6 COMBINED SEC TITLES 1981, 1982, 1984, 2004, 2004T, 2011 14 NCAA APPEARANCES 1981-1984, 1993, 2000, 2004-06, 2008-12 14 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES » 6 COMBINED SEC TITLES » 18 ALL-AMERICANS » 21 20-WIN SEASONS
SAT., NOV. 29, 2014 » TUSCALOOSA, ALA. » FOSTER AUDITORIUM
THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE
vs
ALABAMA
THE BASICS 2014 RECORD 8-23, 1-16 SEC TEAM STATS SEC RANK Kills/Set: 11.25 12th Assists/Set: 10.42 12th Aces/Set: 0.79 13th Digs/Set: 14.18 7th Blocks/Set: 2.14 9th
2014 RECORD 24-7, 12-5 SEC TEAM STATS SEC RANK Kills/Set: 13.88 3rd Assists/Set: 12.68 4th Aces/Set: 1.46 2nd Digs/Set: 12.70 12th Blocks/Set: 2.11 10th
STATISTICAL LEADERS KILLS #14 Kendra Turner (216 Ks, 2.70 K/Set) SEC Rank (k/s): 18
KILLS #13 Krystal Rivers (526 Ks, 4.31 K/Set) SEC Rank (k/s): 1
HITTING #6 Shealyn Kolosky (108 Ks in 261 Att., .284) SEC Rank (Hit%): 20 SETTING #4 Lexi Dempsey (793 Assts., 8.09 A/Set) SEC Rank (a/s): 9
HITTING #20 Bruna Evangelista (149 Ks in 314 Att., .369) SEC Rank (Hit%): 7 SETTING #1 Sierra Wilson (1,423 Assts., 11.66 A/Set) SEC Rank (a/s): 1
SERVING #17 Kelsey Bawcombe (17 Aces, 0.20 SA/Set) SEC Rank (sa/s): -
SERVING #13 Krystal Rivers (37 Aces, 0.30 SA/Set) SEC Rank (sa/s): 4
DIGGING #18 Megan Hatcher (233 Digs, 3.11 D/Set) SEC Rank (d/s): 11
DIGGING #2 Natalie Murison (369 Digs, 3.02 D/Set) SEC Rank (d/s): 14
BLOCKING #12 Iesha Bryant (84 Blks., 1.00 Blk/Set) SEC Rank (b/s): 9
BLOCKING #15 Leah Lawrence (110 Blks., 0.92 Blk/Set) SEC Rank (b/s): 14
INSIDE THE SERIES Overall. . . . . . . UT Overall. . . . . . . UT leads leads 33-14 40-8
Last Meeting: Ole Bama Miss3, 3,UT UT11
Knoxville. . . . . . UT leads 19-6 17-4
(25-15, (23-25,25-20, 25-18,20-25. 25-14, 29-27) 25-18)
Oxford. . . . . . . . UT Tuscaloosa . . . . UT leads 13-8 18-2
PatrickOct. 2014 | Knoxville vs. 5, Ole Miss. . . . 22-4
Neutral. . . . . . . . UT leads 3-0 Neutral. . . . . . . . . 3-2
Patrick vs. Alabama . . . 20-9 McRoberts. . . 0-0 Patrick vs. vs. SEC. . . . . . Allen. . . . . . . . 4-2 Patrick 179-120
Streak. . . . . . . . . . Alabama Streak. . . . . . . . . Ole Miss W2
Patrick vs. SEC. . . . . . 180-128
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FIRST SERVE
¢ Tennessee concludes the 2014 season on the road in a rematch with Alabama on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. ¢ The Lady Vols enter the season finale having lost eight straight matches, tying its longest such streak of the season. UT fell to Arkansas, 3-1, in its last match on Wednesday night in Knoxville. ¢ Saturday marks the 48th meeting all-time between the Lady Vols and Crimson Tide and the 22nd meeting to be played in Tuscaloosa. Tennessee is 13-8 when visiting Alabama, but dropped their last match at Foster Auditorium by a 3-0 score line. ¢ In Wednesday’s match vs. Arkansas, UT was led by a career performance from senior middle blocker Shealyn Kolosky. Donning the orange and white in front of the home faithful for the final time in her career, Kolosky finished with a career-high 12 kills on a .500 hitting percentage. ¢ It was only the second time this season that Kolosky had led the Lady Vols in kills and just the second double-digit kill performance from the senior in 2014. ¢ Libero Megan Hatcher had a team-high 15 digs on Wednesday night and is now averaging 4.25 digs per set over her last six matches. ¢ Hatcher has now overtaken fellow defensive specialist Bridgette Villano for the team lead in kills per set. Each half of the duo ranks inside the SEC’s top 20 in the category. Hatcher’s 3.11 is the 11th-best mark in the league with Villano not far behind in 13th at 3.01. ¢ Middle blockers Iesha Bryant and Raina Hembry also rank inside the SEC’s top 20 in blocks per set. The duo has combined to lead the team in total blocks in 26 of UT’s 31 matches this year, each pacing the squad 13 times, respectively. ¢ Bryant stands 9th in the conference, averaging exactly 1.00 b/s and Hembry, who has had the team lead in blocks in three of the last five matches, ranks 15th at 0.92 b/s. The duo combined for five blocks on Wednesday night -- three from Bryant and a pair from Hembry.
