University of Tennessee Athletics
Saturday, October 8
Knoxville
4 PM
University of Tennessee
vs
South Carolina
Volleyball Preview – Tennessee Set for Two-Match Home Series Against South Carolina
October 07, 2022 | Volleyball
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Coming off a hard-fought four-set battle against No. 15 Florida on Wednesday night, the Lady Vols are back to work Saturday and Sunday as they welcome South Carolina to Thompson-Boling Arena for a two-match series.
Saturday's meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET, with Sunday's first serve slated for noon.
TICKETING PROCEDURE
Starting this fall, tickets to all Tennessee Athletics events will be digital and can be accessed through a mobile device to improve security and reduce the risk of ticket fraud as well as make the process more convenient for fans.
Fans will gain admission into all venues via a unique QR code which will be scanned directly from a mobile device. For quick and easy entry into Tennessee Athletics venues, fans are encouraged to download the Tennessee Athletics app from the App Store (iPhone) and Google Play (Android).
Digital tickets can be managed via a mobile device or desktop web browser, but a mobile device is required for venue access on matchdays.
Your mobile device is the ticket on gameday. All valid digital tickets will display a moving barcode or a hold near reader (tap-and-go) icon. PLEASE NOTE: SCREENSHOTS OF TICKETS WILL NOT SCAN AT THE GATE AND WILL NOT ALLOW ENTRY!
BROADCAST INFO
Saturday's match against the Gamecocks is available to stream on SECN+ or through the ESPN app. Andy Brock (play-by-play) and LVFL Heather Harrington (analyst) will call the action for match one. On Sunday, the match will be broadcast on SECN with Sam Gore (play-by-play) and Shelby Coppedge (analyst) on the call.
LAST TIME OUT
UT faced off against Florida on Wednesday night, battling the Gators through four sets. UF ultimately won the match but sophomore Erykah Lovett continued her hot start to SEC play with a career-high 21 kills.
TITLE IX MATCH
In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Title IX, Tennessee Athletics' recently updated brand standards have renamed the blue accent color historically associated with the Lady Vols "Summitt Blue."
Summitt Blue stands alongside "Smokey Grey" and "Dark Mode" (formerly Anthracite) as the three accent colors on Tennessee Athletics' official color palette. Volleyball is one of four teams that will debut the Summitt Blue uniforms during the 2022-23 academic year – a collection dubbed the "Summitt Legacy" series.
Tennessee will wear its Summitt Blue uniforms on Saturday against South Carolina.
LOVIN' IT
The daughter of a volleyball coach, Lovett has raised her performance level every weekend for the Lady Vols. She currently ranks second on the squad in kills with 198 and is averaging 3.47 kills per set on the year. Since the start of SEC play, the Newnan, Georgia, native has totaled 72 kills in four matches – averaging 4.80 kills per set – and is hitting .386 percent.
CLOSING IN ON 1,000
Right-side attacker Morgahn Fingall enters the weekend with 926 career kills and is closing in on the 1,000-kill milestone. Currently ranked 12th in kills in Tennessee history during the rally scoring era, she would become just the 10th player to reach 1,000 career kills since rally scoring went into effect in 2001.
SWEEPS-VILLE
Six of the Lady Vols' eight wins this season have come in three sets. Including last season, 20 of UT's last 28 wins have been sweeps.
WINDICATORS
Tennessee is 6-4 when it hits better than .250 this season. UT is also 8-2 when it wins the second set. During Rackham Watt's tenure, UT is 54-8 when it hits .250 or better and is 64-10 when it wins the second set.
SCOUTING SOUTH CAROLINA
2022 Record: 9-6 (3-2 SEC)
Series Record: UT leads 41-32
Last Meeting: Oct. 9, 2021 – A 3-0 sweep for the Lady Vols.
Key Player/Stat: South Carolina has proven to be feisty this season with wins over Miami on the road and at home against Florida. McKenzie Moorman, Riley Whiteside and Lauren McCutcheon lead South Carolina in attack. All three have over 140 kills and average 2.50 kills per set or better this season.
