Earlier this season I noticed that Tennessee’s libero, sophomore Chloe Goldman, has this routine of touching the side line with her foot after most points that the team loses. I was extremely curious about it because (1) I don’t believe I’ve ever seen it anywhere else, and (2) I’m nosy! For a while I tried to figure out why she was doing it. I didn’t know if it was some volleyball thing that I’d just never heard of or if it was a personal habit. But either way it is hardly worth noticing anymore. Much more worthy of note is the fact that Goldman is putting up some huge numbers this season – so whatever she is doing is obviously working for her!

Just this weekend she had 31 digs in the win against Georgia – a school record for a three game match. Her total for the weekend was 47 digs (6.71 digs per game). Was she robbed of the SEC Defensive Player of the Week award? Probably! But she is definitely making a mark on the Tennessee record books. Prior to this season, there had only been 35 times in Lady Vol history that a player had notched 25 or more digs in a match. Goldman has done it eight times so far in 2007! She is only the fifth Lady Vol to get over 30 digs in a match. She stands at second all time with 37 digs in a single match. With seven matches to go she is already second all time in total single season digs (449 digs, 57 short of the record) and first all time in digs per game (5.28 digs per game – the current record is 4.69).

Congratulations to Chloe on the great season so far and keep up the good work!