Undefeated Lady Vols Outduel Ospreys, 3-1

Saturday, September 1

Knoxville

12:30 pm

University of Tennessee

5-0

North Florida

0-5

North Florida

Tennessee

September 01, 2018 | Volleyball

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Freshman Lily Felts logs season-high 18 kills in winning effort

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee volleyball team moved to 5-0 on the season behind a season-high 18 kills from freshman Lily Felts.

This is the 10th time in program history the Lady Vols have started the season won the first five games of the season and the third time since 2015.

Felts set the tone in the first set tallying six kills on 11 swings, hitting .545. As a team, Tennessee hit .481 in the set.

Senior Erica Treiber continued to hit at a high clip turning in a 10 kill performance on 17 attempts. The middle blocker is now hitting .454 on the season. Treiber also posted a season-high nine blocks which was one short of tying her career-high.

With another double-digit kill performance from junior Tessa Grubbs, it marks the second time this season Tennessee has had three players reach double-digit kills.

From Lily Felts
On what Tennessee did well in the match

"I thought we did a really good job executing kills off of good passes. That's important because if you can't execute kills you can't win a match." –Freshman Lily Felts

On playing in her hometown of Knoxville

"Getting to play in my hometown of Knoxville is incredible. I have always wanted to be a Lady Vol since I was a little girl." -Felts

Standout Stat:

Tennessee is now two wins away from recording the 900th in program history. If the Lady Vols start 7-0, it would be their sixth best start in program history.

Match Notables:

Brooke Schumacher passed Kelsey Robinson (2010-12) for ninth on the career digs list with 26 digs in the match. The senior now has 1,147 over her four seasons. Next on the list is Julie Kntych (2002-05) who notched 1,265 in her career.
Erica Treiber ranks seventh in career blocks and is seven away from tying Tamala Brightman (1990-93) for sixth on the list.
Tessa Grubbs tallied her fifth double-digit kill match of the season with 11 to go along with four blocks

Next Up:
The Lady Vols conclude the Rocky Top Invitational tonight against Indiana State. The game will air on WatchESPN with first serve set for 7:30 p.m. in Thompson-Boling Arena.