Tennessee Volunteers women's volleyball
Tennessee Volunteers women's volleyball | |
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Founded | 1973 |
University | University of Tennessee |
Athletic director | Danny White |
Head coach | Eve Rackham (3rd season) |
Conference | SEC |
Location | Knoxville, Tennessee |
Home arena | Thompson–Boling Arena (capacity: 21,678) |
Nickname | Lady Volunteers |
Colors | Orange and white[1] |
AIAW/NCAA Tournament semifinal | |
2005 | |
AIAW/NCAA Regional Final | |
2005 | |
AIAW/NCAA regional semifinal | |
1982, 1983, 1984, 2004, 2005 | |
AIAW/NCAA second round | |
1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 | |
AIAW/NCAA Tournament appearance | |
1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2021 | |
Conference tournament champion | |
1981, 1982, 1984, 2004 | |
Conference regular season champion | |
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 3rd-year head coach Eve Rackham.
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.[2] In late 2017 the university reinstated the “Lady Volunteer” nickname for all women’s sports teams.
Program History
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 20 times and reached the semi-finals in the tournament in 2005.
Rob Patrick Era
From 1997 until his retirement in 2017, Rob Patrick led the Lady Vols to 9 NCAA Tournaments, 2 SEC Championships, an SEC Tournament, and 11 20+ win seasons. One highlight of the Rob Patrick campaign came in 2004, when the Lady Vols set program records in wins (32), win percentage (.914), and claimed the SEC regular season and tournament championships. This success culminated in a #12 national seed and a NCAA Sweet 16 berth. The Lady Vols finished the 2004 season with a final record of 32-3 (15-1 SEC). The success rolled into 2005 as the Lady Vols made their deepest postseason appearance with their first and only NCAA Final Four appearance. Despite his accomplishments, the Lady Vols struggled during his final two years finishing a combined 29-29 and 12-24 in SEC play by the time Patrick retired in 2017.[3]
Eve Rackham-Watt Era
On January 10, 2018, former athletic director Phillip Fulmer announced Eve Rackham as the new head coach for the Lady Volunteers. In her first season as head coach, Rackham led the largest single season turnaround in program history, taking a team that finished 12-15 (5-13 SEC) the previous season to 26-6 (16-2 SEC) with a 2nd place SEC finish. Additionally, Rackham ended a 5 year postseason drought in 2018, and has guided the Lady Vols back to the NCAA tournament in 2021.[4]
Yearly Record
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.[5]
Year | Head coach | Overall record |
Conference standing |
Winning percentage |
Postseason | |||
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(SEC) (1979–present) | ||||||||
1973 | Kaye Hart (1st) | 38-6 | — | .864 | 2nd Region II | |||
1974 | Kaye Hart (2nd) | 8-14 | — | .364 | — | |||
1975 | Diane Hale (1st) | 17-8-6 | — | .645 | — | |||
1976 | Jodie Lambert (1st) | 22-13-4 | — | .615 | — | |||
1977 | Bud Fields (1st) | 7-11-3 | — | .405 | 4th Region II | |||
1978 | Bud Fields (2nd) | 20-14-3 | — | .581 | – | |||
1979 | Bob Bertucci (1st) | 34-11 | 2nd | .756 | 5th Region II | |||
1980 | Bob Bertucci (2nd) | 40-17 | 2nd | .696 | 2nd Region II | |||
1981 | Bob Bertucci (3rd) | 34-22 | Champions | .607 | NCAA First round | |||
1982 | Bob Bertucci (4th) | 31-7 | Champions | .816 | NCAA Regional semifinal | |||
1983 | Bob Bertucci (5th) | 31-10 | 2nd | .756 | NCAA Regional semifinal | |||
1984 | Bob Bertucci (6th) | 25-11 | Champions | .694 | NCAA Regional semifinal | |||
1985 | Bob Bertucci (7th) | 12-24 | 4th | .333 | – | |||
1986 | Bob Bertucci (8th) | 22-13 | 5th | .629 | – | |||
1987 | Sandy Lynn (1st) | 18-18 | 3rd | .500 | – | |||
