DURANT, Okla. -
Allie Anderson turned in an 11-kill performance with two blocks, while
Emily Ragsdale added nine kills, two aces, and seven blocks as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns volleyball team (11-6, 4-1 Great American Conference turned in a 3-0 sweep of Southeastern Oklahoma (1-14, 0-5) on Friday night at Bloomer Sullivan Arena.
NEXT UP
- The Golden Suns head to Ada, Okla. for a matchup with East Central. First serve from the Kerr Center is set for noon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Golden Suns raced out to a 5-1 advantage in the opening set and did not allow the Savage Storm to score consecutive points until SE narrowed the gap to 10-6.
- SE pulled to within 13-10 on a Hannah Grant kill before an attack error and a Haylee Paladini kill gave Tech a five-point (15-10) advantage again.
- With Tech seizing a five-point (20-15) lead after an Addison Masters kill, Southeastern reeled off four consecutive points to pull to within 20-19.
- The Golden Suns responded with four of the next five points to serve the first set point at 24-20, and the Savage Storm held off a pair of points before a bad set gave Tech the win in the opening set 25-22.
- Southeastern scored the first two points of the next set before Tech took the next five to jump ahead 5-2.
- Southeastern was able to pull to wihtin two points, including at the 13-11 mark after a bad Tech set, but the Golden Suns scored four of the next five to pull ahead 17-12.
- Southeastern scored its last point on a service error at 21-16, before the Golden Suns took the final four points of the set to claim a 25-16 win to claim a 2-0 advantage.
- The Golden Suns jumped out to a 5-1 advantage in the third set.
- Southeastern pulled to within two multiple times and was able to tie the set at 13-13 and 14-14.
- The Golden Suns scored nine of the next eleven points, setting up match point at 24-17. An attack error closed the set at 25-17 and the match 3-0 for the Golden Suns.
NOTABLES
- Anderson hit .323 with her 11 kills, Ragsdale hit .600 with nine kills on 15 swings, and Paladini hit .444 with nine kills.
- Madison Grantham had six service aces and nine digs.
- Tymber Riley led the Golden Suns with 11 digs, while Eily Acker had 35 assists.
- Tech outhit SE .323 to .106 for the match, hitting a match-best .419 in set two.
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