Tennessee Volunteers women's volleyball
| Tennessee Volunteers women's volleyball | |
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| University | University of Tennessee |
|---|---|
| Conference | SEC Eastern Division |
| Location | Knoxville, TN |
| Head coach | Rob Patrick (15th year) |
| Arena | Thompson-Boling Arena (Capacity: 7,500) |
| Nickname | Volunteers |
| Colors | Orange and White
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| AIAW and NCAA Tournament Final Four | |
| 2005 | |
| AIAW and NCAA Tournament Appearances | |
| 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 | |
| Conference Tournament Champions | |
| 1981, 1982, 1984, 2004 | |
| Conference Regular Season Champions | |
| 1981, 1982, 1984, 2004, 2011 | |
The Tennessee Volunteers women's volleyball team represents the University of Tennessee located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers (or "Vols") compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Volunteers play their home matches in the Thompson–Boling Arena on the university's campus, and are currently led by head coach Rob Patrick.
Along with all other UT women's sports teams, it used the nickname "Lady Volunteers" (or the short form "Lady Vols") until the 2015–16 school year, when the school dropped the "Lady" prefix from the nicknames of all women's teams except in basketball.[1]
Overview of Volunteers Volleyball Program
Since the Volunteers have begun competing in the NCAA they have begun a successful trend of winning and have recently built a very sound program that competes for conference championships regularly. The Vols have managed to make the NCAA Volleyball Tournament and AIAW Tournament a total of 13 times and have reached the semi-finals in the tournament in 2005.
The Volunteers are currently coached by Rob Patrick who has managed to take the program to new heights.
Program record and history
The University of Tennessee first fielded a women's varsity volleyball team in the fall of 1958 and first kept recordings of games in 1973. Since then, the Volunteers have won four Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships.
| Year | Head Coach | Overall Record |
Conference Standing |
Winning Percentage |
Postseason | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ' (SEC) (1979–present) | ||||||||
| 1973 | Kaye Hart | 38-6 | - | .864 | 2nd Region II | |||
| 1974 | Kaye Hart | 8-14 | - | .364 | – | |||
| 1975 | Diane Hale | 17-8-6 | - | .645 | – | |||
| 1976 | Jodie Lambert | 22-13-4 | - | .615 | – | |||
| 1977 | Bud Fields | 7-11-3 | - | .405 | 4th Region II | |||
| 1978 | Bud fields | 20-14-3 | - | .581 | – | |||
| 1979 | Bob Bertucci | 34-11 | 2nd | .756 | 5th Region II | |||
| 1980 | Bob Bertucci | 40-17 | 2nd | .696 | 2nd Region II | |||
| 1981 | Bob Bertucci | 34-22 | SEC Champions | .607 | NCAA First Round | |||
| 1982 | Bob Bertucci | 31-7 | SEC Champions | .816 | NCAA Regional Quarterfinal | |||
| 1983 | Bob Bertucci | 31-10 | 2nd | .756 | NCAA Regional Quarterfinal | |||
| 1984 | Bob Bertucci | 25-11 | SEC Champions | .694 | NCAA Regional Quarterfinal | |||
| 1985 | Bob Bertucci | 12-24 | 4th | .333 | – | |||
| 1986 | Bob Bertucci | 22-13 | 5th | .629 | – | |||
| 1987 | Sandy Lynn | 18-18 | 3rd | .500 | – | |||
| 1988 | Sandy Lynn | 23-12 | 2nd | .657 | – | |||
| 1989 | Sandy Lynn | 13-15 | 4th | .464 | – | |||
| 1990 | Sandy Lynn | 12-17 | 3rd | .414 | – | |||
| 1991 | Julie Hermann | 12-17 | 8th | .414 | – | |||
| 1992 | Julie Hermann | 13-14 | 5th | .481 | – | |||
| 1993 | Julie Hermann | 18-13 | 5th | .581 | NCAA Second Round | |||
| 1994 | Julie Hermann | 10-21 | 11th | .323 | – | |||
| 1995 | Julie Hermann | 7-25 | 5th East | .219 | – | |||
| 1996 | Julie Hermann | 17-16 | 4th East | .515 | – | |||
| 1997 | Rob Patrick | 15-19 | 4th East | .441 | – | |||
| 1998 | Rob Patrick | 19-10 | 4th East | .655 | – | |||
| 1999 | Rob Patrick | 19-13 | 2nd East | .594 | – | |||
| 2000 | Rob Patrick | 23-10 | 3rd East | .700 | NCAA First Round | |||
| 2001 | Rob Patrick | 16-11 | 3rd East | .593 | – | |||
| 2002 | Rob Patrcik | 20-11 | 4th East | .645 | – | |||
| 2003 | Rob Patrick | 22-9 | 2nd East | .710 | – | |||
| 2004 | Rob Patrick | 32-3 | SEC Champions | .914 | NCAA Regional Quarterfinal | |||
| 2005 | Rob Patrick | 25-9 | 2nd East | .735 | NCAA Final Four | |||
| 2006 | Rob Patrick | 19-12 | 3rd East | .613 | NCAA First Round | |||
| 2007 | Rob Patrick | 11-18 | 5th East | .379 | – | |||
| 2008 | Rob Patrick | 22-10 | 3rd East | .688 | NCAA First Round | |||
| 2009 | Rob Patrick | 24-8 | 2nd East | .750 | NCAA Second Round | |||
| 2010 | Rob Patrick | 25-7 | 2nd East | .781 | NCAA Second Round | |||
| 2011 | Rob Patrick | 28-4 | SEC Champions | .875 | NCAA Second Round | |||
| 2012 | Rob Patrick | 22-8 | 2nd East | .733 | NCAA First Round | |||
| Total | 826-511-16 | .610 | ||||||
All-Americans
Tennessee has 17 All-Americans including two AVCA All-America first team selections [3]
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References
- ↑ Megargee, Steve (June 26, 2015). "Tennessee set to make move to a lone 'Lady Vols' team". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-volley/guides/
- ↑ http://www.utsports.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/121212aaa.html