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Emily Dowd 20                 Class: Junior Hometown: Gainesville, Fla. High School: Gainesville Height: 5-6 Position: Forward

AS A SOPHOMORE (2009): Tied for third on the Lady Vol squad in points with seven on two goals and three assists...Played in all 20 matches in 2009 while drawing nine starting nods...Tallied a pair of shots in 69 minutes as a sub at forward during a 1-0 (2OT) loss to #10 Florida (11/4) at the SEC Tournament...Posted a pair of shots on goal in 53 minutes of playing time at Alabama (10/25) and one shot as a sub in 42 minutes at Georgia (10/30)...In 54 minutes in relief against Auburn (10/22), Dowd fired five total shots, two on goal...Battled to draw the crucial penalty inside the box during the 82nd minute against Ole Miss (10/11), allowing Mick Imgram the chance to tally the match-tying penalty kick in the 1-1 (2OT) tie...Posted one of UT's five total shots on goal at LSU (9/27)...Drew a red card against an Arkansas player by getting fouled from behind on a breakaway at 65:05, forcing the Razorbacks to play the last 25 minutes of its 1-0 defeat (9/25) a woman down...Picked up her second goal of the campaign at 39:58 to grant UT a 1-0 lead over Memphis (9/11) and delivered her third helper of the year on Imgram's match-winning score to down Western Carolina (9/13)...Assisted on Jayden Barrett's game-winning tally just 2:47 into the Wisconsin match, granting Dowd a career-high four points (one goal, two helpers) through her first five matches as a sophomore...Scored her initial goal of the season and just the second of her brief career in the 3-2 (2OT) defeat to Arizona State (8/28), granting UT a quick 1-0 advantage...Starting at forward against ETSU (8/22), Dowd recorded her second career assist on a perfect cross to Imgram who scored at 15:13.

AS A FRESHMAN (2008): Made 21 appearances, including six starts during her rookie campaign...Had an immediate impact, scoring her first career goal in the opener against Chattanooga...Dished out her first career assist in the 3-0 win over Western Carolina to cap non-conference play...Saw action in nine conference matches, starting three...Registered 14 shots during league play...Saw time in each of the Lady Vols' three SEC Tournament matches

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Three-time Golden Boot Award winner at Gainesville High School...All-time scoring leader in Alachua County with 163 goals during her four-year high school career...Helped the Lady `Canes to two District 4-5A championships while earning two Most Valuable Player awards and one Florida Sports Writers Association All-State Team selection in 2004-05...Played club soccer for the Gainesville Hotshots...Helped lead the Hotshots to three straight Florida State Cup Final Fours from 2003-05...Played one season with the Countryside Lightning in 2007...Moved on to IMG Soccer Academy team which is currently ranked as the No. 1 club team in the country... Part of the IMG teams that won both the Region III Premier League and the prestigious Disney Showcase Championship...Has accumulated over 300 goals during club competition since 1999...A member of both the Florida State ODP squad and the ODP Region III team...Traveled to ODP National Championships in 2007...Was tabbed as one of The Gainesville Sun's "Players of the Decade."

PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology and criminal justice...Chose Tennessee over the University of Florida, Florida State and Santa Clara...Played with fellow juniors Emily Shore and Chelsea Hatcher on the IMG Academy team...Will face off against former teammates Lindsay Williams (Florida), Lindsay Thompson (Florida) and Kayla Grimsley (South Carolina) during conference play...Enjoys hanging out with friends and going to the beach in her spare time...Has two brothers, Kevin, 22, and Sean, 18...Emily Alyssa Dowd was born on Jan. 17, 1990, in Gainesville, Fla....Her parents are Don and Lisa Dowd.