University of Tennessee Athletics
STOKELY ATHLETICS CENTER
August 29, 2002 | Volleyball
Aug. 29, 2002
The 1998 season marked the return of the Tennessee Lady Vol volleyball team to Stokely Athletics Center for the first time since the conclusion of the 1989 campaign. The Lady Vols debuted their new facility against Florida Atlantic on Sept. 4 in the Toyota Lady Vol Classic. The match, which Tennessee won, 3-0, drew the third-largest crowd (737) ever to witness a volleyball match at the University of Tennessee, including matches played at Alumni Gymnasium.
Tennessee made the most of its new digs, finishing the season with an impressive 11-2 home mark with its only losses coming at the hands of NCAA Tournament participants Florida and South Carolina. The Lady Vols' home mark was the third-best in the conference in 1998, behind only Florida (19-0) and Arkansas (17-2). All-time, the Lady Vols are 44-23 in the facility and have a .657 winning percentage.
As many teams found out over the last four seasons, entering Stokely can be a very overwhelming, if not daunting, task to the opposition. In 1998, the Lady Vols rolled to nine straight wins in their lair before dropping a hard-fought match to the Gamecocks. Tennessee made the most of the momentum Stokely generated as the team even took a game from the Gators for the first time since 1996. In 1999, the Orange and White used their home-court advantage to advance to the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament for the third straight year as Stokely played host to the event in November. The Lady Vols also hosted last year's tournament, losing a 3-2 battle with South Carolina in the first round. In 2002, UT will look to continue its dominance on the checkerboard.
| TENNESSEE | |
| INDIVIDUAL | |
| Kills | 35 by Janelle Hester vs. Marquette (11/23/01) |
| Attempts | 63 by Kristy Dobson vs. Eastern Michigan (11/30/90) |
| Percentage (min. 3 att/g) | .750 (6-0-8) by Kim Obiala vs. Appalachian State (10/5/98) |
| Assists | 73 by Erica Lear vs. Georgia (10/16/98) |
| Aces | 7 by Kelli Scott vs. South Carolina (11/16/01) |
| Block Solos | 5 by Megan Arner vs. Memphis (9/8/00), Denise Hagler vs. South Florida (9/22/89) |
| Block Assists | 10 by Whitney Gifford vs. Marquette (11/23/01) |
| Total Blocks | 10 by Whitney Gifford vs. Marquette (11/23/01) |
| Digs | 32 by Kristy Dobson vs. N.C. State (10/13/89) |
| TEAM | |
| Kills | 94 vs. Arkansas (10/10/99) |
| Attempts | 254 vs. Arkansas (10/10/99) |
| Percentage | .433 (37-8-67) vs. Furman (9/9/89) |
| Assists | 80 vs. Arkansas (10/10/99) |
| Aces | 13 vs. Appalachian State (10/5/98) |
| Block Solos | 7 vs. N.C. State (10/13/89) |
| Block Assists | 30 vs, Marquette (11/23/01) |
| Total Blocks | 16 vs. Marquette (11/23/01) and N.C. State (10/13/89) |
| Digs | 101 vs. Eastern Michigan (11/30/90) |
| OPPONENTS | |
| INDIVIDUAL | |
| Kills | 32 by Stacy Buerger, Georgia (11/14/99) |
| Attempts | 83 by Stacy Buerger, Georgia (11/14/99) |
| Percentage (min. 3 att/g) | .875 (7-0-8) by Ashley Edlund, South Carolina (10/18/98) |
| Assists | 77 by Zing Zhao, Arkansas (10/10/99) and Molly LaMere, Kansas (9/18/99) |
| Aces | 6 by Belinda Spivey, South Florida (9/22/89) |
| Block Solos | 4 by Terry Puccio, Hofstra (11/30/90) |
| Block Assists | 10 by Jennifer Haaser, Arkansas (9/23/01) |
| Total Blocks | 10 by Stacy Martin, Arkansas (10/10/99), Libby Windell, |
| Arkansas (10/10/99), Pam Vehling, N.C. State (10/13/89), 10 by Jennifer Haaser, Arkansas (9/23/01) | |
| Digs | 29 by Pam Vehling, N.C. State (10/13/89) |
| TEAM | |
| Kills | 94 by Georgia (11/14/99) |
| Attempts | 251 by Arkansas (10/10/99) |
| Percentage | .375 (49-10-104) by Houston (11/18/89) |
| Assists | 84 by Arkansas (10/10/99) |
| Aces | 14 by Alabama (10/14/01), South Carolina (10/18/98), South Florida (9/22/89) |
| Block Solos | 6 by Hofstra (11/30/90) |
| Block Assists | 36 by Arkansas (10/10/99) |
| Total Blocks | 22 by Arkansas (10/10/99) |
| Digs | 112 by N.C. State (10/13/89) |
