VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL: Tennessee vs. Auburn

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. –The Tennessee volleyball team will be back at home as the Big Orange welcomes the Auburn Tigers to Thompson-Boling Arena on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. on the SEC Network.

The Vols (8-5, 1-2 SEC) are coming off a road loss at South Carolina on Sunday, as they look to bounce back against Auburn (10-3, 3-1 SEC) with a nationally broadcasted on the SEC Network.

The match will also be available on the WatchESPN & ESPN App. Tennessee is currently 0-2 in nationally-televised matches but the Vols are 7-0 this season at home. The Vols have won seven of the last 10 matches at Thompson-Boling Arena.

The match against the Tigers will be the pink match as the Lady Vols will honor those who have battled or continue to battle cancer.

The first 200 fans through the doors will receive a free t-shirt. Ticket prices are $3 and can be purchased at allvols.com.

Other news and notes:

PROMOTIONS

Pink Match
Free t-shirt for the first 200 fans

BACK AT HOME

Tennessee will be back at home this week as it welcomes Auburn and Alabama to Thompson –Boling Arena.
In their last home match, the Lady Vols defeated Mississippi State 3-1.
The Vols are 7-0 at home this season.
At home Erica Treiber has 61 kills and is hitting .423 and Kendra Turner has 61 kills and averages 2.44 k/s.

LAST WEEK

The Lady Vols went 0-2 on the road in SEC play, losing to #1 Florida 3-0 and then 3-1 at South Carolina.
Alyssa Andreno led Tennessee with a .452 hitting percentage and averaged 3.29 k/s.
She tied a career high with 16 kills and a .583 hitting percentage against South Carolina.
Sedona Hansen recorded her fifth double-double of the season vs. South Carolina (25 assists and 15 digs)
Stephanie Buss and Asha Phillips each got their first stats of the season in the match against #1 Florida.
Kanisha Jimenez recorded a season-high 11 kills.

TOPS IN THE SEC

The Vols are ranked in the top five in the conference in three important categories with season averages: third in blocks (2.88), fifth in digs (14.52) and fifth in opponent hitting percentage (.175).
Erica Treiber, who has started every match as a middle hitter this season, is third in the SEC and 33rd in the NCAA with 1.37 blocks/set.
Alyssa Andreno is sixth in the SEC and 60th in the NCAA averaging 1.24 blocks/set. She has recorded 57 total blocks so far this season.
Brooke Schumacher is fifth in the SEC averaging 4.35 digs/set. She has recorded 200 total digs so far this season.

SERIES VS. AUBURN

Series: Tennessee leads 30-18-1
Last 10 meetings: Series tied 5-5

Oct. 30, 2016       W        3-0   Knoxville
Nov. 25, 2015       L         0-3   Knoxville
Sept. 25, 2015      L         1-3   Auburn
Nov. 9, 2014         L         1-3   Auburn
Nov. 22, 2013       L         0-3   Auburn
Nov. 1, 2013         L         0-3   Knoxville
Nov. 16, 2012      W        3-2   Knoxville
Oct. 21, 2011       W        3-1   Auburn
Sept. 18, 2011     W        3-0   Knoxville
Oct. 29, 2010       W        3-0   Knoxville

Last Match: Tennessee won the only meeting last year 3-0 in Knoxville. Bri Holmes led the Vols with 13 kills and seven digs to sweep the Tigers.

FAMILY TIES

Madison Coulter's grandfather, Kenny Coulter, also was a student-athlete at Tennessee. Kenny lettered three years as a guard on the Tennessee basketball team from 1956-59. The Maryville, Tennessee, native was the Vols' second-leading scorer as a senior in 1958-59, averaging 14.0 ppg. A former college basketball official, Kenny now works as an officials' observer at UT home games. Madison is averaging 0.43 kills per set and is hitting .123 with 13 kills on the season.
Breana Jeter is the younger sister of former Lady Vol Kayla Jeter, who played for UT from 2008-14 as an outside hitter. Kayla finished her career at Tennessee with a .262 hitting percentage and 934 kills and 229 blocks. Breana has a current average of .262 and averages 2.38 kills per set with 57 kills on the season.
Callie Williams is the daughter of a volleyball coach Jason Williams (assistant at Baylor) and a volleyball All-American in Cory Williams. Cory (Sivertson) Williams played volleyball at Baylor where she is the only volleyball player to be inducted into the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame. Callie, a setter like her mom, has 185 assists so far this season averaging 4.51 assist per set and 1.62 digs per set.

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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Andreno

Stephanie Buss

Madison Coulter

Sedona Hansen

Bri Holmes

Breana Jeter

Kanisha Jimenez

Asha Phillips

Brooke Schumacher

Erica Treiber

Kendra Turner

Callie Williams

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