University of Tennessee Athletics
Friday, September 29
Gainesville, FL
7:00 pm
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Offense Struggles in Loss at No. 1 Florida
September 29, 2017 | Volleyball
Box Score (PDF)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Tennessee could not get anything going offensively against the No. 1 Florida Gators Saturday night as they fell in straight sets (25-17, 25-18, 25-19) on the road at the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.
Tennessee (8-4, 1-2 SEC) was led by Alyssa Andreno, who finished the match hitting .278 with seven kills and Erica Treiber, who tied a match high with 10 kills on 27 attacks for the Vols; the two combined for 17 of the teams 24 kills on the night.
The Lady Vols held the lead for a large portion of the opening set until the Gators (10-0, 2-0 SEC) tied that set up at 9-9; after which Florida scored the next five points. An attack error by Florida broke the run to make it 14-10, which was followed up with a kill by Rachael Kramer and then a service error by Carli Snyder cut the lead to 15-11.
Tennessee called its final timeout of the set with the score 20-15 and Florida went on to score five of the final seven points to the take the opening set 25-17.
The Vols hit just .114 in the opening set and were led by Breana Jeter.
In the second set, Florida used a 4-0 run to retake the lead at 8-5 until back-to-back kills by Treiber and Andreno made it 8-7. The Gators would then score 13 of the next 20 points to take a 21-14 lead.
The Vols battled back to score four more points, but it was not enough against the Gators' high-powered offense as they went on to win 25-18. Andreno had a hitting percentage of .800 with four kills on five attacks in the set.
In the final set, the Gators never gave up the lead at any point and held on to win 25-19. Kanisha Jimenez and Madison Coulter combined for five of the 10 kills in the set and they also had 25 of the 45 attacks.
Florida was led by Kramer, who had a match-high .529 hitting percentage with 10 kills on 17 attacks. The Gators finished the match hitting .252 with 13 blocks.
Tennessee will head to Columbia, S.C., to face the Gamecocks of South Carolina on Sunday at 1 p.m.
MATCH NOTES:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Tennessee could not get anything going offensively against the No. 1 Florida Gators Saturday night as they fell in straight sets (25-17, 25-18, 25-19) on the road at the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.
Tennessee (8-4, 1-2 SEC) was led by Alyssa Andreno, who finished the match hitting .278 with seven kills and Erica Treiber, who tied a match high with 10 kills on 27 attacks for the Vols; the two combined for 17 of the teams 24 kills on the night.
The Lady Vols held the lead for a large portion of the opening set until the Gators (10-0, 2-0 SEC) tied that set up at 9-9; after which Florida scored the next five points. An attack error by Florida broke the run to make it 14-10, which was followed up with a kill by Rachael Kramer and then a service error by Carli Snyder cut the lead to 15-11.
Tennessee called its final timeout of the set with the score 20-15 and Florida went on to score five of the final seven points to the take the opening set 25-17.
The Vols hit just .114 in the opening set and were led by Breana Jeter.
In the second set, Florida used a 4-0 run to retake the lead at 8-5 until back-to-back kills by Treiber and Andreno made it 8-7. The Gators would then score 13 of the next 20 points to take a 21-14 lead.
The Vols battled back to score four more points, but it was not enough against the Gators' high-powered offense as they went on to win 25-18. Andreno had a hitting percentage of .800 with four kills on five attacks in the set.
In the final set, the Gators never gave up the lead at any point and held on to win 25-19. Kanisha Jimenez and Madison Coulter combined for five of the 10 kills in the set and they also had 25 of the 45 attacks.
Florida was led by Kramer, who had a match-high .529 hitting percentage with 10 kills on 17 attacks. The Gators finished the match hitting .252 with 13 blocks.
Tennessee will head to Columbia, S.C., to face the Gamecocks of South Carolina on Sunday at 1 p.m.
MATCH NOTES:
- Stephanie Buss and Asha Phillips each got their first start of the season.
- Sedona Hansen made it her 12th match with double-digit assists.
Team Stats
TENN
UF
Kills
34
39
Errors
22
12
Attempts
123
107
Hitting %
.098
.252
Points
40.5
58.0
Assists
30
39
Aces
3
6
Blocks
3.5
13.0
Game Leaders
Kills
10
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
4
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
0
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