VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL: vs. Missouri

Friday, September 28

Knoxville

6:30 pm

University of Tennessee

Missouri

September 27, 2018 | Volleyball

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Tennessee looks for second Southeastern Conference win of the season against the Tigers

By: Andy Kovar

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee volleyball team continues Southeastern Conference play this weekend as it hosts to University of Missouri on Friday night in Thompson-Boling Arena.

The Lady Vols hold a record of 6-1 at home with the lone loss coming against No. 20 Kentucky. Tennessee grabbed their first win in conference play in the SEC opener last week when it defeated Auburn on the road behind a season-high .404 hitting percentage against the Tigers.

The Friday night tilt can also be seen be on SEC Network+ at 6:30 p.m. (ET).

RARE AIR
Senior Erica Treiber is one of just two players to in the nation to rank in the top 12 in career-hitting percentage (T-8th/.351%) blocks/set (12th/1.17). Treiber is hitting .404 this season which ranks second in the SEC and 13th nationally with while having 1.19 blocks per set which ranks second in the conference.

LAST TIME
No. 20 Kentucky at Tennessee (Sept. 23)
Result: L (3-1)

In search of its third ranked win of the season, Tennessee hung right with the No. 20 Wildcats, limiting them to a season-low .185 hitting percentage in the loss. It was just the fourth time in 44 games Kentucky was held under .200 in hitting percentage.
- Junior Tessa Grubbs and freshman Raquel Perinar led the way for the Lady Vols with double-digit kills. Perinar, who finished with 11 kills, and Grubbs, who tallied a team-high 15 kills, both finished above .300 hitting percentage. Defensively, Tennessee was led by a career-high 25 dig performance from sophomore Madison Coulter.

SERIES HISTORY
Versus Missouri

Series: Missouri leads 3-8
Last: Oct. 15, 2017 W, 3-1 Knoxville, Tenn.
Sedona Hansen would record her 1500^th career assist in the match while achieving her ninth double-double (24 assists and 13 digs) on the 2017 season in a 3-1 home win (25-22, 25-20, 17-25, 25-21) over Missouri.

SCOUTING MISSOURI
The Tigers opened conference play with wins over No. 25 Alabama and Arkansas. In 14 matches this season, Missouri has compiled a record of 12-2 with the lowest opponent hitting percentage in the conference at .140 on the season. The Tigers are first in the conference in blocks per set at 2.98 while having three players rank inside of the top 10 in the conference individually in Alyssa Munlyn (1st/1.49), Tyanna Omazic (6th/1.04) and Dariana Hollingsworth (8th/1.02).

STANDOUT STAT
Tennessee enters the match top in the conference in kills per set at 15.62 clip and 14.50 assists per set. The Lady Vols have nearly a full kill and assist ahead of the next closest SEC team through two conference games.

HANSEN
The California native is just 15 assist away from joining the 2,000 assist club. She would be just the ninth player in program history to accomplish this feat. Hansen is coming off her seventh double-double of the season against No. 20 Kentucky with 21 assists and 10 digs.

NEXT UP
The Lady Vols continue their five-game home stand with a match-up against Arkansas on Sunday afternoon. Arkansas, who enters the weekend with a SEC record of 0-2, will face Kentucky Friday night in Lexington before traveling to Knoxville on Sunday.

Sunday's matchup against the Razorbacks will also be available for streaming on SEC Network+ with the first serve scheduled for 1:30 p.m. (EST) in Thompson-Boling Arena.