Tennessee Falls to #4 Florida 3-0 at Home

Sunday, November 5

Knoxville

1:30 PM

University of Tennessee

11-11, 4-9SEC

#4 Florida

20-1, 12-1SEC

Florida

Tennessee

November 05, 2017 | Volleyball

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee dropped a hard-fought match to the No. 4 ranked Florida Gators 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-20) Sunday afternoon at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Sedona Hansen recorded her 13^th double-double of the season with 10 assists and 17 digs for the Lady Vols (11-11, 4-9 SEC). Breana Jeter led the team with eight kills and a .263 hitting percentage.

Florida (20-1, 12-1 SEC) took a tight opening set 25-23. The Gators opened up on a 4-1 run before the Lady Vols would use a 5-0 run initiated by a kill from Erica Treiber to take their first lead of the set at 12-10. Each team would go on separate runs and tie the match up six times following that point. Jeter and Treiber each had three kills for Tennessee in the opening set.

The Gators took the lead early in the second set behind a 10-3 start and never looked back. Tennessee got as close as four points on two different occasions but the Gators' 13 kills and .282 hitting percentage was enough to win the second set 25-19.

Florida got off to another fast start in the third set, but after trailing early the Lady Vols used a 4-0 run to tie the match up at 15 and get back in the set. The two teams would trade points back and forth with each team going on separate runs, but the Gators took their final lead off a kill by Rhamat Alhassan to make the score 19-18. Florida finished with a 6-2 run to take the set 25-20 and the match.

The Gators had three players finish with double-digit kills with Carli Snyder leading the way with 11 kills and adding 13 digs for a double-double. Rachael Kramer and Shainah Joseph also had double-digit kills of 11 and 10. Florida also had 13 blocks as a team in the win.

Tennessee will make its final road trip of the season when the Lady Vols travel to Auburn on Thursday, Nov. 9 and then to Alabama on Sunday, Nov. 12.