MATCH INFORMATION
ARKANSAS TECH GOLDEN SUNS 14-9 (10-3 GAC)	SOUTHERN ARKANSAS MULERIDERS 11-16 (5-8 GAC)
Thursday, November 6 | 6 p.m. Tucker Coliseum | Russellville, Ark. LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

 

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FIRST SERVE
The Arkansas Tech volleyball team is down to its final three matches of the regular season and have two of them at home inside Tucker Coliseum. The first of those home matches is this Thursday night against Southern Arkansas.
 
This will be the second match of the 2025 regular season between Tech and Southern Arkansas. The initial meeting came back on September 23, and Tech won the match, 3-1.
 
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.
 
TECH(NICALLY) SPEAKING
The Golden Suns enter the match against Southern Arkansas 14-9 overall and 10-3 in the GAC. Tech is coming off a 3-0 win on the road this past Tuesday at Arkansas-Monticello.
 
At 10-3 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 Southwestern Oklahoma. The Golden Suns do hold the head-to-head tiebreaker against SWOSU, previously beating them in their lone regular season meeting, 3-1.
 
Offensively, the Golden Suns are averaging 13.6 kills/set and have a .221 team attack percentage. They have four players with at least 190 kills and are led by Savannah Meyer and her 242 kills. Erika Hernandez has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .383 (195k-418att-35err).
 
The Golden Suns have split time at setter between their three Aspen Jankowski, Emma Kiser and Kenzie Garrett. All three have at least 245 assists with Kiser currently leading the team with 328.
 
Defensively the Golden Suns are averaging 17.5 digs/set and 1.8 blocks per set. Samantha Wojtowicz leads the team in digs with 380. 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 57.0.
 
The head coach of the Golden Suns is Hannah Wuest. She is in her first year as head coach at Tech and has a 14-9 record.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
Southern Arkansas enters the match with Tech 11-16 overall and are 5-8 in GAC play. The Muleriders are coming off a big win at home their last time out, beating Henderson State, 3-1.
 
At 5-8 in the GAC, the Muleriders are currently in a tie for seventh-place in the 12-team league standings and are in position to make the conference tournament.
                                                                                                                              
Coming into play against Tech, the Muleriders are averaging 12.8 kills/set and have a .178 team attack percentage. They have six players with at least 100 kills and are led in kills by Brinklee Dauenhauer with 288. Allie Cooper has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .331 (213k-492att-50err).
 
The Muleriders have used a primary setter in Hayden Pinard. She currently has 562 of the team's 1,213 assists. Pinard has registered 30 or more assists in a match three times this season.
 
Defensively the Muleriders are averaging 18.0 digs/set and 1.5 blocks per set. Sadie Kabisch leads the team in digs with 595. Eight Muleriders have registered double-digit blocks thus far with two having at least 50.0. Allie Cooper and Courtnee Morgan lead the way with 58.0 blocks each.
 
The head coach of the Muleriders is Alli Harrell. She is in her fourth year at her alma mater, Southern Arkansas. In her time at SAU, Harrell is 44-63.