1988 | Sandy Lynn (2nd) | 23-12 | 2nd | .657 | – | |||
1989 | Sandy Lynn (3rd) | 13-15 | 4th | .464 | – | |||
1990 | Sandy Lynn (4th) | 12-17 | 3rd | .414 | – | |||
1991 | Julie Hermann (1st) | 12-17 | 8th | .414 | – | |||
1992 | Julie Hermann (2nd) | 13-14 | 5th | .481 | – | |||
1993 | Julie Hermann (3rd) | 18-13 | 5th | .581 | NCAA Second Round | |||
1994 | Julie Hermann (4th) | 10-21 | 11th | .323 | – | |||
1995 | Julie Hermann (5th) | 7-25 | 5th East | .219 | – | |||
1996 | Julie Hermann (6th) | 17-16 | 4th East | .515 | – | |||
1997 | Rob Patrick (1st) | 15-19 | 4th East | .441 | – | |||
1998 | Rob Patrick (2nd) | 19-10 | 4th East | .655 | – | |||
1999 | Rob Patrick (3rd) | 19-13 | 2nd East | .594 | – | |||
2000 | Rob Patrick (4th) | 23-10 | 3rd East | .700 | NCAA First round | |||
2001 | Rob Patrick (5th) | 16-11 | 3rd East | .593 | – | |||
2002 | Rob Patrick (6th) | 20-11 | 4th East | .645 | – | |||
2003 | Rob Patrick (7th) | 22-9 | 2nd East | .710 | – | |||
2004 | Rob Patrick (8th) | 32-3 | Champions | .914 | NCAA Regional semifinal | |||
2005 | Rob Patrick (9th) | 25-9 | 2nd East | .735 | NCAA Final Four | |||
2006 | Rob Patrick (10th) | 19-12 | 3rd East | .613 | NCAA First round | |||
2007 | Rob Patrick (11th) | 11-18 | 5th East | .379 | – | |||
2008 | Rob Patrick (12th) | 22-10 | 3rd East | .688 | NCAA First round | |||
2009 | Rob Patrick (13th) | 24-8 | 2nd East | .750 | NCAA Second Round | |||
2010 | Rob Patrick (14th) | 25-7 | 2nd East | .781 | NCAA Second Round | |||
2011 | Rob Patrick (15th) | 28-4 | Champions | .875 | NCAA Second Round | |||
2012 | Rob Patrick (16th) | 22-8 | 2nd East | .733 | NCAA First round | |||
2013 | Rob Patrick (17th) | 9-23 | 11th SEC | .391 | — | |||
2014 | Rob Patrick (18th) | 8-24 | 13th SEC | .333 | — | |||
2015 | Rob Patrick (19th) | 21-12 | 8th SEC | .636 | — | |||
2016 | Rob Patrick (20th) | 17-14 | 7th SEC | .548 | — | |||
2017 | Rob Patrick (21st) | 12-15 | 11th SEC | .444 | — | |||
2018 | Eve Rackham (1st) | 26-6 | 2nd SEC | .813 | NCAA Second Round | |||
2019 | Eve Rackham (2nd) | 15–13 | 7th SEC | .536 | – | |||
2020 | Eve Rackham-Watt (3rd) | 12-8 | 5th SEC | .600 | – | |||
2021 | Eve Rackham-Watt (4th) | 20-10 | 4th SEC | .667 | NCAA Second Round | |||
Total | 8 | 966–636–16 | 5 | .603 | 20 |
All-Americans
Tennessee has 17 All-Americans including two AVCA All-America first team selections [7]
- Kristen Andre, 2004, 2005
- Sarah Blum, 2006
- April Chapple, 1984
- Leslie Cikra, 2011
- Nikki Fowler, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Chloe Goldman, 2009
- Leah Hinkey, 2010
- DeeDee Harrison, 2011
- Kayla Jeter, 2010
- Julie Knytych, 2004, 2005
- Amy Morris, 2004, 2005
- Ellen Mullins, 2012
- Michelle Piantadosi, 2004
- Mary Pollmiller, 2011
- Beverly Robinson, 1982
- Kelsey Robinson, 2011, 2012
- Yuliya Stoyanova, 2005, 2006
See also
References
- ^ "General Information". UTSports.com. June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ Megargee, Steve (June 26, 2015). "Tennessee set to make move to a lone 'Lady Vols' team". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/utsports.com/documents/2022/7/8/2022-Volleyball-RecordBook.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Eve Rackham Watt - Volleyball Coach".
- ^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/utsports.com/documents/2022/7/8/2022-Volleyball-RecordBook.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ "University of Tennessee Athletics Women's Volleyball". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
- ^ "Lady Vol Duo Earns AVCA All-America Honors - UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics". www.utsports.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-16.
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