UP NEXT
Tennessee travels west to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for two matches against the Razorbacks on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 14-15.
Saturday's meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET, with Sunday's first serve slated for noon.
TICKETING PROCEDURE
Starting this fall, tickets to all Tennessee Athletics events will be digital and can be accessed through a mobile device to improve security and reduce the risk of ticket fraud as well as make the process more convenient for fans.
Fans will gain admission into all venues via a unique QR code which will be scanned directly from a mobile device. For quick and easy entry into Tennessee Athletics venues, fans are encouraged to download the Tennessee Athletics app from the App Store (iPhone) and Google Play (Android).
Digital tickets can be managed via a mobile device or desktop web browser, but a mobile device is required for venue access on matchdays.
Your mobile device is the ticket on gameday. All valid digital tickets will display a moving barcode or a hold near reader (tap-and-go) icon. PLEASE NOTE: SCREENSHOTS OF TICKETS WILL NOT SCAN AT THE GATE AND WILL NOT ALLOW ENTRY!
BROADCAST INFO
Saturday's match against the Gamecocks is available to stream on SECN+ or through the ESPN app. Andy Brock (play-by-play) and LVFL Heather Harrington (analyst) will call the action for match one. On Sunday, the match will be broadcast on SECN with Sam Gore (play-by-play) and Shelby Coppedge (analyst) on the call.
LAST TIME OUT
UT faced off against Florida on Wednesday night, battling the Gators through four sets. UF ultimately won the match but sophomore Erykah Lovett continued her hot start to SEC play with a career-high 21 kills.
TITLE IX MATCH
In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Title IX, Tennessee Athletics' recently updated brand standards have renamed the blue accent color historically associated with the Lady Vols "Summitt Blue."
Summitt Blue stands alongside "Smokey Grey" and "Dark Mode" (formerly Anthracite) as the three accent colors on Tennessee Athletics' official color palette. Volleyball is one of four teams that will debut the Summitt Blue uniforms during the 2022-23 academic year – a collection dubbed the "Summitt Legacy" series.
Tennessee will wear its Summitt Blue uniforms on Saturday against South Carolina.
LOVIN' IT
The daughter of a volleyball coach, Lovett has raised her performance level every weekend for the Lady Vols. She currently ranks second on the squad in kills with 198 and is averaging 3.47 kills per set on the year. Since the start of SEC play, the Newnan, Georgia, native has totaled 72 kills in four matches – averaging 4.80 kills per set – and is hitting .386 percent.
CLOSING IN ON 1,000
Right-side attacker Morgahn Fingall enters the weekend with 926 career kills and is closing in on the 1,000-kill milestone. Currently ranked 12th in kills in Tennessee history during the rally scoring era, she would become just the 10th player to reach 1,000 career kills since rally scoring went into effect in 2001.
SWEEPS-VILLE
Six of the Lady Vols' eight wins this season have come in three sets. Including last season, 20 of UT's last 28 wins have been sweeps.
WINDICATORS
Tennessee is 6-4 when it hits better than .250 this season. UT is also 8-2 when it wins the second set. During Rackham Watt's tenure, UT is 54-8 when it hits .250 or better and is 64-10 when it wins the second set.
SCOUTING SOUTH CAROLINA
2022 Record: 9-6 (3-2 SEC)
Series Record: UT leads 41-32
Last Meeting: Oct. 9, 2021 – A 3-0 sweep for the Lady Vols.
Key Player/Stat: South Carolina has proven to be feisty this season with wins over Miami on the road and at home against Florida. McKenzie Moorman, Riley Whiteside and Lauren McCutcheon lead South Carolina in attack. All three have over 140 kills and average 2.50 kills per set or better this season.
UP NEXT
Tennessee travels west to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for two matches against the Razorbacks on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 14-15.
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