KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 9 Tennessee volleyball (15-3, 6-2 SEC) returns to Food City Center on Sunday afternoon to face in-state rival No. 22 Vanderbilt (15-2, 6-2 SEC). First serve is set for 1 p.m. ET, and the match will be televised on SEC Network.

Tennessee is coming off a hard-fought reverse-sweep win over No. 4 Kentucky on Wednesday night, led by Kennedi Rogers, Caroline Kerr and Jalyn Stout, who each posted double-doubles. It was the Lady Vols’ first victory over a top-five opponent since 2005 and their sixth straight win.

Asked what that milestone meant, head coach Eve Rackham Watt was pleasantly surprised, but kept the focus on accomplishing more.

“Wow. I didn’t know that,” Rackham Watt said. “It’s hard, I guess, to put into words. I don’t necessarily think of wins that way. I think you try to keep things in perspective in terms of it’s an SEC match. We want to win a championship. So they all count the same.…