VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL: Tennessee vs. Missouri

Sunday, October 15

Knoxville

1:30 PM

University of Tennessee

Missouri

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee volleyball team will be back at home as the Big Orange welcome the Missouri Tigers to Knoxville on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena.

The Vols (9-7, 2-5 SEC), who are coming off a road win against Georgia on Wednesday, will look to keep the streak going at home against Missouri (12-7, 5-1 SEC) with the match being broadcasted on SEC Network+.

The match will also be available on the WatchESPN App. Tennessee is currently 7-2 in matches played at Thomason-Boling Arena.

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HOME SWEET HOME

Tennessee will be home and looking to get back into their winning ways as they face the Missouri Tigers.
The Vols have lost their last two home SEC matches to Alabama (3-2) and Auburn (3-2).
Individual highs in home matches this year: kills (20 – Grubbs), assists (30 – Hansen), digs (28 – Schumacher), blocks (11 – Andreno) and aces (5 – Williams).

LAST WEEK

The Lady Vols are coming off their first home loss of the season losing to Auburn 3-2 and then 3-2 to Alabama in just their third five-set match of the season.
Tessa Grubbs led UT with 33 kills and averaged 3.30 k/s. She recorded a team-high 19 kills in the match against Alabama.
Erica Treiber tied a season high with 16 kills, and she added seven blocks in the match against Auburn.
Sedona Hansen recorded double-doubles in both matches last week. She had 16 assists and 27 digs against Auburn and then 30 assists and 15 digs against Alabama.
Brooke Schumacher recoded her first double-double of the season against Auburn with 18 digs and 10 assists.
Madison Coulter recorded a double-double in her first career start for Tennessee with 11 kills and 12 digs against Alabama.
Olivia Schwamberger saw her first start as a Lady Vol on Wednesday against Auburn and recorded a career-high eight kills against Alabama.

SERIES VS. MISSOURI

Series: Mizzou leads 8-2
Last 10 meetings: Mizzou leads 7-3

Nov. 26, 2016       L        3-0   Columbia
Nov. 4, 2016         L        3-1   Knoxville
Oct. 4, 2015          L        3-1   Columbia
Nov. 7, 2014         L        3-1   Knoxville
Sept. 28, 2014      L        3-0   Columbia
Oct. 11, 2013        L        3-0   Knoxville
Oct. 5, 2012         W       3-2   Knoxville
Sept. 12, 2012      L        3-2   Columbia
Dec. 10, 2005      W       3-1   University Park
Sept. 4, 2005        L        3-0   Columbia

Last Match: Erica Treiber led the Vols offensively with nine kills, two blocks and an ace. Freshman setter Sedona Hansen recorded her 18^th double-double in 31 matches this season, finishing with 27 assists and a team-leading 11 digs.

FAMILY TIES

Madison Coulter's grandfather, Kenny Coulter, also was a student-athlete at Tennessee. Kenny lettered three years as a guard on the Tennessee basketball team from 1956-59. The Maryville, Tennessee, native was the Vols' second-leading scorer as a senior in 1958-59, averaging 14.0 ppg. A former college basketball official, Kenny now works as an officials' observer at UT home games. Madison is averaging 0.78 kills per set and is hitting .139 with 39 kills on the season. Madison also got her first start at as a Lady Vol on Sunday against Alabama.
Breana Jeter is the younger sister of former Lady Vol Kayla Jeter, who played for UT from 2008-14 as an outside hitter. Kayla finished her career at Tennessee with a .262 hitting percentage and 934 kills and 229 blocks. Breana has a current average of .203 and averages 1.92 kills per set with 71 kills on the season.
Callie Williams is the daughter of a volleyball coach Jason Williams (assistant at Baylor) and a volleyball All-American in Cory Williams. Cory (Sivertson) Williams played volleyball at Baylor where she is the only volleyball player to be inducted into the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame. Callie, a setter like her mom, has 275 assists this season averaging 4.58 assist per set.