Treiber, Andreno Push Vols Past Missouri, 3-1

Sunday, October 15

Knoxville

1:30 PM

University of Tennessee

3-510-7 | SEC

Missouri

5-212-8 | SEC

Missouri

Tennessee

October 15, 2017 | Volleyball

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Erica Treiber finished with a 15 kills and Alyssa Andreno added 12 kills as Tennessee defeated the Missouri Tigers 3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 17-25, 25-21) on Sunday afternoon at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Treiber finished with a .519 hitting percentage and six blocks and Andreno had a .550 hitting percentage and six blocks in the win. Sedona Hansen recorded her 1500th assist and her seventh double-double of the season,finishing with 24 assists and 13 digs.

In the opening set, the Vols used a 4-0 run to take an 11-9 lead which prompted a timeout by the Tigers. Out of the timeout, UT would go on the score the next two points to take a 13-9 lead over Missouri before an attack error by Treiber stopped the Lady Vols run.

Missouri would go on to score the next three points to make the score 13-12 after which Tennessee took its first timeout. From that point the two teams would trade points back and forth until the Lady Vols took a 23-21 lead following a 3-0 run on their way to winning the opening set 25-22. There were 12 ties and six lead changes in the opening set.

Tennessee took the second set 25-20 behind a .417 hitting percentage. Treiber had five kills and a .625 hitting percentage while Andreno added four kills and a .800 hitting percentage to give the Lady Vols a two-set lead over Missouri.

In the third set the Tigers came out hot and ready to play, opening the set on an 11-3 run before the Vols would get things going. Tennessee used a 4-0 run to get back in the set and make the score 13-9 Mizzou, but the Tigers would not let up as they would go on to take the set 25-17.

In the fourth set the Lady Vols came out with a sense of urgency and battled back to take the fourth set 25-21 on their way to winning the match 3-1 over Missouri.

Missouri was led by Leketor Member-Meneh (17), Kira Laarson (12) and Sydney Deeken (11) who all finished the match with double digit kills. The Tigers finished with 58 kills and just a .183 hitting percentage and 30 errors.

Tennessee had 14 blocks, 51 kills and a .252 hitting percentage and Treiber and Andreno had 27 of those kills.

The Vols will be back in action in a week when they travel to Lexington, Kentucky to face the Wildcats on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 1:30 p.m.

Match Notes:

Hansen made it 17 straight matches with 10 or more assists and recorded her seventh double-double.

Coach Patrick Quotes
(On team performance)
One of the focuses was that we had to play pretty clean because Missouri is a team that does an unbelievable job of not making very many errors and I felt that one of the keys was going to be for us to play as error free as we could and I was very happy with how our hitters and passers did a great job of taking care of the ball in different situations.

I thought one of the big keys for the success we had was Alyssa Andreno and Erica Treiber, not only what they did offensively but what they did against Missouri's very, very talented and athletic middles, two of the best middles in our conference and really did a nice job of neutralizing them as best as you can and also offensively doing a great job. I thought our play at the net was very, very strong. That's something that Missouri is very good at with their blocking and attacking, I believe they are in the top three in our conference in hitting percentage, but to hold such a offensive juggernaut to under .200 hitting percentage I thought was pretty special, I didn't think we could do that I thought we were going to have to just try and hit for a higher percentage than them rather than hold them to under .200, so a lot of credit goes to our defense and our defensive system. I thought the team did a fantastic job of carrying out the game plan both at the net and in the backcourt.

(One Sedona Hansen)
Offensively we are able to click so well due to our setting and Sedona has been the leader of that group. She is really a coach on the floor when she plays, I thought she did an unbelievable job of not only setting the right person at the right time, but also in setting the ball in the right place for our middles to be so successful. My hats off to her in terms of allowing our offense to click on all cylinders during this match, but again she led us in digs and she does it on both sides of the court, she does offensively and defensively. She's one of the, in my opinion, one of the best setters in the country and definitely in our conference and she was a big reason for the success we had today.