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Women's Volleyball By: Daniel Gallegos

It's time to Pack the Stands as Golden Suns host rival Harding on Tuesday

Women's Volleyball By: Daniel Gallegos

It's time to Pack the Stands as Golden Suns host rival Harding on Tuesday

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ARKANSAS TECH
GOLDEN SUNS

8-6 (3-0 GAC)
HARDING
LADY BISONS
9-5 (2-0 GAC)

Tuesday, October 1 | 6 p.m.
Tucker Coliseum | Russellville, Ark.

LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
FIRST SERVE
The Arkansas Tech volleyball team is looking to Pack the Stands of Tucker Coliseum on Tuesday night as they are set to take on bitter rival, Harding, in a pivotal conference showdown.
 
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
 
TECH(NICALLY) SPEAKING
The Golden Suns are 8-6 overall and 3-0 in conference play. They are coming off an impressive sweep of Southern Arkansas at home this past Thursday as they remained unbeaten in conference play.
 
Offensively, the Golden Suns are averaging 12.3 kills/set and have a .194 team attack percentage. They have three players with at least 125 kills and are led by Savannah Meyer and her 176 kills. Jordon Clouse has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .305 (60k-141att-17err).
 
The Golden Suns have settled on their primary setter with Emma Kiser pacing the offense. Kiser's assist total now stands at 432. 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 239. Jordan Clouse currently leads the team in blocks with 45.0.
 
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 81-92. Overall, she's 100-104.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
HARDING
The Lady Bisons are 9-5 overall and 2-0 in conference play. Entering the match at Tech, Harding is riding a four-match winning streak as their last loss came in the opening day of the season back on September 20 against Washburn.
 
Offensively, the Lady Bisons are averaging 13.9 kills/set and have a .231 team attack percentage. They have three players with at least 125 kills and are led by Skyler McKinnon and her 164 kills. Ashley Lamkin has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .325 (88k-209att-20err).
 
The Lady Bisons have used a primary setter in Olivia Wiedower. She currently has 548 of the team's 673 assists on the year. She has had 30 or more assists 11 times.
 
Defensively the Lady Bisons are averaging 17.4 digs/set and 2.0 blocks per set. Tatum Fouche leads the team in digs with 254. Three different Lady Bisons have registered at least 20 blocks thus far with Ashley Lamkin leading the way with 57.0 blocks.
 
The head coach of the Lady Bisons is Meredith Fear. She is in her 13th year as the head coach at her alma mater and her 15th overall. She currently has a 272-100 career record at Harding and a 308-132 career record.
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