Lady Vols Trying to Get Healthy This Offseason

July 15, 2014

Rick Nyman,

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee is preparing to welcome back a senior point guard while monitoring the status of an ailing post player.

Ariel Massengale is looking forward to returning for her senior season after missing the final 16 games of the 2013-14 season with a head injury. Massengale, who also underwent offseason surgery on her right knee, said her head feels better now and that she’s hoping to be 100 percent by the start of the school year next month.

While Massengale awaits her return, sophomore center Mercedes Russell is recovering from offseason surgery to her right foot. Lady Vols coach Holly Warlick said Russell is "out kind of indefinitely right now" and was uncertain whether the injury would affect the 6-foot-6 center’s status for the start of the season.