VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL: at No. 23 Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 22 University of Tennessee volleyball team will travel to Columbia for a match-up against the No. 23 Missouri Tigers on Wednesday evening in Mizzou Arena.

The Lady Vols (21-5, 12-2 Southeastern Conference) will look to extend their winning streak to eight games when they go to Columbia to square off against No. 23 Missouri. The Tigers enter the match only half a game back from the Lady Vols in the conference standings.

Missouri (22-5, 12-3 SEC) has won their four of five matches entering the Wednesday night clash with Tennessee. The Tigers, who hold a record of 10-0 at home this season, are coming off of a 3-1 win over Georgia Sunday afternoon. Senior middle blocker Alyssa Munlyn leads the SEC with 1.34 blocks per set while fellow sophomore middle blocker Tyanna Omazic ranks sixth at 1.07 blocks per set.

The match will air on SEC Network with the first serve scheduled for 7:00 p.m. (ET) in Columbia, Mo.

IN SEARCH OF HISTORY
Senior Erica Treiber enters the match with a career hitting percentage of .359 which is tied for the best in program history tying with Beverly Robinson (.359 percent). Treiber has been helped by a career-best .403 hitting percentage this season which includes five-straight matches of .400 or better hitting percentage. She currently is the only player in the conference to have a 400-plus hitting percentage.

Senior Brooke Schumacher enters the match needing four digs to tie Amy Morris (2003-05) for fifth in program history with 1,338 digs. Over the last six matches, she has accumulated 82 digs and is averaged 3.57 digs per set.

LAST TIME
Tennessee vs. Mississippi State (Nov. 11)
Result: W (3-0)

University of Tennessee volleyball team picked up its 21st win of the season against Mississippi State.
- Junior Tessa Grubbs led the way with a game-high 22 kills including a season-high hitting percentage of .571. She averaged 7.33 kills per set which is the most by any Tennessee player in conference play since Oct. 6, 2000 and the second most by an SEC player this season.

SERIES HISTORY
Versus Missouri
Series: 4-8
Last: Sept. 28, 2018 W, 3-2 Knoxville, Tenn.

Tennessee held the Missouri Tigers to a hitting percentage of .199 and it marked the 10th match of the season the Lady Vols held an opponent hitting under the .200 mark. Junior Sedona Hansen would record her 2,000^thcareer assist on an attack by Grubbs to push the Tennessee lead to 18-13 in the third set.

STANDOUT STAT
This will be the first ranked vs. ranked match Tennessee will have played in since Aug. 31, 2012 when they defeated Colorado State in five sets. In the last five top-25 match-ups the team has been a part of, Tennessee has a 4-1 record.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior Tessa Grubbs was honors on Monday as the SEC Offensive Player of the Week after recording 22 kills (7.33 kills/set) in the sweep over Mississippi State on Sunday afternoon. This is the second time in three weeks Grubbs has been honored as offensive player of the week.

Over the past four matches, she has had 20-plus kills three times while averaging 5.56 kills/set while hitting at a .363 clip.

TREIBER
Treiber is the only Power-5 player to rank in the top nine in their conference in hitting percentage (.403/1st), blocks per set (1.02/8th) and aces per set (0.38/5th).

Her 38 service aces this season is the most by any Tennessee player since 2011 and is only six service aces away from setting a new single-season record with the current record being 44 by Kelsey Robinson (2011).

NEXT UP
The Lady Vols will play their final game of a three-game road stretch, traveling to Arkansas for a Sunday afternoon tilt with the Razorbacks. Earlier this season, the Lady Vols defeated the Razorbacks in five sets at Thompson-Boling Arena. Arkansas currently sits tied for seventh with Alabama in the conference standings.

The match will air on SEC Network+ with first serve scheduled for 2:00 p.m. (ET) in Fayetteville, Ark.