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Golden Suns host Southern Arkansas for Senior Night

Golden Suns host Southern Arkansas for Senior Night

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By: Stormi Leonard

GAME DAY INFORMATION
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ARKANSAS TECH
GOLDEN SUNS
5-2 (5-2 GAC)		 SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
LADY MULERIDERS
1-6 (1-6 GAC)
Tuesday, March 23  | 6 p.m.
Russellville, Ark.
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FIRST SERVE
For the first time in two weeks, the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns will take the court against the Southern Arkansas Lady Muleriders, Tuesday, in Tucker Coliseum for Senior Night. Before the match, seniors Emily Acker, Mackenzie Eford, and Rilie Vote will be honored for their careers at Arkansas Tech. First serve is slated for 6 p.m.
 
After competing on Tuesday, the Golden Suns will travel to Arkadelphia to face Henderson State on Friday in a conference matchup makeup.

TECH TIDBITS
In their last outing, the Golden Suns were led by Eford with 10 kills, Vote with nine and Addison Masters with eight. Eford also blocked four shots while Emily Ragsdale and Haylee Paladini blocked three each. Gracie Palmer led the match with four aces and dished out a season-high 10 assists. Brianna Merkel led the team with 24 assists and Madison Grantham picked up 21 digs.
 
Vote leads the team with 59 kills on the season, followed closely by Masters with 58. Eford rounds out the 50 plus kill club with 52. Eford leads, averaging 3.09 points per set, followed by Paladini with 2.90 and Vote with 2.88. Grantham has led the Golden Suns in digs every match and is averaging a GAC third-best 6.07 digs per set.
 
SCOUTING THE LADY MULERIDERS
Like the Golden Suns, the Lady Muleriders have not played a match in two weeks due to COVID-19 protocols. In their last match, Southern Arkansas was led by Victoria White with 19 kills and Lauren Smith and Morgan Gross with nine kills each. Morgan Schuster led the match with 44 assists and Brianna Nipper picked up 22 digs.
 
Gross leads the Lady Muleriders 3.37 kills per set and has 91 kills on the season. Smith is hitting a team-high .252 and leads the team with .78 blocks per set. Schuster is averaging 10.19 assists per set and Nipper leads with 3.31 digs per set.
 
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