Volleyball Central: Tennessee at South Carolina

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COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Tennessee volleyball team will close out its road trip in Columbia when the Vols face the South Carolina Gamecocks on Sunday at 1 p.m. live on the SEC Network.

The Vols (8-4, 1-2 SEC) come into the match after dropping the first match of the road trip to the No. 1 Florida 3-0, while South Carolina (8-6, 1-1 SEC) dropped its SEC home opener to LSU 1-3 on Saturday.

Tennessee is 37-29 all-time against South Carolina. The Gamecocks won the only meeting last season in a tough five-set match. The teams are 5-5 in the last 10 matches in Columbia.

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ON THE ROAD

Friday will start the first road swing of the SEC season for the Vols, as they face Florida and South Carolina, teams they faced just once last year.
The Vols are 0-3 in true road matches this season, having lost to then-No. 2 Minnesota in the second weekend of the season and to Arkansas last week.
On the road, Kendra Turner has 20 kills and averages 3.33 kills per set. Breana Jeter has 13 kills, an average of 2.60 per set.

LAST WEEK

The Vols went 1-1 to open conference play, losing on the road at Arkansas 3-0 before beating Mississippi State 3-1 at home.
At Arkansas, Tessa Grubbs led Tennessee with 4.00 kills per set, hitting a team-high .491 to open SEC play. She had a season-high 20 kills and a .475 hitting percentage against Mississippi State.
Erica Treiber and Kendra Turner both had a .500 hitting percentage against Mississippi State.
Sedona Hansen recorded her fourth double-double of the season against Mississippi State with 28 assists and 13 digs.

SERIES VS. SOUTH CAROLINA

Series: Tennessee leads 37-29
Last 10 meetings: Tennessee leads 6-4

Sept. 9, 2016        L         2-3   Columbia
Nov. 11, 2015       L         0-3   Columbia
Oct. 18, 2015       W        3-2   Knoxville
Nov. 19, 2014       L         2-3   Knoxville
Oct. 25, 2013       W        3-0   Columbia
Sept. 29, 2013      L         3-1   Knoxville
Nov. 11, 2012      W        3-0   Columbia
Sept. 23, 2012     W        3-1   Knoxville
Oct. 20, 2011       W        3-0   Knoxville
Sept. 23, 2011     W        3-1   Columbia

Last Match: South Carolina won the only meeting last year 3-2 in Columbia. Treiber had a career night with 17 kills, tying Tessa Grubbs for the team lead.

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, Tenn. 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 0.43 kills per set and is hitting .123 with 13 kills on the season.
Breana Jeter is the younger sister of former Lady Vol Kayla Jeter, who played for UT from 2008-14 as an outside hitter.
Jeter (Kayla) finished her career at Tennessee with a .262 hitting percentage and 934 kills and 229 blocks.
Breana has a current average of .262 and averages 2.38 kills per set with 57 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 185 assists so far this season, averaging 4.51 assists and 1.62 digs per set.

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Players Mentioned

Madison Coulter

Tessa Grubbs

Sedona Hansen

Breana Jeter

Erica Treiber

Kendra Turner

Callie Williams

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