No. 6 Tennessee volleyball fell to No. 17 Texas A&M in four sets (25-27, 31-33, 25-15, 23-25) Friday night in College Station, Texas, according to the school.
A narrow loss
The Lady Vols dropped to 16-4 overall and 7-3 in the SEC. Texas A&M improved to 14-8 and 7-3. Both of the first two sets were tight: Tennessee tied the first at 24 before the Aggies won, and the second went to 31-31 before Texas A&M took the final two points. Tennessee then won the third set comfortably, building a lead as large as 10, but lost the fourth after Texas A&M closed the match on a six-point run.
Standouts
Kennedi Rogers had a career-best 24 kills and 17 digs. Maggie Dostic added 10 kills and 15 digs for her second straight double-double. Fifth-year setter Caroline Kerr had 47 assists, and Raegan Burns had 16 digs. As a team, Tennessee had a season-high 74 digs, and freshman Jolene Oddo led with eight blocks off the bench. Tennessee had 60 kills to the Aggies' 58, but Texas A&M had 16 blocks to Tennessee's 12.
Next
The Lady Vols finish their road trip at Missouri on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 2:30 p.m. Eastern, a match elevated to national television on ESPN.
Sources: UTSports.com