MATCH INFORMATION
ARKANSAS TECH GOLDEN SUNS 13-9 (9-3 GAC)	ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO BOLL WEEVILS 3-20 (0-12 GAC)
Tuesday, November 4 | 6 p.m. Steelman Fieldhouse | Monticello, Ark. LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

 

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FIRST SERVE
The Arkansas Tech volleyball regular season is down to its final four matches with two being at home and two on the road. The first of those final matches is on the road at Arkansas-Monticello on Tuesday, November 4. Tech will be looking to get back into the win column after having their six-match streak snapped last Thursday.
 
This will be the second match of the 2025 regular season between Tech and Arkansas-Monticello. The initial meeting came back on September 25 and Tech on the match, 3-0.
 
That match is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. and 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 enter the match against Henderson State 13-9 overall and 9-3 in the GAC. Tech is coming off a loss at home this past Thursday as they fell to Henderson State, 3-1. That loss snapped Tech's winning streak at six.
 
At 9-3 in the GAC, the Golden Suns have secured a spot in the upcoming GAC Volleyball Tournament. It will be their first appearance in the conference tournament since 2022. Currently, the Golden Suns are tied for third-place with Oklahoma Baptist and Southwestern Oklahoma. The Golden Suns do hold the head-to-head tiebreaker against both teams, previously beating them in their lone regular season meeting.
 
Offensively, the Golden Suns are averaging 13.6 kills/set and have a .222 team attack percentage. They have four players with at least 180 kills and are led by Savannah Meyer and her 234 kills. Erika Hernandez has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .385 (187k-400att-33err).
 
The Golden Suns have split time at setter between their three Aspen Jankowski, Emma Kiser and Kenzie Garrett. All three have at least 240 assists with Kiser currently leading the team with 311.
 
Defensively the Golden Suns are averaging 17.5 digs/set and 1.8 blocks per set. Samantha Wojtowicz leads the team in digs with 365. Seven different Golden Suns have registered double-digit blocks thus far with four having at least 30.0. Erika Hernandez currently leading the team with 54.0.
 
The head coach of the Golden Suns is Hannah Wuest. She is in her first year as head coach at Tech and has a 13-9 record.
 

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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO
Arkansas-Monticello enters the match with Tech 3-30 overall and are 0-12 in GAC play. The Cotton Blossoms have lost their last 14 matches.
 
At 0-12 in the GAC, the Cotton Blossoms are currently in 12^th-place in the 12-team league standings.
                                                                                                                              
Coming into play against Tech, the Cotton Blossoms are averaging 8.9 kills/set and have a .074 team attack percentage. They have two players with at least 100 kills and are led in kills by Sophia Grubbs with 117. Grubbs also has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .160 (117k-387att-55err).
 
The Cotton Blossoms have used a primary setter in Mia Smalls. She currently has 310 of the team's 579 assists. Smalls has registered 30 or more assists in a match once this season.
 
Defensively the Cotton Blossoms are averaging 15.9 digs/set and 1.0 blocks per set. Jordan Wehr leads the team in digs with 266. Five Cotton Blossoms have registered double-digit blocks thus far with two having at least 20.0. Jalen Scroggins leads the way with 25.0 blocks.
 
The head coach of the Cotton Blossoms is Arlicia Ortiz. She is in his second year at Arkansas-Monticello. In his time at UAM, Ortiz is 7-42.