/Set: 16.3 Blocks/Set: 2.6

STATS LEADERS

INSIDE THE SERIES

KILLS #9 Kelsey Robinson (412 Kills, 4.29 K/Set, .231) ASSISTS #15 Mary Pollmiller (1,130 Assists, 10.66 A/Set)

TEXAS A&M Overall: UT, 6-2 Knoxville: UT, 3-1 College Station: UT, 2-1 Neutral: UT, 1-0 Streak: UT, W2 Last Mtg: UT, 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-21) [10/19/12]

DIGS #10 Ellen Mullins (487 Digs, 4.59 D/Set)

MISSISSIPPI STATE Overall: UT, 42-7 Knoxville: UT, 21-2 Starkville: UT, 17-2 Neutral: UT, 4-3 Streak: UT, W9 Last Mtg: UT, 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-17) [11/2/12]

BLOCKS #8 DeeDee Harrison (97 Blocks, 1.17 Blk/Set)

FIRST SERVE THE TEXAS A&M REMATCH

¢ Winners of 12 of its last 13 matches, including seven in a row, the Lady Vols welcome Texas A&M to Thompson-Boling Arena for the first time on Wednesday night. The meeting marks just the ninth matchup between the two sides. ¢ With Florida having clinched the SEC title, the Lady Vols and Aggies will fight it out for second place in the conference. Last week, A&M clinched the SEC Western Division in its first season as a league member. ¢ With a straight-set win in College Station, Texas, earlier this season, Tennessee currently leads the series against the Aggies by a 6-2 margin. Prior to the meeting in mid-October, the two sides hadn’t met since a second round matchup in the 2004 NCAA Tournament. UT won that match in four. ¢ Dating back to that meeting, Tennessee has won two straight against A&M and is 3-1 all-time against the Aggies in Knoxville. However, this will be the first meeting at TBA – where UT began playing full-time in 2008. ¢ After taking over the program in 1997, head coach Rob Patrick is now 2-0 against the Aggies all-time.

THE BASICS 2012 RECORD 22-5, 14-4 SEC Current Rank: RV Kills/Set: 14.5 Assists/Set: 13.6 Aces/Set: 1.3 Digs/Set: 16.6 Blocks/Set: 2.1

2012 RECORD 4-23, 0-18 SEC Current Rank: NR Kills/Set: 11.1 Assists/Set: 10.5 Aces/Set: 0.7 Digs/Set: 16.3 Blocks/Set: 1.4

STATISTICAL LEADERS KILLS KILLS #10 Alisia Kastmo #22 Taylor Scott (344 Ks, 3.66 K/Set, .257) (263 Ks, 2.92 K/Set, .110) ASSISTS ASSISTS #6 Allie Sawatzky #9 Rachel Williams (983 Assts., 10.24 A/Set) (229 Assts., 9.16 A/Set) DIGS #3 Megan Pendergast (384 Digs, 4.04 D/Set)

DIGS #1 Roxanne McVey (524 Digs, 5.63 D/Set)

BLOCKS #14 Lindsey Miller (96 Blks., 1.05 Blk/Set)

BLOCKS #11 Lainey Wyman (59 Blks., 0.83 Blk/Set)

THE MISSISSIPPI STATE REMATCH

¢ The Lady Vols conclude their 2012 regular season campaign on Friday night against Mississippi State. The matchup with be the 50th all-time meeting in the series. ¢ With a straight-set win in Starkville earlier this month, Tennessee holds a commanding 42-7 advantage in the series and has won nine consecutive matches against the Bulldogs. ¢ UT has actually won 24 of the last 25 against Mississippi State. Of the nine straight wins, eight have been in three sets. ¢ This match marks the 24th all-time meeting in Knoxville, with the Big Orange holding a 21-2 advantage in the series at home. ¢ Last season, Tennessee defeated the Bulldogs in four sets at Thompson-Boling Arena on Nov. 6. UT has won an impressive 12 straight at home against Mississippi State and has not lost to the Bulldogs in Knoxville since Sept. 24, 2005. ¢ With the win earlier this season, Coach Patrick now holds a near-perfect 24-1 record against Mississippi State since taking over the program in 1997.

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) #12 Florida State # Cincinnati # #10 Iowa State # vs. #24 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 #13 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 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 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

¢ UTSports TV ¢ www.UTSports.com ¢ Evan Ellis (PxP)

LIVE STATS

¢ GameTracker ¢ UTSports.com

SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOW US

@LadyVol_VBall LIKE US Facebook.com/UTVolleyball

2012 TENNESSEE VOLLEYBALL » UTSPORTS.COM » @LADYVOL_VBALL


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.