RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. -
Madison Nagel notched double-digit digs in both matches, going for 15 digs against Bacone and dishing out 14 digs against Arkansas- Pine Bluff,
Katie Huff had a 14-kill performance hitting .571 against UAPB as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns Volleyball team (22-5) swept to a pair of 3-0 wins over Bacone (7-17) and Arkansas- Pine Bluff (6-16) on Saturday and pushing their win streak to 14 matches.
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The Golden Suns won the first match sweeping Bacone 3-0 with set scores of, 25-19, 25-20, 25-9.
Tech outhit Bacone, .276 to .055, while hitting .333 in the final set.
Sierra Nighswonger led all players with 25 assists and hit .500, while
Kaylee Konsella had 10 kills, hit .421.
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McCall Wilkins added four kills and hit .364, whileÂ
Emily Todd followed with an eight dig performance and hit .278.
"I thought we had a good day today," said the Golden Suns head coach
Kristy Bayer. "We didn't drop a set and a lot of different people got playing time. Everyone came in and contributed well."
In the nightcap, Tech swept UAPB 3-0 with set scores of 25-19, 25-20, 25-20. Â
Konsella hit .500 with 10 kills and two service aces, Todd had a 10-kill performance and added 10 digs, while Nighswonger dished out 40 assists. Tech outhit UAPB .299 to .221, hitting a match best .333 in the third set.Â
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"Good volleyball is what we need heading into Tuesday's match against Harding."
The Golden Suns return to action Tuesday, October 28 against Harding in Searcy. Arkansas Tech enters the final two matches of conference play needing one win (or one loss by Harding) to clinch a share of the Great American Conference regular-season crown. A Tech win on Tuesday would seal the outright title for the Golden Suns.
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