Florida Gators

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Florida, back in a tie for first place in the Southeastern Conference standings following its sweep of No. 6 Kentucky Wednesday night, heads to Tennessee for a third consecutive road match Sunday.
 
This will be the No. 4 Gators' sixth road match in their last eight outings, though their numbers have not suffered during the stretch. Four of their 10 matches with a .300 clip this season have come since a trip to Ole Miss (Oct. 13), and Kentucky is the only team to hit above .115 against the Gators in that time frame.
 
With its win Wednesday night, just the fifth sweep of a top-10 team in a road match this year, the Gators became the only team in the nation to win three matches against teams currently ranked in the top six of the NCAA RPI. Florida is also the only team in the country to defeat three top-six opponents (based on AVCA ranking on date of match).
 
Moreover, this is only the third time in program history (1997, 2010) the Gators have beaten three top-10 opponents during the regular season.
 
BROADCAST INFORMATION | Match Notes
Sunday, Nov. 5 at Tennessee | 1:30 p.m. ET
Streaming: SEC Network + (via Watch ESPN) | Radio: Audio Stream [Tom Collett] (also available via ESPN Gainesville 98.1 FM / 850 AM) | Live Stats
 
NOTABLE NEWS & NUMBERS (national stat rankings updated through Nov. 2)

• Florida and Texas are the only teams in the nation ranked in the top 15 nationally in hitting percentage and opponent hitting percentage
• Florida is one of three teams (Penn State, Wisconsin) with two players ranked inside the top 30 nationally in hitting percentage
• The Gators rank third nationally in opponent hitting percentage (.131) and are on track to finish with a season average below .135 for the first time since 2003, and fifth time since 1997
• Florida has held its opponents below a .100 clip in 27 of 69 sets this season (39 percent), including 10 of its last 16 sets
• The Gators rank fourth nationally in blocks per set (3.13), have 10-plus blocks in 16 of their 20 matches, and are on pace for their highest blocks per set average since 2006 (3.39)
• Rhamat Alhassan ranks second nationally in blocks per set (1.79) and tied for 23rd in hitting percentage (.399)
• Rachael Kramer ranks seventh nationally and leads the SEC in hitting percentage (.436)
• Carli Snyder is tied for eighth nationally and leads the SEC in service aces per set (0.51)
• Shainah Joseph climbed to seventh in the SEC in hitting percentage (.342) and is hitting .481 with 44 kills in her last four matches
• Cheyenne Huskey ranks fifth in the SEC and tied for 61st nationally in blocks per set (1.22)
  • Huskey is the only setter ranked higher than 176th nationally

 
SCOUTING THE VOLUNTEERS
Tennessee (11-10, 4-8 SEC) | 2016 synopsis: 17-14 overall, 7-11 SEC

• Series History: Florida leads, 49-12 (45-7 under Mary Wise)
• 3-set: 38-1 | 4-set: 9-4 | 5-set: 2-7
• Home: 28-6 | Away: 20-5 | Neutral: 1-1
• Last Time Out: Sept. 29, 2017 in Gainesville à W,3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-19)

 
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