No. 6 Tennessee volleyball went on the road to College Station, Texas, for a ranked match with No. 17 Texas A&M. The Lady Vols fell 3-1 (25-27, 31-33, 25-15, 23-25) and had their seven-match win streak snapped.
Tennessee was without middle blocker Chelsea Sutton , the reigning SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week, and she was missed. Sutton sustained an injury against Vanderbilt and was a game-time decision. She will be reevaluated for Sunday’s match at Missouri .
First two sets
These sets were a back-and-forth battle. Neither team could pull away until the ends of both sets, but the Aggies found ways to jump ahead 2-0. The first set was tied 19 times before Natalie Ring closed it 27-25 with an ace. Tennessee had set point four times in the second set, but Texas A&M took it 33-31.
Kennedi Rogers did all she could with 18 kills across the first two sets and was set up by Caroline Kerr, who had 32 assists.
Texas A&M’s Kyndal Stowers and Ring seemed to have answers, and the Aggies were dominant at the net.…