MATCH INFORMATION
ARKANSAS TECH GOLDEN SUNS 8-7 (3-1 GAC)	OUACHITA BAPTIST TIGERS 9-6 (1-3 GAC)
Thursday, October 3 | 6 p.m. Tucker Coliseum | Russellville, Ark. LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

FIRST SERVE
The Arkansas Tech volleyball team is back in action this Thursday night for their second match of the week. This one will take them on the road to Arkadelphia where they will take on Ouachita Baptist in a Great American Conference match.
 
The match, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. from the Sturgis Physical Education Center at Ouachita, will have live stats and video available with both links being found at: www.ArkansasTechSports.com/coverage
 

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TECH(NICALLY) SPEAKING
The Golden Suns are 8-7 overall and 3-1 in conference play. They are coming off a hard-fought 3-1 loss at home to Harding this past Tuesday night.
 
Offensively, the Golden Suns are averaging 12.3 kills/set and have a .191 team attack percentage. They have three players with at least 125 kills and are led by Savannah Meyer and her 180 kills. Jordon Clouse has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .323 (67k-155att-17err).
 
The Golden Suns have settled on their primary setter with Emma Kiser pacing the offense. Kiser's assist total now stands at 470. Since taking over as primary setter, Kiser has had 30 or more assists in a match nine times.
 
Defensively the Golden Suns are averaging 14.7 digs/set and 1.9 blocks per set. Jamie Myrick leads the team in digs with 277. Jordan Clouse currently leads the team in blocks with 49.0.
 
The head coach of the Golden Suns is Kera Coleman. She is in her seventh year as head coach of her alma mater and eighth overall. In her time at Tech, Coleman is 81-93. Overall, she's 100-105.
 

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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
OUACHITA BAPTIST
The Tigers are 9-6 overall and 1-3 in conference play. They are coming off a loss their last time out as they were reverse-swept "on the road" by cross-street rival, Henderson State, this past Tuesday.
 
Offensively, the Tigers are averaging 13.4 kills/set and have a .238 team attack percentage. They have five players with at least 100 kills and are led by Riley Braziel and her 161 kills. Leah Gardner has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .346 (138k-295att-36err).
 
The Tigers have used a primary setter in Courtney Hanson. She currently has 574 of the team's 709 assists on the year. She has had 30 or more assists 13 times.
 
Defensively the Tigers are averaging 17.1 digs/set and 1.7 blocks per set. Avery Jauz leads the team in digs with 252. Three different Tigers have registered at least 25 blocks thus far with Leah Gardner leading the way with 51.0 blocks.
 
The head coach of the Tigers is Allison Frizzell-Kizer. She is in her seventh year as the head coach at her alma mater. She currently has a 94-84 career record.