TENNESSEE

• #24 Tennessee hosts the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament this weekend. They’ll face Duke on Friday night. If they advance they’ll play the winner of the #11 Minnesota/Louisville match on Saturday.

• Tennessee is making their 11th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and are 10-10 all-time in Tournament matches. At home that improves to 7-1. The Lady Vols are 6-4 in first round matches.

• Tennessee enters the NCAA Tournament having won 13 of its final 15 matches, and 17 of their last 20.

• The Lady Vols have only been swept one time this season, which is the second fewest losses by sweeps in school history. The 2004 squad was not swept at all.

DUKE

• Tennessee is 9-10 vs Duke all-time with the last meeting during the first round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament where the #25 Blue Devils won in Knoxville 3-1 (30-22, 26-30, 30-25, 30-27).

• The 2009 seniors’ very first NCAA Tourney game was in 2006 during their freshman year in a loss against Duke.

• 12 of the 19 matches with Duke have been 3-0 sweeps. Each team has swept the other 6 times in the series.

• Duke is making their 15th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, where they have won 9 matches, including the first round match in each of their last four trips to the Tournament.

LOUISVILLE

• Tennessee is 12-7 vs Louisville all-time, winning the last meeting earlier this year 3-2 (23-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-9, 17-15).

• Since 2004, the home team in the UT/UofL rivalry is 5-1.

• Louisville is making their 12th straight NCAA Tournament appearance and 20th overall. The Cardinals are 12-19 all time in Tournament matches.

• Louisville’s Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director, Julie Hermann, was the Tennessee head volleyball coach from 1991-1996. She led the Lady Vols to the NCAA Tournament in 1993, winning the first round vs Sam Houston State in Knoxville before losing in the second round at Georgia.

MINNESOTA

• Tennessee is 1-3 all-time vs Minnesota. The last meeting was a 3-2 win in the second round of the 2005 tournament vs the #17 Gophers in Knoxville (30-19, 24-30, 20-30, 30-27, 15-11).

• Minnesota is making their 11th straight NCAA Tournament appearance. They are 26-14 in Tournament matches, 13-1 in first round matches, but 4-6 in Tournament matches against teams playing on their home court.