University of Georgia
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No. 22 Tennessee Defeats Georgia, 3-0
October 31, 2010 | Volleyball
Oct. 31, 2010
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The 22nd-ranked Tennessee Lad Volunteers posted a 3-0, Southeastern Conference victory over the Georgia Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon at Thompson-Boling Arena.
Tennessee earned the victory with set scores of 25-20, 25-19 and 25-13 to improve to 19-5 overall and 10-4 in SEC action while Georgia drops to 11-14 overall 3-11 in SEC play. The Lady Vols never trailed in the first and third sets, came back four down in the second set and also never allowed the Bulldogs to score consecutive points in the third set.
A trio of players led the Lady Vols to a .367 hitting percentage on Sunday with Kayla Jeter posting a team-best 11 kills on a .417 clip while Nikki Fowler and Kelsey Robinson added nine kills apiece on respective .471 and .438 hitting percentages.
Tennessee also controlled the match from the defensive side of the net by out-blocking Georgia, 9.0 to 4.0, and limiting the Bulldogs to a .156 hitting percentage despite redshirt freshman outside hitter Kathleen Luft tying for a match-best 11 kills.
Also of note for UGA on Sunday, senior middle hitter Valentina Gonzalez recorded three blocks assists to raise her career block assists total to 394, which moves her into second all-time in the category in school history. With seven matches remaining in the 2010 regular season, Gonzalez stands just 19 block assists away from the school record of 413 (Lital Sisso, 1994-97).
Five of those final seven matches will come at home in the Ramsey Student Center including the next four. The four-match home stand begins on Friday, Nov. 5, against No. 1-ranked Florida and will also include contests against South Carolina (Nov. 7), Kennesaw State (Nov. 9) and Ole Miss (Nov. 12). The Bulldogs' final three matches then feature road matches at Mississippi State (Nov. 19) and at Alabama (Nov. 21) before the regular season concludes at home against Auburn (Nov. 24).