KOLOSKY SHINES ON SENIOR NIGHT
¢ Prior to first serve of Wednesday’s match vs. Arkansas, lone senior Shealyn Kolosky was honored as she wraps up her four-year career at Tennessee. ¢ A four-year player for head coach Rob Patrick, the Wheaton, Illinois native turned in one of her strongest performances of the year in her farewell match. ¢ With 13 kills on 22 swings with only two errors, Kolosky set a new career-best in kills, besting her previous record of 11. She also finished the night with seven blocks, matching her season-high and falling just three shy of her career-high. ¢ The 13-kill outburst marked just the second time this season that Kolosky had led Tennessee in kills and was also just her second double-digit kill match of the year. ¢ The only member of the Tennessee squad to have appeared in two NCAA Tournaments, Kolosky is averaging 1.48 kills per set and 0.68 blocks per set with a teamleading .284 attack percentage as a senior.
ABOUT ALABAMA
¢ The Crimson Tide (24-7, 12-5 SEC) are putting the finishing touches on their second consecutive 20-win season under fourth-year head coach Ed Allen. Their 24 wins this year match a program record. ¢ The winner of five of its last six matches, Alabama earned a 3-2 victory at Missouri on Wednesday night,
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TENNESSEE (8-23, 1-16 SEC)vs at ALABAMA (24-7, 12-5 SEC)
OVERALL RECORD:
8-23
SEC 1-16 NON-CONFERENCE 7-7 HOME 3-10 AWAY 1-11 NEUTRAL 4-2
THE SCHEDULE DATE Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 30 Sept. 5 Sept. 5 Sept. 6 Sept. 9 Sept. 12 Sept. 12 Sept. 13 Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 20 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Oct. 29 Nov. 2 Nov. 7 Nov. 9 Nov. 14 Nov. 16 Nov. 19 Nov. 26 Nov. 29
OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT vs. Tennessee Tech # W, 3-0 vs. Cleveland State # W, 3-1 at Appalachian State # L, 3-0 vs. Northern Illinois $ L, 3-0 at Iowa State $ L, 3-0 vs. Omaha $ L, 3-0 at Evansville W, 3-1 vs. Kennesaw State & W, 3-1 vs. Loyola Maryland & W, 3-1 at Coastal Carolina & L, 3-1 Austin Peay % L, 3-0 Memphis % L, 3-1 Mercer % W, 3-2 Montana State % W, 3-0 at Arkansas * (SECN+) L, 3-0 at Missouri * (SECN) L, 3-0 #21 Texas A&M * L, 3-0. Alabama * (SECN+) L, 3-1 #13 Kentucky * (SECN+) L, 3-0 LSU * L, 3-0 at Mississippi State * L, 3-2 at Georgia * (SECN) L, 3-0 Ole Miss * W, 3-0 at #18 Kentucky * (ESPNU) L, 3-0 #8 Florida * (SECN) L, 3-0 Missouri * (SECN+) L, 3-1 at Auburn * (SECN+) L, 3-1 at LSU * (SECN+) L, 3-1 at Texas A&M * (SECN+) L, 3-0 South Carolina * (ESPNU) L, 3-2 Arkansas * (SECN) L, 3-1 at Alabama * 12 p.m.
# Appalachian Invitational - Boone, N.C. $ Iowa State Challenge - Ames, Iowa & Coastal Carolina Tournament - Conway, S.C. % DISH Lady Vol Classic - Knoxville, Tenn. * SEC Match All Times Eastern
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