MONTICELLO, Ark.– Hunter Eshnaur hit .395 with 18 kills, Tabitha Spray hit .400 with 11 kills, and Mackenzie Eford added 10 kills as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns volleyball team (9-7, 3-2 Great American Conference) downed UAM (2-16, 0-5) 3-1 on Tuesday night at Steelman Fieldhouse. 
 
NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech returns home on Monday, September 24 for a 6 p.m. match with Lyon. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Tech and UAM went back and forth over the opening points of the first set. 
• Tech broke a 10-10 tie by scoring six of seven points to run ahead 16-11. 
• UAM would narrow the gap to three twice but the Golden Suns closed out the set strong to take a 25-18 win in the opener. 
• The second set started off in the same fashion, with UAM grabbing a 12-11 advantage before Tech reeled off seven straight points to go up 18-12. 
• UAM responded with a 7-0 run of its own to take a 19-18 lead. 
• UAM forced set point at 24-23 but Tech knotted the set after an attack error. However, UAM closed out the set 26-24 to tie the match at 1-1. 
• Tech slowly bult a lead in the third set, pulling ahead 12-7. 
• This time, the Golden Suns kept UAM at arm's length and held on for a 25-17 set victory. 
• A back-and-forth fourth set saw five lead changes before Tech was able to open up a five-point (17-12) lead. 
• UAM rallied to tie the match at 20, 22, and facing match point at 24, knotted the set again. 
• Back-to-back kills by Spray and Eshnaur sealed the match win for Arkansas Tech.

NOTABLES

• Tech outhit UAM .277 to .126, going for a match-best .429 in the third set.
• Tech outblocked UAM 13-6, led by seven from Greer Rogers and five from Mackenzie Eford. 
• Emily Acker dished out a match-best 42 assists, while Eshnaur (19) and Madison Grantham (13) led the way in digs.