VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL: Tennessee vs. #4 Florida

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Knoxville, Tenn. – The Tennessee volleyball team will be back home as the Lady Vols host the No. 4 ranked Florida Gators on Sunday afternoon at Thompson-Boling Arena at 1:30 p.m.

The Lady Vols (11-10, 4-8 SEC) are coming off a tough four set home loss to the Gamecocks of South Carolina on Friday, but they are looking to bounce back against the No. 4 Florida (19-1, 11-1 SEC) tomorrow.

The match will be available on the WatchESPN App.

Other news and notes:

BACK ON ROCKY TOP

The Lady Vols are 8-3 in home matches this season following a 3-1 loss on Friday to South Carolina.
Individual highs in home matches this year include: kills (20 – Grubbs), assists (30 – Hansen), digs (28 – Schumacher), blocks (11 – Andreno) and aces (5 – Jimenez/Williams)

LAST WEEK

Tennessee went 1-1 last week on the road, falling to Texas A&M 3-2 and then bouncing back to defeat LSU 3-0 in straight sets.
Sedona Hansen recorded her 11^th double-double of the season against Texas A&M and while doing so etched her name in the UT record book by cracking the top 10 all-time in assist leaders at Tennessee. She finished the week with 43 assists and 32 digs.
Tessa Grubbs finished the weekend with 23 kills averaging 3.29 k/s while also hitting a .181 percentage.
Breana Jeter finished the week with 16 kills while hitting .186 and averaging 2.00 kills per set over the weekend.

SERIES VS. No. 4 Florida

Series: Florida leads 48-13-1
Last 10 meetings: Florida leads 8-3

Sept. 20, 2017      L        3-0   Gainesville
Oct. 2, 2016          L        3-1   Gainesville
Nov. 15, 2015       L        3-0   Gainesville
Oct. 14, 2016        L        3-0   Knoxville
Nov. 2, 2014         L        3-0   Knoxville
Nov. 20, 2013       L        3-0   Knoxville
Oct. 27, 2013        L        3-0   Gainesville
Nov. 4, 2012        W       3-2   Gainesville
Oct. 28, 2011       W       3-1   Nashville
Sept. 25, 2011     W       3-2   Gainesville

Last Match: Erica Treiber had 10 kills on 27 attacks and Alyssa Andreno had seven with a .278 hitting percentage but it was not enough as the No. 1 Gators went on to win 3-0

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 0.95 kills per set and is hitting .132 with 62 kills on the season. Madison has started the last six matches for Tennessee.
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 .179 and averages 1.92 kills per set with 96 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 343 assists this season averaging 4.47 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.

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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Andreno

Tessa Grubbs

Sedona Hansen

Breana Jeter

Erica Treiber

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