Grubbs Leads Lady Vols Past LSU 3-0

Sunday, October 29

Baton Rouge, LA

2:00 PM

University of Tennessee

11-9, 4-7SEC

LSU

16-6, 7-4SEC

Tennessee

LSU

October 29, 2017 | Volleyball

Box Score

Box Score (PDF) | Match Highlights

BATON ROUGE, La. – Tessa Grubbs had a team-high 11 kills and a .375 hitting percentage as Tennessee picked up a 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-21) road win against the Tigers of LSU at the Pete Maravich Center Sunday afternoon.

Breana Jeter had a hitting percentage of .438, while Alyssa Andreno had one of .455 for Tennessee (11-9, 4-7 SEC), and they combined for 17 kills as the Lady Vols picked up their second SEC road win of the season.

Tennessee used a 7-0 run to tie the first set up at 17-all. From that point, the two teams would trade points and ended up tying the set five times before the Lady Vols took a 23-22 lead off a kill by Andreno. Tennessee never looked back on its way to taking the opening set 25-23.

Grubbs led the Lady Vols with five kills and a .333 hitting percentage in the opening set. As a team, UT had an impressive .324 hitting percentage and 16 kills.

The Lady Vols opened the second set on a 12-3 run on their way to a dominating 25-19 set win. It was all Tennessee, as Jeter who had six kills and a hitting percentage of .364. LSU went on a 5-0 run midway through the set to cut the lead to 23-17, but it was not enough as the Lady Vols were on a mission and took a 2-0 match lead by winning the set.

Tennessee used a 5-0 run to take its first lead in the third set at 9-6 and never give that lead up. The Tigers went on a 4-0 run late to get back in the match and make it 24-21 Lady Vols before Grubbs put the match away with the final kill.

The Lady Vols finished with a .311 hitting percentage with 45 kills on 106 attacks. Throughout the match, UT surrendered the lead on twice in the match. Sedona Hansen saw her 20^th straight match with 10 or more assists.

LSU was led by Gina Tillis, who finished the match with 16 kills on 39 attacks. The Tigers had 23 errors and a hitting percentage of just .197.

Tennessee will be back home next weekend, as the Lady Vols welcome South Carolina to Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday night at 7 p.m., and then the No. 4 Florida Gators on Sunday afternoon.