VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL: at Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – No. 22 University of Tennessee volleyball team will look for its ninth-straight victory when the team travels to Fayetteville for a match-up against the Arkansas Razorbacks on Sunday.

The Lady Vols (22-5, 13-2 Southeastern Conference) are coming off a midweek win over No. 23 Missouri on Wednesday as they currently sit tied for second in the Southeastern Conference standings. Tennessee defeated the Razorbacks earlier this season in five sets at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Arkansas (11-14, 5-10 SEC) also played Wednesday night as it lost to No. 11 Kentucky in three sets. The Razorbacks, who currently sit ninth in the conference standings, are led offensively by sophomore outside hitter Hailey Dirrigl who averages 3.60 kills/set and defensively by senior libero Okiana Valle who leads the SEC with 5.09 digs/set.

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

IN SEARCH OF HISTORY
Senior Erica Treiber enters the match with a career hitting percentage of .357 which is .002 away for the best in program history, held by Beverly Robinson (.359 percent). Treiber has been helped by a career-best .396 hitting percentage this season which includes five of the last six matches of .400 or better hitting percentage. She currently leads the conference in hitting percentage while averaging 2.80 kills/set.

Senior Brooke Schumacher enters the match needing 33 digs to tie Kylie Marshall (2006-09) for fourth in program history with 1,374 digs. Over the course of the season, she has accumulated 272 digs and has averaged 3.13 digs per set.

LAST TIME
Tennessee vs. Missouri (Nov. 14)
Result: W (3-1)

No. 22 University of Tennessee volleyball team swept the season series with No. 23 Missouri defeating the Tigers in four sets.
- Junior Tessa Grubbs led the way with a game-high 20 kills while junior Sedona Hansen notched her 11th double-double of the season with a season-high 48 assists to go along with 11 digs. It marked the first time in program history the Lady Vols have won in Columbia.

SERIES HISTORY
Versus Arkansas
Series: 20-20
Last: Sept. 30, 2018 W, 3-2 Knoxville, Tenn.

Tennessee had four players finish with double digit kills to help fight back from a 2-1 set deficit as the Lady Vols won in five sets. Erica Treiber finished with a team high 15 kills while Addisyn Rowe totaled 13 while hitting .520 in the match.

STANDOUT STAT
The Lady Vols enter Sunday with a record of 7-1 on the road in conference play. Their lone loss came in four sets to No. 11 Kentucky in early October. Best record since 2012 when they finished the SEC road season 9-1.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior Tessa Grubbs was honored 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 five matches, she has had 20-plus kills four times while averaging 5.45 kills/set while hitting at a .367 clip. This includes Wednesday's match where she finished with 20 kills and a hitting percentage of .385.

TREIBER
Treiber is the only Power-5 player to rank in the top nine in their conference in hitting percentage (.396/1st), blocks per set (1.02/8th) and aces per set (0.39/5th).

Her 41 service aces this season is the most by any Tennessee player since 2011 and is only three service aces away from setting a new single-season record in the 25-point rally scoring era with the current record being 44 by Kelsey Robinson (2011).

NEXT UP
The Lady Vols return home for the final two matches of the regular season with a midweek match-up vs. No. 14 Florida set for Wednesday in Thompson-Boling Arena. Both teams are currently tied for second in the conference standings. The last time that both teams were ranked in 2011 Tennessee defeated the Gators in five sets.

The match will air on SEC Network+ with first serve scheduled for 5:00 p.m. (ET) in Knoxville, Tenn.

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Players Mentioned

Tessa Grubbs

Sedona Hansen

Addisyn Rowe

Brooke Schumacher

Erica Treiber

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