VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL: at Ole Miss

OXFORD, Miss. – The No. 25 University of Tennessee volleyball team travels to Oxford for a match-up with the Ole Miss Rebels on Friday evening in Gillom Athletics Performance Center.

The Lady Vols (18-5, 9-2 Southeastern Conference) will look to continue their momentum as they have won the past five and have won seven of their last eight matches. Tennessee is coming off of a win at Georgia that saw the Lady Vols battle back from two sets down to win the match in five sets over the Bulldogs.

Ole Miss (13-12, 3-8 SEC) is coming into the matchup winning two of their last four matches which includes a win at Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. On Sunday. The Rebels are led by Emily Stroup who averages 4.95 points per set and enters the match at first in the SEC in kills per set at a 4.53 clip.

The match will air on SEC Network+ with the first serve scheduled for 7:30 p.m. (ET) in Oxford Miss.

MILESTONE WATCH
Senior Erica Treiber enters the match just five blocks away from surpassing Araina Wilson for fourth all-time in program history with 466 blocks. Fellow senior Brooke Schumacher, who is currently seventh in Tennessee in career digs with 1,300, needs 38 digs to enter into the top five in all-time program history and 12 to tie for sixth.

LAST TIME
Tennessee vs Georgia (Oct. 28)
Result: W (3-2)

The University of Tennessee volleyball team battled back and won against the Georgia Bulldogs Sunday afternoon in Athens, Ga. at Stegeman Coliseum. With the win, the Lady Vols (18-5, 9-2 Southeastern Conference) stay in third place and one game back from Missouri and Florida.

SERIES HISTORY
Versus Ole Miss
Series: 43-10
Last: Nov. 17, 2017 W, 3-1 Knoxville, Tenn.

Tessa Grubbs and Erica Treiber combined for 25 of the team's 53 kills in a 3-1 win over Ole Miss at Thompson-Boling Arena. Callie Williams recorded her fourth double-double of her freshman campaign with 46 assists and 12 digs.

STANDOUT STAT
Erica Treiber has finished with a .400 or better hitting percentage in 13 matches this season coming off of the Georgia match where she hit at a .520 mark on Sunday afternoon. Tennessee is 11-2 in those matches and 5-0 in SEC play.

RANKED
For the first time since the 2012 season, Tennessee was ranked in the top 25 by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). The Lady Vols were receiving votes in seven of the previous nine weeks. Tennessee also moved up to No. 30 in the RPI as released by the NCAA on Monday. It is the teams highest position of the season, jumping eight spots from last week.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Tessa Grubbs was named Southeastern Conference Player of the Week and Addisyn Rowe was named Defensive Player of the Week. Grubbs 41 kills (5.13 kills per set) this week were the most she has had in back-to-back matches this season. It included Sunday when she set a new career-high with 27 kills (5.40 kills per set) to help Tennessee back from 2-0 sets down against Georgia.

Rowe proved key in the come-from-behind victory over Georgia on Sunday. The sophomore registered a career-high eight blocks in the match which included her final block that ended the match at 15-11 in the fifth set.

TREIBER
Treiber is the only Power-5 player to rank in the top nine in their conference in hitting percentage (.393/2nd SEC), blocks/set (1.02/8th) and aces/set (0.36/5th).

NEXT UP
Tennessee is back at home for a match up against the Texas A&M Aggies on Sunday evening. The Aggies are coming off of a four-set victory against Auburn on Wednesday night and sit 6-6 through 12 matches of conference play.

The match will air on ESPNU with the first serve scheduled for 5 p.m. (ET) in Knoxville, Tenn.

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Players Mentioned

Tessa Grubbs

Addisyn Rowe

Brooke Schumacher

Erica Treiber

Callie Williams

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