WEEKEND INFORMATION
ARKANSAS TECH GOLDEN SUNS 4-4 (1-0 GAC)	DRURY PANTHERS 6-2 (0-0 GLVC)	QUINCY HAWKS 5-2 (0-0 GLVC)	MISSOURI SOUTHERN LIONS 6-2 (0-0 MIAA)
	Friday, September 19 | 3:30 p.m. Duke Wells Center | Arkadelphia, Ark. LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO	Saturday, September 20 | 1 p.m. Duke Wells Center | Arkadelphia, Ark. LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO	Saturday, September 20 | 5:30 p.m. Duke Wells Center | Arkadelphia, Ark. LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

 

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FIRST SERVE
Three days removed from their initial trip to Arkadelphia where they took on Henderson State in a Great American Conference match, the Arkansas Tech volleyball team is making a return trip this weekend and will play in the Bettye Wallace Classic.
 
The weekend will see the Golden Suns play three matches, starting first with a Friday afternoon match against Drury. That match is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. The following day, the Golden Suns will take on Quincy and Missouri Southern. The Quincy match is scheduled for 1 p.m. while the Missouri Southern match is slated for 5:30 p.m.
 
All matches are being played at the Duke Well Center in Arkadelphia 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 this weekend of play at 4-4 overall. Most-recently, Tech went on the road to open GAC play and came away with a 3-0 shutout win at Henderson State this past Tuesday.
 
Offensively, the Golden Suns are averaging 13.8 kills/set and have a .218 team attack percentage. They have four players with at least 60 kills and are led by Henley Hooks and her 84 kills. Erika Hernandez has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .360 (65k-136att-16err).
 
The Golden Suns have split time at setter between their three Aspen Jankowski, Emma Kiser and Kenzie Garrett. All three have at least 50 assists with Jankowski currently leading the team with 131.
 
Defensively the Golden Suns are averaging 17.1 digs/set and 1.9 blocks per set. Samantha Wojtowicz leads the team in digs with 120. Carson Thiebaud and Erika Hernandez currently lead the team in blocks with 22.0.
 
The head coach of the Golden Suns is Hannah Wuest. She is in her first year as head coach at Tech and has a 4-4 record.
 

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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
DRURY
The Panthers are off to a 6-2 start to their season and have won five-straight. They are coming off a weekend in which they went 4-0 at their own event, the Drury Invitational. The Panthers would pick up wins over Cameron, Northwest Missouri, Lane College and East Central.
                                                                                                                              
Coming into play against Tech, the Panthers are averaging 12.4 kills/set and have a .224 team attack percentage. They have three players with at least 50 kills and are led in kills by Mailie Chretien with 73. Phoebe Riddle has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .296 (42k-98att-13err).
 
The Panthers have split time at setter between Lauren Tyler and Jacy Bray. The two have combined for 269 of the team's 314 assists. Tyler currently has a slight lead in the category with 139 while Bray has 130.
 
Defensively the Panthers are averaging 13.0 digs/set and 2.0 blocks per set. Mary Henry leads the team in digs with 75. Four different Panthers have registered double-digit blocks thus far with Phoebe Riddle leading the way with 29.0 blocks.
 
The head coach of the Panthers is Jenifer Bahner-Hill. She is in her 12th year at Drury. In her time at Drury, Bahner-Hill is 163-143.
 

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QUINCY
The Hawks are off to a 5-2 start to their season and are coming off a weekend in which they went 2-2 with wins over Minnesota-Crookston and Lake Superior State. That weekend of matches was played on the road as part of the Maverick Invite, hosted by Minnesota State-Mankato.
 
The Hawks will have played three matches prior to taking on Tech on Saturday afternoon.
 
Coming into play this weekend, the Hawks are averaging 12.8 kills/set and have a .253 team attack percentage. They have five players with at least 40 kills and are led in kills by Susanna Beretti with 89. Erin Matzke has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .409 (43k-88att-7err).
 
The Hawks have used a primary setter in Elena Kasavica. She currently has 250 of the team's 291 assists on the year. She has had 30 or more assists five times.
 
Defensively the Hawks are averaging 16.5 digs/set and 1.5 blocks per set. Susanna Beretti leads the team in digs with 81. Three different Hawks have registered double-digit blocks thus far with Erin Matzke leading the way with 17.0 blocks.
 
The head coach of the Hawks is Mark Jones. He is in his seventh year at Quincy and his 15^th overall. At Quincy, Jones is 130-54 and is 262-181 overall.
 

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MISSOURI SOUTHERN
The Lions are off to a 6-2 start to their season and are coming off a weekend in which they went 3-1 with wins over Union, Christian Brothers and Southwest Baptist. That weekend of matches was played on the road as part of the SBU Invitational, hosted by Southwest Baptist.
 
Prior to playing Tech on Saturday afternoon, the Lions will have played two matches at the Bettye Wallace Classic.
 
Coming into play this weekend, the Lions are averaging 13.0 kills/set and have a .241 team attack percentage. They have four players with at least 50 kills and are led in kills by Alana Moesch with 89. Ella Breazeale has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .338 (31k-68att-8err).
 
The Lions have used a primary setter in Hannah Allick. She currently has 156 of the team's 346 assists on the year. She has had 25 or more assists twice.
 
Defensively the Lions are averaging 12.6 digs/set and 1.1 blocks per set. Tori Hamilton leads the team in digs with 90. Two different Lions have registered double-digit blocks thus far with Hannah Lauterbach leading the way with 17.0 blocks.
 
The interim head coach of the Lions is Joshua Moore. Prior to being named the interim head coach, Moore spent three seasons as an assistant coach with the Lions.