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Women's Volleyball By: Daniel Gallegos

Golden Suns and Muleriders pit unbeaten conference records against one another in Thursday showdown

Women's Volleyball By: Daniel Gallegos

Golden Suns and Muleriders pit unbeaten conference records against one another in Thursday showdown

MATCH INFORMATION
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ARKANSAS TECH
GOLDEN SUNS
7-6 (2-0 GAC)		 SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
MULERIDERS
8-2 (2-0 GAC)
Thursday, September 26 | 6 p.m.
Tucker Coliseum | Russellville, Ark.
LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
FIRST SERVE
The Arkansas Tech volleyball team is set for an early test in the conference schedule on Thursday night as they put their unbeaten GAC record on the line against fellow unbeaten in league play, Southern Arkansas.
 
The match, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. from Tucker Coliseum, will also be Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night and the Golden Suns will honor those members of the ATU community prior to and throughout the match.

Live stats and video will also available with both links being found at: www.ArkansasTechSports.com/coverage
 
TECH(NICALLY) SPEAKING
The Golden Suns are 7-6 overall and 2-0 in conference play. They are coming off a thrilling five-set win on the road at Arkansas-Monticello on Tuesday. In that match, the Golden Suns staved off match-point three times in the fourth set to force a fifth and ripped off a huge run in that final set to gain a lead they would not relinquish.
 
Offensively, the Golden Suns are averaging 12.2 kills/set and have a .192 team attack percentage. They have three players with at least 100 kills and are led by Savannah Meyer and her 160 kills. Jordon Clouse has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .296 (56k-135att-16err).
 
The Golden Suns have settled on their primary setter with Emma Kiser pacing the offense. Kiser's assist total now stands at 404. Since taking over as primary setter, Kiser has had 30 or more assists in a match eight times.
 
Defensively the Golden Suns are averaging 14.4 digs/set and 2.0 blocks per set. Jamie Myrick leads the team in digs with 229. 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 80-92. Overall, she's 99-104.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
The Muleriders are 8-2 overall and 2-0 in conference play. Entering the match at Tech, SAU is riding an eight-match winning streak as their last loss came in the opening day of the season back on September 6.
 
Offensively, the Muleriders are averaging 12.2 kills/set and have a .210 team attack percentage. They have five players with at least 50 kills and are led by Kayte Delong and her 102 kills. Isla Olivas has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .290 (66k-169att-17err).
 
The Muleriders have split time at setter between Macie Shaver and Ava Tanner. The two have combined for 359 of the team's 400 assists. Shaver currently leads the team with 183 assists while Tanner has 176.
 
Defensively the Muleriders are averaging 16.5 digs/set and 2.5 blocks per set. Sadie Kabisch leads the team in digs with 214. Four different Muleriders have registered at least 25 blocks thus far with Isla Olivas leading the way with 43.0 blocks.
 
The head coach of the Muleriders is Alli (O'Banion) Harrell. She is in her third year as the head coach at her alma mater and currently has a 29-37 career record at SAU.
 
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