MATCH INFORMATION
ARKANSAS TECH GOLDEN SUNS 6-6 (1-0 GAC)	ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO COTTON BLOSSOMS 4-6 (0-0 GAC)
Tuesday, September 24 | 6 p.m. Steelman Fieldhouse | Monticello, Ark. LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

FIRST SERVE
The Arkansas Tech volleyball team will jump back into Great American Conference action this week and will do so first with a Tuesday night match at Arkansas-Monticello.
 
The match, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. from Monticello, 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 off to a 6-6 start to their season and are coming off their final non-conference weekend of action in which they went 2-1 at the Warhawk Invitational. Both of the wins came in Tech's first two matches of the invitational as they swept Shorter, 3-0, and then beat host Auburn-Montgomery, 3-1.
 
Offensively, the Golden Suns are averaging 12.3 kills/set and have a .193 team attack percentage. They have three players with at least 100 kills and are led by Savannah Meyer and her 150 kills. Henley Hooks has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .268 (132k-313att-48err).
 
The Golden Suns have settled on their primary setter with Emma Kiser pacing the offense. Kiser's assist total now stands at 354. Since taking over as primary setter, Kiser has had 30 or more assists in a match seven times.
 
Defensively the Golden Suns are averaging 14.3 digs/set and 2.0 blocks per set. Jamie Myrick leads the team in digs with 200. Jordan Clouse currently leads the team in blocks with 43.0.
 
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 79-92. Overall, she's 98-104.
 

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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO
The Cotton Blossoms are off to a 4-6 start to their season and will be playing their first conference match of the year against Tech on Tuesday. Heading into the match, the Cotton Blossom has dropped their last three matches, all at home, losing in four sets to Arkansas-Pine Bluff, William Jewell and Union.
 
Offensively, the Cotton Blossoms are averaging 11.3 kills/set and have a .163 team attack percentage. They have two players with at least 50 kills and are led by Natalie White and her 139 kills. Abrielle Jordan has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .361 (53k-122att-9err).
 
The Cotton Blossoms have used Mia Smalls as their primary setter. Smalls currently has 254 of the team's 411 assists.
 
Defensively the Cotton Blossoms are averaging 15.6 digs/set and 1.7 blocks per set. Jordan Wehr leads the team in digs with 110. A trio of Cotton Blossoms have registered at least 10 blocks thus far with Natalie White and Abrielle Jordan leading the way with 30.0 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.