Lady Vols volleyball team loses in five

Even after coming back home, the Tennessee women's volleyball team still is heading back to the drawing board.

The Lady Vols suffered their third straight SEC loss Sunday, dropping a 30-32, 30-27, 27-30, 30-20, 8-15 marathon decision to Arkansas at Stokely Athletics Center.

The Lady Vols (7-6, 2-4 SEC) started slowly squandering a 25-20 lead in the first game. After battling back with a decisive win in the fourth game, UT grabbed the lead in the decisive fifth game was a kill from Farren Powe. That was Tennessee's last lead, however, as Arkansas (7-9, 1-4) strung together five consecutive points to take the lead for good. The Lady Vols never scored more than two consecutive points in the game.

"We are very disappointed that we lost this match,'' UT coach Rob Patrick said. "Our outside hitting and setting need to be more consistent for us to be successful. The only thing we can do is get back in the gym and continue to work hard. If we do that the results will come."

Freshman Nikki Fowler had the most impressive offensive performance of her rookie season, recording her third double-double with a career-high 22 kills and 11 digs. She had a hitting percentage of .327 with just six errors. She also had five assists, four blocks and three aces.

Fellow freshman Jena Berg had a personal-best 58 assists and 13 digs. Chloe Goldman had 27 digs.

Women's Tennis: The Tennessee Lady Vols won three singles titles on the final day of the Furman Fall Classic in Greenville, S.C.

Zsofia Zubor, Samantha Orlin and Rosalia Alda won flight titles.

Alda, a freshman, swept Furman's Jennifer Betts, 6-0, 6-0, in flight 7 for the first flight title of her career. Her singles record is 5-1.