VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL: Tennessee at Alabama

Sunday, November 12

Tuscaloosa, AL

2:00 PM

University of Tennessee

Alabama

November 11, 2017 | Volleyball

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Tennessee volleyball team will play its final road game of the season when the Lady Vols face off against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Sunday at Foster Auditorium at 2 p.m. ET.

The Lady Vols (11-12, 4-12 SEC) are coming off a tough road loss at the hands of the Auburn Tigers on Thursday, but they are looking to get back to their winning ways against Alabama (16-11, 4-9 SEC).

The match will be available on the SEC Network+ and the WatchESPN App.

Other news and notes:

FINAL ROAD TRIP

The Lady Vols will play their final road match of the season when they face off against Alabama on Sunday afternoon.
Tennessee is 2-7 in true road matches this season; those two wins came against Georgia and LSU.
Individual highs in road matches this year: kills (16 – Stephanie Buss/Alyssa Andreno), assists (37 – Sedona Hansen), digs (26 – Brooke Schumacher), blocks (8 – Erica Treiber/Andreno) and aces (2 – Treiber)

LAST MATCH

Tennessee dropped a tough 3-1 match at Auburn Thursday night.
Schumacher recorded 26 digs for the Lady Vols and in doing so, become the 15^th member of the volleyball program to record 1,000 career digs. It also marked her fifth match with 25 or more digs this season.
Hansen recorded her 14^th double-double of the season with 25 assists and 16 digs. She has had 10 or more assists in every match this season. She has also recorded 20 or more assists in 15 matches this season.
Callie Williams recorded her third double-double of the season with 15 assists and 11 digs.
Tessa Grubbs finished with a team-high 10 kills.

SERIES VS. ALABAMA

Series: Tennessee leads 35-17
Last 10 meetings: Series tied 5-5

Oct. 8, 2017           L         3-2    Knoxville
Oct. 28, 2016         W        3-0    Tuscaloosa
Nov. 6, 2015           L         3-1    Tuscaloosa
Oct. 2, 2015           W        3-1    Knoxville
Nov. 29, 2014         L         3-0    Tuscaloosa
Oct. 5, 2014           L         3-1    Knoxville
Nov. 24, 2013         L         3-0    Tuscaloosa
Oct. 28, 2012         W        3-0    Knoxville
Sept. 16, 2012       W        3-1    Tuscaloosa
Nov. 13, 2011        W        3-0    Tuscaloosa

Last Match: Grubbs had 19 kills and Madison Coulter added a career-high 11 kills for Tennessee in a 3-2 loss to Alabama at Thompson-Boling Arena. Grubbs finished with a match-high 19 kills for the Lady Vols, while Coulter recorded her first career double-double with 12 digs and 11 kills. Hansen picked up her sixth double-double that match with 30 assists and 15 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 1.11 kills per set and is hitting .139 with 84 kills on the season. Madison has been starting for the Lady Vols since the Alabama match on Oct. 8.
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 hitting percentage of .188 and averages 1.93 kills per set with 118 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 390 assists this season averaging 4.53 assist per set.
Sedona Hansen is the daughter of a two-time WCWS National Champion Lisa Guise-Hansen. Lisa, was an infielder and outfielder from 1990-93, helping lead Arizona to a Women's College World Series National Championships in 1991 and 1993. She hit .230 in her career with 10 doubles and 59 RBI.