Tennessee Volunteers women's volleyball
Tennessee Volunteers women's volleyball | |
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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, 2023 | |
AIAW/NCAA second round | |
1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023 | |
AIAW/NCAA Tournament appearance | |
1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |
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
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
Rob Patrick Era
From 1997 until his retirement in 2017, Rob Patrick led the Lady Vols to 9
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 guided the Lady Vols to back-to-back NCAA tournaments for the first time since 2012 by qualifying in 2021 and 2022.[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.[3]
Year | Head coach | Overall record |
SEC Record |
SEC standing |
Winning percentage |
Postseason | ||
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(Independent) (1973–1978) | ||||||||
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 | — | ||
(SEC) (1979–present) | ||||||||
1979 | Bob Bertucci (1st) | 34-11 | 4-2 | 2nd | .756 | 5th Region II | ||
1980 | Bob Bertucci (2nd) | 40-17 | 4-1 | 2nd | .696 | 2nd Region II | ||
1981 | Bob Bertucci (3rd) | 34-22 | 3-0 | Champions | .607 | NCAA First Round | ||
1982 | Bob Bertucci (4th) | 31-7 | 2-0 | Champions | .816 | NCAA Regional Semifinal | ||
1983 | Bob Bertucci (5th) | 31-10 | 3-2 | 2nd | .756 | NCAA Regional Semifinal | ||
1984 | Bob Bertucci (6th) | 25-11 | 5-1 | Champions | .694 | NCAA Regional Semifinal | ||
1985 | Bob Bertucci (7th) | 12-24 | 3-3 | 4th | .333 | — | ||
1986 | Bob Bertucci (8th) | 22-13 | 2-3 | 5th | .629 | — | ||
1987 | Sandy Lynn (1st) | 18-18 | 4-3 | 3rd | .500 | — | ||
1988 | Sandy Lynn (2nd) | 23-12 | 5-2 | 2nd | .657 | — | ||
1989 | Sandy Lynn (3rd) | 13-15 | 5-3 | 4th | .464 | — | ||
1990 | Sandy Lynn (4th) | 12-17 | 4-4 | T–3rd | .414 | — | ||
1991 | Julie Hermann (1st) | 12-17 | 4-10 | 8th | .414 | — | ||
1992 | Julie Hermann (2nd) | 13-14 | 8-6 | 5th | .481 | — | ||
1993 | Julie Hermann (3rd) | 18-13 | 7-7 | 5th | .581 | NCAA Second Round | ||
1994 | Julie Hermann (4th) | 10-21 | 2-12 | 11th | .323 | — | ||
1995 | Julie Hermann (5th) | 7-25 | 0-14 | 5th (East) | .219 | — | ||
1996 | Julie Hermann (6th) | 17-16 | 6-8 | 4th (East) | .515 | — | ||
1997 | Rob Patrick (1st) | 15-19 | 5-9 | 4th (East) | .441 | — | ||
1998 | Rob Patrick (2nd) | 19-10 | 7-7 | 4th (East) | .655 | — | ||
1999 | Rob Patrick (3rd) | 19-13 | 8-6 | 2nd (East) | .594 | — | ||
2000 | Rob Patrick (4th) | 23-10 | 9-5 | 3rd (East) | .700 | NCAA First Round | ||
2001 | Rob Patrick (5th) | 16-11 | 7-7 | 3rd (East) | .593 | — | ||
2002 | Rob Patrick (6th) | 20-11 | 8-8 | 4th (East) | .645 | — | ||
2003 | Rob Patrick (7th) | 22-9 | 10-6 | 2nd (East) | .710 | — | ||
2004 | Rob Patrick (8th) | 32-3 | 15-1 | Champions | .914 | NCAA Regional Semifinal | ||
2005 | Rob Patrick (9th) | 25-9 | 13-3 | 2nd (East) | .735 | NCAA Final Four | ||
2006 | Rob Patrick (10th) | 19-12 | 10-10 | 3rd (East) | .613 | NCAA First Round | ||
2007 | Rob Patrick (11th) | 11-18 | 6-14 | 5th (East) | .379 | — | ||
2008 | Rob Patrick (12th) | 22-10 | 15-5 | 3rd (East) | .688 | NCAA First Round | ||
2009 | Rob Patrick (13th) | 24-8 | 16-4 | T–2nd (East) | .750 | NCAA Second Round | ||
2010 | Rob Patrick (14th) | 25-7 | 15-5 | 2nd (East) | .781 | NCAA Second Round | ||
2011 | Rob Patrick (15th) | 28-4 | 19-1 | Champions | .875 | NCAA Second Round | ||
2012 | Rob Patrick (16th) | 22-8 | 15-5 | 2nd (East) | .733 | NCAA First Round | ||
2013 | Rob Patrick (17th) | 9-23 | 1-17 | 11th | .391 | — | ||
2014 | Rob Patrick (18th) | 8-24 | 1-17 | 13th | .333 | — | ||
2015 | Rob Patrick (19th) | 21-12 | 7-11 | T–8th | .636 | — | ||
2016 | Rob Patrick (20th) | 17-14 | 7-11 | T–7th | .548 | — | ||
2017 | Rob Patrick (21st) | 12-15 | 5-13 | T–11th | .444 | — | ||
2018 | Eve Rackham (1st) | 26-6 | 16-2 | 2nd | .813 | NCAA Second Round | ||
2019 | Eve Rackham (2nd) | 15-13 | 9-9 | T–7th | .536 | — | ||
2020 | Eve Rackham-Watt (3rd) | 12-8 | 12-8 | 5th | .600 | — | ||
2021 | Eve Rackham-Watt (4th) | 20-10 | 11-7 | 4th | .667 | NCAA Second Round | ||
2022 | Eve Rackham-Watt (5th) | 17-14 | 11-7 | T–4th | .548 | NCAA First Round | ||
2023 | Eve Rackham-Watt (6th) | 26-5 | 15-3 | T–2nd | .839 | NCAA Regional Semifinal | ||
Total | 8 | 983–650–16 | 329-279 | 5 | .602 | 21 |
All-Americans
Tennessee has 17 All-Americans including two
- 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.
- ^ a b Volleyball Handbook 2022
- ^ "Eve Rackham Watt - Volleyball Coach".
- ^ "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.