Competing as the No. 3 seed in the Stanford quarter of the bracket, Tennessee opens with the 23-7 High Point, the champions of the Big South, for a 6:30 p.m. ET first serve on Friday at Food City Center. The Lady Vols will also play host to No. 6 seed Western Kentucky and Coastal Carolina, who also face off Friday at 4:30 p.m. Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+. The winners of each match compete for a spot in the regional rounds on Saturday at 6 p.m.
Fans can purchase all-session passes now at AllVols.com for $10 and single-match tickets for $5. Parking will be free for all matches in the G-10 (Neyland) parking garage. Fans should note changes to the normal G-10 parking access points, the garage will not be accessible southbound on Phillip Fulmer Way. Fulmer will be closed to southbound traffic at Middle Drive, and Fulmer will not be accessible via Peyton Manning Pass. The garage will be accessible from Lake Loudoun Boulevard, but fans are strongly encouraged to enter G-10 via Neyland Drive.
This is the 18th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. The Big Orange’s seeding marks the highest in UT history, and it’s the first time the Lady Vols have hosted the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament since 2011, when Tennessee was the No. 11 seed—the previous program-best seeding.
This is the third consecutive trip to the dance for UT and the fourth under head coach Eve Rackham Watt (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023). The Orange & White head into the tournament 24-4 overall and 15-3 in SEC play. The Lady Vols finished second in the league, the conference with a tournament-best eight bids.
In Tennessee’s previous appearances under Rackham Watt, it advanced to the second round of the tournament after first-round wins over Colorado State (2018) and North Carolina (2021). Last year, the Lady Vols fell short in a five-set battle to Purdue in the first round.
For Rackham Watt, this is her 12th postseason appearance as a coach–fourth as head coach. She made the NCAA Tournament eight times as an assistant at North Carolina. Rackham Watt also made four postseason trips as a player.
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