TNVB Notes vs. South Carolina

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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

WED., NOV. 19, 2014 » KNOXVILLE, TENN. » THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA

THE MATCHUP TENNESSEE

vs

SOUTH CAROLINA

THE BASICS 2014 RECORD 8-21, 1-14 SEC TEAM STATS SEC RANK Kills/Set: 11.24 12th Assists/Set: 10.44 12th Aces/Set: 0.77 13th Digs/Set: 14.11 8th Blocks/Set: 2.13 10th

2014 RECORD 15-12, 5-9 SEC TEAM STATS SEC RANK Kills/Set: 11.83 11th Assists/Set: 11.10 11th Aces/Set: 0.86 12th Digs/Set: 14.64 3rd Blocks/Set: 2.44 1st

STATISTICAL LEADERS KILLS #14 Kendra Turner (195 Ks, 2.75 K/Set) SEC Rank (k/s): 16

KILLS #5 Taylr McNeil (318 Ks, 3.18 K/Set) SEC Rank (k/s): 9

HITTING #6 Shealyn Kolosky (90 Ks in 226 Att., .265) SEC Rank (Hit%): SETTING #4 Lexi Dempsey (766 Assts., 8.06 A/Set) SEC Rank (a/s): 9

HITTING #8 Kellie McNeil (111 Ks in 285 Att., .267) SEC Rank (Hit%): SETTING #8 Kellie McNeil (631 Assts., 6.37 A/Set) SEC Rank (a/s): 11

SERVING #17 Kelsey Bawcombe (16 Aces, 0.20 SA/Set) SEC Rank (sa/s): -

SERVING #8 Kellie McNeill (29 Aces, 0.29 SA/Set) SEC Rank (sa/s): 5

DIGGING #8 Bridgette Villano (298 Digs, 3.01 D/Set) SEC Rank (d/s): 12

DIGGING #10 Mikael Christiaansen (457 Digs, 4.27 D/Set) SEC Rank (d/s): 3

BLOCKING #12 Iesha Bryant (81 Blks., 1.03 Blk/Set) SEC Rank (b/s): 8

BLOCKING #4 Darian Dozier (129 Blks., 1.24 Blk/Set) SEC Rank (b/s): 3

INSIDE THE SERIES Overall. . . . . . . UT Overall. . . . . . UTleads leads36-26 40-8

Last Meeting: Ole Miss UT 3,3,SC UT01

Knoxville. . . . . . UTleads Knoxville. . . . . UT leads19-10 19-6

(23-25,(25-19, 25-18, 25-18) 25-17) 25-18, 25-14,

Oxford. . . . . . . . UT Columbia. . . . . . UT leads 16-9 18-2

Patrick Oct. 2014 | Columbia vs.25 Ole Miss. . . . 22-4

Neutral. . . . . . . . UT Neutral. . . . . . . . . SCleads leads3-0 7-1

Patrick vs. SC. . . . . . . . . 19-16 McRoberts. . . 0-0 Patrick vs. vs. SEC. . . . . . Swanson . . . . . 6-1 Patrick 179-120

Streak. . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss W2 Streak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UT W1

Patrick vs. SEC. . . . . . 180-126

TELEVISION/ONLINE Channel: DirecTV - 208 DISH - 141 Talent: Sam Gore (Play-by-play) Dain Blanton (Analyst)

FIRST SERVE

¢ Tennessee meets former East Division rival South Carolina for the first and only time this season in a 6 p.m. ET matchup Wednesday on ESPNU. ¢ The match is the penultimate home contest for Tennessee and is UT’s first home contest in nearly two weeks. ¢ Wednesday’s match marks the 63rd meeting alltime between the Lady Vols and the Gamecocks in a series that dates all the way back to 1974. ¢ UT and SC split last season’s meetings as both teams won on the other’s home floor. The Gamecocks took the first win of that exchange, snapping a ninematch losing streak in the series with a 3-1 win on Sept. 29, 2013 in Knoxville. ¢ Last week, the Lady Vols went winless in a pair of road matches at LSU and Texas A&M. The losses dropped UT to 1-11 on the road this season and 0-8 away from home in SEC play. ¢ Freshman Kanisha JImenez paced UT offensively in the two matches, turning in performances of 11 and eight kills, respectively. She also had a team-high 12 digs at Texas A&M on Sunday. ¢ For Jimenez, her 11 kills at LSU were her highest kill output since turning in 11 way back on Sept. 20 in a win over Montana State. ¢ Setter Taylor Johnson also had a nice weekend, getting things rolling with a double-double performance in Baton Rouge that included 29 assists and 10 digs. She followed that with 17 helpers at A&M. ¢ Johnson’s double-dip was her second of the season and made her the fifth Lady Vol to record multiple double-doubles in 2014. ¢ Defensive specialists/liberos Bridgette Villano and Megan Hatcher are neck-and-neck for the team lead in digs. Villano currently averages 3.01 d/s -- a figure that ranks 12th in the SEC -- while Hatcher is right behind her at 2.98, good for 13th in the league. Hatcher started both matches last weekend at libero. ¢ Middle blockers Iesha Bryant and Raina Hembry each rank inside the SEC’s top 20 in blocks per set. Bryant, who has led UT in total blocks a team-high 13 times this season, is eighth at 1.03 b/s, and Hembry ranks 15th at 9.01.

ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA

¢ The Gamecocks come into the week fresh off two tough, five-set losses in SEC play last week. SC fell to both Arkansas and Auburn by identical 3-2 score lines and has now played three straight five-set matches. ¢ SC is the SEC’s top blocking team, averaging 2.44 blocks per set to pace the conference. ¢ Leading that charge is junior middle blocker Darian Dozier. The Maryland-native is averaging 1.24 blocks per frame and ranks third in the SEC in the category. ¢ Dozier set SC’s single-season blocks record on Sunday against Auburn, tallying five stuffs to set the program mark in the rally scoring era with 129. She is also currently eighth on SC’s career blocks list. ¢ Sophomore outside hitter KoKo Atoa-Williams leads the team in double-doubles with nine and added another on Sunday when she tied her career-high with 18 kills and 10 digs against Auburn. ¢ Freshman outside hitter Taylr McNeill leads the team in kills and ranks ninth in the SEC at 3.18 kills per set. ¢ SC is 4-5 in true road matches this season and has not won on the road since a 3-2 win at Auburn on Oct. 5.

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TENNESSEE (8-21, 1-14 SEC) vs. SOUTH CAROLINA (15-12, 5-9 SEC) vs

OVERALL RECORD:

8-21

SEC 1-14 NON-CONFERENCE 7-7 HOME 3-8 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) 6 p.m. Arkansas * (SECN) 6 p.m. 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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