University of Tennessee Athletics
Saturday, September 15
Dayton, OH
10:30 am
University of Tennessee
8-3
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1
Ohio State
9-2
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4
F
Tennessee
25
21
25
25
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Ohio State
22
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22
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Lady Vols down Ohio State in four sets
September 15, 2018 | Volleyball
Tennessee captures second win over a Big Ten team this season
DAYTON, Ohio -- The University of Tennessee volleyball team bounced back in the Dayton Flyer Invitational with a four set victory over Ohio State Saturday.
At 16-16 in the fourth set, senior Erica Treiber nearly single handily finished off the Buckeyes. The middle hitter found the floor for her 12 kill of the match on a slide giving the Lady Vols a 17-16 advantage.
This put the Unionville, Mich. Native back on the service stripe where she would remain the rest of the match. After a match-high 15th kill from junior Tessa Grubbs and four consecutive hitting errors by Ohio State, the score stood at 22-16 in favor of Tennessee.
Treiber would finish off the Buckeyes, who entered the match 9-1, with three consecutive aces. Her four in the match tied her career-high which she set last night in the loss to Dayton.
The Lady Vols move to 2-0 against Big Ten opponents this season after opening the year with a four-set win over No. 22 Michigan State.
From Coach Rackham
On beating Ohio State
"We treat every match like it is the biggest match of the season. We have a single match focus. So whoever we played this morning, we needed to have our best effort. Beating Ohio State is good because they play in a good conference and they have had a nice season already. Hopefully, it gives our team some confidence going forward." - Coach Eve Rackham
From Erica Treiber:
On serving the last points of the match:
"When I went back there, it was like any other point in the game. I wasn't even aware of the score at the time and I was just focusing on the standards and techniques we do in practice. I just wanted to serve it to be clean, flat and deep. I wasn't trying to serve them off the court." - Erica Treiber
On the mentality on the service line all weekend:
"I was just feeling good. I was coming off of a couple service errors the last few games. I really wanted to change my focus and mentality to be confident." - Erica Treiber
Standout Stat:
The Lady Vols close out the Flyer Invitational with a matchup against Evansville University at 4:30 p.m. (ET). The Aces dropped their Friday night match against Ohio State in four sets.
Follow the game via live stats or follow the Tennessee volleyball Twitter account for in-game updates.
At 16-16 in the fourth set, senior Erica Treiber nearly single handily finished off the Buckeyes. The middle hitter found the floor for her 12 kill of the match on a slide giving the Lady Vols a 17-16 advantage.
This put the Unionville, Mich. Native back on the service stripe where she would remain the rest of the match. After a match-high 15th kill from junior Tessa Grubbs and four consecutive hitting errors by Ohio State, the score stood at 22-16 in favor of Tennessee.
Treiber would finish off the Buckeyes, who entered the match 9-1, with three consecutive aces. Her four in the match tied her career-high which she set last night in the loss to Dayton.
The Lady Vols move to 2-0 against Big Ten opponents this season after opening the year with a four-set win over No. 22 Michigan State.
From Coach Rackham
On beating Ohio State
"We treat every match like it is the biggest match of the season. We have a single match focus. So whoever we played this morning, we needed to have our best effort. Beating Ohio State is good because they play in a good conference and they have had a nice season already. Hopefully, it gives our team some confidence going forward." - Coach Eve Rackham
From Erica Treiber:
On serving the last points of the match:
"When I went back there, it was like any other point in the game. I wasn't even aware of the score at the time and I was just focusing on the standards and techniques we do in practice. I just wanted to serve it to be clean, flat and deep. I wasn't trying to serve them off the court." - Erica Treiber
On the mentality on the service line all weekend:
"I was just feeling good. I was coming off of a couple service errors the last few games. I really wanted to change my focus and mentality to be confident." - Erica Treiber
Standout Stat:
- Tennessee moves to 7-1 this season when winning the opening set. The Lady Vols opened up the match hitting at a .310 clip with 12 kills and just three errors on 29 swings.
- In their two games against Big Ten opponents, the Lady Vols averaged 14.63 kills per set. Tennessee finished with 54 in total today.
- Junior Sedona Hansen was just one dig shy of recording her second double-double of the weekend. She posted a match-high 31 assists to go along with nine digs.
- Treiber now has eight games this season with two or less errors in the middle. For the second consecutive match, she had zero errors hitting a season-high .600 against the Flyers.
The Lady Vols close out the Flyer Invitational with a matchup against Evansville University at 4:30 p.m. (ET). The Aces dropped their Friday night match against Ohio State in four sets.
Follow the game via live stats or follow the Tennessee volleyball Twitter account for in-game updates.
Team Stats
UT
OSU
Kills
54
56
Errors
18
27
Attempts
125
136
Hitting %
.288
.213
Points
70.0
63.0
Assists
51
53
Aces
8
4
Blocks
8.0
3.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
15
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
12
Aces
4
Blocks
1
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
7
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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