MATCH INFORMATION
ARKANSAS TECH GOLDEN SUNS 12-14 (4-8 GAC)	ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO COTTON BLOSSOMS 4-18 (0-12 GAC)
Monday, November 4 | 6 p.m. Tucker Coliseum | Russellville, Ark. LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

FIRST SERVE
The Arkansas Tech volleyball team returns home following a four-match road swing and will take on Arkansas-Monticello in a pivotal Great American Conference match on Monday night.
 
It will be the second of two regular-season meetings between Tech and Arkansas-Monticello. The Golden Suns won the initial match on the road, 3-2, back in late-September.
 
The match, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. from Tucker Coliseum, 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 12-14 overall and 4-8 in the GAC. They are coming off a 3-1 loss on the road this past Thursday at Henderson State.
 
Offensively, the Golden Suns are averaging 12.5 kills/set and have a .197 team attack percentage. They have three players with at least 200 kills and are led by Savannah Meyer and her 338 kills. Jordon Clouse has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .348 (123k-282att-25err).
 
The Golden Suns have settled on their primary setter with Emma Kiser pacing the offense. Kiser's assist total now stands at 832. Since taking over as primary setter, Kiser has had 30 or more assists in a match 14 times.
 
Defensively the Golden Suns are averaging 15.3 digs/set and 1.8 blocks per set. Jamie Myrick leads the team in digs with 452. Sierra Orton currently leads the team in blocks with 76.0.
 
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 85-100. Overall, she's 104-112.
 

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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO
The Cotton Blossoms are 4-18 overall and 0-12 in GAC play. They have lost 15-straight matches and last won back in the middle of September against Southwest Baptist.
 
Offensively, the Cotton Blossoms are averaging 10.7 kills/set and have a .128 team attack percentage. They have four players with at least 100 kills and are led by Natalie White and her 147 kills. White also has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .278 (147k-356att-48err).
 
The Cotton Blossoms have used Mia Smalls as their primary setter. Smalls currently has 472 of the team's 822 assists.
 
Defensively the Cotton Blossoms are averaging 16.4 digs/set and 1.6 blocks per set. Jordan Wehr leads the team in digs with 251. A trio of Cotton Blossoms have registered at least 30 blocks thus far with Abrielle Jordan leading the way with 76.0 blocks each.
 
The head coach of the Cotton Blossoms is Arlicia Ortiz. She is in her first year as the head coach at UAM and in her first year as a collegiate head coach as well. She previously had an assistant coaching position at her alma mater, Fayetteville State.