Volleyball Central: Tennessee vs. Georgia

Sunday, November 19

Knoxville

1:30 PM

University of Tennessee

Georgia

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November 18, 2017 | Volleyball

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee volleyball team will look to close out the 2017 season with its final two matches at home, continuing with Sunday's 1:30 p.m. match against the Georgia Bulldogs at Thompson-Boling Arena.

The Lady Vols (12-13, 5-11 SEC) snapped a four-match losing streak with a 3-1 home win over the Ole Miss Rebels to improve to 9-4 at home this season. They will welcome the Georgia Bulldogs (18-10, 8-7 SEC) to Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m.

The match will be available on the SEC Network+ and the WathcESPN app.

Other news and notes:

FINAL STAND

Tennessee is playing its final three matches of the season at home. The Lady Vols won the first match 3-1 over Ole Miss on Friday and will continue against Georgia on Sunday afternoon.
The Lady Vols are 9-4 in matches played at Thompson-Boling Arena this season.
Individual highs in home matcher this year: kills (20 – Tessa Grubbs), assists (46 – Hansen), digs (28 – Brooke Schumacher), blocks (11 – Alyssa Andreno) and aces (5 – Williams).

LAST WEEK

Tessa Grubbs finished with a team-high 13 kills and a .343 hitting percentage for the Lady Vols.
Erica Treiber had 12 kills and a hitting percentage of .423 for Tennessee in the 3-1 win over Ole Miss.
Callie Williams started her first match of the season and recorded her fourth double-double of the season with a career-high 46 assists and 12 digs.
Breana Jeter finished with a .556 hitting percentage and added six kills for the Lady Vols as a spark off the bench.

SERIES VS. Georgia

Series: Tennessee leads 46-27
Last 10 meetings: Tennessee leads 8-2

Oct. 11, 2017         W        3-2    Athens
Sept. 25, 2016       W        3-0    Knoxville
Nov. 27, 2015        W        3-0    Knoxville
Sept. 27, 2015       W        3-0    Athens
Oct. 19, 2014          L         3-0    Athens
Nov. 3, 2013           L         3-1    Knoxville
Oct. 4, 2013            L         3-0    Athens
Oct. 7, 2012           W        3-2    Knoxville
Oct. 23, 2011         W        3-1    Athens
Set. 16, 2011         W        3-0    Knoxville

Last Match: Stephanie Buss got five of her team-high 16 kills in the final set and Sedona Hansen recorded her sixth double-double of the Vols in a tough 3-2 win over the Georgia Bulldogs at Stegeman Coliseum Wednesday night. Buss's 16 kills was a career-high for her while also hitting a .387 hitting percentage, while Hansen finished with 31 assists and 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 1.20 kills per set and is hitting .161 with 97 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 1.94 kills per set with 122 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 414 assists this season averaging 4.55 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.