Dawgs Fall On Sunday In Knoxville

Sunday, September 24

Knoxville, Tenn.

12:30 PM

Mississippi State

0-19-8 | SEC

Tennessee

1-18-3 | SEC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Mississippi State	23	26	14	11	1
Tennessee	25	24	25	25	3

Team Celebrates After Set Thriller Against South Carolina.

Dawgs Fall On Sunday In Knoxville

September 24, 2017 | Volleyball

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – In its first SEC road match of the year, Mississippi State fell to Tennessee in four sets.

The Dawgs are now 9-8 (0-2 SEC) after falling to Tennessee (8-4, 1-1) (23-25, 26-24, 14-25, 11-25).

"I like the way we played the first two games," third-year coach David McFatrich said. We sided out at a high rate, and put the ball away well in transition. We were doing the things we wanted to during the first two games. In the third and fourth games, we didn't pass the ball, and we and couldn't get everyone involved. They started dedicating on Jelena Vujcin, and we couldn't get other attackers going. Young squad learned some lessons today, I hope. Everyone is ready to get back to practice and get ready on Monday."

There was a lot of play on both sides of the court as each team was no more than four points of the other. MSU did not have control of the lead, but tied up the game four times. Khristian Carr was the standout of the set with 5 kills and 5.0 points. Tennessee won, 25-23.

Set two showed a lot of grit and focus for the Dawgs. In the middle of the set, MSU was down by four and had a 6-0 run to gain control leading 11-9. State then fell behind, but had another 3-0 run to get back in the game. At the end of the set, both teams fought hard as points went back and forth. The Bulldogs won off of an error, 26-24.

Mississippi State struggled with communication during the third set. Various errors gave Tennessee an early advantage, and State had difficulty catching up. Volunteers won, 25-14.

Mississippi State struggled with communication during the last two sets, as errors were the killer. The Vols took advantage of the mistakes and took early leads. Tennessee won both sets, 25-14 and 25-11.

On Wednesday, the Bulldogs welcome in-state rival Ole Miss to Newell-Grissom for a 8 p.m. showdown on ESPNU.

Dog Bites
- Payton Harris earned 17 digs and is now 23 digs away from tying the career record.
- Carina Lehto earned 40 assists and is now in 9th place for most assists as a freshman. She is 48 away from the 8th spot held by Grace Hoyt with 194 points.
- Jelena Vujcin had 15 kills and 15.5 points.
- Carr had 12 kills and 13.5 points.
- Laura Rose Gray had 9 kills, a .533 attack percentage and 12.0 points.

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